LIVE on TSN, with Data Enhanced feeds available on TSN+<\/a>.<\/p>\nArgonauts vs. Roughriders<\/p>\n
The top of the West Division had been firmly staked out by the Blue Bombers the past four seasons, but the Roughriders have a chance to change that on Friday.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan (11-4) is looking to claim the division for the first time since 2019, which would be just their third divisional title since 1976.<\/p>\n
A win over Toronto (5-11) would also push the Riders one step closer to claiming the league\u2019s best record for 2025, a distinction they haven\u2019t held since 1976.<\/p>\n
The Roughriders are coming off a 20-13 win over the Ottawa Redblacks in the nation\u2019s capital in Week 18.<\/p>\n
Trevor Harris threw for 341 yards with a touchdown, while receiver Dohnte Meyers had 158 receiving yards with a touchdown on six receptions.<\/p>\n
The defending Grey Cup champion Argonauts had their playoff dreams dashed on Saturday when they fell 47-29 to the East-leading Tiger-Cats.<\/p>\n
Toronto also lost starting quarterback Nick Arbuckle for the rest of the season when he injured his wrist early in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Jarret Doege took over and threw for 323 yards with two touchdowns and four interceptions in the loss.<\/p>\n
Dejon Brissett had 97 receiving yards while David Ungerer III and Kevin Mital also came up with touchdown catches.<\/p>\n
This will be the first time the Argonauts missed the playoffs since the 2019 campaign.<\/p>\n
Stampeders vs. Tiger-Cats<\/p>\n
Hamilton is continuing to try to chase down the Roughriders for the best record in the CFL as they host Calgary on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The Tiger-Cats hold the No. 1 spot in the East Division with a 10-6 record and are on the verge of their first division title since the 2019 season.<\/p>\n
They are coming off a blowout victory over the Argonauts that saw Bo Levi Mitchell throw for 320 yards with four touchdowns and an interception.<\/p>\n
Brendan O\u2019Leary-Orange came up with 111 receiving yards with two touchdown catches<\/p>\n
while Kiondre Smith also picked up 98 receiving yards.<\/p>\n
Greg Bell had a strong game on the ground, adding 76 rushing yards with a touchdown.<\/p>\n
The Stampeders (8-7) are trying to chase down the BC Lions for second place in the West Division and also try to hold off the Blue Bombers for third. Their chase took a big blow in Week 18 after they fell 38-24 to the Lions.<\/p>\n
Vernon Adams Jr. threw for 303 yards with two touchdowns but also gave up three interceptions to his old team.<\/p>\n
Erik Brooks had 92 receiving yards in the loss while Clark Barnes and Dominique Rhymes each had touchdown catches.<\/p>\n
Blue Bombers vs. Elks<\/p>\n
Winnipeg (8-7) continues to fight for second place in the West as they take on the Elks (6-9) to wrap up Week 19.<\/p>\n
The Blue Bombers had a bye during Week 18 but trounced the Tiger-Cats 40-3 the week prior.<\/p>\n
Star quarterback Zach Collaros returned to the lineup after missing two games with a head injury and showed why he\u2019s one of the best in the CFL, throwing for 367 yards with a touchdown in the victory.<\/p>\n
Canadian receiver Nic Demski had 114 receiving yards in the victory while Chris Streveler ran in for three rushing touchdowns.<\/p>\n
The Elks are also coming off a bye week after they kept their playoff hopes alive with a 27-25 win over the Roughriders in Week 17.<\/p>\n
Cody Fajardo threw for 305 passing yards in the win while Kaion Julien Grant had 89 receiving yards with a touchdown.<\/p>\n
Running back Justin Rankin put on a show, running for 82 yards with a pair of touchdowns.<\/p>\n
He was rewarded with a fresh multi-year contract this week that will keep in him the Green and Gold through the 2027 campaign.<\/p>\n
Redblacks vs. Alouettes<\/p>\n
The Alouettes clinched the second seed in the East and home field in the East semifinals when the Redblacks fell to the Roughriders in Week 18.<\/p>\n
Montreal (8-7) has an outside shot of chasing down the Tiger-Cats for first in the East but are likely gearing up to host a western crossover team in the East semis when they host the Redblacks on Thanksgiving Monday.<\/p>\n
They had a bye week in Week 18, but are coming off a huge 38-20 win over the Stampeders on Sept. 26 that saw quarterback Davis Alexander return from injury.<\/p>\n
Alexander made his impact felt immediately, throwing for 350 yards with a touchdown pass to claim the victory with receiver Tyler Snead recording 115 receiving yards.<\/p>\n
Quarterback Shea Patterson picked up three rushing touchdowns in short-yardage situations, while Cole Spieker and Tyson Philpot also filled the stat sheet with 81 and 76 receiving yards, respectively.<\/p>\n
The Redblacks (4-11) have now missed the playoffs in five of the last six seasonsafter the Week 18 lossto the Roughriders.<\/p>\n
Dru Brown started the game for Ottawa but threw for 141 yards with three interceptions before Dustin Crum took over in the third quarter.<\/p>\n
Crum ended up with 99 passing yards and a touchdown in the loss.<\/p>\n
Justin Hardy led the receiving corps with 57 receiving yards and a touchdown while Eugene Lewis also added 56 yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The CFL regular season is coming down to the wire with four games over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[712,49,48,521,522,520,77833,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-200453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-canadian-football-league","12":"tag-canadianfootballleague","13":"tag-cfl","14":"tag-saskatchewan-roughriders-sports-football-team-team-genius-sports-106752","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200453","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=200453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200453\/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=200453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}