In their first game on their brand new turf, the Huskies came out on the losing end to the visitors, StFX 31-7 in their home opener. With 3 blocked punts and 2 interceptions, Saint Mary’s had some costly mistakes that opened the door for the X-Men. That in addition to an offense that was unable to find the end-zone and this was not the start the Huskies were looking for to the 2014 season.
In the first half, neither offense could get things going in the early beginning as the teams traded punts. A Saint Mary’s mistake on special teams opened the door for StFX when Chase Kodejs’ punt was blocked by linebacker Aaron Brownlee and returned to the Saint Mary’s 8-yard line. X-Men Quarterback Tivon Cook then completed the 8-yard pass to Wide Receiver Donald Tabor for a 7-0 lead before the end of the 1st Quarter. A safety followed by a 77-yard touchdown drive by the StFX offense put the Huskies in a 16-0 hole early.
The Huskies responded by going 51 yards of their own including a 30 yard catch by Prot and 17-yards by Magee. But just a few minutes later a 39-yard missed field goal and Saint Mary’s was unable to close the deficit. After an X-Men punt, Melvin Abankwah responded with a 38-yard rush into StFX half and Kodejs nailed a 32-yard kick to put the Huskies on the board. The X-Men followed by kicking a 34- yard field goal of their own to make it 19-3 going into the half.
The 2nd half saw the Huskies get off to a bad start as Ben Rossong was sacked at SMU’s own 16. The following punt was blocked again by StFX and returned for the touchdown, increasing the deficit to 26-4. Running backs Abankwah and Jacob Gesse took matters into their own hands marching the Saint Mary’s offense down the field into the X-men’s half. A crucial 3rd down conversion on a completed pass to Magee kept the drive alive and put the ball within range for Kodejs to nail the 32-yard field goal to make it 26-7.
Down by 21 in the 4th, the Huskies were forced to put the ball in the air. Rossong promptly under threw a pass to wide receiver Matt Magee that was intercepted by defensive back Justin Holland and resulted in a StFX field goal to make it 31-7. With the game out of reach Head Coach Perry Marchese turned to back-up quarterback Scott Borden who drove the ball 96-yards to the 9-yard line but failed on the last attempt.
The Huskies will be forced to rebound next week in Acadia, against a tough Axemen team and will need to improve the offense and special teams in order to avoid falling to 0-2.
| Stfx vs. Saint Mary’s at Halifax, Nova Scotia 9/5/2014 at 7:02 R |
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| StFX 31 |
Saint Mary’s 7 |
| SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
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| StFX (1-0) | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 31 |
| Saint Mary’s (0-1) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Halifax, Nova Scotia | Huskies Stadium | |||||
| PRD | TIME | SCORING SUMMARY | STFX – SAINT MARY’S |
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| 1 | 00:49 | StFX – Donald Tabor 8 yd pass from Tivon Cook. (Jeremy Ford kick is good). Drive: 2 plays, 8 yards in 0:47. |
7 – 0 |
| 2 | 14:35 | StFX – Team safety | 9 – 0 |
| 2 | 11:38 | StFX – Ashton Dickson 1 yd run. (Jeremy Ford kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 77 yards in 2:52. |
16 – 0 |
| 2 | 04:47 | Saint Mary’s – Chase Kodejs 32 yd field goal. Drive: 4 plays, 38 yards in 1:28. |
16 – 3 |
| 2 | 02:31 | StFX – Jeremy Ford 34 yd field goal. Drive: 5 plays, 49 yards in 2:16. |
19 – 3 |
| 2 | 00:05 | Saint Mary’s – Chase Kodejs rouge point. | 19 – 4 |
| 3 | 13:23 | StFX – Punt blocked, returned 0 by Jesse Stevens for TD. (Jeremy Ford kick is good). | 26 – 4 |
| 3 | 04:51 | Saint Mary’s – Chase Kodejs 32 yd field goal. Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards in 3:56. |
26 – 7 |
| 3 | 00:00 | StFX – Team safety | 28 – 7 |
| 4 | 08:26 | StFX – Jeremy Ford 32 yd field goal. Drive: 8 plays, 55 yards in 3:55. |
31 – 7 |
| STFX | STATISTICS | SAINT MARY’S |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | FIRST DOWNS | 21 |
| 4 11 3 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
10 10 1 |
| 289 | TOTAL OFFENSE | 383 |
| 54 5.4 |
Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play |
63 6.1 |
| 91 | NET YARDS PASSING | 234 |
| 8-12 7.6 2-16 0 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted |
18-30 7.8 3-16 2 |
| 214 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 165 |
| 40 5.4 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
30 5.5 |
| 9-319 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 4-49 |
| 35.4 | Average | 12.2 |
| 190 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 150 |
| 7-118 3-56 2-16 |
Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards |
7-62 4-88 0 0 |
| 8-75 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 11-99 |
| 1-0 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 3-2 |
| 3-16 | SACKS: Number-Yards | 2-16 |
| 2-16 | INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards | 0 0 |
| 30:38 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 29:06 |
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| DEFENSIVE STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
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| # | STFX | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 42 | Ron Omara | 6 | 3 | 7.5 | – | 1.5 – 3 | – | – | 2 | |||
| 4 | Patrick Mpuanga | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 9 | Demetrius Ferguson | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | – | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 21 | Nathaniel Fermin | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 91 | Jesse Stevens | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 1-0 | – | 1 | |||
| 10 | Hayden Peters | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 94 | Mete Konya | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 1.5 – 9 | 2.5 – 13 | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Daniel Tshiamala | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 12 | Tope Alao | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 57 | Jainyme DaSilveira | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 25 | Justin Holland | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 1–2 | ||||
| 35 | Andrew Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 52 | Adam Kuntz | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 90 | Taj Mills | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 – 5 | 1 – 5 | – | – | ||||
| 95 | Kyle Forde | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 – 2 | 0.5 – 2 | – | – | ||||
| 17 | James Menzies | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1 | Charlton Elliott | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | ||
| 28 | Chris Shibley | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 81 | Kyle McCluskey | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 20 | Paolo Edwards | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | 0.5 – 0 | – | 1-18 | ||||
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| 55 | Aaron Brownlee | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |||||
| TOTALS | 45 | 18 | 54 | 3 – 16 | 6 – 23 | 3 | 2-0 | 2-16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| # | SAINT MARY’S | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 7 | Jonathan Langa | 8 | 7 | 11.5 | 0.5 – 4 | 0.5 – 4 | – | – | ||||
| 2 | Makenzie Fox | 4 | 5 | 6.5 | – | 1 – 2 | – | – | ||||
| 33 | Jeremy Nichole | 5 | 1 | 5.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 21 | Marchand-Wrigh Marchand-Wright | 4 | 1 | 4.5 | – | 1 – 6 | – | – | 1 | |||
| 12 | Omar Abdallah | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 43 | A. Panchyshyn | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.5 – 4 | 0.5 – 4 | – | – | ||||
| 99 | Matt Delmas | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | ||||
| 26 | Jesse Lacle | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 37 | Marvin Golding | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 – 8 | 1 – 8 | – | – | ||||
| 14 | M. Loggale | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 49 | Kyle Macdonald | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 24 | Chase Kodejs | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 25 | Quinn Polley | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 34 | Ryan Zawacki | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 47 | Steeven Severe | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 82 | Jonathan Watson | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 95 | John Cole | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Kevin Myrthil | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 11 | Jacob Gesse | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 56 | Cameron Emond | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 41 | 26 | 54 | 2 – 16 | 5 – 25 | – | – | 1 | ||||
| OTHER INFORMATION | |
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| Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Stadium: Huskies Stadium Attendance: 2152 Temperature: 23 C Wind: SW 12kph |
Referee: A. Gates Umpire: K. Strickland Head Linesman: V. Williams Line Judge: J. Czenze Back Judge: G. MacKenzie Field Judge: J. Skerry Side Judge: B. DeBaie Scorekeeper: John McGowan |
Photo credits: Mona Ghiz – Ghiz Photography (www.GhizPhotography.com)
Source: Saint Mary’s Sports Information
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