1966 OSLAA Champions
RECAP: Second crown in row for U of O
University of Ottawa Gee Gees struck for five long-range touchdowns as they defeated Bishop's University GAiters 36-14 and captured their second consecutive Ottawa-St. Lawrence football title at Carleton Saturday.
Al Scanlon led the champions with three touchdowns. They randed in length from 90 yards, the longest of the day, to 36 yards, his team's shortest major.
Bob Dolan and Jim Sillye each added a touchdown. Pierre Guindon booted three converts and a single. Bishop's conceded a safety touch to complete Ottawa's scoring.
Al Gratias and Phil Carter scored for Bishop's and Gary Mathers converted both plays.
The contest was the third title clash between the two teams in teh last four years and leaves Ottawa with a 2-1 record against Bishop's.
The Gaiters won entry to the Ottawa-St. Lawrence final by capturing top spot in the eastern division of the league. The Gee Gees, who play in both the Ottawa-St. Lawrence and the Ontario Intercollegiate Conference, won the title in the western section.
Ottawa concentrated on end runs and long passes in their attack against Bishp's as quarterback Don Lewicki threw three touchdown aerials. The first went for 44 yards, the second for 36 and their covered 77 yards.
Ottawa opened the scoring in the first quarter when Scanlon sprinted from his own 20 to score on an electrifying 90-yard play. In the second quarter the Gee Gees increased their lead wehn Lewicki hit Bob Dolan for a touchdown play that covered 44 yards. Guindon's convert made the score 13-0.
The garnet and grey jumped into 20-0 lead before half time on a 36-yard pass and run play from Lewicki to Scanlon. Lewicki thre his third touchdown pass in the third quarter when he found Jim Sillye in the open and hit the target on a play that went 77 yards.
Bishop's finally got on the scoreboard when quarterback Will Mitchell thre to Phil Carter from his own 50 yard line. Carter was brought down on the Ottawa five and two plays later Al Gratias went over for the touchdown.
Ottawa threatened early in the final quarter when they were third down and goal-to-go from Bishop's one yard line. However, the Gaiters held them off and took over possession of the ball.
Bishop's second major was scored on a 46-yard pass play from Mitchell to Carter. Mathers' convert ended the scoring for Bishop's.
Scanlon picked up his third six-pointer after Sillye, on the first play from scrimmage following a Bishop's punt, romped 48 yards to the GAiters' 43 yard line. On the next play Scalon went all the way for the touchdown. Guindon's convert made the final score 36-14.
The game ended with the type of action that was present throughout the contest when Ottawa's Willis Scanlon intercepted a pass on his own 50 yard lin, and on the next play Bishp's John Stephenson re-intercepted a Lewicki pass on his own three.
Note: This article originally appeared in The Ottawa Citizen, Monday November 14, 1966. It was written by Roger Turner.
RECAP: Ottawa Beats Bishop's 36-14
Ottawa (Gazette) - Ottawa University Gee-Geeswon their second consecutive Ottawa-St. Lawrence Intercollegiate Athletic Association football championship here Saturday with a convincing 36-14 triumph over Bishop's University Gaiters of Lennoxville.
Two-way performer Al Scanlon, 22-year-old glue fingered flanker and end in his last year at Ottawa U, was the outstanding performer for the brawny Gee Gee squard. A thorn in Gaiters' side all afternoon, Scanlon scored three touchdowns, one of them on a long pass reception from rookie quarterback Don Lewicki.
Lewicki, former star high school QB with Glebe Collegiate here, thre three long strikes during the game, and call Gee Gees' offensive signals like a pro.
Other Ottawa TDs were scored by Bob Dolan and Jim Silleye. Place kicker Pierre Guindon booted three converts and a single, and Bob McCulla was credited with a fourth quarter safety touch.
Al Gratias and Phil Carter scored second half majors for the east section-winning Gaiters and Gary Mathers converted them both.
"Those three bombs by Lewicki killed us," commented Bruce Coulter, head coach of the Bishop's team, after the game. "Our defence wasn't ready for those long passes. Other than that I feel our club did everything we wanted to do," went on Coulter, " I think they (Ottawa) were just prepared better for us than in past seasons."
It was the third time in four years Ottawa U and Bishop's had met for league championship, the Gee Gees winning in 1963 and Bishp's taking the title in '64. Coulter felt that the Capital City team was much stronger than in '63.
Lewicki passed only 10 times during the game and completed five times. But three of his passes went for majors and he racked up a total of 250 yards in his five completions.
All three of Scanlon's majors were of the spectacular variety. He scored Gee Gees' first of the game early in the first quarter on a dazzling 90-yard punt return. His second, in the second period, came on a 36-yard pass from Lewicki and the other was in the final quarter, this one on a 43-yard run down the right end.
Note: This article originally appeared in The Gazette, Monday November 14, 1966. It was written by Ray Shank.