Hamilton pulls heist in Sackville, Mounties fail to get their man
SACKVILLE, NB - Running back Andrew Hamilton scored three touchdowns and racked up 349 all-purpose yards as McGill dumped Mount Allison 49-27 in front of 1,523 at MacAulay Field in Sackville, N.B., Saturday.
McGill led the game from start to finish, taking a 13-10 advance after the opening quarter, improving that to 26-13 at the half and 38-27 after 45 minutes. It was the second victory in three weeks for the Redmen, who improved to 2-2 while the winless Mounties dropped to 0-3.
Hamilton, a native of Montreal who was raised in Florida, rushed 28 times for 254 yards and a pair of TDs, one of them a 53-yard romp on McGill's fifth offensive play of the game. He added two receptions for 95 yards, including an 85-yard TD toss from quarterback Jonathan Collin.
"He wasn't bad," dead-panned McGill head coach Sonny Wolfe of his six-foot, 198-pound featured back who was hand-timed at 4.29 seconds in the 40-yard dash during training camp. "He set the tempo right off the bat with that long TD run (before the game was three minutes old). I've seen a lot of athletes over my many years in coaching but can't remember coaching a running back as gifted as Hamilton."
Hamilton, who was 44 yards shy of the school's single-game rushing record set by David Fleiszer in 1968, gave way to understudy Taylor Kuprowski in the final stanza. The 5-foot-10, 215-pound sophomore from Kanata, Ont., finished the day with 68 yards on 10 carries.
Freshman Lenn Gittens added 25 yards on five carries and added another 73 yards on eight kick returns.
McGill generated a whopping 632 yards of net offence, including 360 on the ground. The Mounties registered 393 yards.
Collin, a freshman from Greenfield Park, Que., also rushed for two majors and threw a pair of TDs, including a four-yard pass to Charles-Antoine Sinotte, who now has four majors in four games. Collin, who leads the Quebec conference with five TDs -- all on the ground -- was good on 16 of 31 pass attempts for 272 yards in his third career start.
Mount Allison all-Canadian Gary Ross returned to his all-star form in a losing cause by picking up 265 all-purpose yards including 106 receiving; 158 in returns and one yard rushing. He also had a pair of TDs on the day, the first coming in the opening quarter on a 90-yard punt return and the second coming at 9:33 of the third quarter on a 35-yard strike from pivot Jake Hotchkiss.
Hotchkiss finished the day 18-of-31 for 258 yards and a pair of TDs, but was picked off five times by a hungry Redmen defence, including two by McGill's Cedric Bishop. The other picks went to Michael Edem, Greg Landry, and newcomer Yves Lauzon, who joined the McGill camp last week. The Redmen forced six Mountie turnovers in all.
Landry, a fifth-year cornerback fromVancouver, B.C., had arguably his best day in a Redmen uniform. He registered seven solo tackles, a pair of assisted tackles and had one knockdown, aside from his pick, which he ran back 30 yards.
Adam Molnar led the Mt. A receiving corps with 10 receptions for 121 yards. RB Matt Pickett led the Mounties on the ground with 11 carries for 65 yards.
The balance of Mount Allison's scoring came on a 25-yard pass to Adam Molnar; and off the boot of kicker Olivier Eddie who kicked two field goals and three converts.
McGill kicker Austin Anderson rounded out the scoring for the Redmen. He was 3-for-3 on field goal attempts from distances of 29, 36 and 24. Anderson, who added a pair of converts, was also the victim of four bad snaps from the second-string snapper who was replacing injured Anthony Lukca, which cost the Redmen six points on three botched conversions and a missed field goal opportunity. On one of the botched attempts, Anderson added a two-point conversion witha passing play to Thomas Fortin.
McGill (2-2) plays at Bishop's next week in a game that will be crucial for either team's playoff aspirations. The Gaiters (1-2) play at Laval (3-0) Sunday.
Box Score (Final)
MCG vs MTA (Sep 26, 2009 at Sackville, NB)
Score by Quarters 1 2
3 4 Score
----------------- -- -- -- --
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MCG................ 13 13 12 11 -
49 Record: (2-2-0,1-2)
MTA................. 10 3 14 0 -
27 Record: (0-3-0,0-2)
Scoring Summary:
1st 02:38 MCG - Andrew Hamilton 53 yd run
(Austin Anderson kick), 5-84 1:24, MCG 7 - MTA 0
05:18 MTA - Gary Ross 90 yd punt return (O. Eddie
kick), , MCG 7 - MTA 7
09:13 MCG - Austin Anderson 29 yd field goal, 8-45
3:50, MCG 10 - MTA 7
11:26 MTA - Oliver Eddie 22 yd field goal, 5-60
2:13, MCG 10 - MTA 10
15:00 MCG - Austin Anderson 36 yd field goal,
10-47 3:34, MCG 13 - MTA 10
2nd 10:10 MCG - Andrew Hamilton 85 yd pass from
Jonathan Collin (Austin Anderson kick), 2-85 0:39, MCG 20 - MTA
10
12:40 MCG - Chales-Antoine Sinotte 4 yd pass from
Jonathan Collin (Austin Anderson rush fumbld), 6-31 1:43, MCG 26 -
MTA 10
14:01 MTA - Oliver Eddie 18 yd field goal, 7-58
1:16, MCG 26 - MTA 13
3rd 05:28 MCG - Andrew Hamilton 12 yd run (Austin
Anderson kick blockd), 3-43 0:54, MCG 32 - MTA 13
09:33 MTA - Gary Ross 35 yd pass from J. Hotchkiss
(O. Eddie kick), 5-66 2:12, MCG 32 - MTA 20
12:19 MTA - Adam Molnar 25 yd pass from J.
Hotchkiss (O. Eddie kick), 2-25 0:40, MCG 32 - MTA 27
13:23 MCG - Jonathan Collin 1 yd run (Austin
Anderson rush fumbld), 4-65 1:01, MCG 38 - MTA 27
4th 05:22 MCG - Jonathan Collin 1 yd run (Thomas
Fortin pass), 6-30 2:58, MCG 46 - MTA 27
10:16 MCG - Austin Anderson 24 yd field goal, 3-3
1:06, MCG 49 - MTA 27
Team Statistics (Final)
MCG MTA
FIRST
DOWNS...................
31 19
Rushing.....................
18 4
Passing.....................
11 12
Penalty.....................
2 3
NET YARDS
RUSHING.............
360 90
Rushing Attempts............
48 20
Average Per Rush............
7.5 4.5
Yards Gained Rushing........
363 95
Yards Lost
Rushing..........
3 5
NET YARDS
PASSING.............
272 288
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 16-31-0 22-38-5
Average Per Attempt.........
8.8 7.6
Average Per Completion......
17.0 13.1
TEAM
LOSSES...................
0 -6
TOTAL OFFENSE
YARDS...........
632 372
Total offense plays.........
79 58
Average Gain Per Play.......
8.0 6.4
Fumbles: Number-Lost..........
1-1 0-0
Penalties: Number-Yards.......
9-60 10-131
PUNTS-YARDS...................
7-147 8-306
Average Yards Per Punt......
21.0 38.2
Net Yards Per Punt..........
2.0 31.8
Inside
20...................
0 1
50+
Yards...................
0 1
Touchbacks..................
0 0
Fair
catch..................
0 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS................
8-218 3-97
Average Yards Per Kickoff...
27.2 32.3
Net Yards Per Kickoff.......
25.0 23.3
Touchbacks..................
0 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 7-52-0
2-133-1
Average Per Return..........
7.4 66.5
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-27-0
8-18-0
Average Per Return..........
9.0 2.2
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 5-57-0
0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD.
0-0-0 0-0-0
Possession Time...............
33:04 26:47
1st Quarter.................
10:06 4:54
2nd Quarter.................
7:10 7:41
3rd Quarter.................
7:14 7:46
4th Quarter.................
8:34 6:26
Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 3 1 of
2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......
5-7 2-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards........
0-0 0-0
PAT Kicks..................... 2-2
3-3
PAT 2pt attempts.......... 0-3
0-0
Field Goals................... 3-3
2-2
RUSHING:
MCG-Andrew Hamilton 28-254; Taylor Kuprowski 10-68; Lenn Gittens 5-25; Jonathan Collin 5-13.
MTA-M. Pickett 11-65; J. Hotchkiss 7-24; Gary Ross 1-1; J. Bertrand 1-0.
PASSING:
MCG-Jonathan Collin 16-31-0-272.
MTA-J. Hotchkiss 18-31-5-258; J. Bertrand 4-7-0-30.
RECEIVING:
MCG-C.A. Sinotte 4-39; Patrick
Dodd 3-44; Andrew Hamilton
2-95; Thomas Fortin 2-14; Gabriel
Aubry 1-20; M. Walsh-Moreau 1-19;
Louis L-Dupont 1-18; T. Kuprowski
1-12; M. Chitayat 1-11.
MTA-A. Molnar 9-96; G.Ross 5-131; M. Pickett 3-18; S. Moore 2-23; B. Stehr 1-8; R. Brady 1-7; N. Kukkonen 1-5.
Punting
McGill Kicker No. Yds Avg Long In20
-----------------------------------------
Austin Anderson 7 147 21.0 38 0
Totals... 7 147 21.0 38 0
Mt.A Kicker No. Yds Avg Long In20
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O. Eddie 8 306 38.2 62 1
Totals... 8 306 38.2 62 1
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
---------------------------------------------
MCGILL:
C.A. Sinotte 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Edem 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5
Yves Lauzon 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
Cedric Bishop 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 14
Math. Guérette 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gregory Landry 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 30
Lenn Gittens 6 46 34 2 27 22 0 0 0
Totals... 7 52 34 3 27 22 5 57 30
MT. ALLISON
G. Ross 2 133 90 1 25 25 0 0 0
N. Kukkonen 0 0 0 3 8 3 0 0 0
C. Mace 0 0 0 4 -15 7 0 0 0
Totals... 2 133 90 8 18 25 0 0 0
Field goal attempts
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MCGILL:
Austin Anderson 1st 05:47 29 yds - Good
Austin Anderson 1st 00:00 36 yds - Good
Austin Anderson 4th 04:44 24 yds - Good
MT. ALLISON
O. Eddie 1st 03:34 22 yds - Good
O. Eddie 2nd 00:59 18 yds - Good
FUMBLES (No/Yds):
MCG-Austin Anderson 1-1.
MTA-None.
INTERCEPTIONS:
MCG (5)-Cedric Bishop 2-20; Yves
Lauzon 1-2; Michael Edem
1-5; Gregory Landry 1-30.
MTA-None.
FUMBLES:
MCG-Austin Anderson 1-1.
MTA-None.
Stadium: MacAuley Field
Attendance: 1,523
Kickoff time: 2:00
End of Game: 5:03
Total elapsed time: 3:03
Officials: Scorer: Jake Maxwell;
Temperature:
Wind:
Weather:
SACKS (UA-A):
MCG-None.
MTA-None.
TACKLES (UA-A):
MCG-Gregory Landry 7-2; Joff Gorin 6-1; Alexis Paquin 3-0; Renaud Collard-Seguin 3-0; Jesse Zimmer 3-0; Ben Thompson 2-2; Joel Arseneault 2-3; C-Evens Peltrop 2-2; Cedric Bishop 2-2; Yves Lauzon 2-0; Tyler L-Brown 2-0; Michael Edem 1-2; Patrick Bourgon 1-0; Courtney Bishop 1-1; Darcy Pelosse 1-0; Anth. Temelini 1-0; Alex. Hutchison 0-1; Anthony Santori 0-1; Julien Lefebvre 0-1.
MTA-A. Antwi 8-6; J. Snider 9-3; B. Halpern 6-6; L. Ekoh 3-5; B.
Daye 3-2; Ma. Cormier 3-0; E. Dupont 3-1; N. Kukkonen 3-0; R. Downe
0-7; J. Richard 2-0; T. Nadolny 2-0; Z. Nixon 2-1; M. Pickett 1-0;
P. Nicolajsen 1-0; M. Thomson 1-0; A. Molnar 1-0; C. Munn 1-1;J.
Senman 1-0; J. Oram 1-1; M. Filer 0-1; D. Spencer 0-1; S. McGilly
0-1.
Player participation:
MCG: 3-Andrew Hamilton, 4-Julien Lefebvre, 5-M. Chitayat, 6-Ryne
Bondy, 7-Jonathan Collin, 9-Patrick Bourgon, 10-Patrick Dodd,
11-Gregory Landry, 12-Thomas Fortin, 13-Austin Anderson, 15-Louis
L-Dupont, 18-Maxwell Bauer, 21-Michael Edem, 22-Alexis
Paquin, 23-Joff Gorin, 25-Lenn Gittens, 27-Jesse Zimmer,
28-T. Kuprowski, 29-Chris Hayes, 30-Yves Lauzon, 31-Cedric Bishop,
33-C-Evens Peltrop, 41-Courtney Bishop, 42-Luc Farly, 44-Tyler
L-Brown, 50-Ben Thompson, 51-Joel Arseneault, 52-Marc Vien,
53-Renaud Collard-Seguin, 55-Paul Reinlein, 56-Anth. Temelini,
57-Cam Stockman, 58-Darcy Pelosse, 62-Michael Pilon 65-Jonathan
Bower, 66-Angus Lennox, 67-Liam Zsolt, 69-Raffaele Spera, 80-Bobby
Mikelberg, 81-Gabriel Aubry, 82-Mathieu Walsh-Moreau, 84-C.A.
Sinotte, 88-Mathieu Guerette, 90-Alex. Hutchison, 91-David
Beauchamp, 97-Simon Bosisio, 99-Anthony Santori.
MTA: 1-B. Daye, 2-J. Oram, 3-Ma. Cormier, 6-J. Hotchkiss, 7-J.
Bertrand, 8-B. Halpern, 9-N. Cuda, 10-N. Kukkonen, 11-B. Stehr,
12-A. Molnar, 14-J. Snider, 15-O. Eddie, 16-S. Moore, 17-R. Brady,
20-M. Kenny, 21-L. Ekoh, 22-Z. Nixon, 24-S. McGilly, 25-P.
Nicolajsen, 27-A. Ellis, 28-C. Mace, 29-M. Pickett, 30-Mi. Cormier,
32-T. Nadolny, 35-D. Robinson, 36-M. Thomson, 37-S. Brady, 40-J.
Richard, 44-R. Downe, 45-D. Taylor, 46-A. Antwi, 50-M. Desjardins,
51-M. Basque, 55-D. Spencer, 56-R. Augustus, 58-M. Hood, 60-Alex
Healy, 62-C. Munn, 64-M. Filer, 65-A. Harper, 68-A. Gillingham,
80-G. Ross, 83-D. Fougere, 85-J. Senman, 98-J. Chrvala, 99-E.
Dupont.
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