OTTAWA \u2014 The Saskatchewan Roughriders survived a late rally by the desperate Ottawa Redblacks on Friday night and left the nation\u2019s capital with a 20-13 win.<\/p>\n
The loss officially eliminates the Redblacks (4-11) from CFL playoff contention, while the Roughriders (11-4) snapped a two-game losing streak.<\/p>\n
The Redblacks and backup quarterback Dustin Crum made a game of it in the fourth quarter, but just ran out of time.<\/p>\n
Crum, who finished the night 12-for-16 for 99 yards and one touchdown, replaced Dru Brown early in the third quarter after Brown was picked off for the third time. Brown went 11-for-20 for 141 yards and three interceptions.<\/p>\n
With Ottawa trailing 14-3, Saskatchewan quarterback Trevor Harris \u2014 who finished 27-for-33 and 341 yards and one touchdown \u2014 extended the Riders lead on the first play of the fourth quarter when he found Dohnte Meyers for a 66-yard touchdown pass. The Roughriders failed to convert the extra point with Campbell Fair kicking wide for the second time, making it 20-3.<\/p>\n
Trying to claw back into the game, the Redblacks converted three third-down gambles before Crum found Justin Hardy for a nine-yard touchdown, making it 20-10 with 7:52 to play.<\/p>\n
Things looked grim for Ottawa when Harris drove the Roughriders to the five-yard line, but Davion Taylor forced Harris to bobble the ball and Bryce Carter ran it back 81 yards to Saskatchewan\u2019s 17. The Redblacks had to settle for a 26-yard field goal from Lewis Ward, to trail 20-13 and couldn\u2019t get any closer.<\/p>\n
Statistically the Redblacks held their own against Saskatchewan through the first half, but it meant little with the Roughriders leading 14-3. Two interceptions and seven penalties against Ottawa proved to be the difference.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan completed a 12-play drive on its first possession that culminated with A.J. Ouellette scoring from the one-yard line to take a 6-0 lead. Ottawa was scoreless in the opening quarter for the eighth time this season.<\/p>\n
On the first snap of the second quarter Brown was intercepted by Antoine Brooks Jr., who returned it 85 yards for a touchdown. The Roughriders capitalized by adding a two-point conversion to go up 14-0.<\/p>\n
Just when it seemed the Redblacks had seized momentum with an impressive 97-yard punt return touchdown from Kalil Pimpleton, the celebration was cut short by an illegal block that negated the play.<\/p>\n
Ottawa made its first entry to the red zone in the final minute of the half and settled for a 25-yard field goal.<\/p>\n
UP NEXT<\/p>\n
Roughriders: Host the Toronto Argonauts on Friday, Oct. 10.<\/p>\n
Redblacks: Visit the Montreal Alouettes on Monday, Oct. 13.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 3, 2025.<\/p>\n
Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 The Saskatchewan Roughriders survived a late rally by the desperate Ottawa Redblacks on Friday night and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-188645","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\/188645","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=188645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}