Box Score SHERBROOKE, Que. – Jean-Guy Rimpel scored three second-half touchdowns to lead the Concordia Stingers to a 39-6 win over the Bishop's Gaiters in Quebec university football action at Coulter Field, Saturday. The Stingers held a slim 11-6 lead at halftime, but broke the game open with 28 unanswered second-half points.
Rimpel scored on touchdown runs from three, seven and two yards out, as he ended up with 234 yards rushing on 36 carries. The Stingers (4-4) totalled 312 yards rushing and outgained the Gaiters 452-128.
Concordia's other major came on a 26-yard pass from Colin Sequeira to Justin Julien at 3:40 of the first quarter. A pair of safety touches rounded out the scoring for the Stingers.
For the Gaiters (1-7), Vincent Dube made two first-half field goals.
Vincent Davignon led the Gaiters offence with 59 rushing yards.
The damp, cold conditions made passing difficult, as Concordia's Colin Sequeira finished with 140 yards passing on 9-of-14 attempts, while the Gaiters tandem of
Jaeden Marwick and
Mathieu Demers combined to go 8-for-22 for 63 yards.
Defensively,
Jeremy Magan-France led the Gaiters with seven tackles (4 solo, 6 assisted), while
Guillaume Trottier had 6.5 tackles and an interceptions.
Shayne Cowan-Cholette had the Gaiters' other interception.
For Concordia, Andrew Barlett led with 5.5 tackles, including one for loss, while Michael Sanelli had four tackles and a sack.
The loss concludes the Gaiters' 2016 season. Concordia finishes third in the RSEQ, and will play second-seeded Laval next week in the conference semi-final.
NOTES: The game marked the final appearance at Coulter Field for the Gaiters' 10 graduating seniors:
Jean Gayrard,
Alexandre Bouffard,
Vincent Davignon,
Vincent Pruneau,
Ben Pouliot,
Ryan Hector,
Shayne Cowan-Cholette,
Etienne Morin,
Jonathan Deblois-Fauchon (Saint-Georges, Que.) and
Louis Verville. … The Gaiters lead the all-time series 37-35-2.