VANCOUVER – The second-ranked University of Calgary Dinos found the end zone on each of their first three offensive drives of the game and didn’t let up, cruising to a 59-11 win over the UBC Thunderbirds Saturday afternoon.
Mercer Timmis ran for 149 yards while Andrew Buckley tossed for 322 yards and four touchdowns as the Dinos ran their conference win streak to 11 games with a dominant performance, picking up 719 offensive yards against UBC’s 177. For the second week in a row, Calgary’s defence didn’t give up an offensive touchdown, with UBC’s points coming off a pair of safeties and an 80-yard interception return touchdown.
Calgary improves to 2-0 on the year, while UBC falls to 0-2.
“I thought the tempo coming out was very good on both sides of the ball, and as the game went on we were able to settle down, play our brand of football, and play with power and intensity,” said Calgary head coach Blake Nill. “Buckley was doing a good job making the right reads, and overall our offence moved the ball at will for most of the game.”
Timmis picked up two more touchdowns on the day to bring his season total to four, and he opened the scoring just 2:18 into the ball game to wrap up a six-play, 74-yard drive with a 7-yard stroll to the end zone. Just four minutes later, Buckley connected with Jake Harty, who made a spectacular juggling catch in the end zone to make it 14-0. Then, just over three minutes after that, Jimmy Underdahl capped a third straight Calgary TD drive with his first of three majors on the day as Calgary jumped out to a 21-0 lead.
The Dinos would put 24 more on the board before halftime. Timmis picked up his second TD, this one on a 30-yard reception from Buckley. Tyler Ledwos scored his first career CIS touchdown on a 71-yard bomb, and Brett Blaszko hauled in a 20-yard TD pass late in the first half. And on the final play of the second quarter, Johnny Mark hit from 42 yards after a Doctor Cassama interception gave the Dinos the ball back inside UBC territory, and Calgary took a 45-4 lead into halftime.
Underdahl picked up two more rushing TDs in the second half from five and two yards out to make it 59-4, and UBC’s only major of the day came when Chris Adams picked off an errant Eric Dzwilewski pass and ran it back 80 yards.
UBC’s offence sputtered all day as the Calgary defence held them in check. Combined, the Thunderbird pivot tandem of Carson Williams and Greg Bowcott managed just six completions on 25 attempts for 57 yards and a pair of interceptions. On the ground, the T-Birds picked up 120 yards, with Williams leading the way with 57. Brendon Deschamps, the second-leading rusher in the nation last season, was held to just 41 yards.
On the flip side, the Dinos moved the ball virtually at will. Blaszko had another huge day receiving with 149 more yards after picking up 198 against Alberta in Week 1, while Ledwos picked up 83 and Austen Hartley added 73. Buckley went 17-24 in passing, and the Dinos rumbled for 313 yards along the ground.
Defensively, Cassama and Adam Konar picked up interceptions for Calgary while Thomas Spoletini led the way with four solo tackles on the day. Konar, in his first CIS game since playing with the Thunderbirds in 2011, added 3.5 tackles on the day.
The Dinos head back on the road next weekend to face the Saskatchewan Huskies (1-1) Friday night at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon.
By Ben Matchett
VANCOUVER – The defending Canada West champion Calgary Dinos rained on UBC’s homecoming weekend on Saturday with a 59-11 win over the Thunderbirds in front of the biggest UBC football crowd in over 10 years. The attendance for the game on David Sidoo Field at Thunderbird Stadium was 4,245.
The Dinos outgained the T-Birds 704 yards to 177 and had a 38-11 advantage in first downs. Andrew Buckley was 17-for-24 for 307 yards and four touchdowns to four different receivers before giving way to his backup in the second half.
The game was virtually out of reach by the halftime whistle, as Calgary took a 45-4 lead into the locker room with a 430-106 advantage in offensive yards. The result was all the more shocking when compared to last year’s season series between UBC and Calgary. Although the Dinos won all three games, including the first-round playoff matchup in Calgary, all three were close in the fourth quarter, with eventual victory margins of 10, 14 and 17 points.
“I don’t think the talent difference is as big as the score today for sure,” said UBC head coach Shawn Olson. “We have a young, talented team, but we obviously have not prepared them to compete at the level they need to, so that’s something we have to figure out.”
The Dinos didn’t allow a single offensive point on Saturday, as the ‘Birds did all their scoring on two safeties and an interception return. This makes two straight games to start the season in which Calgary hasn’t given up an offensive touchdown. UBC quarterbacks Carson Williams and Greg Bowcott combined for just 57 yards through the air on 6-for-25 passing, which made for tough sledding once the team fell behind early. The ground game for UBC, which was one of the best in the league last year, didn’t get a chance to find a rhythm, and has yet to score a touchdown through the first two games this season.
“We haven’t been able to move people consistently,” said Olson. “We had glimmers early in the game with Brandon Deschamps having a couple runs. Some of it is scheme. We’re not blocking people consistently. Calgary is a good team especially up front, but we have to be more consistently and have to be able to get our running backs going. We have three good ones there, but can’t seem to consistently churn out first downs in the run game.”
Williams led the team with 57 yards on the ground. Deschamps had 41 yards on eight carries, and rookie Marcus Davis added 17 yards on three carries.
Davis also provided the lone bright spot of the first half for UBC, with a 79-yard kick return that set them up in the redzone. The offence was unable to capitalize on the chance, but after a turnover on downs the UBC defence held firm, leading to Calgary conceding a safety. Davis racked up 156 return yards for the day.
The lone UBC touchdown came early in the fourth quarter with Dzwilewski in at quarterback for the Dinos. Chris Adams jumped the flat route on the right sideline and took the interception back 80 yards for the score.
“You saw glimmers of energy and some passion towards the end there, and that’s what we’re looking for,” said Olson.
Calgary improves to 2-0 with the win, while the T-Birds fall to 0-2. Both teams will be on the road next weekend. Calgary heads into Saskatchewan to take on the Huskies on Friday, while the T-Birds are at the Manitoba Bisons on Saturday.
Source: UBC Sports Info
IMAGE CREDIT: Rich Lam/UBC Thunderbirds
| Calgary vs. UBC at Vancouver, BC 9/13/2014 at 2:00 pm |
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| Calgary 59 |
UBC 11 |
| SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
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| Calgary (2-0) | 28 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 59 |
| UBC (0-2) | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| Vancouver, BC | Thunderbird Stadium | |||||
| PRD | TIME | SCORING SUMMARY | CALGARY – UBC |
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| 1 | 12:42 | Calgary – Mercer Timmis 7 yd run. (Johnny Mark kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 74 yards in 2:11. |
7 – 0 |
| 1 | 08:34 | Calgary – Jake Harty 8 yd pass from Andrew Buckley. (Johnny Mark kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 90 yards in 2:17. |
14 – 0 |
| 1 | 05:12 | Calgary – Jimmy Underdahl 1 yd run. (Johnny Mark kick is good). Drive: 5 plays, 57 yards in 2:04. |
21 – 0 |
| 1 | 02:32 | UBC – Team safety | 21 – 2 |
| 1 | 00:00 | Calgary – Mercer Timmis 30 yd pass from Andrew Buckley. (Johnny Mark kick is good). Drive: 4 plays, 50 yards in 1:25. |
28 – 2 |
| 2 | 12:02 | UBC – Team safety | 28 – 4 |
| 2 | 04:14 | Calgary – Tyler Ledwos 71 yd pass from Andrew Buckley. (Johnny Mark kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 71 yards in 0:25. |
35 – 4 |
| 2 | 00:39 | Calgary – Brett Blaszko 20 yd pass from Andrew Buckley. (Johnny Mark kick is good). Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards in 2:04. |
42 – 4 |
| 2 | 00:00 | Calgary – Johnny Mark 42 yd field goal. Drive: 2 plays, 4 yards in 0:06. |
45 – 4 |
| 3 | 10:58 | Calgary – Jimmy Underdahl 5 yd run. (Johnny Mark kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 69 yards in 2:49. |
52 – 4 |
| 3 | 06:40 | Calgary – Jimmy Underdahl 2 yd run. (Johnny Mark kick is good). Drive: 4 plays, 43 yards in 1:28. |
59 – 4 |
| 3 | 00:52 | UBC – Chris Adams 80 yd interception return. (Q. van Gylswyk kick is good). | 59 – 11 |
| CALGARY | STATISTICS | UBC |
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| 37 | FIRST DOWNS | 11 |
| 15 21 1 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
3 6 2 |
| 726 | TOTAL OFFENSE | 177 |
| 71 10.2 |
Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play |
49 3.6 |
| 413 | NET YARDS PASSING | 57 |
| 23-33 12.5 1-4 2 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted |
6-25 2.3 0-0 2 |
| 313 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 120 |
| 38 8.2 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
24 5.0 |
| 4-167 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 12-510 |
| 41.8 | Average | 42.5 |
| 108 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 410 |
| 11-91 2-17 2-0 |
Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards |
4-16 11-250 2-144 |
| 7-60 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 5-24 |
| 1-0 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 0-0 |
| 0 0 | SACKS: Number-Yards | 1-4 |
| 2-0 | INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards | 2-144 |
| 37:20 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 22:03 |
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| DEFENSIVE STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
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| # | CALGARY | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 7 | Cyril Iwanegbe | 2 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 27 | Tom Spoletini | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | Adam Konar | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | – | 0.5 – 1 | – | 1-0 | 1 | |||
| 32 | Brad Friesen | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 28 | Hunter Turnbull | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 40 | Tanner Doll | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | 1 – 7 | – | – | ||||
| 75 | Connor McGough | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 25 | Doctor Cassama | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | 1-0 | ||||
| 4 | Robert Woodson | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 34 | Iyanu Ojekale | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 52 | Brett Wade | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | 1.5 – 2 | – | – | ||||
| 77 | Cory Robinson | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 88 | Austen Hartley | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 93 | Jack McEwen | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Adam Laurensse | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 5 | Elie Bouka | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 22 | Carson Stambene | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 23 | Nathan Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 81 | Tyler Ledwos | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 6 | Jake Harty | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 26 | Antonio Penn | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 31 | Quentin Chown | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 39 | Andrew Britton | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 63 | Darius Ciraco | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 83 | Brendon Thera-Plamondon | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 26 | 30 | 41 | – | 4 – 11 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | ||||
| # | UBC | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 20 | Chris Adams | 7 | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | 1-80 | ||||
| 21 | Jordan Bosa | 2 | 5 | 4.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 96 | Donovan Dale | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 18 | Shane Garza | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 22 | Adam Senuik | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 8 | Kareem Ba | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | 1 – 3 | – | – | ||||
| 27 | Yianni Cabylis | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 28 | Warren Reece | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 44 | Ian Henderson | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | 1 – 4 | – | – | ||||
| 25 | Kehl Snyder | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 45 | Riley Jones | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 48 | Mark McCutcheon | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 56 | Dante Vigini | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 1 – 3 | – | – | ||||
| 94 | Treymont Levy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 – 4 | 1 – 4 | – | – | ||||
| 31 | Pierre Lacerte | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 90 | Boyd Richardson | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 91 | Emmanuel Koleosho | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 6 | Will Watson | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 26 | Bryan Rideout | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 35 | A. J. Blackwell | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 88 | Joey Gabrick | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 98 | Nick Haggerty | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| 3 | Kevin Wiens | – | – | – | 1-64 | |||||||
| TOTALS | 38 | 28 | 52 | 1 – 4 | 4 – 14 | 0-0 | 2-144 | |||||
| OTHER INFORMATION | |
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| Location: Vancouver, BC Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: 4245 Weather: sunny |
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