2014 Ottawa Gee-Gees football team

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2014 Ottawa Gee-Gees football
Conference Ontario University Athletics
Record5–3 (5–3 OUA)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorDevin Murphy (2nd season)
Home stadium Gee-Gees Field
Uniform
CIS Ottawa Jersey until 2016.png
Seasons
 2013
2015 
(Rank) TeamW LPTS Playoff Spot
#3 McMaster 7-114 
#5 Guelph 7-114 X
#7 Western 6-212 X
Windsor 5-310 X
#10 Ottawa 5-310 X
Laurier 4-48 X
Carleton 4-48 
Queen's 3-56 
Toronto 2-64 
Waterloo 1-72 
York 0-80 
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: CIS Top 10

The 2014 Ottawa Gee-Gees football team represented the University of Ottawa in the 2014 CIS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jamie Barresi and played their home games at Gee-Gees Field. They were 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.

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Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasons 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)
Ben D'AndreaDefensive & Specials Assistant/Linebackers1Queen's (2011)
David Miller-Johnston Kickers 9 Concordia (1998)
Mike Ireland Defensive line 1 Ottawa (2006)
Ron Raymond Wide receivers/quarterbacks 2N/A
Aaron Geisler Running backs 1 Western
Reference: [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 11:00 pmat York W 51–74152
September 51:00 pmat No. 9 Queen's No. 16
W 37–302250
September 131:00 pmNo. 7 Guelph No. 8
  • Gee-Gees Field
  • Ottawa, ON
L 7-42700
September 201:00 pmvs. Carleton No. 10L 31-3312000
September 271:00 pmat Toronto W 41-251349
October 41:00 pm Waterloo
  • Gee-Gees Field
  • Ottawa, ON
W 51-10700
October 107:00 pmat No. 13 Windsor L 39-292618
October 251:00 pmNo. 3 McMaster
  • Gee-Gees Field
  • Ottawa, ON
W 38-181000
November 11:00 pmat Windsor No. 10
W 46-293410
November 71:00 pmat No. 3 McMaster No. 10L 42-326000
Schedule Source: [2]

Game summaries

York

York @ Ottawa
Team1234Total
Lions34007
Gee-Gees102401751
  • 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

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. [3]

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

@ Queen's

Ottawa @ Queen's
Team1234Total
Gee-Gees14202137
Gaels01710330

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 come 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. [4]

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

Guelph

Guelph @ Ottawa
Team1234Total
Gryphons71691042
Gee-Gees00077
  • 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

@ Carleton

Ottawa vs. Carleton
Team1234Total
Gee-Gees71131031
Ravens7771233
  • 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

@ Toronto

Ottawa @ Toronto
Team1234Total
Gee-Gees17147341
Varsity Blues0137525
  • 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

Waterloo

Waterloo @ Ottawa
Team1234Total
Warriors033410
Gee-Gees17283351
  • 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

@ Windsor

Ottawa @ Windsor
Team1234Total
Gee-Gees11401429
Lancers141012339

McMaster

McMaster @ Ottawa
Team1234Total
Marauders930618
Gee-Gees38171038
  • 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

OUA Playoff Quarterfinal @ Windsor

Ottawa @ Windsor
Team1234Total
Gee-Gees14167946
Lancers977629

OUA Playoff Semifinal @ McMaster

Ottawa @ McMaster
Team1234Total
Gee-Gees01315331
Marauders01881642

Awards and honours

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

References

  1. "Coaches". University of Ottawa Sports Services. Archived from the original on September 14, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  2. "Ottawa Gee-Gees Football Schedule". Archived from the original on September 14, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  3. GeeGees.ca. "Gee-Gees romp on opening day". Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  4. uOttawa. "Gee-Gees vs. Queen's". geegees.ca. uOttawa SS. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.