OTTAWA – It was a Panda Game for the history books on Saturday afternoon and one that Gee-Gees nation will not forget any time soon as last minute heroics by the Carleton Ravens gave them a 33-31 victory.
Down by four points and with four seconds remaining on the clock, Carleton put in quarterback Jesse Mills to throw a Hail Mary from the 55-yard line in hopes of stealing Pedro away from uOttawa for the first time since 1994.
The ball went up and just when it appeared the Gee-Gees had made the interception and put an end to the game, the ball squeaked out and landed into hands of Nate Behar who finished the game with 276 receiving yards. He ran the ball into the end zone, fans stormed the field and the rest was history.
“There is not much that was going through my mind to be honest. The ball just kind of landed in my hand, I covered it with the other hand and the rest is history. When the guys rushed towards me after the touchdown it was amazing because we are so tightly knit and so close as a group. When I looked up there were fans and players all around me and it was a beautiful moment. I don’t think I have ever felt so good in my entire life,” Behar said in a post-game interview.
The magic of pandemonium was obvious throughout Saturday afternoon as the entire game was a seesaw battle. In front of 12,500 fans at TD Place, neither team could gain enough momentum to pull ahead.
Nick Gorgichuk started under centre for the Ravens. The Ottawa native fared well in his first start in his home town, throwing two touchdown passes for 318 yards in the game. He also scored a rushing major The Gee-Gees appeared to gain momentum before the half, taking an 18-14 lead thanks to running touchdown from Mack Tommy. It had been a shaky first half for both teams but uOttawa began to settle down heading into halftime.
Behar also provided the first turning point of the second half, hauling in a reception on the 10 yard line and driving for end zone to cap off Carleton’s 75-yard drive to go ahead 21-18 midway through the third.
As a team the Gee-Gees recorded 481 offensive yards on the day while Carleton had 500 of their own. uOttawa held the edge on the ground however with 307 rushing yards opposed to 139 by the Ravens. In the end fans will remember the ball falling into the hands of Nate Behar, changing the outcome of a game that was virtually in the books.
The win moves Carleton to 2-1 on the season while Ottawa falls to 2-2.
(Source: OUA Website)
| University of Ottawa vs. CARLETON RAVENS’ at OTTAWA 9/20/2014 at 1:00PM |
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| Ottawa 31 |
Carleton 33 |
| SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
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| Ottawa (2-1) | 7 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 31 |
| Carleton (1-1) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 33 |
| OTTAWA | TD PLACE | |||||
| PRD | TIME | SCORING SUMMARY | OTTAWA – CARLETON |
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| 1 | 14:04 | Carleton – Nick Gorgichuk 16 yd run. (M. Domagala kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 16 yards in 0:00. |
0 – 7 |
| 1 | 10:10 | Ottawa – TEAM rouge point. | 1 – 7 |
| 1 | 04:53 | Ottawa – Lewis Ward 23 yd field goal. Drive: 3 plays, 10 yards in 0:56. |
4 – 7 |
| 1 | 00:26 | Ottawa – Lewis Ward 15 yd field goal. Drive: 6 plays, 34 yards in 2:38. |
7 – 7 |
| 2 | 13:00 | Ottawa – D. Bellardini rouge point. | 8 – 7 |
| 2 | 09:30 | Ottawa – Lewis Ward 34 yd field goal. Drive: 6 plays, 21 yards in 2:14. |
11 – 7 |
| 2 | 08:16 | Carleton – Nathaniel Behar 42 yd pass from Nick Gorgichuk. (M. Domagala kick is good). Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards in 1:14. |
11 – 14 |
| 2 | 02:13 | Ottawa – Mack Tommy 13 yd run. (Lewis Ward kick is good). Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in 1:41. |
18 – 14 |
| 3 | 07:40 | Carleton – Nathaniel Behar 18 yd pass from Nick Gorgichuk. (M. Domagala kick is good). Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards in 3:35. |
18 – 21 |
| 3 | 02:19 | Ottawa – Lewis Ward 21 yd field goal. Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards in 2:09. |
21 – 21 |
| 4 | 12:54 | Carleton – M. Domagala 34 yd field goal. Drive: 11 plays, 48 yards in 4:10. |
21 – 24 |
| 4 | 09:54 | Carleton – M. Domagala 43 yd field goal. Drive: 4 plays, 19 yards in 1:30. |
21 – 27 |
| 4 | 06:07 | Ottawa – Derek Wendel 4 yd run. (Lewis Ward kick is good). Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards in 3:47. |
28 – 27 |
| 4 | 01:27 | Ottawa – Lewis Ward 17 yd field goal. Drive: 7 plays, 86 yards in 2:28. |
31 – 27 |
| 4 | 00:00 | Carleton – Nathaniel Behar 55 yd pass from Jesse Mills. (). Drive: 5 plays, 105 yards in 0:25. |
31 – 33 |
| OTTAWA | STATISTICS | CARLETON |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | FIRST DOWNS | 25 |
| 9 15 2 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
17 8 0 |
| 481 | TOTAL OFFENSE | 500 |
| 68 7.1 |
Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play |
65 7.7 |
| 174 | NET YARDS PASSING | 361 |
| 16-28 6.2 2-6 0 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted |
24-35 10.3 2-12 0 |
| 307 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 139 |
| 38 8.1 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
28 5.0 |
| 9-329 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 9-333 |
| 36.6 | Average | 37.0 |
| 193 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 136 |
| 8-95 4-98 0 0 |
Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards |
4-57 3-79 0 0 |
| 8-100 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 11-147 |
| 1-1 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 5-2 |
| 2-12 | SACKS: Number-Yards | 2-6 |
| 0 0 | INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards | 0 0 |
| 31:37 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 28:03 |
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| DEFENSIVE STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
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| # | OTTAWA | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 92 | Rashid Timbilla | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 – 7 | 2 – 12 | – | – | ||||
| 9 | Khadim Mbaye | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | Tanner Care | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 21 | Ty Cranston | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 44 | Nick Lecour | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | 1-0 | – | ||||
| TM | TEAM | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 16 | Jackson Bennett | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 23 | Randy Williams | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 33 | Marc-Antoine Laurin | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 30 | Greg Cherniak | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 49 | Ettore Lattanzio | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 – 5 | 2 – 10 | – | – | ||||
| 7 | Zach Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 20 | Dustin Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 26 | Jordan Sutcliffe | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1-0 | – | |||
| 27 | Mike Randazzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 29 | Trevor Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 50 | Andrew Randall | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 55 | Osas Obas | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 97 | James Reinlein | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 53 | 0 | 53 | 2 – 12 | 4 – 22 | 1 | 2-0 | – | 2 | |||
| # | CARLETON | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 23 | N. Hamlin | 9 | 0 | 9 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 2 | Tunde Adeleke | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | 1 | |||
| 25 | Bamki Adewale | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 16 | Justin Howell | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 28 | James McCallum | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 1 | 1-0 | – | |||
| 54 | Carlo Gallotta | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 97 | Stefan Carty | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | 4 – 16 | – | – | ||||
| 31 | Michael Black | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 44 | Leon Cenerini | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 93 | B. Hawkins | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 98 | Josh Cardillo | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 22 | M. Patterson | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 7 | Lucas Brenton | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 11 | Nathaniel Behar | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 29 | Daniel McNicoll | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 33 | Dsean Thelwel | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 34 | Trevelle Wisdom | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 40 | Conner Picco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 – 4 | 1 – 4 | – | – | ||||
| 41 | Ryan Kublek | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 52 | Elliot Nelson | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 55 | Kwabena Asare | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 91 | Zach Annen | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TM | TEAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 60 | 0 | 60 | 2 – 6 | 7 – 23 | 1 | 1-0 | – | 3 | |||
| OTHER INFORMATION | |
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| Location: OTTAWA Stadium: TD PLACE Attendance: 12000 Weather: OVERCAST Temperature: 20C Wind: 33KM/H |
Referee: KEVIN HORTON Umpire: ANDRE PAPINEAU Head Linesman: DAVE HO Line Judge: RON ANTELLE Back Judge: ROSS SAUNDERS Field Judge: KEVIN LAMONT Side Judge: BARCLAY EASTON |
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