It was never expected, but the Calgary Dinos managed to sneak their way into victory with a 35:31 victory over the Manitoba Bisons in their Sept. 3 home game. Despite having a number of near victories, thanks partially to QB Khaleal Williams, and even outright slipups on the part of Calgary, the Bisons found themselves in a pickle near third and fourth quarter, with the play positions giving a clear advantage to the Dinos. At this point, it was only inevitable that they would win; they only needed a single touchdown to beat them by one field goal, let alone four.
Despite the victory, it was entirely unexpected; by the end of the second quarter, the Bisons had a 31:17 lead(through an amazing 90 yard touchdown by Khaleal Williams). Most of the track record of Calgary throughout the game suggested otherwise, however; QB Eric Dzwilewski’s tendancy to catch and pass either incompletely or out of bounds might have cost the Dinos near the beginning of the game. Nick Boyd’s 36 yard field goal helped push the game in favour of the Bisons a little, pushing them to 16:17(M/C).
The Bisons’ OL Tyler Fabbri and HB Grayson Wells were injured, so that may have come into play near the end. Furthermore, Lumbala scoring a 13 yard touchdown for the Dinos put them in a position where only one more was needed–which, as it so happened, was the result near the end of the game with Williams making a fumble and Calgary scoring a seven yard touchdown. This alone pushed them into victory with only two minutes on the clock.
In the end, there was some very clear potential for the Bisons in this game–constant stepping out of bounds by Dzwilewski, the penalty flag to Calgary for illegal procedure near the third quarter–however, in the end Dzwilewski was able to step up his game long enough to push the game in favour of the Dinos. The Bisons will have be more careful to savour their opponents’ losses, and exploit their own victories, if they want to avoid this again.
Photos credit: Bill Zuk
Scoring Summary (Final)
2011 UC Dinos Football
Calgary vs Manitoba (Sep 03, 2011 at Winnipeg, MB) Calgary (1-0-0,1-0) vs. Manitoba (0-1-0,0-1)
Date: Sep 03, 2011 • Site: Winnipeg, MB • Stadium: University Stadium • Attendance: 850
| Score by Quarters | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score |
| Calgary | 7 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 35 |
| Manitoba | 10 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| SCORING SUMMARY | CGY -MAN | |||
| 1st | 03:29 | MAN | Anthony Coombs 6 yd run (Nick Boyd kick) | |
| 8 plays, 83 yards, TOP 3:29 | 0 – 7 | |||
| 03:42 | CGY | Jake Harty 88 yd kickoff return (Johnny Mark kick) | ||
| 7 – 7 | ||||
| 10:35 | MAN | Nick Boyd 24 yd field goal | ||
| 9 plays, 59 yards, TOP 3:27 | 7 – 10 | |||
| 2nd | 01:06 | CGY | Johnny Mark 13 yd field goal | |
| 7 plays, 31 yards, TOP 1:52 | 10 – 10 | |||
| 10:04 | MAN | Nick Boyd 25 yd field goal | ||
| 5 plays, 50 yards, TOP 2:02 | 10 – 13 | |||
| 12:18 | CGY | Eric Dzwilewski 2 yd run (Johnny Mark kick) | ||
| 7 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:14 | 17 – 13 | |||
| 13:19 | MAN | Nick Boyd 36 yd field goal | ||
| 6 plays, 39 yards, TOP 0:51 | 17 – 16 | |||
| 3rd | 00:13 | MAN | Nic Demski 91 yd kickoff return (Nick Boyd kick) | |
| 17 – 23 | ||||
| 05:07 | MAN | Brendon Bowman 65 rouge (punt) | ||
| 17 – 24 | ||||
| 14:07 | MAN | Anthony Coombs 90 yd pass from K. Williams (Nick Boyd kick) | ||
| 2 plays, 94 yards, TOP 1:10 | 17 – 31 | |||
| 4th | 08:34 | CGY | Steven Lumbala 13 yd run (Johnny Mark kick) | |
| 2 plays, 12 yards, TOP 0:39 | 24 – 31 | |||
| 08:34 | CGY | Johnny Mark 85 rouge (kickoff) | ||
| 25 – 31 | ||||
| 12:55 | CGY | Johnny Mark 17 yd field goal | ||
| 10 plays, 31 yards, TOP 3:10 | 28 – 31 | |||
| 14:38 | CGY | Chris Dobko 7 yd pass from Eric Dzwilewski (Johnny Mark kick) | ||
| 5 plays, 35 yards, TOP 1:38 | 35 – 31 |
| Kickoff time: 1:07pm • End of Game: 4:13pm • Total elapsed time: 3:06 Referee: Ardis Oleksyn • Umpire: Dale Jacobson • Linesman: Adam Paradowski • Line judge: Neal Terrio • Back judge: Jim Carlisle • Field judge: Jon Reyes • Side judge: Kyle Mikulik • Scorer: Andre Worms • Temperature: 23 C • Wind: 40km N • Weather: Windy, Rainy, Sunny |
| Team Statistics |
Team Statistics (Final)
2011 UC Dinos Football
Calgary vs Manitoba (Sep 03, 2011 at Winnipeg, MB)
| Team Totals | CGY | MAN |
| FIRST DOWNS | 28 | 17 |
| Rushing | 13 | 6 |
| Passing | 10 | 8 |
| Penalty | 5 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 242 | 139 |
| Rushing Attempts | 37 | 26 |
| Average Per Rush | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 243 | 143 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 1 | 4 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 179 | 302 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 16-34-1 | 15-30-0 |
| Average Per Attempt | 5.3 | 10.1 |
| Average Per Completion | 11.2 | 20.1 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TEAM LOSSES | -17 | -9 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 404 | 432 |
| Total offense plays | 75 | 58 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.4 | 7.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 11-80 | 14-130 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 9-317 | 8-295 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 35.2 | 36.9 |
| Net Yards Per Punt | 29.6 | 27.0 |
| Inside 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 50+ Yards | 1 | 1 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 1 |
| Fair catch | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS-YARDS | 7-389 | 4-219 |
| Average Yards Per Kickoff | 55.6 | 54.8 |
| Net Yards Per Kickoff | 23.4 | 15.0 |
| Touchbacks | 1 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-44-0 | 9-51-0 |
| Average Per Return | 8.8 | 5.7 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 4-159-1 | 6-190-1 |
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