Kingston, Ont. (October 11, 2008) – Danny Brannagan of Burlington, Ont. threw four touchdown passes to three different receivers en route to a 38-16 Queen's Gaels win over Ottawa Gee Gee's. With the win, the No. 2 Queen's Gaels secured home field advantage throughout the OUA playoffs and improved their league leading record to a perfect 7-0.

Brannagan went 21 for 33 while posting 341-yards in passing. The mark also moved him ahead of two-time Hec Creighton award recipient Tom Dennison as the Gaels all-time leading passer. Dennison had set the mark from 2001-2003 with 7,592-yards passing while Brannagan now sits at 7,792 for his career.

"I will appreciate this more down the line," said Brannagan following the game, “the only record I care about is 7-0."

Three different receivers contributed touchdowns with Devan Sheahan of Kingston, Ont., collecting two while Mark Surya of Burlington, Ont. and Blase Morrison of Bedford, N.S. each recorded one. Previously, all three receivers had not registered a touchdown this season.

Scott Valberg of Kingston, Ont. was the Gaels top receiver recording six catches for 131-yards with his longest coming on a 50-yard reception from Brannagan.

Queen's defence was stingy shutting down one of the OUA's top passing offence and limiting Gee-Gees quarterback Josh Sacobie of Fredericton, N.B. to just 202-yards passing. The majority of those yards came in the second-half with Ottawa trying to play catch-up.

The Gaels had 285 yards of total offence to 71 for the Gee-Gees through the first two quarters, finishing with 412 yards to the Gee-Gees 273

Entering the day Sacobie needed 439-yards to become the first CIS quarterback to break 10,000-yards passing but that record will have to wait another week as Queen's prevented him from eclipsing that mark keeping him 237-yards off the pace. Sacobie now sits at 9,763-yards passing for his career. McGill's Matt Connell of St. Bruno, Que., also has a chance to break the 10,000-yard barrier next week. He sits at 9,856-yards. Both trail McMaster alumni Ben Chapdelaine in the record books who is the current all-time leading passer with 9,974-yards.

Defensively Osie Ukwuoma of Mississauga, Ont. recorded three solo tackles and two sacks while Chris Smith of Toronto pitched in with five solo tackles for Queen's

The Gaels dominated first half play both offensively and defensively. Queen's registered 21 points in the first quarter scoring on a 26-yard pass from Brannagan to Sheahan on the opening drive. Approximately 10 minutes later Brannagan connected with Surya on a five-yard pass to make the score 14-0.

Ottawa then handed the Gaels a gift with a botched punt snap which gave the Gaels possession in the red-zone. That led to a one-yard touchdown run by Brannagan to make the score 21-0 to close out the first quarter.

The Gee-Gees struggled throughout the first half and didn't register a point until a conceded safety mid-way through the third quarter. Ottawa scored their first major at 14:27 of the fourth quarter, and added another touchdown two minutes later to end its offensive output. Both touchdowns were scored by rookie Gee=Gees running back Felix Desjardins-Potvin of Hull, Que.

The last time Queen's had defeated their rival from the nation's capital was on September 7, 2002 when the Gaels earned a 29-28 victory over the Gee-Gees. Up until today's game the Gaels had lost five previous match-ups against the Gee-Gee's. Last year Ottawa needed a last minute Sacobie pass to earn the 13-12 victory.

CIS leading rusher Mike Giffin of Kingston, Ont. had 21 attempts dashing for 72-yards and no touchdowns. Late in the game, Giffin surpassed the 1,000-yard plateau for the second time in his career and passed Larry Mohr as Queen's all-time rushing leader. During his career Mohr had rushed for 3,015-yards while Giffin now has 3,018 and with one regular season game yet to play this year.

Next week Queen's will travel to Waterloo to take on the 2-5 University of Waterloo Warriors which will close the regular season. During the opening week of the playoffs, the Gaels have earned a bye and will play their next home game on November 1. Tickets for the OUA Semi-Final are priced between $5.00-$15.00 and can be purchased by calling 613.533.2500.

NOTES: The last time Queen's started a season 7-0 was in 1989… Several school records fell for the Gaels on Saturday including Brannagan becoming the all-time leading passer and Giffin becoming all-time leading rusher. Kicker Dan Village of Abbostford, B.C., has now recorded the most converts in a season (41); Brannagan has the most passing attempts in a career (892) along with most passing touchdowns in a career (59).