{"id":3086,"date":"2025-07-17T15:18:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/3086\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T15:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:18:04","slug":"blue-bombers-look-for-payback-in-rematch-with-stampeders-this-time-in-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/3086\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Bombers look for payback in rematch with Stampeders, this time in Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zach Collaros and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers get another shot at the Calgary Stampeders on Friday.<\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, Calgary handed Winnipeg its first loss of the season, 37-16 in the inaugural Stampede Bowl. On Friday night, the Stampeders (4-1) face the Blue Bombers (3-1) at Princess Auto Stadium.<\/p>\n

Calgary is coming off consecutive weeks of handing division rivals their first losses. Last week, the Stampeders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 24-10 in a game that was pushed back a day due to bad air quality in Regina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s been quite a start for Calgary, which posted a 5-12-1 record in 2024 to finish fifth in the West Division.<\/p>\n

This season, the Stampeders have allowed just five touchdowns in 68 drives (7.4 per cent) and only four touchdowns in the opposition’s 11 trips into the red zone.<\/p>\n

Calgary is also tied for the league lead in takeaways (13) and 30-plus yard completions (11). The Stampeders are second only to B.C. (410) in net offence (409.6 yards per game) but boast the CFL’s top-ranked ground game (130.6 yards).<\/p>\n

Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. is second overall in passing (1,453 yards). He’s tied with Toronto’s Nick Arbuckle for most 30-plus yard completions (11) but is tops with a 10.5-yard average per pass attempt.<\/p>\n

\"ACalgary Stampeders quarterback Vernon Adams is second overall in passing in the CFL this season. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n

Adams has also rushed for 132 yards on 16 carries (8.3-yard average) and a touchdown. A win Friday night would give Calgary the season series versus Winnipeg.<\/p>\n

The Bombers are especially tough at Princess Auto Stadium. Not only are they the league’s lone unbeaten team at home (2-0), but they’ve won eight of their last nine overall there.<\/p>\n

Calgary has also lost eight straight in Winnipeg, its last win there coming in 2017, although Adams Jr. is 5-3 over his career versus the Bombers and threw for 428 yards and three TDs in last week’s win over Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n

Rookie Damien Alford, who Calgary took first overall in the 2025 CFL draft, had six catches for 156 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start.<\/p>\n

What’s more, Winnipeg is 12-0 coming off a bye week since 2021, and Collaros sports a 10-7 record versus Calgary.<\/p>\n

Pick: Winnipeg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zach Collaros and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers get another shot at the Calgary Stampeders on Friday. Two weeks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-3086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086","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=3086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}