2014 Ottawa Gee-Gees football team

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2014 OUA standings
(Rank) Team	W		L	PTS		Playoff Spot
#3 McMaster	7	-	1	14		†
#5 Guelph	7	-	1	14		X
#7 Western	6	-	2	12		X
Windsor	5	-	3	10		X
#10 Ottawa	5	-	3	10		X
Laurier	4	-	4	8		X
Carleton	4	-	4	8
Queen's	3	-	5	6
Toronto	2	-	6	4
Waterloo	1	-	7	2
York	0	-	8	0
† – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10

The 2014 Ottawa Gee-Gees football team represents the University of Ottawa in the 2014 CIS football season. They are led by second-year head coach Jamie Barresi and play their home games at Gee-Gees Field. They are a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference. They began their season on September 1, where they defeated the York Lions 51-7 at home. Their regular season ended on October 25 with a 38-18 home win against the #3 McMaster Marauders. They gained the 5th seed in the OUA playoffs and where they traveled to Windsor to play the Lancers on November 1 coming away with a 46-29 win. They advanced to take on McMaster in the OUA semifinals, where after holding a lead over the team that would eventually go on to lose in the Vanier Cup, their season came to an end with a 42-31 loss.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Ottawa	Alma Mater
Jamie Barresi	Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator	1	Ottawa (1980)
Devin Murphy	Defensive Coordinator	1	Ottawa (2005)
Steven Watts	Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs	1	Ottawa (2007)
Bill MacDermott	Offensive Line	1	Trinity (1960)
David Miller-Johnston	Kickers	9	Concordia (1998)
Mike Ireland	Defensive Line	1	Ottawa (2006)
Ron Raymond	Wide Receivers/Quarterbacks	2	N/A
Aaron Geisler	Running Backs	1	Western
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Schedule

September 11:00 PMat York

• Gee-Gees Field
• Ottawa, ON

W 51–7 4152 September 51:00 PMat No. 9 Queen'sNo. 16

• Richardson Stadium
• Kingston, ON (Rivalry)

W 37–30 2250 September 131:00 PMNo. 7 GuelphNo. 8

• Gee-Gees Field
• Ottawa, ON

L 7-42 700 September 201:00 PMvs. CarletonNo. 10

• TD Place Stadium
• Ottawa, ON (Panda Game)

L 31-33 12000 September 271:00 PMat Toronto

• Varsity Stadium
• Toronto, ON

W 41-25 1349 October 41:00 PMWaterloo

• Gee-Gees Field
• Ottawa, ON

W 51-10 700 October 107:00 PMat No. 13 Windsor

• Alumni Field
• Windsor, ON

L 39-29 2618 October 251:00 PMNo. 3 McMaster

• Gee-Gees Field
• Ottawa, ON

W 38-18 1000 November 11:00 PMat WindsorNo. 10

• Alumni Field
• Windsor, ON (OUA Quarterfinal)

W 46-29 3410 November 71:00 PMat No. 3 McMasterNo. 10

• Ron Joyce Stadium
• Hamilton, ON (OUA Semifinals)

L 42-32 6000

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Game summaries

York

York @ Ottawa

1 2 3 4 Total Lions 3 4 0 0 7 • Gee-Gees 10 24 0 17 51 Date: September 1 Location: Gee-Gees Field, Ottawa Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 4,152 Game weather: 28°C, Sunny Referee: Kevin Horton

See also: York Lions

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16-4	2013	OTT, 46–16

The Gee-Gees opened their 2014 campaign with a resounding 51-7 win over the York Lions. Junior quarterback Derek Wendel completed 24 of 26 passes for 341 yards and four touchdown passes. Junior running back Mack Tommy led a Gee-Gees rushing attack that racked up 267 yards, 105 of those yards and a TD coming from Tommy.

The game would become the Gee-Gees largest margin of victory in the 2014 regular season.

@ Queen's

Ottawa @ Queen's

1 2 3 4 Total • Gee-Gees 14 2 0 21 37 Gaels 0 17 10 3 30 Date: September 5 Location: Richardson Stadium, Kingston, ON Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 2,250 Game weather: 21°C, Rainy Referee: M. Drinkwalter

See also: Queen's Gaels

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–40	2013	QUE, 36–21

The #16 Gee-Gees would go on the road to take on the 2013 Yates Cup finalist #9 Queen's Gaels. The first quarter was all Gee-Gees as they took the ball 91 yards down the field on 5 plays to open the scoring on a 31-yard Vincent Campbell TD catch. They’d add another seven minutes later on an 11-yard Mack Tommy run. Queen’s would came alive in the second quarter. On the quarter’s opening play, Gaels’ quarterback Billy McPhee threw a TD get Queen’s on the board. With 5:39 to go in the half, Queen’s took their first lead, 17-14, with a touchdown pass to Jonah Pataki.

In the fourth quarter the Gee-Gees would put up 21 points to steal a comeback win and hand Queen’s their first loss at Richardson Stadium in three years. QB Derek Wendel finished 35 for 52 passing, tallying 401 yards through the air, and three TD passes while also leading the team in rushing with 104 yards on the ground.

Following the win, the Gee-Gees would move to become the #8 team in the nation.

Guelph

Guelph @ Ottawa

1 2 3 4 Total • Gryphons 7 16 9 10 42 Gee-Gees 0 0 0 7 7 Date: September 13 Location: Gee-Gees Field, Ottawa Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 700 Game weather: 9°C, Rain Referee: H. Chiu

See also: Guelph Gryphons

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20-5	2011	OTT, 35–8

@ Carleton

Ottawa vs. Carleton

1 2 3 4 Total Gee-Gees 7 11 3 10 31 • Ravens 7 7 7 12 33 Date: September 20 Location: TD Place Stadium, Ottawa Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 12,000 Game weather: 20°C, Overcast Referee: Kevin Horton

See also: 2014 Carleton Ravens football team and Panda Game

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
63-27	2013	OTT, 35–10

@ Toronto

Ottawa @ Toronto

1 2 3 4 Total • Gee-Gees 17 14 7 3 41 Varsity Blues 0 13 7 5 25 Date: September 27 Location: Varsity Stadium, Toronto Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 1,350 Game weather: 24°C, Clear Referee: H. Chiu

See also: Toronto Varsity Blues

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28-18	2013	OTT, 34–10

Waterloo

Waterloo @ Ottawa

1 2 3 4 Total Warriors 0 3 3 4 10 • Gee-Gees 17 28 3 3 51 Date: October 4th Location: Gee-Gees Field, Ottawa Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 700 Game weather: 17°C, Rain Referee: Kevin Horton

See also: Waterloo Warriors

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21-1	2013	OTT, 44–12

@ Windsor

Ottawa @ Windsor

1 2 3 4 Total Gee-Gees 1 14 0 14 29 • Lancers 14 10 12 3 39 Date: October 10 Location: Alumni Stadium, Windsor, ON Game start: 7:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 2,618 Game weather: 12°C, Overcast

See also: Windsor Lancers § Lancers Football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13-3	2013	OTT, 45–15

McMaster

McMaster @ Ottawa

1 2 3 4 Total Marauders 9 3 0 6 18 • Gee-Gees 3 8 17 10 38 Date: October 25th Location: Gee-Gees Field, Ottawa Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 1,000 Game weather: 14°C, Rain Referee: M. Drinkwater

See also: McMaster Marauders

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10-19	2013	MAC, 41–7

OUA Playoff Quarterfinal @ Windsor

Ottawa @ Windsor

1 2 3 4 Total • Gee-Gees 14 16 7 9 46 Lancers 9 7 7 6 29 Date: November 1st Location: Alumni Stadium, Windsor, ON Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 3,410 Game weather: 5°C, Cloudy

See also: Windsor Lancers § Lancers Football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13-4	2014	WIN, 39–29

OUA Playoff Semifinal @ McMaster

Ottawa @ McMaster

1 2 3 4 Total Gee-Gees 0 13 15 3 31 • Marauders 0 18 8 16 42 Date: November 7th Location: Ron Joyce Stadium, Hamilton, ON Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 6,000 Game weather: 7°C, Cloudy and rain Referee: F. Cooper

See also: McMaster Marauders

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11-19	2014	OTT, 38–18

Awards and Honours

• J. P. Metras Trophy

Ettore Lattanzio

Honours

OUA All-Stars

• First Team

Ettore Lattanzio

• Second Team

Adam Valchuk

Nick Lecour

• All-Rookie Team

Jackson Bennett

All-Canadians

Ettore Lattanzio