{"id":111092,"date":"2025-09-01T04:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T04:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/111092\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T04:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T04:02:09","slug":"3-stats-that-defined-saskatchewans-ok-tire-labour-day-weekend-win-over-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/111092\/","title":{"rendered":"3 stats that defined Saskatchewan&#8217;s OK Tire Labour Day Weekend win over Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>REGINA \u2014 The Saskatchewan Roughriders played complementary football in their OK Tire Labour Day Weekend win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.<\/p>\n<p>They scored on two turnovers, with AJ Ouellette and Mario Anderson cashing in on a pair of forced fumble\/fumble recovery plays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/malik-carney\/165236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Malik Carney\">Malik Carney<\/a> was a standout in the win that improved the Riders to 9-2, as was the Roughriders\u2019 defensive line that tallied five quarterback takedowns.<\/p>\n<p>CFL.ca brings you three key stats from the Saskatchewan Roughriders\u2019 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2745918 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/OKTire_LDW_3DLogoENG-1.png\"   alt=\"OK TIRE LABOUR DAY WEEKEND\" width=\"110\" height=\"121\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"CT\"\/><\/p>\n<p>OK TIRE LABOUR DAY WEEKEND<br \/>\u00bb Depth Charts:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/WINNIPEG-at-SASKATCHEWAN_AUGUST-31.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"WPG - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-pdf-br=\"1\" data-uw-pdf-doc=\"\">WPG<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-Positional-Chart-Game-11-SSK-vs-WPG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"SSK - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-pdf-br=\"1\" data-uw-pdf-doc=\"\">SSK<\/a><br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/08\/31\/riders-hold-off-bombers-to-win-on-ok-tire-labour-day-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Riders hold off Bombers to win on OK Tire Labour Day Weekend<\/a><br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/games\/6543\/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-winnipeg-blue%20bombers\/#\/gametracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">By the Numbers: Bombers at Riders<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Sign up and watch CFL games on CFL+ in the U.S. and Internationally - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/plus\" data-uw-original->Sign up and watch CFL games on CFL+ in the U.S. and Internationally<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2 \u2013 TURNOVERS THAT LED TO TOUCHDOWNS<\/p>\n<p>The Rider defence had two key turnovers that their offence cashed in on with points.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/malik-carney\/165236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Malik Carney\">Malik Carney<\/a>, who had a stellar outing on Sunday but more on him later, knocked the ball loose from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/zach-collaros\/155276\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Zach Collaros\">Zach Collaros<\/a> and recovered it himself in the second quarter. That turnover led to AJ Ouellette\u2019s touchdown, the first points for the home team of the day.<\/p>\n<p>The second turnover was courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/a-j-allen\/165760\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"A.J. Allen\">A.J. Allen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/jameer-thurman\/163347\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Jameer Thurman\">Jameer Thurman<\/a>, who teamed up for a second forced fumble\/fumble recovery play. Mario Anderson scored six points after that one, and along with a completed convert, the Riders had a a two-score lead in the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>5 \u2013 SACKS ON ZACH COLLAROS<\/p>\n<p>Coming into Sunday\u2019s Labour Day Classic, the Riders had tallied a league-leading 28 sacks. They kept things going at Mosaic Stadium, adding five more to their total in their win over the Bombers.<\/p>\n<p>Carney had pair, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/?post_type=player&amp;p=2723184182731\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Ali Saad\">Ali Saad<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/jameer-thurman\/163347\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Jameer Thurman\">Jameer Thurman<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/micah-johnson\/157594\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Micah Johnson\">Micah Johnson<\/a> all had one of their own on Collaros.<\/p>\n<p>8 \u2013 MALIK CARNEY DEFENSIVE PLAYS<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/malik-carney\/165236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Malik Carney\">Malik Carney<\/a> halts the Winnipeg drive! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oktire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@oktire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LDWeekend?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LDWeekend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f: Blue Bombers vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sskroughriders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@sskroughriders<\/a> LIVE NOW<br \/>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6: TSN<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8: CBSSN<br \/>\ud83c\udf0e: CFL+ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ySzNmxzngk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ySzNmxzngk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CFL (@CFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFL\/status\/1962295079391105105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes a single player takes over a game and in this contest between the Riders and Bombers, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/malik-carney\/165236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Malik Carney\">Malik Carney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Carney was seemingly unstoppable on Sunday, tallying a forced fumble, fumble recovery, two sacks, a tackle for loss, and three total tackles.<\/p>\n<p>                                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"REGINA \u2014 The Saskatchewan Roughriders played complementary football in their OK Tire Labour Day Weekend win over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-111092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}