LONDON – After taking their first lost of the season less than a week ago, the Western Mustangs bounced back with a 61–20 victory over the Laurier Golden Hawks to secure their fifth win of the season on Thursday night at TD Stadium.
“Our guys came out. We controlled the line of scrimmage, we pounded the ball at them, Stevenson [Bone] made good decisions and you know what, it was good,” said Mustangs head coach Greg Marshall.
With Will Finch, the Mustangs starting quarterback, sidelined due to injury, it wasn’t clear which Mustangs offence was going to show up to play come game time.
But backup Stevenson Bone was fluid in his delivery of 35 first-half points — a half that was capped off by a 48-yard run. The play set up his own 20-yard rushing touchdown that gave his team a commanding 32 point-lead.
The Mustangs kept their foot on the pedal as they proceeded to put up another 26 points in the second half.
Despite a few mistakes, Bone showed his ability to move the chains, and manage the game for the Mustangs. Bone completed 19 of his 25 passes for 285 yards and three touchdowns. He also added 86 yards on seven carries and a rushing touchdown.
Bone, who hadn’t started in a game as quarterback since high school, was overwhelmed by the result.
“I’m speechless. I’m so emotional right here but it was a tremendous game and tremendous effort by our whole team,” said Bone.
Brian Marshall, Western’s senior slot back, stood out as Bone’s favourite target. Bone connected with Marshall eight times for 157 yards and a touchdown.
Overall, Greg Marshall said he was impressed by the young quarterback’s performance.
“He’s been good. To be honest I was surprised he missed some of those long ones because in practice he’s been really, really good — and they were close. He threw a nice ball to Brian over here, he put the ball in really good spots,” Greg Marshall said.
Thursday night’s performance could serve as a wake up call for the other teams in Ontario University Athletics. Even without their starting quarterback, the Mustangs offence fired on all cylinders.
The Mustangs run game was hardnosed as the team ripped off 431 total yards on 49 carries. Garret Sanvido led the unit with 165 yards on 17 carries just two weeks after suffering a knee injury in Waterloo.
“I was just running the ball really. I don’t know how many carries I got but it’s a lot more then I’ve been getting this year,” Sanvido said. “The more we have guys to play off — throw Yannick [Harou] in, throw [Alex] Taylor, and Adam Sinclair in — the healthier I can be in the long run.”
Considering the Mustangs offence struggled to execute at times in last week’s loss the Marauders, their performance against Laurier was night and day. The offence produced 720 total yards.
But even as the Mustangs offence soaked up the Thursday night spotlight, the defence did not go unnoticed. Matched up against the league’s top rusher, the Mustangs defensive front contained the Golden Hawks running back, Dillon Campbell just long enough for their offence to put up an insurmountable lead.
Laurier’s first touchdown didn’t come until the start of the fourth quarter — a touchdown that was set up by a screen pass to Campbell. He managed 111 yards on 18 carries with one touchdown. Campbell has put up at least 100 yards rushing in all six games this season, and now owns Laurier’s single-season rushing record with 1,132 yards so far this year.
The CIS’ leading rusher also added five receptions for 87 yards receiving courtesy of quarterback, James Fracas, who posted 21 completions, 285 yards and one touchdown of his own.
However, everything seemed to go in Western’s favour. The Mustangs turned a run of the mill Laurier punt into six points after the partially blocked kick was caught and returned by Mustangs safety, Trevor Lass as time expired in the third quarter.
In addition to the return, the Mustangs special teams contributed another 21 points on five field goals and six extra points from kicker, Zack Medeiros.
With the win, the Mustangs improve to 5–1 on the season and get the next nine days off to rest and get healthy. With many key starters out of the lineup, Greg Marshall is looking forward to the time off.
“This week has been long. It was five days and it seemed like 50. I’m glad it’s over and I’m glad we can re-group, rest up, get Jean Gab, get Jesse McNair back — we’re going to get some guys healthy next week,” Marshall said.
The Mustangs travel to Guelph next Saturday to take on Gryphons. Game time is 1 p.m.
(Source: Tony von Richter, Western Mustangs Sports Information)
Campbell sets rushing record in loss
LONDON – The No. 10 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s football team were handed a 61-20 loss by the No. 4 Western Mustangs on Thursday night at TD Stadium.
The Mustangs, who started backup quarterback Stevenson Bone of Darien, CT in the place of injured starter Will Finch of Burlington, Ont., used a deadly combination of accurate passing and strong running to improve to 5-1 on the season.
The loss drops the Hawks to 4-2 and represents the ninth straight defeat Laurier has suffered at the hands of the Mustangs.
“They were definitely motivated,” commented head coach Michael Faulds on a Western team coming off their first loss of the year. “It’s not like we weren’t motivated but they’re a powerful team. You can see why they’re in the elite class in the OUA and this was a big chall enge for us.”
It was not all bad news on the day for Laurier as running back Dillon Campbell of Whitby, Ont., became the Hawks all-time single season rushing leader. In the purple and gold’s sixth game of the season, Campbell rushed for 111 yards on 18 carries to surpass Jim Reid’s record of 1,078 yards. The fourth year back now has 1,132 on the year, breaking Reid’s mark established back in 1977.
He also added his eleventh touchdown of the year, as he continues to lead the nation in both rushing yards and touchdowns, while making five catches for 87 yards to finish as Laurier’s leading receiver.
“Early on they were really focusing in on Dillon, like we expected,” said Faulds of his feature back. “Early couple of drives they did shut him down and then we kind of popped a couple weak there and got him in space. We knew that we got to find ways to get him the ball because even if they’re going to shut down the r un, Dillon is a great receiver. We used him out of the backfield pretty well.”
Bone was the story of the game for Western as the third year pivot, making his first career start, used his arm and his legs to help the Mustangs build an insurmountable lead. He finished the day 19-for-25 for 285 yards and three touchdowns while running for 86 yards and a score of his own.
Garret Sanvido of Vancouver, B.C., led the Mustang attack out of the backfield with 165 yards on 17 carries while Brian Marshall of London, Ont., was the top receiver for Western with eight catches for 157 yards and a touchdown.
In total, six different players recorded majors for the Mustangs on the day.
Outside of Campbell, quarterback James Fracas of Waterloo, Ont., threw for 285 yards and a touchdown but was intercepted on two occasions. Receiver Greg Nyhof of Georgetown, Ont., also made his return to the lineup and made four catches for 80 yards and a touchdown.
Laurier will l ook to rebound from the loss next Saturday, October 18 when they travel to Hamilton, Ont., to take on the No. 3 McMaster Marauders (6-0). Game time is set for 1 p.m. at Ron Joyce Stadium.
NOTES: The game was the first as a visiting head coach for Faulds at the school in which he set the CIS career passing record…Chris Ackie of Cambridge, Ont., and Brandon Calver of London, Ont., led the defensive effort with eight tackles each…the 61 points allowed by the Hawks were the most in school history…attendance at the game was 3,862
(Source: Jamie Howieson, Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks Sports Information)
| Laurier vs. Western at London, Ontario 10/9/2014 at 7:07 PM |
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| Laurier 20 |
Western 61 |
| SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
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| Laurier (4-2) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Western (5-1) | 16 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 61 |
| London, Ontario | TD Stadium | |||||
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PRD TIME SCORING SUMMARY LAURIER – WESTERN 1 07:11 Western – Y. Harou 10 yd run. (Z. Medeiros kick is good).
Drive: 6 plays, 69 yards in 1:41.0 – 7 1 06:12 Western – Team safety 0 – 9 1 03:16 Western – G. Johnson 10 yd pass from S. Bone. (Z. Medeiros kick is good).
Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards in 2:56.0 – 16 1 01:19 Laurier – Ronnie Pfeffer 32 yd field goal.
Drive: 5 plays, 50 yards in 1:52.3 – 16 2 13:15 Western – Z. Medeiros 34 yd field goal.
Drive: 9 plays, 49 yards in 3:04.3 – 19 2 09:11 Western – Z. Medeiros 13 yd field goal.
Drive: 7 plays, 64 yards in 2:49.3 – 22 2 04:57 Western – Z. Medeiros 13 yd field goal.
Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards in 2:17.3 – 25 2 02:38 Western – Z. Medeiros 34 yd field goal.
Drive: 4 plays, 29 yards in 0:37.3 – 28 2 00:24 Western – S. Bone 20 yd run. (Z. Medeiros kick is good).
Drive: 6 plays, 100 yards in 1:00.3 – 35 2 00:00 Laurier – Ronnie Pfeffer 48 yd field goal.
Drive: 3 plays, 8 yards in 0:15.6 – 35 3 12:11 Western – A. Sinclair 26 yd pass from S. Bone. (Z. Medeiros kick is good).
Drive: 7 plays, 84 yards in 2:41.6 – 42 3 06:46 Western – Team safety 6 – 44 3 02:23 Western – B. Marshall 29 yd pass from S. Bone. (Z. Medeiros kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 51 yards in 0:58.6 – 51 3 00:00 Western – T. Lass 73 yd punt return for TD. (Z. Medeiros kick is good). 6 – 58 4 12:19 Laurier – Greg Nyhof 18 yd pass from James Fracas. (Ronnie Pfeffer kick is good).
Drive: 6 plays, 90 yards in 2:32.13 – 58 4 10:42 Laurier – Dillon Campbell 6 yd run. (Ronnie Pfeffer kick is good).
Drive: 4 plays, 39 yards in 1:08.20 – 58 4 08:12 Western – Z. Medeiros 23 yd field goal.
Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards in 2:26.20 – 61
| LAURIER | STATISTICS | WESTERN |
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| 23 | FIRST DOWNS | 39 |
| 12 7 4 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
12 22 5 |
| 433 | TOTAL OFFENSE | 720 |
| 64 6.8 |
Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play |
76 9.5 |
| 285 | NET YARDS PASSING | 293 |
| 21-33 8.6 1-9 2 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted |
20-26 11.3 1-3 0 |
| 181 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 431 |
| 30 6.0 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
49 8.8 |
| 5-172 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 3-122 |
| 34.4 | Average | 40.7 |
| 210 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 217 |
| 3-16 7-194 0 0 |
Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards |
6-152 3-68 2–3 |
| 9-100 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 8-80 |
| 0-0 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 2-1 |
| 1-3 | SACKS: Number-Yards | 1-9 |
| 0 0 | INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards | 2–3 |
| 29:38 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 30:13 |
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| DEFENSIVE STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
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| # | LAURIER | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 21 | Chris Ackie | 6 | 4 | 8 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 40 | Brandon Calver | 7 | 2 | 8 | – | 0.5 – 1 | – | – | ||||
| 11 | Nakas Onyeka | 5 | 5 | 7.5 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| 91 | Asante Mizan | 4 | 5 | 6.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 13 | Benjamin Millar | 5 | 2 | 6 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | ||||
| 26 | Anthony Petrucci | 3 | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 95 | Kyle Lees | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 99 | Ese Mrabure-Ajufo | 2 | 5 | 4.5 | 1 – 3 | 1.5 – 3 | – | – | ||||
| 41 | I Guzylak-Messam | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 6 | Austin Reusch | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 44 | Sam Montazeri | 0 | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 7 | Tanner Philp | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 24 | Lance Freeman | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| 52 | Stuart Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 19 | Scott Campbell | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 28 | Rashad La Touche | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 98 | Rashari Henry | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 – 3 | – | – | ||||
| 1 | William Pitt-Doe | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 22 | Godfrey Onyeka | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 33 | Taylor Calverley | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 90 | Emerson Gourdet | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 47 | 48 | 71 | 1 – 3 | 4 – 8 | 2 | 1-0 | – | 2 | |||
| # | WESTERN | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 12 | P. N’Djore | 6 | 3 | 7.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 7 | R. Osei-Kusi | 3 | 5 | 5.5 | 1 – 9 | 1.5 – 10 | – | – | ||||
| 30 | J. Brooks | 4 | 3 | 5.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 21 | K. Johnson | 4 | 2 | 5 | – | 1 – 3 | – | – | 1 | |||
| 36 | P. Huggins | 2 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 13 | S. Bahru | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 27 | T. Lass | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 95 | R. Connop | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 24 | N. Vanin | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 42 | R. Northfield | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 31 | J. Beaulieu | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 32 | J. Woodman | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 1 – 3 | – | 2–3 | ||||
| 75 | R. Butcher | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 9 | M. Brown | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | 0.5 – 0 | – | – | 1 | |||
| 25 | L. Bureau | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 22 | M. Rombough | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 49 | J. Biewald | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 97 | A. Pedda | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 99 | D. Waud | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| TOTALS | 37 | 32 | 53 | 1 – 9 | 4 – 16 | – | 2–3 | 3 | ||||
| OTHER INFORMATION | |
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| Location: London, Ontario Stadium: TD Stadium Attendance: 3862 |
Referee: K. Mickleboro Umpire: C. Venter Head Linesman: A. Monaco Line Judge: M. Cobb Back Judge: G. MacRae Field Judge: H. Murphy Side Judge: M. Morlog |
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