In a tough defensive matchup, the Guelph Gryphon’s football squad was narrowly defeated by the Laurier Golden Hawks 15-10 on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Stadium.
With the loss, the Gryphon’s finish the season at 2-6, while Laurier punches their playoff ticket and finishes the regular season at 4-4. The loss was especially bitter for the Gryphon’s, as receiver Jedd Gardner (Niagara Falls, Ont.) became the Gryphon’s all-time leader in receptions with 153.
Guelph was again led by rookie quarterback Jazz Lindsey (Markham, Ont.), who completed 26 of 50 passes for 343 yards and a touchdown. His only mistakes of the game came on goal line drives that resulted in costly interceptions in the end zone. Gardner, his primary receiver, hauled in eight catches for 123 yards, capping off his career with a touchdown grab with five seconds remaining in the game. Saxon Lindsey (Markham, Ont.) chipped in with seven receptions for 69 yards, while Rob Farquharson paced the Gryphons with 55 rushing yards on 18 attempts.
Laurier’s Shane Kelly continued to add to his solid offensive season, completing 23-34 passes for 183 yards. However, Kelly was held without a touchdown for only the second game this season. Tyrrel Wilson rushed for 70 yards, while Dillon Heap netted 142 total yards on the day.
Guelph opened the game by completing a pass to Jedd Gardner on their first play to get him a share of the record for completions by a Gryphon in a season. After being forced to punt, the Gryphon defence stepped up early on a big third down stuff, forcing the turnover on downs. Laurier would later kick a field goal after a poor punt gave them great field possession, and take a 3-0 lead halfway through the first quarter.
On the first play after the made field goal, Gardner hauled in his second completion of the game, giving him sole possession of the completions record. The Gryphon’s put forth an impressive drive, but were ultimately forced to punt the ball away. Both teams continued to trade field possession as the quarter ended with Laurier leading 3-0.
Early in the second quarter it appeared that the Gryphons were on the cusp of scoring after putting together an impressive drive. After a play action pass, Lindsey avoided the pass rush to scramble for a couple yards. On first and goal Lindsey’s pass was picked off by Shane Herbert, ending a promising drive. Guelph would eventually get on the board late in the half, connection on a 43 yard field goal. After a Laurier possession ended in a fumble recovery by Guelph’s Jarryd Baines (Ottawa), the teams entered the half tied at three apiece.
An early fumble by Guelph led to a 43 yard field goal by Laurier’s Ronald Pfeffer to give the Hawks a 6-3 lead. On their next possession, Laurier had a solid drive ultimately stuffed after a third down rush attempt fell short. Guelph conceded a safety on the following possession, giving Laurier an 8-3 advantage. Both teams traded field possession to close out the quarter.
The fourth saw both teams go two-and-out before Laurier eventually scored on a two yard run by Rashad La Touche to extend the Golden Hawks lead to 15-3. Guelph would put together an impressive drive on the ensuing possession, even scoring a touchdown on a flea-flicker, but the touchdown was revoked after a flag on the Gryphons.
On the day, Guelph committed 16 penalties for 140 yards. The possession ended with another interception in the Guelph end zone. Guelph would finish the game with a final drive that saw Jedd Gardner finish his University of Guelph career with an 18 yards touchdown pass with 5.5 seconds remaining in the game.
While their season may have come to an end, the future for the Guelph football team looks to be in good shape heading forward. The defence put together a solid campaign, while the offense continued to improve with every game they played. The Gryphon’s would like to thank their graduating players whose contributions will be sorely missed. Thank you to those who came out to Alumni field all season, and we look forward to seeing you again next season.
Guelph Sports Info
With a spot in the OUA playoffs on the line, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (4-4) forced five turnovers as they defeated the Guelph Gryphons (2-6) by a score of 15-10 on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Stadium.
The Hawks would open the scoring seven minutes into the opening quarter when Ronnie Pfeffer of Kitchener, Ont., hit a 34 yard field goal to stake Laurier to a 3-0. Guelph would tie the game on a 21 yard field goal by Daniel Ferraro of Mississauga, Ont., in the second quarter and that would be all the scoring in the opening half as the teams went to the locker rooms tied at three.
Pfeffer would give the Hawks the lead once more in the third quarter when he nailed a career-long 43 yard field goal six minutes into the half. From there, Laurier’s defence would step up as they forced the Gryphons to take a safety, giving them an 8-3 lead through three quarters.
The purple and gold stretched their lead to 12 early in the fourth when they scored the game’s opening touchdown. After a couple of key runs from Tyrrel Wilson of Hamilton, running back Rashad La Touche of Whitby, Ont., punched the ball in from two yards out to give Laurier a 15-3 lead.
Guelph would push to get back into the game but the Hawks defence came up with two key stops. First, Scott McCahill of Kingston, Ont., intercepted Guelph quarterback Jazz Lindsey of Markham, Ont., in the endzone before the Hawks forced a turnover on downs late in the game.
The Gryphons would find the endzone with 5.5 seconds left in the game when Lindsey hit Jedd Gardner of Niagara Falls, Ont., for an 18 yard score but it wouldn’t be enough as Laurier held on for the victory.
Although t he Hawks allowed the Gryphons to put up 428 offensive yards in the game, the defence did not break and forced Guelph into two interceptions, two fumbles and a turnover on downs. McCahill and Shane Herbert of Ajax, Ont., had the two interceptions while Samuel Aird of Ancaster, Ont., and Jesse Collins of Waterloo, Ont., had the two forced fumbles.
Aird also finished with a game-high 8.5 total tackles.
Meanwhile, Laurier’s offence put up 307 total yards on the day, highlighted by a 70 yard rushing performance from Wilson. Shane Kelly of Basking Ridge, N.J., finished the game 23 of 34 for 183 yards but fell 60 yards short of Bill Kubas’ single season record for passing yards. Kelly’s favourite target on the day was Dillon Heap of Waterloo, Ont., who had six receptions for 65 yards.
With the win, the Hawks finish sixth in the OUA and will now travel to Kingston to battle the third-seed Queen’s Gaels, who stunned the No. 1 Western Mustangs with a 37-0 victory on Saturday, in the OUA Quarter-finals. Game time at Richardson Stadium in Kingston is set for 1 p.m.
NOTES: Linebackers Collins and Mitchell Bosch of Langley, B.C., both left Saturday’s contest with injuries…their status for Saturday’s quarter-final game is unknown…Kelly set new single-season school records with 177 completions and 303 attempts…he finished the season as the CIS leader in both passing yards (2,236) and touchdowns (20)
Laurier Sports Info
| Laurier vs. Guelph Gryphons at Guelph, Ontario 10/22/2011 at 1:00 PM |
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| Laurier 15 |
Guelph 10 |
| Laurier (4-4-0) | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| Guelph (2-6-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Guelph, Ontario | Alumni Stadium |
Box Score Play by PlayDrive Summary
| 1 | 08:25 | Laurier – Ronald Pfeffer 34 yd field goal. Drive: 9 plays, 0 yards in 0:54. |
3 – 0 |
| 2 | 01:12 | Guelph – D Ferraro 21 yd field goal. Drive: 11 plays, 0 yards in 1:25. |
3 – 3 |
| 3 | 09:31 | Laurier – Ronald Pfeffer 43 yd field goal. Drive: 8 plays, 0 yards in 1:18. |
6 – 3 |
| 3 | 04:14 | Laurier – Team safety | 8 – 3 |
| 4 | 09:20 | Laurier – R. La Touche 2 yd run. (Ronald Pfeffer kick is good). Drive: 3 plays, 17 yards in 0:59. |
15 – 3 |
| 4 | 00:06 | Guelph – J Gardner 18 yd pass from J Lindsey. (D Ferraro kick is good). Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards in 0:47. |
15 – 10 |
| 19 | FIRST DOWNS | 25 |
| 8 8 3 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
18 6 1 |
| 183 | NET YARDS PASSING | 343 |
| 23-34 5.4 1 for 12 0 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked:Number-Yards Had intercepted |
26-50 6.9 0 for 0 2 |
| 124 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 85 |
| 26 4.8 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
28 3.0 |
| 11 for 335 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 11 for 346 |
| 30.5 | Average | 31.5 |
| 80 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 104 |
| 9 for 76 1 for -1 2 for 5 |
Punt Returns:No-Yards Kickof Returns:No-Yards Int. Returns:No-Yards |
8 for 31 3 for 73 0 for 0 |
| 8 for 45 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 16 for 140 |
| 2-1 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 3-2 |
| 0 for 0 | SACKS: Number-Yards | 1 for 12 |
| 2 for 5 | INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards | 0 for 0 |
| 25:13 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 31:58 |
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| 41 | Samuel Aird | 5 | 7 | 8.5 | – | – | 1-0 | – | 1 | |||
| 60 | Alex Brouwers | 5 | 3 | 6.5 | – | 1 – 2 | – | – | ||||
| 6 | Carlos Naranjo | 5 | 1 | 5.5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 91 | George Kourtesiotis | 4 | 3 | 5.5 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| 45 | Felix Odum | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Shane Herbert | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | – | – | – | 1-5 | ||||
| 51 | Drew Galpin | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 5 | Nick Sapone | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | 2 – 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||
| 21 | Chris Ackie | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 44 | Jesse Collins | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | 1-0 | – | 1 | |||
| 16 | Scott McCahill | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | 1-0 | 1 | |||
| 48 | Ben Ivany | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 32 | Josh Pirie | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 8 | Kelvin Muamba | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 31 | Bobby Troop | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 33 | Mitchell Bosch | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 42 | Spencer Troop | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 50 | Daniel Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 52 | Daniel Bishop | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| TOTALS | 51 | 18 | 60 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 5 | 2 | 2-0 | 2-5 | 6 | |||
| 18 | J Baines | 7 | 3 | 8.5 | – | 0.5 – 1 | 1-0 | – | 1 | |||
| 15 | J Reinhart | 5 | 3 | 6.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 19 | B Dunjko | 5 | 1 | 5.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 54 | C Rukavina | 4 | 3 | 5.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 24 | S Howard | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| 53 | J Rush | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| 55 | M Millar | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | 1 – 3 | – | – | ||||
| 2 | J Duncan | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| 6 | W Green | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 23 | Z Androschuk | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 29 | C Macdonald | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | ||||
| 31 | I Hutchison | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 32 | R Farquharson | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 52 | C Walker | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 93 | K Seilis | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | 0.5 – 0 | – | – | ||||
| 97 | C Thorn | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | C Trivieri | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 20 | T Palmer | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 44 | J Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 – 12 | 1 – 12 | – | – | 1 | |||
| 91 | J Finley | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | K Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 40 | 26 | 53 | 1 – 12 | 4 – 17 | 1 | 1-0 | – | 7 |
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