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Ottawa Redblacks players bring down Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver Shawn Bane Jr. (15) as he returns a punt during first half CFL action in Ottawa on Friday.Adrian Wyld\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

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<\/a> 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

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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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Ottawa Redblacks players bring down Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver Shawn Bane Jr. (15)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192741,"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-192740","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\/192740","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=192740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}