MONTREAL (Sept. 17) – In a game filled with a plethora of big plays on special teams, Kris Robertson (picture) of Pickering, Ont., scored on a 62-yard punt return with less than three minutes remaining as Concordia rallied from a 15-point deficit and escaped with a 34-29 victory over McGill in the 42nd annual Shaughnessy Cup game before 5,346 at Molson Stadium, Friday.
It marked the 11th consecutive win for the Stingers over their cross-town rivals, dating back to McGill’s last conquest in the 2002 Dunsmore Cup league championship game.
Cornerback Kyle Smith of Chateauguay, Que., made a crucial interception in the end zone as the clock ran out to snuff out a nine-play McGill drive to the Concordia one-yard line. The Stingers defence held strong as four of those plays came from inside the six-yard line in the final 20 seconds of the contest.
The result spoiled a school record-tying six field-goals by McGill place-kicker Austin Anderson, who accounted for 19 of McGill’s 29 points. The five-foot-11, 180-pound native of Canmore, Alta., went 6-for-8, connecting on distances of 46, 27, 12, 48, 18 and 42 yards. He equaled the McGill single-game mark set by Glenn Miller in 1984. Anderson, the son of former NFL star kicker Gary Anderson, just missed making a 55-yarder and hit the upright on a 45-yard attempt. He improved his career numbers to 8-for-10 from 40 yards or more.
Equally impressive in a losing cause was return specialist Jeff Thompson who became the first McGill player to return the opening kickoff for a touchdown. He scampered 102 yards for the longest return in McGill history and finished the day with a Quebec conference single-game record 223 yards on four kickoff returns. The mark had been in the books since 1984 when John Larsen (Queen’s) registered 168 in a game. Thompson was also credited with three tackles and a fumble recovery.
In a battle of the back-up quarterbacks, sophomore Terrance Morsink of Pierrefonds, Que., outshone Ryne Bondy, his McGill counterpart from Richmond Hill, Ont. Morsink, replacing the injured Rob Mackay, completed 24 of 42 passing attempts for 317 yards, a pair of TDs and two interceptions in his second career start. Bondy replaced injured Jonathan Collin and was making his third career start. He was good on 17 of 36 attempts for 205 yards and was picked off twice.
Concordia’s Liam Mahoney led all receivers with nine catches for 122 yards and one TD. Teammate Edem Nyamadi registered the only other receiving major, on a three-yard toss from Morsink late in the second quarter, narrowing the gap to 18-10.
Michael Donnelly tallied the Stingers other TD. The third-year running back from Ottawa hit pay-dirt on a 15-yard run to knot the score at 27-27 of 11:13 of the final stanza.
For McGill, veteran Charles-Antoine Sinotte snared eight balls for 54 yards and upped his all-time CIS receptions record to 222 in 33 career contests. Rookie Justene Edwards caught three for 83. Taylor Kuprowski led all rushers with 82 yards on 17 carries.
Concordia, which prevailed despite committing six of the game’s 10 turnovers, improved to 2-1 on the season and will host Bishop’s on Sept. 25, while McGill (0-3) travel across town to play the Montreal Carabins in a night game on Sept. 24.
REDMEN RAP: The large crowd on hand was as a result of the University’s third annual “Fill the Stadium” promotion… The two teams are now 34-34 lifetime in 68 meetings against each other and the Stingers hold a 19-17 advantage in head-to-head Shaughnessy Cup play… McGill is also 5-0-1 lifetime again The Cup is named after the late Frank Shaughnessy, a McGill Sports Hall of Fame inductee who coached at both institutions… Defensively, Jean-David Mathieu led the Redmen with 5.5 tackles, six of them solo… Junior Matt Quigley and rookie Francis Bradette each had one interception… New punter Tomas Silva, a transfer from the Western Mustangs, continued to impress for the third straight outing, he averaged 45.5 yards over eight punts and now ranks second among league punters with a 41.8 average…Canadian Olympic gold medalist Charline Labonte performed the ceremonial kickoff… The McGill netminder was accompanied by Drew Love, executive director of athletics & recreation at McGill, plus Martlets head coach Peter Smith (an assistant coach with the Olympic squad), rearguard Gillian Ferrari, who previously won Olympic gold in Turin and has been recruited to patrol the Martlets blueline this year.
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill Athletics & Recreation
coring Summary (Final)
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Concordia Stingers vs McGill Redmen (Sep 17, 2010 at Montreal, QC)
Concordia Stingers (1-2) vs. McGill Redmen (0-3)
Date: Sep 17, 2010 Site: Montreal, QC Stadium: Molson Stadium
Attendance: 5346
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Concordia Stingers.. 0 10 3 21 – 34
McGill Redmen……. 10 8 6 5 – 29
Scoring Summary:
1st 00:19 MCGI – Jeff. Thompson 102 yd kickoff return (Austin Anderson kick)
CONC 0 – MCGI 7
10:19 MCGI – Austin Anderson 46 yd field goal
4 plays, 24 yards, TOP 2:12, CONC 0 – MCGI 10
2nd 01:37 CONC – Rene Parades 32 yd field goal
7 plays, 25 yards, TOP 2:40, CONC 3 – MCGI 10
02:48 MCGI – Austin Anderson 27 yd field goal
3 plays, 4 yards, TOP 1:11, CONC 3 – MCGI 13
09:03 MCGI – Team safety
CONC 3 – MCGI 15
12:44 MCGI – Austin Anderson 12 yd field goal
8 plays, 62 yards, TOP 3:33, CONC 3 – MCGI 18
14:25 CONC – Edem Nyamadi 3 yd pass from Ter. Morsink (Dumitru Ionita kick)
7 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:41, CONC 10 – MCGI 18
3rd 02:23 MCGI – Austin Anderson 48 yd field goal
3 plays, 4 yards, TOP 1:12, CONC 10 – MCGI 21
05:14 CONC – Dumitru Ionita 39 yd field goal
7 plays, 43 yards, TOP 2:51, CONC 13 – MCGI 21
09:50 MCGI – Austin Anderson 18 yd field goal
7 plays, 32 yards, TOP 3:07, CONC 13 – MCGI 24
4th 01:04 CONC – Liam Mahoney 33 yd pass from Ter. Morsink (Dumitru Ionita kick)
2 plays, 33 yards, TOP 0:30, CONC 20 – MCGI 24
07:30 MCGI – Austin Anderson 42 yd field goal
4 plays, 36 yards, TOP 1:37, CONC 20 – MCGI 27
11:13 CONC – Mich. Donnelly 15 yd run (Dumitru Ionita kick)
2 plays, 27 yards, TOP 1:01, CONC 27 – MCGI 27
12:37 CONC – Kris. Robertson 62 yd punt return (Dumitru Ionita kick)
CONC 34 – MCGI 27
14:06 MCGI – Team safety
CONC 34 – MCGI 29
Kickoff time: 19:09 End of Game: 22:15 Total elapsed time: 3:06
Officials: Referee: Ron Paluzzi; Umpire: John Parker; Linesman: Dan Corley;
Line judge: Yvan Gatien; Back judge: Chuck Poirier; Field judge: M. Daigneault;
Side judge: Rene Daigneault;
Temperature: 17C Wind: 11kph W Weather: Clear sky
NOTES: 42nd annual Shaughnessy Cup
[HR][/HR] Team Statistics
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Concordia Stingers vs McGill Redmen (Sep 17, 2010 at Montreal, QC)
CONC MCGI
FIRST DOWNS………………. 19 20
Rushing………………… 7 7
Passing………………… 12 7
Penalty………………… 0 6
NET YARDS RUSHING…………. 67 118
Rushing Attempts………… 19 26
Average Per Rush………… 3.5 4.5
Rushing Touchdowns………. 1 0
Yards Gained Rushing…….. 99 120
Yards Lost Rushing………. 32 2
NET YARDS PASSING…………. 317 205
Completions-Attempts-Int…. 24-43-2 17-36-2
Average Per Attempt……… 7.4 5.7
Average Per Completion…… 13.2 12.1
Passing Touchdowns………. 2 0
TEAM LOSSES………………. 0 -1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS……….. 384 322
Total offense plays……… 62 63
Average Gain Per Play……. 6.2 5.1
Fumbles: Number-Lost………. 1-1 2-1
Penalties: Number-Yards……. 15-170 11-90
PUNTS-YARDS………………. 9-298 8-364
Average Yards Per Punt…… 33.1 45.5
Net Yards Per Punt………. 32.0 23.5
Inside 20………………. 2 3
50+ Yards………………. 1 2
Touchbacks……………… 0 0
Fair catch……………… 0 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS……………. 9-449 2-114
Average Yards Per Kickoff… 49.9 57.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff……. 15.7 38.0
Touchbacks……………… 0 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 9-176-1 5-10-0
Average Per Return………. 19.6 2.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-38-0 9-308-1
Average Per Return………. 19.0 34.2
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 2-0-0 2-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Possession Time…………… 28:27 31:33
1st Quarter…………….. 7:29 7:31
2nd Quarter…………….. 7:13 7:47
3rd Quarter…………….. 7:42 7:18
4th Quarter…………….. 6:03 8:57
Third-Down Conversions…….. 0 of 3 0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances……. 2-2 3-4
Touchdowns……………… 2-2 0-4
Field goals…………….. 0-2 3-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards…….. 1-1 0-0
PAT Kicks………………… 4-4 1-1
Field Goals………………. 2-2 6-8
[HR][/HR] Individual Statistics
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Concordia Stingers vs McGill Redmen (Sep 17, 2010 at Montreal, QC)
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Concordia Stingers
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Mich. Donnelly 10 69 2 67 1 16 6.7
Ter. Morsink 2 18 0 18 0 9 9.0
Liam Mahoney 3 6 0 6 0 3 2.0
Edem Nyamadi 2 6 0 6 0 3 3.0
TEAM 2 0 30 -30 0 0 -15.0
Totals… 19 99 32 67 1 16 3.5
Passing Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Ter. Morsink 24-42-2 317 2 37 0
Christ. Walcott 0-1-0 0 0 0 0
Totals… 24-43-2 317 2 37 0
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Liam Mahoney 9 122 1 37
Eli Aramouni 4 72 0 35
M. Harrington 4 56 0 24
Arian Francois 3 20 0 13
Mich. Donnelly 2 11 0 9
Dan Rodrigues 1 33 0 33
Edem Nyamadi 1 3 1 3
Totals… 24 317 2 37
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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Jos. Fulginiti 1 -39 -39.0 0 0 0
Dumitru Ionita 8 337 42.1 71 2 0
Totals… 9 298 33.1 71 2 0
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Seb. Deschamps 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
M. Deslauriers 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kris. Robertson 7 106 62 2 38 20 0 0 0
Nathan Taylor 1 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyle Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals… 9 176 62 2 38 20 2 0 0
Field goal attempts
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Rene Parades 2nd 13:23 32 yds – Good
Dumitru Ionita 3rd 09:46 39 yds – Good
Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
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Rene Parades 6 287 0 0 47.8
Dumitru Ionita 3 162 0 0 54.0
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McGill Redmen
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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T. Kuprowski 17 84 2 82 0 12 4.8
Sean Murphy 5 18 0 18 0 6 3.6
Ryne Bondy 3 16 0 16 0 9 5.3
Louis L-Dupont 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0
Totals… 26 120 2 118 0 12 4.5
Passing Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Ryne Bondy 17-36-2 205 0 36 1
Totals… 17-36-2 205 0 36 1
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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C.A. Sinotte 8 65 0 15
Justene Edwards 3 83 0 36
Patrick Dodd 2 22 0 14
Thomas Fortin 2 19 0 10
T. Kuprowski 2 16 0 8
Totals… 17 205 0 36
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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Tomas Silva 8 364 45.5 54 3 0
Totals… 8 364 45.5 54 3 0
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Matthew Quigley 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jonat. Woodley 1 -3 0 4 85 27 0 0 0
Franc. Bradette 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jeff. Thompson 4 13 8 4 223 102 0 0 0
David Beauchamp 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals… 5 10 8 9 308 102 2 0 0
Field goal attempts
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Austin Anderson 1st 04:41 46 yds – Good
Austin Anderson 2nd 12:12 27 yds – Good
Austin Anderson 2nd 02:16 12 yds – Good
Austin Anderson 2nd 00:00 55 yds – Returned
Austin Anderson 3rd 12:37 48 yds – Good
Austin Anderson 3rd 05:10 18 yds – Good
Austin Anderson 4th 10:20 45 yds – Missed
Austin Anderson 4th 07:30 42 yds – Good
Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
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Austin Anderson 2 114 0 0 57.0
FUMBLES: Concordia Stingers-Liam Mahoney 1-1. McGill Redmen-T. Kuprowski 1-1; Franc. Bradette
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