{"id":126136,"date":"2025-09-07T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T08:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/126136\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T08:06:09","slug":"elks-victorious-over-stampeders-in-31-19-offensive-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/126136\/","title":{"rendered":"Elks victorious over Stampeders in 31-19 offensive win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Calgary Stampeders quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. is sacked by Edmonton Elks’ Noah Taylor in Edmonton on Saturday.JASON FRANSON\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Justin Rankin rushed for 204 yards and two touchdowns as the Edmonton Elks gained some revenge on their provincial rivals, avenging last week\u2019s 28-7 loss in the Labour Day Classic with a stunning 31-19 victory over the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Elks (5-7) kept their CFL playoff hopes alive, winning four of their last five.<\/p>\n

Calgary (second in the West at 8-4) had a three-game winning streak halted.<\/p>\n

The Stamps looked to have started the game with a touchdown on their opening drive on a pass into the end zone from quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. to Jalen Philpot, but the play was ruled incomplete upon review and Calgary was forced to settle for a 27-yard field goal by Rene Paredes.<\/p>\n

Edmonton quickly responded with a 45-yard field goal from Vincent Blanchard.<\/p>\n

Calgary punched right back with a confident drive, capped off by a one-yard plunge by backup QB Quincy Vaughn. The convert kick was wide.<\/p>\n

Edmonton gained a point back on a Jake Julien punt single.<\/p>\n

The Elks surged ahead five minutes into the second frame as Rankin found a seam up the middle and then turned on the jets, running 90 yards into the end zone for the touchdown to put his team up 11-9.<\/p>\n

Rankin was back at it again with another impressive run just five minutes later, rolling off one tackle and shrugging through another to scamper 31 yards for the TD.<\/p>\n

Calgary clawed back with a 31-yard Paredes field goal to make it 18-12 Edmonton at the mid-mark.<\/p>\n

Blanchard kicked a 47-yard three-pointer for the first points of the third quarter.<\/p>\n

The Stampeders tightened up the game again early in the fourth as a third-down gamble turned into a three-yard TD push by Vaughn to leave them trailing by two points.<\/p>\n

Edmonton showed particular poise bouncing right back as QB Cody Fajardo found Kaion Julien-Grant on a corner route pass for a 19-yard TD pass midway through the fourth.<\/p>\n

Paredes attempted a 49-yard field goal, but was wide and Javon Leake took it back 86 yards to the Calgary 34-yard line. That led to a 32-yard Blanchard field goal.<\/p>\n

Calgary was pressing late, but Chelen Garnes picked off second string QB Phillip Walker Jr. in the end zone to allow Edmonton to run out the clock.<\/p>\n

The Stampeders will host the B.C. Lions on Friday, Sept. 19, while the Elks will visit the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday, Sept. 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Calgary Stampeders quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. is sacked by Edmonton Elks’ Noah Taylor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,521,875,522,520,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-126136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadian-news","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126136","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=126136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}