September 27, 2009
Game Stats

QUEBEC CITY – Benoit Groulx threw three touchdown passes to lead the No. 1-ranked Laval Rouge et Or to a 55-7 victory over the Bishop’s Gaiters in Quebec University Football League action this afternoon at the PEPS stadium. Laval led 20-0 after the first quarter, and cruised to the victory as the Gaiters were unable to get their offence untracked.

Laval led from the opening kickoff, as Christopher Milo scored a 79-yard single, putting Laval up 1-0. A pair of touchdown passes, from Groulx to Mathieu Picard, and from Cesar Hernandez-Sanchez to Marc-André Arcoite put the top-ranked Rouge et Or up 15-0 at the ten-minute mark.

Groulx put the game out of reach in the last two minutes of the first half, as he connected with Patrick Lavoie on a 12-yard touchdown at 13:08, and with Maxime Béland on a nine-yard pass at 14:55, giving Laval a 43-0 halftime lead.

The Gaiters broke the shutout at 6:44 of the fourth quarter when Jordan Heather (Oromocto, N.B.) hit a streaking Shawn Gore (Don Mills, Ont.) for a 73-yard touchdown. The pass came on Heather’s first career play as a Gaiter.

Touchdown runs by Hernandez-Sanchez and Babacar Seye, along with three safety touches and two Milo field goals (from 42 and 25 yards), rounded out the scoring.

Groulx left the game at halftime, after having gone 16-for-21 for 192 yards and three touchdowns. Sébastien Lévesque ran seven times for 155 yards before also leaving at halftime. Other statistical leaders for Laval included Guillaume Sénécal, who gained 94 yards on eight carries, and Béland, who made three receptions for 95 yards. Hernandez-Sanchez was 8-for-11 for 132 yards passing.

Laval outgained Bishop’s 649-134, and made 30 first downs, to the Gaiters’ eight. Laval rushed for 331 yards, and passed for 340, while Bishop’s recorded 91 yards rushing and 111 yards passing. Each team committed one turnover.

Rookie running back Ron-Lee King-Fileen (Oshawa, Ont.) was the Gaiters’ leading rusher, with five carries for 22 yards, while John Jean-Baptiste (Ottawa, Ont.) had six for 21. Heather finished as the Gaiters’ leading passer, as he was 3-for-5 for 82 yards and a touchdown. Starting quarterback Jesse Andrews struggled, going 2-for-7 for ten yards before being removed at halftime. Jake Ruddy (Ottawa, Ont.) played the third quarter, completing one pass for 19 yards. Gore was the Gaiters’ leading receiver, with three catches for 82 yards.

Rookie safety Jermaine Gabriel (Scarborough, Ont.) led Bishop’s defensively with ten tackles (8 solo, 4 assists), while linebacker Tyler Jutras recorded two sacks.

The Gaiters (1-3) return home on Saturday to face the McGill Redmen (2-2) in the annual Homecoming Game. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Coulter Field. No. 1-Laval (4-0) will visit Montreal (3-1) on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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NOTES: Laval leads the all-time series 17-6, and have won the last ten games in the series … Olivier Mongeau did not catch a pass, ending his pass-catching streak at 15 games … Gore now has 901 career receiving yards, and has caught a pass in his last 19 games … The game marked the CIS debuts for King-Fileen and Heather … Nick Poloniato made his first interception of the season. He is now two shy of the school record of 16 career interceptions.

SUMMARY

First Quarter

   Lav – Single Milo 79 (kickoff) 0:00
   Lav – TD Picard 12 pass from Groulx (Milo convert) 7:19
   Lav – TD Arcoite 1 pass from Hernandez-Sanchez (Milo convert) 9:50
   Lav – Safety Maveety concedes 11:42
   Lav – FG Milo 42 14:03

Second Quarter

   Lav – TD Sanchez 1 run (Milo convert) 5:21
   Lav – Safety Maveety concedes 11:17
   Lav – TD Lavoie 12 pass from Groulx (Milo convert) 13:08
   Lav – TD Béland 9 pass from Groulx (Milo convert) 14:55

Third Quarter

   Lav – FG Milo 25 4:05
   Lav – Safety Maveety concedes 10:26

Fourth Quarter

   Lav – TD Seye 5 run 2:59
   Bish – TD Gore 73 pass from Heather 6:44

Laval............... 20 23  5  7  - 55
BISHOP'S............  0  0  0  7  -  7

   Attendance at Quebec City – 12,911

YARDSTICKS

                                     Bish      Lav
  First downs...................        8       30
  Yards Rushing.................       91      331
  Yards passing.................      111      340
  Total offence.................      202      671
  Team losses...................       68       22
  Net offence...................      134      649
  Passes made-tried.............     6-17    26-35
  Returns-yards.................   11-109     7-92
  Intercepts-yards by..........       1-0      0-0
  Fumbles-Lost..................      1-0      2-0
  Sacks By: Number-Yards........     3-22     3-20
  Punts-average.................    10-36     6-39
  Penalties-Yards...............     9-52     8-55
  Possession Time...............    26:29    33:21

Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.

  RUSHING: Bish — King-Fileen 5-22, Jean-Baptiste 6-21, Andrews 2-18, Maveety 1-12, Lawrence 3-10, Heather 1-4, Burke 2-3, Exumé 1-3, Ruddy 1-(minus 2); Lav – Lévesque 7-155, Sénécal 8-94, Seye 5-37, Béland 4-28, Rioux 1-9, Hernandez-Sanchez 2-8.

  RECEIVING: Bish — Gore 3-82, White 2-25, Soucy 1-4; Lav – Picard 4-44, Béland 3-95, Lévesque 3-41, Prud’homme 3-25, Rioux 3-17, Chrétien 2-26, Féoli-Gudino 2-20, Sénécal 2-18, Arcoite 2-8, Bouvette 1-34, Lavoie 1-12.

  PASSING: Bish — Andrews 2-7, 10 yds, 0 TD 0 int, Ruddy 1-5-19-0-0, Heather 3-5-82-1-0; Lav – 16-21-192-3-0, Hernandez-Sanchez 8-11-132-1-1, Grenon 2-3-16-0-0.