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Walter and the Dinos run past Golden Bears

Box Score Sunday, October 2, 20111:00 PMCalgary, Calgary - McMahon StadiumBox Score Score1234FinalGolden Bears00077Calgary Dinos1328101061 AB TD: KK Sonuga CALGARY – Fifth-year running back Matt Walter set a pair of school rushing records as the third-ranked University of Calgary Dinos scored early and often in a 61-7 assault on the Alberta Golden Bears Sunday afternoon at McMahon Stadium. Walter rushed for 178 yards to become the Dinos’ all-time leading rusher with 3,788 yards, eclipsing Elio Geremia’s (1983-87) mark of 3,784. He also scored three touchdowns on the day to move ahead of J.P. Izquierdo (1987-90) on the all-time rushing touchdowns list with 28. The victory improves Calgary to 5-0 on the season, their best start since 1984, and gives the Dinos a two-game cushion over the rest of the conference heading into the Thanksgiving bye. Alberta drops to 0-5 on the season.The rushing performance put Walter into third place on the Canada West all-time rushing list and ninth in the CIS record book. He now sits 212 yards away from 4,000 in his career, a feat only eight other players in CIS history have accomplished. He also moved into a tie with Bryan Fryer (Alberta, 1972-75) in second place on the Canada West career all-purpose touchdowns list.Needing 174 yards to break Geremia’s record, Walter got things started early with a 78-yard touchdown romp just over five minutes into the game. He added two more majors from seven and 12 yards out as the Calgary offence put up 624 total yards in a performance that dominated in all facets of the game. Five different Dinos scored touchdowns in the game, with Anthony Woodson, Jake Harty, Steven Lumbala, and Taylor Nill joining Walter in the end zone. It was Nill’s first career touchdown, and it came as an Eric Dzwilewski pass was tipped by a Dino and a Bear, nearly picked off, and then continued downfield another 10 yards into the waiting arms of Nill who ran uncontested to the end zone for a 42-yard score.It was that kind of afternoon for the Golden Bears, who at one point in the game had 31 total yards when the Dinos had already scored 34 points.Dzwilewski had his best game of the season, throwing for 295 yards and two touchdowns on 17-of-25 passing in just under three quarters of action. Nill was Calgary’s leading receiver on the afternoon with five catches for 129 yards, with Richard Snyder hauling in three passes for 68 yards and Jake Harty four for 59 and a touchdown.Alberta starter Julian Marchand completed just three of 13 passes for 22 yards and was picked off twice before giving way to Curtis Dell. Dell fared slightly better, completing six of 14 attempts for 71 yards with one interception. Laine Rogers and Porter Brown had four and two catches, respectively, with each recording 27 yards.KK Sonuga scored the Golden Bears’ lone points of the day on a one-yard run at the 11:01 mark of the fourth quarter with Calgary in full mop-up mode. He finished the game with 16 carries for 46 yards.Defensively, Calgary cornerback Michael Lau picked up a pair of interceptions on the day with safety Wyatt Getty adding a third. Linebacker Cory Roboch had a fumble recovery for 36 yards, while Jordan Verdone and Mike Edem each recorded four tackles to lead the way for the Dinos. Thomas Spoletini also had a solid outing, picking up three tackles for loss and a pair of sacks.Both teams head into the conference-wide Thanksgiving bye next week before returning to action for the home stretch. Alberta (0-5) visits Manitoba (2-3) on Saturday, Oct. 15, then closes the season with back-to-back home games against UBC and Saskatchewan. The undefeated Dinos head to Saskatoon to face the Huskies (3-2) on Friday, Oct. 14 before closing the year with a home game against Manitoba and a road trip to Vancouver to take on the Thunderbirds. Share this story Top stories from UAlberta
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