UPSET, UPSET, UPSET…Nova Scotia beats Alberta

Nova Scotia, led by QB #3, Jesse Mills marched down the field with less than a minute remaining and scored a touchdown to beat Alberta. The drive included some key catches by #15, Donald Taber and was topped off by a touchdown catch by #29, Derek Brown. Taber caught two point convert. Nova Scotia wins 27 to 24.

GAME HILITES:

BIG PLAYS:
– a series of bad snaps on field goal and punts that caused turnovers for both teams
– nova scotia fumbles on one yard with 2:52 remaining in game
– nova scotia receivers shook off the “dropsies” and made some great catches in 2nd half

Nova Scotia
#42, LB Jacob LeBlanc making plays all over field from Middle line backer position and defensive line..7 solo tackles, 1.5 sacks and 3 tackles for a loss
#3, QB Jesse Mills picking apart the Alberta secondary for 303 yards on 14 of 24 passing with 2 tds and 0 ints
#89, REC/RET Duncan Coady with 94 yard kick off return TD in 1st Quarter
#15, Donald Tabor, 6 catches 149 yards, 2 point convert

Alberta
#25, McLellan-Eeles 12 rushes 94 yards
#20, Brandon Foster 6 solos tackles, 2 assists, 1 tackle for loss

MVPs

Offense – Nova Scotia #89, REC Duncan Coady & Alberta #25, RB Trace McLellan-Eeles
Defense – Nova Scotia #42, LB Jacob LeBlanc & Alberta #27 DB Steven McCaffrey

Scoring Summary (Final)
Football Canada Cup 2010
Nova Scotia vs Alberta (Jul 11, 2010 at Wolfville, NS)

Nova Scotia (1-0) vs. Alberta (0-1)
Date: Jul 11, 2010 Site: Wolfville, NS Stadium: Raymond Field
Attendance: 1562

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
—————– — — — — —–
Nova Scotia……… 7 3 7 10 – 27
Alberta…………. 7 10 0 7 – 24

Scoring Summary:
1st 07:22 AB – T. Yaremchuk 1 yd run (S. McCaffrey kick)
6 plays, 67 yards, TOP 3:25, NS 0 – AB 7
07:40 NS – Duncan Coady 94 yd kickoff return (Jeremy Ford kick)
NS 7 – AB 7
2nd 03:35 AB – K. Stretton 19 yd pass from T. Yaremchuk (S. McCaffrey kick)
1 play, 32 yards, TOP 0:54, NS 7 – AB 14
07:13 NS – Jeremy Ford 23 yd field goal
6 plays, 67 yards, TOP 3:31, NS 10 – AB 14
10:12 AB – S. McCaffrey 38 yd field goal
8 plays, 58 yards, TOP 2:37, NS 10 – AB 17
3rd 03:41 NS – Duncan Coady 51 yd pass from Jesse Mills (Jeremy Ford kick)
6 plays, 84 yards, TOP 3:31, NS 17 – AB 17
4th 05:48 AB – K. Stretton 1 yd run (S. McCaffrey kick)
5 plays, 36 yards, TOP 2:36, NS 17 – AB 24
10:47 NS – Jacob LeBlanc safety
NS 19 – AB 24
11:05 NS – Derek Brown 19 yd pass from Jesse Mills (Donald Tabor pass from Jesse Mills)
3 plays, 76 yards, TOP 0:18, NS 27 – AB 24

Kickoff time: 1:30 PM End of Game: 4:02 pm Total elapsed time: –
Officials: Referee: C. Ferland; Umpire: T. Neil; Linesman: I. Cropper;
Line judge: A. Oleskyn; Back judge: J. Peters; Scorer: John McGowan;
Temperature: 24 Wind: SE 5kph Weather: light rain

Outstanding players AB #25 McLellan-Eeles, #27 McCaffery
Outstanding players NS #89 Coady, #42 LeBlanc

[HR][/HR] Team Statistics

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Team Statistics (Final)
Football Canada Cup 2010
Nova Scotia vs Alberta (Jul 11, 2010 at Wolfville, NS)

NS AB

FIRST DOWNS………………. 15 22
Rushing………………… 1 9
Passing………………… 12 8
Penalty………………… 2 5
NET YARDS RUSHING…………. 49 104
Rushing Attempts………… 16 24
Average Per Rush………… 3.1 4.3
Rushing Touchdowns………. 0 2
Yards Gained Rushing…….. 59 137
Yards Lost Rushing………. 10 33
NET YARDS PASSING…………. 303 149
Completions-Attempts-Int…. 14-25-0 14-26-1
Average Per Attempt……… 12.1 5.7
Average Per Completion…… 21.6 10.6
Passing Touchdowns………. 2 1
TEAM LOSSES………………. -6 -12
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS……….. 346 241
Total offense plays……… 42 52
Average Gain Per Play……. 8.2 4.6
Fumbles: Number-Lost………. 1-1 2-1
Penalties: Number-Yards……. 13-141 11-100
PUNTS-YARDS………………. 8-230 5-180
Average Yards Per Punt…… 28.8 36.0
Net Yards Per Punt………. 24.9 33.4
Inside 20………………. 1 1
50+ Yards………………. 0 0
Touchbacks……………… 0 0
Fair catch……………… 0 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS……………. 5-214 6-310
Average Yards Per Kickoff… 42.8 51.7
Net Yards Per Kickoff……. 31.4 21.7
Touchbacks……………… 0 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 4-13-0 5-31-0
Average Per Return………. 3.2 6.2
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 6-180-1 5-57-0
Average Per Return………. 30.0 11.4
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 1-0-0 0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Possession Time…………… 22:40 25:20
1st Quarter…………….. 4:13 7:47
2nd Quarter…………….. 7:08 4:52
3rd Quarter…………….. 5:42 6:18
4th Quarter…………….. 5:37 6:23
Third-Down Conversions…….. 0 of 1 3 of 5
Red-Zone Scores-Chances……. 2-3 3-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards…….. 2-12 1-6
PAT Kicks………………… 2-2 3-3
Field Goals………………. 1-1 1-1

[HR][/HR] Individual Statistics

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Individual Statistics (Final)
Football Canada Cup 2010
Nova Scotia vs Alberta (Jul 11, 2010 at Wolfville, NS)

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Nova Scotia

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
——————————————–
Iain MacMillan 6 29 5 24 0 15 4.0
A. Robinson 5 16 5 11 0 8 2.2
Donald Tabor 1 6 0 6 0 6 6.0
Jesse Mills 1 4 0 4 0 4 4.0
S. Alex Smith 1 4 0 4 0 4 4.0
R. Preistnall 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Totals… 16 59 10 49 0 15 3.1

Passing Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
——————————————–
Jesse Mills 14-24-0 303 2 51 1
Jeremy Ford 0-1-0 0 0 0 0
Totals… 14-25-0 303 2 51 1

Receiving No. Yds TD Long
———————————–
Donald Tabor 6 149 0 36
Duncan Coady 3 63 1 51
Derek Brown 2 46 1 27
A. Robinson 2 26 0 16
S. Alex Smith 1 19 0 19
Totals… 14 303 2 51

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
———————————————-
Jeremy Ford 8 230 28.8 33 1 0
Totals… 8 230 28.8 33 1 0

Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
———————————————
Duncan Coady 3 12 7 4 134 94 0 0 0
Derek Brown 0 0 0 2 46 30 0 0 0
Kenzie MacNeil 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Culligan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals… 4 13 7 6 180 94 1 0 0

Field goal attempts
—————————————-
Jeremy Ford 2nd 04:47 23 yds – Good

Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
—————————————
Jeremy Ford 5 214 0 0 42.8

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Alberta

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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McLellan-Eeles 12 94 4 90 0 38 7.5
Mark Oness 2 22 0 22 0 16 11.0
Denzel Morrison 2 16 0 16 0 9 8.0
Franklin Marion 2 2 0 2 0 2 1.0
S. McCaffrey 1 1 0 1 0 3 1.0
K. Stretton 1 1 0 1 1 1 1.0
T. Yaremchuk 3 1 10 -9 1 1 -3.0
TEAM 1 0 19 -19 0 0 -19.0
Totals… 24 137 33 104 2 38 4.3

Passing Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
——————————————–
T. Yaremchuk 7-13-0 96 1 27 0
Mark Oness 7-13-1 53 0 12 2
Totals… 14-26-1 149 1 27 2

Receiving No. Yds TD Long
———————————–
C. Whetstone 6 37 0 12
K. Stretton 3 52 1 22
Mackenzie Meek 3 45 0 27
McLellan-Eeles 2 15 0 12
Totals… 14 149 1 27

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
———————————————-
S. McCaffrey 5 180 36.0 44 1 0
Totals… 5 180 36.0 44 1 0

Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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K. Stretton 0 0 0 3 42 34 0 0 0
McLellan-Eeles 3 8 6 1 12 12 0 0 0
Levi Williams 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0
Dexter Brown 2 23 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals… 5 31 13 5 57 34 0 0 0

Field goal attempts
—————————————-
S. McCaffrey 2nd 01:48 38 yds – Good

Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
—————————————
S. McCaffrey 6 310 0 0 51.7

FUMBLES: Nova Scotia-R. Preistnall 1-1. Alberta-T. Yaremchuk 1-1; S. McCaffrey 1-0.