uOttawa Gee Gees win 6th straight Panda Game in close-call finish
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The Carleton Ravens came within a field goal of their first Panda Game victory since 2017, but ultimately came short of breaking the University of Ottawa Gee Gees winning streak on Sunday.
The Carleton Ravens came within a field goal of their first Panda Game victory since 2017, but ultimately came short of breaking the University of Ottawa Gee Gees winning streak on Sunday.
It's the Gee Gees sixth Panda Game victory in a row, besting the Ravens 35-32. The Ravens had a lead of 24-11 just after the start of the third quarter, but uOttawa came back strong with three touchdowns and one field goal in the second half.
With Carleton down 35-24 just over a minute before the end of the fourth quarter, the game seemed surely over for the Ravens, but an unexpected downfield touchdown and completed two-point conversion gave the team some hope of turning it around.
Carleton made their luck even stronger after successfully recovering an onside kick and was looking to be within field goal range to tie the game.
After some confusion on the field over the time left on the clock, the Gee Gees sacked the Ravens quarterback, forcing Carleton to attempt an unlikely 54-yard field goal.
The long shot kick ultimately came short, leaving Carleton without the Pedro the Panda, the trophy awarded to the winner, for another year.
uOttawa has the overall record of 38-17 wins in the long-running football tradition that has ignited the crosstown rivalry since its first game in 1955.
