LONDON, Ont. (September 19, 2015) - The Queen's Gaels (2-2) were in London on Saturday afternoon to take on their rival No.3 Western Mustangs (4-0). Nate Hobbs (Mississauga, Ont.) finished with three touchdowns on 336 yards passing while adding another 62 yards on the ground but the Gaels were upended 48-25.

GAME FLOW

The weather conditions played a factor in the game early for both teams as it was a windy, rainy start to the game. Western marched up field on Queen's early but a rush by Alex Taylor resulted in a fumble that was recovered by Nicholas Dowd (Gananoque, Ont.). As the Gaels took over it was Jesse Andrews (Arnprior, Ont.) with a 34-yard rush to start the Gaels off getting them into Mustang territory. The Gaels set-up a 30-yard field goal attempt from Dillon Wamsley (London, Ont.) but he missed and the ball went out of the endzone giving Queen's one point.

Western quickly responded taking advantage of a fumbled return attempt by the Gaels that the Mustangs recovered. Starting at the Gaels 45 it took only three plays before Taylor found his way into the endzone on a 6-yard rush putting Western out in front 7-1. Western soon after conceded a safety to give the Gaels three points on the afternoon. With Hobbs under centre he missed a receiver and Western corner Christiaan Collarile intercepted the pass and went all the way to the endzone for a 63-yard touchdown to give Western a 14-3 lead.

After 10 points to open the second quarter for Western, Queen's was finally able to get their first score on the afternoon. After Hobbs found Matteo Del Brocco (Leamington, Ont.) for an 18-yard reception into Mustang territory he followed with a 41-yard touchdown pass to Curtis Carmichel (Scarborough, Ont.) who battled a defender in the air before hauling down the score.

Trailing 31-11 heading into the final quarter Queen's continued to move the ball well on offence and once again it was the Hobbs to Carmichael combination that came through for the Gaels. Andrews opened the fourth with a 25-yard rush and Hobbs hit an open Rudy Uhl (North Vancouver, B.C.) for another 33-yards setting up an easy 13-yard score for Carmichael. 

The Mustangs managed to pull away from there with two straight rushing scores, first a two-yard score from Yannick Harou followed a few minutes later by a one-yard score from Taylor.

Queen's tacked on one more late in the fourth as Hobbs connected with Connor Weir (Waterloo, Ont.) to record his first career touchdown.

From there, the Mustangs closed out the game with a 48-25 victory.

BY THE NUMBERS
48 - Longest rush of the day form any player was recorded by Gaels QB Hobbs
7 - Western Mustangs finished with a rush of at least 10-yards
12 - Times the two quarterbacks were sacked in the game
9:24 - Time of possession advantage for Queen's in the game
9.5 - Nelkas Kwemo tackles to lead all defensive players
2 - Osei-Kusi brothers in this game, Chris a first-year receiver for the Gaels and Ricky a defensive end for Western

UP NEXT
The Gaels (2-2) will head on the road to Toronto next weekend on Saturday September 26 to take on the Varsity Blues. Kickoff is at 1pm.