2014 Ottawa Gee-Gees football team

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2014 Ottawa Gee-Gees football
ConferenceOntario University Athletics
2014 record5–3 (5–3 OUA)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorDevin Murphy (2nd season)
Home stadiumGee-Gees Field
(Capacity: 4,152)
Uniform
CIS Ottawa Jersey until 2016.png
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
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)
Ben D'Andrea Defensive & Specials Assistant/Linebackers 1 Queen's (2011)
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
Reference:[1]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 11:00 pmat York
W 51–74152
September 51:00 pmat No. 9 Queen'sNo. 16
W 37–302250
September 131:00 pmNo. 7 GuelphNo. 8
  • Gee-Gees Field
  • Ottawa, ON
L 7-42700
September 201:00 pmvs. CarletonNo. 10L 31-3312000
September 271:00 pmat Toronto
W 41-251349
October 41:00 pmWaterloo
  • Gee-Gees Field
  • Ottawa, ON
W 51-10700
October 107:00 pmat No. 13 WindsorL 39-292618
October 251:00 pmNo. 3 McMaster
  • Gee-Gees Field
  • Ottawa, ON
W 38-181000
November 11:00 pmat WindsorNo. 10
W 46-293410
November 71:00 pmat No. 3 McMasterNo. 10
L 42-326000
  • Rankings from CIS Top 10 released prior to game
  • All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source:[2]

Game summaries[]

York[]

York @ Ottawa
1 234Total
Lions 3 400 7
• Gee-Gees 10 24017 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

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
1 234Total
• Gee-Gees 14 2021 37
Gaels 0 17103 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

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
1 234Total
• Gryphons 7 16910 42
Gee-Gees 0 007 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

@ Carleton[]

Ottawa vs. Carleton
1 234Total
Gee-Gees 7 11310 31
• Ravens 7 7712 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

@ Toronto[]

Ottawa @ Toronto
1 234Total
• Gee-Gees 17 1473 41
Varsity Blues 0 1375 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

Waterloo[]

Waterloo @ Ottawa
1 234Total
Warriors 0 334 10
• Gee-Gees 17 2833 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

@ Windsor[]

Ottawa @ Windsor
1 234Total
Gee-Gees 1 14014 29
• Lancers 14 10123 39
  • Date: October 10
  • Location: Alumni Stadium, Windsor, ON
  • Game start: 7:00 PM EDT
  • Game attendance: 2,618
  • Game weather: 12°C, Overcast

McMaster[]

McMaster @ Ottawa
1 234Total
Marauders 9 306 18
• Gee-Gees 3 81710 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

OUA Playoff Quarterfinal @ Windsor[]

Ottawa @ Windsor
1 234Total
• Gee-Gees 14 1679 46
Lancers 9 776 29
  • Date: November 1st
  • Location: Alumni Stadium, Windsor, ON
  • Game start: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game attendance: 3,410
  • Game weather: 5°C, Cloudy

OUA Playoff Semifinal @ McMaster[]

Ottawa @ McMaster
1 234Total
Gee-Gees 0 13153 31
• Marauders 0 18816 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

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.
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