TORONTO \u2013 It seemed the team holding the ball last would emerge victorious in the ToonieBet Rivalry Game, but it was the Ottawa REDBLACKS who left BMO Field with a 46-42 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday.<\/p>\n
After a chaotic first quarter, the REDBLACKS stormed back behind some Dru Brown<\/a> magic to improve to 3-6 in an important East Division shootout.<\/p>\n The Argos appeared in control early but couldn\u2019t keep pace with Ottawa\u2019s dynamic aerial attack, falling short in the nail-biter to drop to 2-7.<\/p>\n CFL.ca brings you three stats that defined Ottawa\u2019s Week 10 win over Toronto.<\/p>\n RELATED 5 \u2013 DRU BROWN TOUCHDOWN PASSES<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Brown set post-season records for completions (46) and attempts (61) in his last outing against the Argos \u2014 a 58-38 loss in the Eastern Semi-Finals. After missing his chance at a rematch in Week 4 due to injury, Brown looked determined to deliver at BMO Field. He did just that, throwing five touchdowns while piling up 373 yards and posting a near-perfect quarterback rating.<\/p>\n Brown powered his top receivers to monster games: Bralon Addison<\/a> finished with 115 yards and a score, Justin Hardy<\/a> added 106 yards and two touchdowns, while Eugene Lewis<\/a> contributed two majors of his own.<\/p>\n 18 \u2013 SECOND-QUARTER UNANSWERED POINTS<\/p>\n The Argos didn\u2019t dominate the first quarter as much as the 22-1 score suggested, but after Brown\u2019s fumble was returned for a touchdown in the closing seconds, the game looked headed for a blowout. Instead, the REDBLACKS answered with a dominant second quarter, scoring 18 unanswered points to claw back into it.<\/p>\n It was a full-team effort \u2014 Ottawa\u2019s defence forced two two-and-outs against Nick Arbuckle<\/a>, Khalil Pimpleton ignited momentum with a huge punt return, and Brown\u2019s pinpoint precision was all key to turning the tide and setting up a second-half opportunity.<\/p>\n 1 \u2013 BIG PLAY ALLOWED<\/p>\n Heading into Week 10, one name stood out for the REDBLACKS\u2019 defence: Damonte Coxie. Coming off back-to-back career-best performances that vaulted him past Kenny Lawler<\/a> as the league\u2019s leading receiver, Coxie\u2019s weapon of choice was the long ball \u2014 he leads the CFL with 10 receptions of 30-plus yards. That posed a challenge for a REDBLACKS front that allowed the second-most big plays this season, with 27.<\/p>\n But Ottawa clamped down, holding Coxie to just two catches for 20 yards and limiting the Argos to a single big play all game.<\/p>\n While Toronto managed to pile up points, they had to do so methodically, as Ottawa dared Arbuckle to test their deep coverage. When Arbuckle needed a score in the fourth quarter, the REDBLACKS stood tall \u2014 Robert Priester<\/a> made a key pass breakup to end a drive, then sealed the game with a clutch interception.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 It seemed the team holding the ball last would emerge victorious in the ToonieBet Rivalry Game,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-58084","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\/58084","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=58084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u00bb Dru Brown leads resilient REDBLACKS past Argos<\/a>
\u00bb Depth Charts:\u00a0OTT<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0TOR<\/a>
\u00bb Ottawa at Toronto by the numbers<\/a>
\u00bb\u00a0Game Notes: REDBLACKS at Argonauts<\/a>
\u00bb\u00a0Injury Reports: Stay up to date<\/a>
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