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Montreal, Sept. 10, 2005 - At Montreal, 23 first-half points was all the tenth-ranked Concordia Stingers needed as they went on to defeat the Bishop’s Gaiters 23-11 in front of 4,252 homecoming fans at Concordia Stadium. Second-year halfback Sammy Okpro paced a strong defensive effort with seven tackles for the Stingers, who held Bishop’s to minus four yards on the ground. ''It's never as good as its seems and it's never as bad as its seems,'' head coach Leroy Blugh said Monday morning. ''We did improve with week before and it's a good thing. I have to realize that we have young players on the field. They have a lot of good things on the tape.'' Linebacker Pat Donovan added 8.5 tackles and one interception for Concordia while Bishop's safety's Bentley Cross finished with 7.5 tackles and his teammate Kyle Jones 6.0 tackles.
Bishop’s made it 23-4 on a pair of safeties and scored its lone touchdown of the afternoon with 1:18 left in the contest when Joel Lefebvre found Cam McKellar 18 yards down the field. Lefebvre, playing for injured starter Kyle Williams, was 22-of-38 for 219 yards and two interceptions. After two games, Lefebvre leads the Quebec conference with an average of 254 yards per game and 3 touchdown passes. The 18-year-old quarterback from Kingston, ON completed 45 of his 77 passes this year. For Concordia, quarterback Scott Syvret led the way on offence with a pair of rushing touchdowns. Syvret completed 18 of 27 passes for 135 yards, connecting seven times with Dan Mott for 109 yards. Gaiters (0-2) will travel to Quebec City next Sunday when they visit the Vanier Cup champion Laval Rouge et Or (2-0). Box Score (Final) Scoring Summary:
1st 08:51 CONCORD - TEAM safety, , BISHOP'S 0 - CONCORD 2
09:29 CONCORD - M. Renaud 34 yd pass from J. Scott
(W. Kean kick), 1-34 0:25, BISHOP'S 0 - CONCORD 9
2nd 00:20 CONCORD - S. Syvret 1 yd run (W. Kean kick),
6-27 2:46, BISHOP'S 0 - CONCORD 16
08:35 CONCORD - S. Syvret 1 yd run (W. Kean kick),
5-28 2:21, BISHOP'S 0 - CONCORD 23
3rd 04:10 BISHOP'S - Team safety, , BISHOP'S 2 - CONCORD 23
13:27 BISHOP'S - Team safety, , BISHOP'S 4 - CONCORD 23
4th 13:32 BISHOP'S - C. Mckellar 18 yd pass from J. Lefebvre
(K. Jones kick), 4-75 0:55, BISHOP'S 11 - CONCORD 23
BISHOP'S CONCORD
FIRST DOWNS................... 10 22
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 14--4 35-87
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 219 218
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 38-22-2 30-21-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 54-215 67-299
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 6-10 13-69
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 6-78 2-68
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 2-6
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 13-36.5 10-35.7
Fumbles-Lost.................. 0-0 4-3
Penalties-Yards............... 11-111 13-129
Possession Time............... 28:03 31:57
Third-Down Conversions........ 0 of 3 0 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 1-1 2-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-11 2-15
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Jones
punted 13 times for an excellent average of 36.5 yards per kick. After
two games, the Mississauga, ON rookie is ranked 2nd in the Quebec
conference with an average of 36.5 yards per kick.