BY THE NUMBERS: Football clashes with undefeated Queen’s at TD Place

October 21, 2021

• The Matchup: Ottawa Gee-Gees (2-2, 4^th place in OUA East) versus Queen's Gaels (5-0, 1^st place in OUA East)
• Location: TD Place Stadium
• Kickoff: 6:00 p.m.
• All-time series: Ottawa leads 67-53-5
• Last meeting: Queen's 30, Ottawa 7 – Sept. 25, 2021 at Richardson Stadium (Kingston, Ont.)
• Broadcast: OUA.tv

OTTAWA GAME NOTES

• Major Stat Leaders
  • Passing yards: Ben Maracle – 942
  • Rushing yards: J-P Cimankinda – 210
  • Receiving yards: Rodney Estime – 261
  • Tackles: James Peter – 24

• The Gee-Gees completed consecutive thrilling comebacks in their last two games – against Carleton in the Panda Game and York the following week.
• Ottawa's defence finally got their hands on the football against York, with Luke Griese, Kevin Victome and Alex Douglas each earning interceptions.
• Ben Maracle's 942 passing yards are second most in the OUA, just 20 behind Waterloo's Tre Ford.
• Ottawa is coming off a bye. They had a Week 1 bye in 2019, but were successful coming off a bye in 2018, beating York 42-16 at home.

QUEEN'S GAME NOTES

• Major Stat Leaders
  • Passing yards: James Keenan – 918
  • Rushing yards: Rasheed Tucker – 594
  • Receiving yards: Sakhia Kwemo – 222
  • Tackles: Nolan Bedard – 28

• The Gaels defence has been alarmingly stingy, giving up a mere 6.4 points-per-game in their first five matchups. They allowed just 108 yards of offence to Carleton last week.
• Defensive lineman Anthony Federico leads the conference in sacks with seven.
• Rasheed Tucker is one of four players in the OUA (and the only player in the OUA East) to be averaging over 100 rushing yards per game. He put up 123 yards on the ground when Ottawa and Queen's met in Week 2.

Tickets for Thursday's game and all uOttawa varsity events must be purchased beforehand at tickets.geegees.ca. Fans planning on attending an event are encouraged to read the Tickets and Gameday Information document, which includes pertinent health and safety measures. The document can be found HERE.