{"id":296701,"date":"2025-11-21T02:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/296701\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T02:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:37:00","slug":"3-stats-that-defined-the-first-half-of-the-112th-grey-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/296701\/","title":{"rendered":"3 stats that defined the first half of the 112th Grey Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Saskatchewan Roughriders have forged a 15-7 lead over the Montreal Alouettes at halftime of the 112th Grey Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Here are three important stats from the opening 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2780408 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/112th-Grey-Cup-Logo-EN.png\" alt=\"112th GREY CUP\" width=\"136\" height=\"106\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"CT\"\/>112th GREY CUP<br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/11\/15\/3-keys-to-victory-for-montreal-saskatchewan-in-112th-grey-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">3 keys to victory for Montreal, Saskatchewan in the 112th Grey Cup<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/everything-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-the-112th-grey-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/everything-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-the-112th-grey-cup\/\" aria-label=\"Everything you need to know ahead of the 112th Grey Cup - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Everything you need to know ahead of the 112th Grey Cup<\/a><br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFL-2025-Gm-95-GC-MTL-vs-SSK-Halftime.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">By the Numbers: Full halftime stats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>86 \u2013 YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan tailback AJ Ouellette was the offensive star of the first half, rushing nine times for 54 yards including a four-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Ouellette also caught a pass for 32 yards, bringing his halftime yards from scrimmage total to 86.<\/p>\n<p>1 \u2013 SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE<\/p>\n<p>Early in the second quarter, Montreal defensive back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/kabion-ento\/167332\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Kabion Ento\">Kabion Ento<\/a> broke up an end zone pass to Saskatchewan receiver Dohnte Meyers, forcing a turnover on downs at the Montreal three-yard line. Roughriders head coach Corey Mace challenged for pass interference and was successful, leading to a touchdown, and an 8-7 Saskatchewan lead.<\/p>\n<p>2 \u2013 QUARTERBACK SNEAK TOUCHDOWNS<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/tommy-stevens\/165599\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Tommy Stevens\">Tommy Stevens<\/a> and Montreal\u2019s Shea Patterson \u2014 each of them short yardage specialists \u2014 plunged ahead for one-yard touchdowns after their team\u2019s offence moved the ball well to get in tight for the scores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saskatchewan Roughriders have forged a 15-7 lead over the Montreal Alouettes at halftime of the 112th Grey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-296701","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\/296701","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=296701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}