{"id":65681,"date":"2025-08-13T04:27:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/65681\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T04:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:27:19","slug":"browns-five-td-passes-power-redblacks-past-argos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/65681\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown\u2019s five TD passes power Redblacks past Argos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dru Brown (3) throws as pass despite pressure from Toronto Argonauts’ Da Marcus Johnson (98) during first half CFL action in Toronto, on Saturday.Chris Young\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Dru Brown threw a career-high five TD passes Saturday afternoon and the Ottawa Redblacks needed each one of them to earn a shootout victory.<\/p>\n

Brown\u2019s 11-yard toss to Justin Hardy with 41 seconds remaining helped Ottawa secure a wild 46-42 win over the Toronto Argonauts. The score capped a clutch 72-yard, nine-play march in a game the Redblacks trailed 22-1 after the first quarter.<\/p>\n

Brown completed 26-of-31 passes for 373 yards as Ottawa (3-6) captured a second straight victory following a four-game winless streak. Included was a 29-16 setback to Toronto on June 29.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you lose there\u2019s so much time spent trying to win,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re losing, it can take its toll on you but you just have to stay together and we stayed together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a rough stretch there but it really is awesome to see everyone\u2019s faces in there after a win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown downplayed the significance of his five TD passes.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheoretically it should be like that when everyone is doing their job, including myself,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe were able to get great field position at times and kind of punch it in.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf everyone does their job, that\u2019s how it looks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toronto (2-7) got the ball at its own 39-yard line with 36 seconds left, but former Argo Robert Priester intercepted Nick Arbuckle to clinch the win. Arbuckle was 32-of-38 passing for 317 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for another.<\/p>\n

\u201cPriest made a huge play in a game he wasn\u2019t even sure he\u2019d be up for,\u201d said Ottawa head coach Bob Dyce. \u201cThat\u2019s what it takes, you\u2019ve got to do the extra.<\/p>\n

\u201cDru played with great confidence, great belief. The line gave him time and protection to take it and make his reads and Tommy (offensive coordinator Tommy Condell) called a great game. Dru did a fantastic job of working through the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ottawa\u2019s return game also came up big in the contest.<\/p>\n

Brown cut Toronto\u2019s lead to 22-8 with a six-yard touchdown pass to Lewis at 4:15 of the second following Kalil Pimpleton\u2019s 57-yard punt return to the home team\u2019s three-yard line. Then Daniel Adeboboye \u2014 another former Argo \u2014 took the second-half kickoff 72 yards to the Argos\u2019 19, setting up Brown\u2019s seven-yard TD strike to Eugene Lewis at 1:21 of the third.<\/p>\n

There was no convert try due to a bad snap, but Lewis Ward\u2019s 92-yard single on the kickoff at 1:42 put Ottawa ahead 26-25. Toronto has struggled covering kicks this season, having allowed four return TDs thus far.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpecial teams is a massive thing,\u201d said Dyce, a veteran CFL special-teams coordinator. \u201cIt might not be many snaps but at the same time every one of those plays covers great distance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re able to make big plays in that area \u2026 that\u2019s massive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lirim Hajrullahu\u2019s 35-yard field goal at 12:10 put Toronto ahead 42-39, delighting the announced BMO Field gathering of 13,297. Arbuckle found DaVaris Daniels on a six-yard touchdown pass at 5:02, then hit Jake Herslow for the two-point convert to put the Argos up 39-32.<\/p>\n

But Ottawa made it 39-39 on Dustin Crum\u2019s one-yard run at 9:33.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not playing winning football, it\u2019s frustrating for everybody,\u201d said Toronto ahead coach Ryan Dinwiddie. \u201cI didn\u2019t think the defence and special teams were what (they) needed to be to put them away early.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate, we had every opportunity to win this game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dinwiddie said his post-game message Saturday was very familiar to ones he has delivered this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sound like a broken record talking to them after the game,\u201d he said. \u201cI just told them I\u2019m not going to quit on them and I don\u2019t think those guys quit on us but I think we have some pretenders in the building who like to talk a big game and don\u2019t show up on game day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t love it, let me know. I know I love it and I\u2019m not going to quit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hardy and Lewis, both with two, Crum and Bralon Addison had Ottawa\u2019s touchdowns. Addison added a two-point convert while Ward kicked two converts, a field goal and single.<\/p>\n

Herslow, Dejon Brissett and Jordan Williams scored Toronto\u2019s other touchdowns. Hajrullahu booted three converts, two field goals and a single.<\/p>\n

Hajrullahu\u2019s 20-yard field goal to end the second quarter staked Toronto to a 25-19 halftime lead. But it was Ottawa that dominated the quarter, outscoring the Argos 18-3.<\/p>\n

Williams put Toronto ahead 22-1 as the six-foot-five, 285-pound defensive lineman returned Brown\u2019s fumble 77 yards to end a disastrous first for Ottawa. Argos linebacker Cameron Judge forced the turnover on Brown\u2019s run.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings can change up here (in the CFL) really quick,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThe last three minutes feel like a whole other game, it\u2019s like two separate games almost.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing really needs to be said, just, \u2019Let\u2019s go execute, let\u2019s go do what we do in practice.\u2019 We were able to get into a lot of good plays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Up Next:<\/p>\n

Redblack: Visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Argonauts: Visit the Edmonton Elks (2-6) on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dru Brown (3) throws as pass despite pressure from Toronto…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65682,"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-65681","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\/65681","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=65681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}