2016 Carleton Ravens football team

The 2016 Carleton Ravens football team represented Carleton University in the 2016 CIS football season. The Ravens played in their 55th season overall and their fourth season of Canadian Interuniversity Sport play after a 15-year hiatus.

2016 Carleton Ravens football
Conference	Ontario University Athletics
2016 record	7–3 (7–3 OUA)
Head coach	Steve Sumarah
Home stadium	MNP Park

Carleton had a fairly successful season, finishing the regular season with a 6-2 record, 4th in the OUA. This gave the Ravens the right to host their first playoff game since 1986, against their cross-town rivals, the Ottawa Gee-Gees. They would then go on to lose in the semifinal against Western. The Ravens finished the season ranked 8th in the country, and had a peak ranking of 4th after week 3.

Roster

#	Player	Position
	Josh Walsh	LB
1	Jayde Rowe	RB
2	Tunde Adeleke	DB
3	Jesse St. John	QB
4	Michael Domagala	K
5	Andrew Ellis	RB
6	Jesse Mills	QB
7	Jay Dearborn	DB
8	Dexter Brown	WR
9	Keith Graham	DB
10	Christian Battistelli	RB
11	Nate Behar	WR
12	Kyle Vanwynsberghe	WR
13	Wilson Birch	WR
14	Mackenzie Johnson	DB
15	Giordy Belfiore	QB
16	Justin Howell	DB
17	Tanner Dejong	QB
18	Jonah Zlatinszky
19	Jevante Stanley	RB
20	Smith Leandre	LB
21	Josh Earle	DB
22	Marley Patterson	RB
23	Nathaniel Hamlin	DB
24	Nick Rhodenizer	DB
25	Bamaki Adewale	LB
26	Guillaume Caron	DB
27	Ricardo Barrett	DB
28	James McCallum	DB
29	Daniel McNicoll	DB
30	Jahvari Bennett	RB
31	Nathan Carter	RB
32	Stefano Napolitano	FB
33	Dsean Thelwell	DB
34	Andrew Pocrnic	RB
35	Matt Pickens	RB
36	A. J. Thompson	DB
38	Kurtis Burton-Rowe	RB
39	Mitch Raper	RB
40	Jamahll Charles	DE
41	Ryan Kublek	LS
42	Mark Kudu	LB
43	Vincent Viau-Duval	LB
44	Leon Cenerini	LB
45	Emilio Gallotta	LB
47	Thomas Knapp	DB
49	Mack Holliday	DL
51	Justin Veltri	LB
52	Elliott Nelson	LB
53	Josh Lambersky	OL
54	Carlo Gallotta	LB
55	Kwabena Arasare	OL
56	Jack Cassar	IL
57	Jesse Lawson	OL
58	Eric Fowler	OL
59	Kendal Reeder	OL
61	Zach Annen	C
62	K. C. Bakker	OL
63	Tyler Young	OL
64	Tommy Kanichis	OL
65	Elijah Watson	OL
66	Bill Aziz	DL
67	Lake Johnston	OL
68	Nolan McGreer	OL
69	Bobby Thompson	OL
70	Andrew McCourt	OL
77	Dem Ogunyinka	DL
80	Simon Beeksma	WR
81	Theshawn Barry	WR
83	Clark Adams	WR
84	Ti-Amo Richards	WR
85	Phil Iloki	WR
86	Quinton Soares	WR
87	Chad Manchulenko	WR
88	Nigel Goodridge	WR
89	Tyler Callahan	WR
90	Jenya Petrusenko	WR
91	George Saloum	DL
92	Frederik Robitaille	DL
93	Jeremy Rioux	DL
94	Josh Scott	DL
95	Daniel Omara	DL
96	Kene Onyeka	DL
97	Tevin Bowen	DL
98	Stefan Carty	DL
99	Jessy Kocins	DL
100	Emmanuel Adusei	DT

Exhibition

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Site	Attendance	Box Score
1	August 20	Carleton Ravens	29-36	Laval Rouge et Or	0-1	PEPS Stadium, Quebec City		Recap

Regular season and playoffs

The Ravens played an 8-game regular season schedule, playing all but two OUA football teams, the Guelph Gryphons and the Queen's Golden Gaels.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	7:07 pm	at McMaster Marauders		Ron Joyce Stadium Hamilton		L 10–40	5,427
September 4	7:15 pm	No. 8 Western Mustangs	No. 9	MNP Park Ottawa		W 38–31	5,000
September 9	1:07 pm	at Toronto Varsity Blues	No. 6	Varsity Stadium Toronto		W 65–7	1,530
September 17	1:00 pm	No. 8 Laurier Golden Hawks	No. 4	MNP Park Ottawa		L 16–17	2,819
September 24	1:07 pm	at York Lions	No. 10	Alumni Field Toronto		W 50–7	1,261
October 1	1:00 pm	No. 7 Ottawa Gee-Gees	No. 10	TD Place Stadium Ottawa (Panda Game)	CityTV	W 43–23	23,329
October 7	1:00 pm	Windsor Lancers	No. 6	MNP Park Ottawa		W 53–10	1,000
October 22	1:07 pm	at Waterloo Warriors	No. 6	Warrior Field Waterloo		W 43–15	553
October 29	1:00 pm	No. 9 Ottawa Gee-Gees	No. 8	MNP Park Ottawa (OUA Quarter-final)		W 45–9	3,000
November 5	1:00 pm	at No. 3 Western	No. 8	TD Stadium London (OUA Semi-final)		L 24–51	2,000
Homecoming Rankings from CIS Top 10 released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Game Summaries

Vs. McMaster

Carleton @ McMaster

1 2 3 4 Total Ravens 0 10 0 0 10 • Marauders 14 13 10 3 40 Date: August 28 Location: Ron Joyce Stadium, Hamilton Game start: 7:07 PM EDT Game attendance: 5,427 Game weather: 28°C, A few clouds; Wind: 7 km/h Referee: K. Baird

Vs. Western

Western @ Carleton

1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 0 14 10 7 31 • Ravens 7 17 0 14 38 Date: September 4 Location: MNP Park, Ottawa Game start: 7:15 PM EDT Game attendance: 5,000 Game weather: 24°C, Slightly cloudy; Wind: 10 km/h Referee: Kevin Horton

Vs. Toronto

Carleton @ Toronto

1 2 3 4 Total • Ravens 7 28 14 16 65 Varsity Blues 0 0 0 7 7 Date: September 10 Location: Varsity Stadium, Toronto Game start: 1:07 PM EDT Game attendance: 1,530 Game weather: 27°C, Overcast with sun; Wind: 16 km/h Referee: K. Mickleboro

Vs. Laurier

Laurier @ Carleton

1 2 3 4 Total • Golden Hawks 0 7 7 3 17 Ravens 2 5 9 0 16 Date: September 18 Location: MNP Park, Ottawa Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 2,819 Game weather: 21°C, Rainy; Wind: 19 km/h Referee: K. Mickleboro

Vs. York

Carleton @ York

1 2 3 4 Total • Ravens 14 10 14 12 50 Lions 0 7 0 0 7 Date: September 24 Location: Alumni Field, Toronto Game start: 1:07 PM EDT Game attendance: 1,261 Game weather: 17°C, Mainly Sunny, Wind NNE 13 km/h Referee: K. Baird

Vs. Ottawa

Ottawa @ Carleton

1 2 3 4 Total Gee-Gees 10 3 3 7 23 • Ravens 10 11 12 10 43 Date: October 1 Location: TD Place Stadium, Ottawa Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 23,329[1] Game weather: 16°C, Cloudy, Wind 14 km/h Referee: Kevin Horton Television network: City

Vs. Windsor

Windsor @ Carleton

1 2 3 4 Total Lancers 0 7 3 0 10 • Ravens 4 17 14 18 53 Date: October 7 Location: MNP Park, Ottawa Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 1,000 Game weather: 21°C, Mostly Sunny, Wind 14 km/h Referee: Kevin Horton

Vs. Waterloo

Carleton @ Waterloo

1 2 3 4 Total • Ravens 17 14 8 4 43 Warriors 0 7 8 0 15 Date: October 22 Location: Warrior Field, Waterloo Game start: 1:07 PM EDT Game attendance: 553 Game weather: 5°C, Sunny with clouds, Wind 20 km/h Referee: J. Pringle

OUA Playoff Quarterfinal vs. Ottawa

Ottawa @ Carleton

1 2 3 4 Total Gee-Gees 0 3 0 6 9 • Ravens 10 17 18 0 45 Date: October 29 Location: MNP Park, Ottawa Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 3,000 Game weather: 4°C, Cloudy, Wind 8 km/h Referee: Kevin Horton

This marked Carleton's first home playoff game since 1986 and their first playoff match against their cross-town rivals since 1996 and their third overall playoff meeting against the Gee-Gees.[2]

OUA Playoff Semifinal vs. Western

Carleton @ Western

1 2 3 4 Total Ravens 0 17 0 7 24 • Mustangs 14 21 8 8 51 Date: November 5 Location: TD Stadium, London Game start: 1:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 2,000 Game weather: 13°C, Partly cloudy, Wind WNW 15 km/h Referee: K. Mickleboro

References

1. https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/local-sports/ravens-thump-gee-gees-to-extend-panda-game-win-streak-to-three
2. http://www.ottawasun.com/2016/10/28/carleton-ravens-ottawa-gee-gees-square-off-in-oua-football-quarterfinal