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LENNOXVILLE, Que. –
Alexander Fox hauled in four touchdowns and quarterback
Jordan Heather set a CIS single-season passing record as Bishop's defeated McGill 40-21 on Saturday, to wrap up the RSEQ football schedule.
The result, combined with Sherbrooke's 28-21 victory over winless Concordia (0-8), knocked McGill out of a playoff berth. The Redmen had an identical 3-5 record with fourth-place Sherbrooke but lost the head-to-head tie-breaker, 45-26, in the only meeting between the clubs, last month.
The seventh-ranked Gaiters finished a surprising second in the RSEQ standings with a 6-2 record, including three wins by a single point. They will host Montreal (5-3) next Saturday in a conference semifinal. It will mark the Gaiters' first home playoff date in the Quebec league since 1993, the year of their last six-win season (6-1). In next Saturday's other Quebec semifinal, No. 2 Laval (8-0) will host Sherbrooke (3-5), live on Radio-Canada at 1 p.m.
Heather, a fifth-year senior from Oromocto, N.B., racked up 484 passing yards against the Redmen to finish the campaign with 3,132 yards, breaking the previous national standard of 3,047, established only a week ago by sophomore Will Finch of Western. Heather shattered the record in spectacular fashion, connecting with Fox for a 93-yard scoring major on the final play of the third quarter.
It was the fourth TD pass of the afternoon for Heather, who completed 26 of 47 attempts on the day. The veteran pivot finished the campaign with 199 completions, the sixth-highest tally in CIS history.
Fox, a senior from Montreal, ended the contest with 256 yards on seven catches. He was the country's leader this fall in yards (1,009) and reception majors (12).
Heather directed an offence that generated 33 first downs and 665 net yards against the Redmen, who replied with 31 and 503, respectively.
The game featured seven players who generated over 100 yards of offence, including BU running back Matthew Burke (132 yards on 19 carries) and Nathan Heather, brother of the Gaiters QB, who had 113 yards on eight receptions.
Place-kicker Mathieu Paquette rounded out the scoring for Bishop's with 16 points. He went 4-for-4 on field-goals, connecting from distances of 22, 20, 28 and 29, respectively. He also converted all four TDs.
Redmen quarterback
Jonathan Collin completed 29 of 43 attempts for 357 yards, three TDs and one interception.
Rookie
Casey Cook, one of two Redmen to reach the century mark in receiving yardage, caught nine balls for 137 yards and a pair of TDs.
McGill opened the scoring when Collin found Cook for a 28-yard TD toss at 3:44 of the first quarter. On the ensuing kickoff,
Samy Rassy unleashed an 84-yard kickoff rouge, the third-longest in McGill history and one shy of the school record held by Richie Klimas (1983) and Andrew Boon (1993). The Quebec league mark is 90 by Ottawa's Darren McNiece (1996) and Concordia's Dave Miller-Johnston (1998).
From that point forward, the Redmen were held off the scoreboard until Cook's second touchdown at 13:35 of the fourth quarter.
McGill led 8-3 after the first quarter but the Gaiters roared back with 37 unanswered points before McGill responded. BU took a 23-8 lead into halftime and a 40-8 advantage into the final stanza.
The only other scoring play for McGill was a three-yard TD toss from Collin to rookie
Damian Massey-Hirt to close out the scoring in the fourth quarter.
COMPLETE STATS
REDMEN RAP: McGill senior
Jean-Philippe Paquette amassed 217 all-purpose yards, including 112 on 11 receptions. He also had 76 on three kickoffs and 29 on three punt returns...Running back
Luis Guimont-Mota rushed for 98 yards on 18 carries, just missing the century mark for what would have been the fifth time this season... Leading the McGill defence were linebackers
Alexandre Bernard (8 tackles),
Chris O'Kill (7.5) and
Eric Gracioppo (6)... The Redmen are expecting to lose nine seniors to graduation, including QB
Jonathan Collin, OL
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, OL
Robert Ravensbergen, K/P
Samy Rassy, DL
Gerry Sasa, DL
David Deku, LB
Maxwell Bauer, LB
Alexandre Bernard and DB
Mattey Ossom.
|
Pos |
TEAMS |
GP |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
PTS |
|
1 |
Laval |
8 |
8 |
0 |
273 |
92 |
16 |
|
2 |
Bishop's |
8 |
6 |
2 |
260 |
242 |
12 |
|
3 |
Montréal |
8 |
5 |
3 |
211 |
120 |
10 |
|
4 |
Sherbrooke |
8 |
3 |
5 |
164 |
197 |
6 |
|
5 |
x-McGill |
8 |
3 |
5 |
220 |
263 |
6 |
|
6 |
x-Concordia |
8 |
0 |
8 |
176 |
345 |
0 |
|
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
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http://mcgillathletics.ca/mobile/index.aspx
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