MONTREAL – A pair of fumble return touchdowns in the third quarter keyed the No. 8 Montreal Carabins to a 37-7 victory over the Bishop’s Gaiters in Quebec University Football League action today at Montreal. The 3,030 in attendance saw the Carabins take a 20-7 halftime lead, and put the game away on fumble returns by David Menard and Gregory Alexandre (picture).

The Carabins had taken their 20-7 halftime lead on a 5-yard reception by Maxime Fournier-Rioux and a seven-yard run by Olivier Renière, a field goal and a single by Pierre-Paul Gélinas and a safety touch. The Gaiters responded with a field goal by Josh Maveety (Kingston, Ont.) and a pair of safety touches.

After another Gélinas single, Menard put the Carabins up 28-7 at 11:35 as he picked up a fumble on the Gaiters’ 25-yard-line and rumbled in for the score. With two seconds left in the period, Alexandre put the game away as he stripped the Gaiters’ Alex Rivet (Le Moyne, Que.) of the football. It popped into the air and into Alexandre’s hands at the Bishop’s 28-yard line.

A fourth-quarter safety touch rounded out the scoring for Montreal.

The game was a tense defensive struggle, but exploded with 10.7 seconds left in the first half as a fracas broke out near the Montreal bench. After a kick out of bounds, an altercation involving several players from both teams, along with at least one Montreal coach, broke out. In total, three people were ejected: the Gaiters’ Elie Ngoyi, along with Garlins Duclervil and Frank Bruno from the Carabins. Bruno was not dressed for the Carabins, but was in the bench area at the time of the incident.

In total, the teams combined for 284 yards in penalties, with Bishop’s taking 11 for 104, while Montreal was flagged 16 times for 200 yards. Montreal outgained the Gaiters 315 to 96, and made 16 first downs to the Gaiters’ 10.

For the Gaiters, Jesse Andrews was 0-for-5 before leaving the game in the first quarter. Alex Rivet finished 8-for-15 for 97 yards. Defensively, the Gaiters were led by Jermaine Gabriel (Toronto, Ont.), who made six tackles, while Harrison Maloney made five.

For Montreal, Alex Nadeau-Piuze went 11-for-20 for 186 yards with a touchdown. His favourite receiver was Djems Kouamé, who caught 4 passes for 84 yards. Star running back Rotrand Sené was held to 63 yards on 18 carries.

The Gaiters (5-4) will be the No. 4 seed for the QUFL playoffs, their third playoff berth in the past four seasons. They will visit the top-ranked Laval Rouge et Or on Saturday in one QUFL semifinal. The game is set to kickoff at 1 p.m at the PEPS in Quebec City.

NOTES: The Gaiters lead the all-time series 18-7 … This is the Gaiters’ second straight loss at CEPSUM … Gaiters’ kicker Josh Maveety scored three points, to finish with a team record 89 on the season … Jesse Andrews finishes his career in 24th on the CIS all-time completions (490) and attempts (869) lists … Harrison Maloney went over 100 career tackles today.

By: Bishops Sports Info

Bishop’s 7

Montreal 37

Box Score Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Montreal (6-3)	2	18	15	2	37
Bishop’s (5-4)	4	3	0	0	7
Montreal, QC | CEPSUM

Prd Time Scoring Summary Bishop’s – Montreal

1	08:01	Montreal – Team safety	0 – 2
1	05:16	Bishop’s – Team safety	2 – 2
1	02:08	Bishop’s – Team safety	4 – 2
2	13:08	Montreal – Max. Fournier-R 5 yd pass from A. Nadeau-Piuze. (P-P. GeLinas kick is good). Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards in 2:45.	4 – 9
2	10:46	Montreal – P-P. GeLinas 22 yd field goal.	4 – 12
2	06:01	Bishop’s – Josh Maveety 25 yd field goal.	7 – 12
2	03:25	Montreal – Olivier Reniere 7 yd run. (Zach Medeiros kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards in 2:36.	7 – 19
2	00:25	Montreal –	7 – 20
3	06:19	Montreal –	7 – 21
3	04:53	Montreal – David Menard 25 yd fumble return. (P-P. GeLinas kick is good).	7 – 28
3	00:01	Montreal – Greg. Alexandre 28 yd fumble return. (P-P. GeLinas kick is good).	7 – 35
4	12:12	Montreal – Team safety	7 – 37

Bishop’sSTATISTICSMontreal

13	FIRST DOWNS	18
6 3 4	Passing Rushing Penalty	10 7 1
33% (1 of 3)	THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY	0% (0 of 2)
0% (0 of 0)	FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY	0% (0 of 0)
134	TOTAL NET YARDS	349
50 2.7	Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play	57 6.1
97	NET YARDS PASSING	209
8-20 4.8 6 for 38 0	Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked:Number-Yards Had intercepted	14-23 9.1 2 for 14 0
37	NET YARDS RUSHING	140
30 1.2	Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush	34 4.1
10 for 341	PUNTS: Number-Yards	8 for 326
34.1	Average	40.8
128	TOTAL RETURN YARDS	73
5 for 52 5 for 76 0 for 0	Punt Returns:No-Yards Kickof Returns:No-Yards Int. Returns:No-Yards	9 for 60 1 for 13 0 for 0
12 for 99	PENALTIES: Number-Yards	17 for 185
5-4	FUMBLES: Number-Lost	2-2
31:11	TIME OF POSSESSION	28:49

Bishop’sMontreal

Passing CP-AT YDS TD INT Jesse Andrews 0-5 0 0 0 Alex Rivet 8-15 97 0 0	Passing CP-AT YDS TD INT A. Nadeau-Piuze 11-20 186 1 0 Maxime Sprauel 3-3 23 0 0
Rushing ATT YDS AVG LG TD J Jean-Baptiste 9 14 1.6 8 0 Alex Rivet 10 2 0.2 11 0 R. King-Fileen 2 19 9.5 15 0 Matt Burke 6 15 2.5 5 0 Tim Cronk 1 2 2.0 2 0 TEAM 2 -15 -7.5 0 0	Rushing ATT YDS AVG LG TD Rotrand Sene 18 83 4.6 23 0 A. Nadeau-Piuze 2 8 4.0 4 0 Olivier Reniere 9 50 5.6 10 1 Carlos Martinez 2 21 10.5 19 0 Team 3 -22 -7.3 0 0
Receiving NO YDS AVG LG TD Stephen Adekolu 1 6 6.0 6 0 Duraney White 1 7 7.0 7 0 Olivier Mongeau 3 32 10.7 17 0 Nathan Heather 1 6 6.0 6 0 David Haddrall 1 41 41.0 41 0 Geoff Coventry 1 5 5.0 5 0	Receiving NO YDS AVG LG TD J-C. M-Phaneuf 2 21 10.5 14 0 Rotrand Sene 1 6 6.0 6 0 Olivier Reniere 1 31 31.0 31 0 Carlos Martinez 1 2 2.0 2 0 Mark Deluca 1 11 11.0 11 0 Franc. Leclerc 1 18 18.0 18 0 Maxime F.-Rioux 2 24 12.0 19 1 Nic. Bordeleau 1 12 12.0 12 0 Djems Kouame 4 84 21.0 55 0
Kicking FG LG XP PTS Josh Maveety 1/3 25 3	Kicking FG LG XP PTS Zack. Medeiros 0/1 0 1/1 1 P-P. Gelinas 1/1 22 3/3 6
Punting NO YDS AVG LG TB -20 M. Paquette 10 341 34.1 49 0 1	Punting NO YDS AVG LG TB -20 P-P. Gelinas 8 326 40.8 49 0 3
Kickoffs NO YDS AVG TB OB Josh Maveety 1 52 52.0 0 0	Kickoffs NO YDS AVG TB OB P-P. Gelinas 5 281 56.2 0 0
Kickoff Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD J. Gabriel 3 41 13.7 21 0 Major Newman 2 35 17.5 27 0	Kickoff Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD Franc. Leclerc 1 13 13.0 13 0
Punt Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD Olivier Mongeau 1 6 6.0 6 0 J. Gabriel 4 46 11.5 32 0	Punt Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD Franc. Leclerc 3 24 8.0 29 0 Maxime F.-Rioux 6 36 6.0 15 0
Interceptions NO YDS AVG LG TD	Interceptions NO YDS AVG LG TD
Fumbles NO LOST O-D REC J. Gabriel 2 1 Alex Rivet 3 3	Fumbles NO LOST O-D REC Rotrand Sene 1 1 Olivier Reniere 1 1

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Bishop’s Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH

Montreal Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH

1	H. Maloney	5	0	5	–	–		–	–
7	Junior Turner	3	3	6	1-7	1-7		–	–
13	J. Gabriel	6	0	6	–	–		–	–
14	Nick Poloniato	0	2	2	–	0-1		–	–
17	Shawn Naylor	2	0	2	–	–	1	–	–
19	Ryland Smith	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
21	Shane Francis	0	1	1	–	–		1-0	–
22	Zak Buis	2	1	3	–	0-1		–	–	1
24	Steven Adu	3	3	6	–	–		–	–	1
26	Ben McPherson	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
32	J. Lewisparris	4	2	6	1-7	1-7	1	–	–
35	Tyler Jutras	2	2	4	–	2-4		1-0	–
36	Tim Cronk	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
37	P-L Champagne	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
43	Justin Conn	2	1	3	–	–		–	–
56	Mark De swart	3	1	4	–	–		–	–
70	Elie Ngoyi	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
77	Mathieu Boulay	3	0	3	–	–		–	–
91	J-C Gagnon	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
97	Kenrick Ritchie	0	2	2	–	–		–	–
TM	TEAM				–	–		–	–
TOTALS	40	20	60	2-14	4-20	2	2-0	–	2
1	Julien Hamel	1	3	4	–	0-1		–	–
6	J-G. Clermont				–	–		–	–	1
7	David Menard	2	2	4	2-7	2-7		1-25	–
14	Nicolas Guimond	3	1	4	–	1-9	1	1-0	–
18	Alex. Dupuis	2	0	2	–	–		–	–
21	Peter Carriere	1	0	1	–	–	1	–	–
24	Antoine Pruneau	6	0	6	1-5	1-5		–	–	1
25	Tony Rayapin	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
27	Olivier Reniere	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
31	O. Frechette-L.	1	2	3	–	–		–	–
33	Jean-M. Lemieux	1	1	2	–	0-1		–	–
37	Christian Houle	3	4	7	1-14	1-14	1	–	–
60	Vincent Proulx	1	0	1	1-11	1-11	1	–	–
43	Max L-Thibodeau	1	0	1	–	–		–	–
50	J. Beaulieu-R.	3	1	4	–	–		–	–
52	Mathieu Girard	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
91	Greg. Alexandre	2	1	3	–	1-2		1-28	–
92	Alexandre Dumas	1	1	2	–	–		–	–
94	Wil. Fontaine	4	0	4	1-1	1-1		1-0	–
98	Garl. Duclervil	0	2	2	–	0-0		–	–
99	J. Verreault	0	1	1	–	–		–	–
TM	Team				–	–		–	–
TOTALS	33	21	54	6-38	8-51	4	4-53	–	2