T-Birds can’t hang with no. 6 ranked Rams (stats)

VANCOUVER – The Regina Rams proved why they are the top ranked team in so many Canada West statistical categories during their 41-6 defeat of the UBC Thunderbirds on Friday. The conference’s top rusher, Adrian Charles, was at the forefront of the Rams attack, racking up 193 yards and two touchdowns against the ‘Birds.

Charles provided the highlight of the night with a 90-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter. Charles broke through the line with incredible speed and seemed to find another gear as he hit open turf. Deep in the UBC end, his stutter step caused two T-Bird tacklers to miss, and Charles picked up a block to allow him to score his second touchdown of the game.

In spite of the 35-point spread, the Blue and Gold might have challenged Regina a little more if hadn’t been for turnovers. T-Birds quarterback Billy Greene threw four interceptions and turned over another ball on a fumble.

“You can’t go minus five in the turnover game and expect to hang with them,” said UBC head coach Shawn Olson. “We were turning out first downs for a while, but it just ended up being one of those things where you get to play four, five or, six and then we’d hurt ourselves. And you can’t do that.”

But Olson remained positive about his team’s effort in light of key injuries. Defensive leader Nathan Kanya, all-star running back Dave Boyd, and defensive line standout Josh Williams all missed the game due to injuries, while linebacker Devon Kavanagh was sidelined during the course of play with a leg injury. Fellow linebacker Mark Bailey and defensive lineman Zach Kotilla were also banged up.

“We were really young today due to some serious injuries to guys that are very key to our team. The guys who were filling in battled and I was happy with the effort, if not happy with the result. Our defence didn’t back down one bit, so I thought we did some decent stuff.”

The absence of Dave Boyd may still be the Thunderbirds biggest obstacle. UBC rushed for 70 yards compared to Regina’s 241. The absence of a running game made it difficult for the ‘Birds to establish a passing rhythm, and at game’s end, the Thunderbirds had never found their way inside the Rams’ 20-yard line.

“We’ve got to make some more plays offensively,” said Olson. “But also, our special teams were a little confused at times, and guys didn’t know where they were supposed to be. “

The most glaring evidence of the discombobulated ‘Birds came on a Rams’ fake punt. Kicker Chris Bodnar hooked up with Matt Yausie for a 73-yard pass for a touchdown. Regina also converted a fake field goal for a first down, leading to one of four field goals from Chris Bodnar.

Jason Price scored the other Rams’ touchdown – a 39 yard pass from quarterback Marc Mueller. Price led all receivers with 82 yards on his four catches.

Olson is hoping for some injured players to return for next week but the biggest change for his players will have to be the mental game.

“We’ve gotta just focus on each play,” said Olson. “We can’t look ahead and sometimes our guys are guilty of that. They care too much and want to fix it all in one play.”

The Thunderbirds will be taking it one play at a time and trying to earn a touchdown for the first time in six quarters of football when they meet the Calgary Dinos next week in Calgary.

Scoring Summary (Final)
2010 UBC Thunderbirds Football
#6 Regina vs UBC (Sep 24, 2010 at Vancouver, BC)
Regina (3-1,3-1) vs. UBC (1-3,1-3)

Date: Sep 24, 2010 • Site: Vancouver, BC • Stadium: Thunderbird • Attendance: 791

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
Regina 10 13 7 11 41
UBC 3 0 1 2 6
SCORING SUMMARY REGINA -UBC
1st 05:53 REGINA Chris Bodnar 37 yd field goal
6 plays, 31 yards, TOP 2:42 3 – 0
08:42 REGINA Adrian Charles 12 yd run (Chris Bodnar kick)
4 plays, 40 yards, TOP 1:32 10 – 0
11:34 UBC B. Pavlopoulos 37 yd field goal
6 plays, 54 yards, TOP 2:45 10 – 3
2nd 03:36 REGINA Adrian Charles 90 yd run (Chris Bodnar kick)
2 plays, 85 yards, TOP 1:09 17 – 3
08:53 REGINA Chris Bodnar 20 yd field goal
9 plays, 44 yards, TOP 3:48 20 – 3
13:50 REGINA Chris Bodnar 32 yd field goal
3 plays, 1 yard, TOP 0:30 23 – 3
3rd 06:16 UBC B. Pavlopoulos rouge (punt)
23 – 4
09:33 REGINA Jason Price 39 yd pass from Marc Mueller (Chris Bodnar kick)
6 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:17 30 – 4
4th 00:26 UBC TEAM safety
30 – 6
04:41 REGINA Matt Yausie 73 yd pass from Chris Bodnar (Chris Bodnar kick)
4 plays, 81 yards, TOP 2:12 37 – 6
08:18 REGINA Chris Bodnar 20 yd field goal
5 plays, 17 yards, TOP 2:19 40 – 6
12:02 REGINA Chris Bodnar rouge
41 – 6
Kickoff time: 7:00 PM • End of Game: 9:51 PM • Total elapsed time: 2:51

Temperature: 15c • Wind: 14km NE • Weather: Overcast

Team Statistics

Team Statistics (Final)
2010 UBC Thunderbirds Football
#6 Regina vs UBC (Sep 24, 2010 at Vancouver, BC)
Team Totals REGINA UBC
FIRST DOWNS 19 23
Rushing 11 7
Passing 8 11
Penalty 0 5
NET YARDS RUSHING 241 70
Rushing Attempts 28 22
Average Per Rush 8.6 3.2
Rushing Touchdowns 2 0
Yards Gained Rushing 241 77
Yards Lost Rushing 0 7
NET YARDS PASSING 259 245
Completions-Attempts-Int 17-28-0 23-39-4
Average Per Attempt 9.2 6.3
Average Per Completion 15.2 10.7
Passing Touchdowns 2 0
TEAM LOSSES -16 -24
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 484 291
Total offense plays 59 63
Average Gain Per Play 8.2 4.6
Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards 16-105 6-45
PUNTS-YARDS 6-264 9-337
Average Yards Per Punt 44.0 37.4
Net Yards Per Punt 38.8 25.9
Inside 20 1 1
50+ Yards 2 2
Touchbacks 0 1
Fair catch 0 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS 8-394 1-51
Average Yards Per Kickoff 49.2 51.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff 34.9 31.0
Touchbacks 0 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 7-69-0 6-31-0
Average Per Return 9.9 5.2
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-20-0 8-115-0
Average Per Return 20.0 14.4
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 4-0-0 0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0
Possession Time 33:09 26:51
1st Quarter 7:24 7:36
2nd Quarter 8:53 6:07
3rd Quarter 7:17 7:43
4th Quarter 9:35 5:25
Third-Down Conversions 3 of 3 2 of 4
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 0-0
Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-24 3-16
PAT Kicks 4-4 0-0
Field Goals 4-5 1-1

Individual Statistics

Individual Statistics (Final)
2010 UBC Thunderbirds Football
#6 Regina vs UBC (Sep 24, 2010 at Vancouver, BC)
Regina

UBC
RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
Adrian Charles 20 193 0 193 2 90 9.6
Chris Bodnar 1 16 0 16 0 16 16.0
Derek Bell 3 13 0 13 0 12 4.3
Connor Haas 2 12 0 12 0 10 6.0
Marc Mueller 1 6 0 6 0 6 6.0
Jacob Carr 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.0
Totals… 28 241 0 241 2 90 8.6

RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
Billy Greene 7 33 3 30 0 13 4.3
Tibi Banica 6 20 0 20 0 12 3.3
Eddie Ford 2 7 0 7 0 6 3.5
Perry Harder 3 10 4 6 0 10 2.0
Jeff Effah 3 5 0 5 0 5 1.7
Ryley Wright 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0
Totals… 22 77 7 70 0 13 3.2

PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Marc Mueller 16-27-0 186 1 39 3
Chris Bodnar 1-1-0 73 1 73 0
Totals… 17-28-0 259 2 73 3

PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Billy Greene 20-35-4 218 0 25 1
Ryley Wright 3-4-0 27 0 11 1
Totals… 23-39-4 245 0 25 2

RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg
Mark McConkey 5 50 0 17
Jason Price 4 82 1 39
Connor Haas 3 23 0 9
Adrian Charles 2 20 0 14
Matt Yausie 1 73 1 73
Rory Copithorn 1 6 0 6
Chris King 1 5 0 5
Totals… 17 259 2 73

RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg
Victor Marshall 4 44 0 17
Jordan Grieve 4 40 0 13
Spencer Betts 4 33 0 11
Mitch Shuster 4 31 0 11
Ryan Couper 3 32 0 16
Marc McVeigh 2 43 0 25
Brandon Diakow 1 11 0 11
Tibi Banica 1 11 0 11
Totals… 23 245 0 25

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
Chris Bodnar 6 264 44.0 62 1 0
Totals… 6 264 44.0 62 1 0

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
B. Pavlopoulos 9 337 37.4 51 1 1
Totals… 9 337 37.4 51 1 1

Punts Kickoffs Intercept
ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
Kirby Kezama 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jamir Walker 1 0 0 1 20 20 1 0 0
Daniel Knaus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bruce Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
John Kanaroski 6 69 29 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals… 7 69 29 1 20 20 4 0 0

Punts Kickoffs Intercept
ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
Victor Marshall 0 0 0 2 30 15 0 0 0
Spencer Betts 3 23 17 1 18 18 0 0 0
C. Riby-Wilson 0 0 0 3 60 31 0 0 0
James Haddad 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Levar Hayden 1 7 7 1 7 7 0 0 0
Sam Carino 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals… 6 31 17 8 115 31 0 0 0

ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
Adrian Charles 193 20 0 0 0 213
Jason Price 0 82 0 0 0 82
Matt Yausie 0 73 0 0 0 73
John Kanaroski 0 0 0 69 0 69
Mark McConkey 0 50 0 0 0 50
Connor Haas 12 23 0 0 0 35
Jamir Walker 0 0 20 0 0 20
Chris Bodnar 16 0 0 0 0 16
Derek Bell 13 0 0 0 0 13
Rory Copithorn 0 6 0 0 0 6
Marc Mueller 6 0 0 0 0 6
Chris King 0 5 0 0 0 5
Jacob Carr 1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals… 241 259 20 69 0 589

ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
Spencer Betts 0 33 18 23 0 74
Victor Marshall 0 44 30 0 0 74
C. Riby-Wilson 0 0 60 0 0 60
Marc McVeigh 0 43 0 0 0 43
Jordan Grieve 0 40 0 0 0 40
Ryan Couper 0 32 0 0 0 32
Mitch Shuster 0 31 0 0 0 31
Tibi Banica 20 11 0 0 0 31
Billy Greene 30 0 0 0 0 30
Levar Hayden 0 0 7 7 0 14
Brandon Diakow 0 11 0 0 0 11
Eddie Ford 7 0 0 0 0 7
Perry Harder 6 0 0 0 0 6
Jeff Effah 5 0 0 0 0 5
Ryley Wright 2 0 0 0 0 2
Sam Carino 0 0 0 1 0 1
Totals… 70 245 115 31 0 461

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
Chris Bodnar 1st 09:07 37 yards Good
Chris Bodnar 2nd 06:07 20 yards Good
Chris Bodnar 2nd 01:10 32 yards Good
Chris Bodnar 4th 06:42 20 yards Good
Chris Bodnar 4th 02:58 30 yards Rouge

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
B. Pavlopoulos 1st 03:26 37 yards Good

KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.
Chris Bodnar 8 394 0 0 49.2

KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.
B. Pavlopoulos 1 51 0 0 51.0

FUMBLES: Regina-None. UBC-Billy Greene 1-1.