Saskatchewan gets back in win column over alberta (stats)

(September 24, 2010) Third-year receiver Jade Etienne, who hails from Deer Lake, SK, hauled in six passes for 171 yards and two touchdowns as the visiting University of Saskatchewan Huskies burned the No.7 University of Alberta Golden Bears 33-9, Friday night at Foote Field in Edmonton.

Veteran Huskies’ quarterback Laurence Nixon, originally from Richmond, BC, connected on 25 of 34 attempts for 423 yards and three touchdowns in the win, with sophomore receiver Mitch Stevens also catching a major, and running back Ben Coakwell finding paydirt as well. Saskatchewan, who recently fell out of the national top 10 ranking for the first time since 2007, also scored five points through singles and a safety.

Alberta’s lone touchdown came late in the fourth, when freshman quarterback Curtis Dell, subbing for starter Julian Marchand, found receiver Laine Rogers in the end zone for his first CIS scoring drive.

The Golden Bears now fall to 2-2 on the season, having won their first two of the season, but now losing two straight.

Saskatchewan, meanwhile, improves to 2-2 after losing a shocker last week to the now 1-3 UBC Thunderbirds.

The Huskies certainly were in charge right from the get-go on this night, taking it to their hosts early and often.

Following two singles, the Huskies forced a turnover when defensive back Bryce McCall intercepted a Marchand pass and returned it to the Alberta 53.

On the very next play, Nixon tossed a rainbow along the right field sidelines, with Etienne acting as the pot of gold, as he streaked behind the Golden Bear coverage and scampered into the end zone for a 9-0 Huskies’ lead.

Fourth-year Alberta kicker Hugh O’Neill closed the gap when he nailed a 28-yard field goal that was set up by some nice passing by the Bears. Marchand hit Jess Valleau for a 21-yard gain, and then rookie Ryley Richardson for a 37-yard gain, getting Alberta down to the Saskatchewan 21 before an unnecessary roughing penalty moved Alberta back and stalled their momentum. Running back Matt Jarvis managed to get them back to the 21-yard line, but three points was all the offense could muster.

Early in the second quarter, Coakwell capped off a six-play, 85-yard drive with a two-yard scoring run, giving the Huskies a 16-3 lead at half.

It didn’t take Saskatchewan too long to increase their lead even further, as Etienne once again blew past the Golden Bear coverage, soaking up another Nixon rainbow, this time for a 41-yard TD, just 1:23 into the third.

Nixon connected once again before hitting the sidelines, as he marched the ‘Dawgs on a 13-play drive, finding Stevens in the Alberta end zone from five yards out at 6:19 of the fourth quarter, for a 31-3 score.

Marchand finished the night 17-for-28 with 236 yards and three picks, but often found his offense deep in their own zone and working in a deficit all game long.

Dell, a freshman from Calgary, entered the game late in the fourth for Alberta and engineered a seven-play, 67-yard drive that culminated with the QB finding Rogers all alone in the corner of the Saskatchewan end zone for Alberta’s only major of the game at 12:18 of the fourth.

Jarvis, who was averaging 100 rushing yards per game prior to tonight, finished with 12 carries and 59 tough yards. Valleau and Richardson were Alberta’s top receivers, as Valleau caught five passes for 97 yards, while the freshman reeled in four passes for 105 yards.

Defensively, the Bears did record four sacks on the night, but, despite having the top-ranked conference defense against the pass, surrendered 423 passing yards, as well as 125 rushing yards.

Coakwell finished with 21 carries and 98 yards, while also rambling for 41 yards on passing plays.

Game Notes
Alberta is now 1-2 in their last three games against Saskatchewan and have been outscored 79-39…tonight’s win was the Huskies’ first in Edmonton since 2007…O’Neill punted nine times for an average of 43.2 yards…He also finished 1-2 in the field goal department, missing just wide on a 55-yard attempt as the half-time buzzer blew. The Ross Sheppard grad certainly had the leg, putting the attempt five yards deep in the end zone, but missed wide to the left…Safety Jason Hetherington recorded an interception late in the fourth quarter, giving him three this season, and 13 all-time, which is three behind the all-time Golden Bear record of 16.

Scoring Summary (Final)
Saskatchewan (2-2,2-2) vs. Alberta (2-2,2-2)

Date: Sep 24, 2010 • Site: Edmonton, AB • Stadium: Foote Field • Attendance: 2000

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
Saskatchewan 9 7 8 9 33
Alberta 3 0 0 6 9
SCORING SUMMARY SASK -AB
1st 00:00 SASK S. McDonald rouge (kickoff)
1 – 0
04:43 SASK S. McDonald rouge
2 – 0
06:02 SASK Jade Etienne 53 yd pass from Laurence Nixon (S. McDonald kick)
1 play, 53 yards, TOP 0:23 9 – 0
09:36 AB Hugh O’Neill 28 yd field goal
9 plays, 73 yards, TOP 3:27 9 – 3
2nd 14:32 SASK Ben Coakwell 2 yd run (S. McDonald kick)
6 plays, 85 yards, TOP 1:31 16 – 3
3rd 01:23 SASK Jade Etienne 41 yd pass from Laurence Nixon (S. McDonald kick)
4 plays, 67 yards, TOP 1:12 23 – 3
05:00 SASK Ben Coakwell rouge
24 – 3
4th 06:19 SASK Mitch Stevens 5 yd pass from Laurence Nixon (S. McDonald kick)
13 plays, 90 yards, TOP 6:01 31 – 3
08:07 SASK TEAM safety
33 – 3
12:18 AB Laine Rogers 12 yd pass from Curtis Dell (Curtis Dell rush failed)
7 plays, 67 yards, TOP 2:34 33 – 9
Kickoff time: 7:00 PM • End of Game: 9:37 PM • Total elapsed time: 2:37
Referee: Kelly Edgeworth • Umpire: Pat MacArthur • Linesman: Gord Unger • Line judge: Cody Larocque • Back judge: Alex Motuzas • Field judge: Justin McInnes • Side judge: Brendan Murphy • Scorer: P. Cartledge •
Temperature: 17 C • Wind: WSW 8kph • Weather: Sunny

Team Statistics

Team Statistics (Final)
Team Totals SASK AB
FIRST DOWNS 31 22
Rushing 6 5
Passing 20 12
Penalty 5 5
NET YARDS RUSHING 125 89
Rushing Attempts 30 19
Average Per Rush 4.2 4.7
Rushing Touchdowns 1 0
Yards Gained Rushing 136 96
Yards Lost Rushing 11 7
NET YARDS PASSING 423 286
Completions-Attempts-Int 25-35-1 20-33-3
Average Per Attempt 12.1 8.7
Average Per Completion 16.9 14.3
Passing Touchdowns 3 1
TEAM LOSSES -25 0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 523 375
Total offense plays 69 52
Average Gain Per Play 7.6 7.2
Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 2-2
Penalties: Number-Yards 7-75 11-112
PUNTS-YARDS 9-291 9-389
Average Yards Per Punt 32.3 43.2
Net Yards Per Punt 26.4 39.0
Inside 20 1 1
50+ Yards 0 2
Touchbacks 0 0
Fair catch 0 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-249 2-68
Average Yards Per Kickoff 62.2 34.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff 40.5 11.5
Touchbacks 1 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 9-38-0 7-53-0
Average Per Return 4.2 7.6
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-45-0 4-52-0
Average Per Return 22.5 13.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 3-8-0 1-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0
Possession Time 32:12 27:48
1st Quarter 6:19 8:41
2nd Quarter 8:32 6:28
3rd Quarter 8:35 6:25
4th Quarter 8:46 6:14
Third-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 4-25
PAT Kicks 4-4 0-0
Field Goals 0-3 1-2

Individual Statistics

Individual Statistics (Final)
Saskatchewan

Alberta
RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
Ben Coakwell 21 100 2 98 1 18 4.7
Gilbert-Knorren 7 25 9 16 0 14 2.3
Jeff Hassler 1 9 0 9 0 9 9.0
Laurence Nixon 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0
Totals… 30 136 11 125 1 18 4.2

RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
Matthew Jarvis 12 66 7 59 0 19 4.9
O. Sonuga 1 16 0 16 0 9 16.0
Julian Marchand 1 7 0 7 0 7 7.0
Curtis Dell 2 5 0 5 0 3 2.5
Shayne Samoil 2 2 0 2 0 2 1.0
M. Wojcicki 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Totals… 19 96 7 89 0 19 4.7

PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Laurence Nixon 25-34-0 423 3 53 4
Trent Peterson 0-1-1 0 0 0 0
Totals… 25-35-1 423 3 53 4

PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Julian Marchand 17-28-3 236 0 37 0
Curtis Dell 3-5-0 50 1 20 0
Totals… 20-33-3 286 1 37 0

RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg
Jade Etienne 6 171 2 53
Mitch Stevens 5 57 1 22
Owen Geier 4 55 0 20
Ben Coakwell 4 41 0 20
Rory Kohlert 3 59 0 23
Garrett Bolen 3 40 0 21
Totals… 25 423 3 53

RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg
Jess Valleau 5 97 0 27
Porter Brown 5 36 0 11
R. Richardson 4 105 0 37
Laine Rogers 3 28 1 12
Matthew Jarvis 1 11 0 11
Ryan Meraw 1 8 0 8
Smith Wright 1 1 0 1
Totals… 20 286 1 37

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
S. McDonald 9 291 32.3 45 1 0
Totals… 9 291 32.3 45 1 0

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
Hugh O’Neill 9 389 43.2 52 1 0
Totals… 9 389 43.2 52 1 0

Punts Kickoffs Intercept
ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
Rory Kohlert 0 0 0 1 17 17 0 0 0
Gregg Woytowich 4 -3 7 1 28 28 0 0 0
Travis Gorski 4 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nico Higgs 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bryce McCall 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7
Luke Thiel 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. MacDougall 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Totals… 9 38 29 2 45 28 3 8 7

Punts Kickoffs Intercept
ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
Matthew Jarvis 0 0 0 1 16 16 0 0 0
J. Hetherington 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jeremy Bell 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Randon Ralph 1 7 7 2 36 19 0 0 0
David Court 5 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals… 7 53 23 4 52 19 1 0 0

ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
Jade Etienne 0 171 0 0 0 171
Ben Coakwell 98 41 0 0 0 139
Rory Kohlert 0 59 17 0 0 76
Mitch Stevens 0 57 0 0 0 57
Owen Geier 0 55 0 0 0 55
Garrett Bolen 0 40 0 0 0 40
Luke Thiel 0 0 0 29 0 29
Gregg Woytowich 0 0 28 -3 0 25
Gilbert-Knorren 16 0 0 0 0 16
Travis Gorski 0 0 0 12 0 12
Jeff Hassler 9 0 0 0 0 9
Bryce McCall 0 0 0 0 7 7
Laurence Nixon 2 0 0 0 0 2
K. MacDougall 0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals… 125 423 45 38 8 639

ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
R. Richardson 0 105 0 0 0 105
Jess Valleau 0 97 0 0 0 97
Matthew Jarvis 59 11 16 0 0 86
Randon Ralph 0 0 36 7 0 43
Porter Brown 0 36 0 0 0 36
Laine Rogers 0 28 0 0 0 28
David Court 0 0 0 23 0 23
Jeremy Bell 0 0 0 23 0 23
O. Sonuga 16 0 0 0 0 16
Ryan Meraw 0 8 0 0 0 8
Julian Marchand 7 0 0 0 0 7
Curtis Dell 5 0 0 0 0 5
Shayne Samoil 2 0 0 0 0 2
Smith Wright 0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals… 89 286 52 53 0 480

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
S. McDonald 1st 10:17 35 yards Rouge
S. McDonald 3rd 10:00 40 yards Rouge
S. McDonald 3rd 05:00 42 yards Returned

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
Hugh O’Neill 1st 05:24 28 yards Good
Hugh O’Neill 2nd 00:00 55 yards Returned

KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.
S. McDonald 4 249 1 0 62.2

KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.
Hugh O’Neill 2 68 0 0 34.0

FUMBLES: Saskatchewan-None. Alberta-O. Sonuga 1-1; TEAM 1-1.