CALGARY \u2014 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers opened their season with a 30-28 win over the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night, spoiling the home opener at McMahon Stadium in a back-and-forth West Division clash.<\/p>\n
The heavyweight showdown opened with a featured running back duel between Brady Oliveira<\/a> and Dedrick Mills<\/a>. Oliveira and the Bombers struck first on their opening drive, with the former MOP capping the 10-play, 80-yard march with a 19-yard burst up the middle, going untouched into the end zone.<\/p>\n The Stamps answered in the second quarter, and were quickly back in the red zone for more after Vernon Adams Jr. connected with Jalen Philpot on a 51-yard bomb. Mills matched his Winnipeg counterpart with a major of his own, plunging in from the one to give Calgary its first lead of the contest at 14-8.<\/p>\n Mills broke loose again on Calgary\u2019s final drive of the half, finding space for a 39-yard gain to set up an Adams Jr. strike to Erik Brooks. The CFL\u2019s reigning rushing champion finished the half with 95 yards on 11 carries as the Stampeders took a 21-16 lead into the break after three second-quarter lead changes.<\/p>\n Out of the break, Winnipeg adjusted with a more pass-heavy attack, a familiar M.O. for new offensive coordinator Tommy Condell. Zach Collaros<\/a> engineered an 80-yard drive capped by a touchdown pass to Tim White<\/a> to make it 23-21, the former Ticat receiver\u2019s first in Bombers threads.<\/p>\n In the third quarter, both defences settled in, with each side forcing a turnover. Calgary moved into field goal range on its most sustained drive of the half, but Jude McAtamney, in for the injured Ren\u00e9 Paredes, pushed a 45-yard attempt wide that would have tied the game at 24-24 heading into the fourth.<\/p>\n Late in the final frame, Adams Jr. pulled together a gutsy drive from his own two-yard-line, overcoming two sacks and finishing it himself with a short touchdown run. McAtamney\u2019s kick gave Calgary the lead, but the minute remaining proved to be enough for Collaros, who immediately connected with Ontaria Wilson<\/a> for a 27-yard gain to push Winnipeg closer to Castillo\u2019s range. A couple of Oliveira rushes later, Castillo drilled the walk-off 38-yarder to seal the win for Winnipeg.<\/p>\n Collaros closed the night 17-for-28 with 233 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Oliveira had 113 rushing yards to make it seven straight regular season games over the century mark. It was a pair of productive Bombers debuts for White, who tallied 60 yards, and Jake Ceresna, who ended up with three sacks, already surpassing his 2025 total with the Edmonton Elks.<\/p>\n Adams Jr. finished with 239 yards, a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown, while Mills totalled 112 rushing yards.<\/p>\n RELATED \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n SCORING PLAYS<\/p>\n Brady Oliveira<\/a> 19-yard touchdown run (4:35, Q1) | WPG 7, CGY 0 NEXT UP<\/p>\n The Stamps are off in Week 2 with a bye before their Week 3 matchup against the reigning champion Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina on Saturday, June 20. Calgary has won its last three contests against Saskatchewan, with their most recent head-to-head a 32-15 victory in Week 12, 2025.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a shorter turnaround for the Bombers, who head back to Winnipeg to host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in their home-opener on Thursday, June 11. It\u2019ll be an early chance for Bombers\u2019 off-season additions Tim White<\/a> and Jonathan Moxey<\/a> to face their former team. The two teams split their season series in 2025, but when they last met in Week 17, it was all Winnipeg in a 40-3 victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2014 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers opened their season with a 30-28 win over the Calgary Stampeders on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-718614","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\/718614","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=718614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u00bb Winnipeg, Calgary by the numbers<\/a>
\u00bb Depth Charts:\u00a0WPG<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0CGY<\/a>
\u00bb\u00a0Game Notes: Blue Bombers at Stampeders<\/a>
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\nSergio Castillo<\/a> 90-yard kickoff single (4:22, Q1) | WPG 8, CGY 0
\nQuincy Vaughn one-yard touchdown run (13:26, Q2) | WPG 8, CGY 7
\nDedrick Mills<\/a> one-yard touchdown run (8:59, Q2) | CGY 14, WPG 8
\nBryce Perkins one-yard touchdown run (2:52, Q2) | WPG 15, CGY 14
\nVernon Adams Jr. 22-yard touchdown pass to Erik Brooks (2:04, Q2) | CGY 21, WPG 15
\nJamieson Sheahan<\/a> 75-yard punt single (1:24, Q2) | CGY 21, WPG 16
\nZach Collaros<\/a> 15-yard touchdown pass to Tim White<\/a> (7:32, Q3) | WPG 23, CGY 21
\nSergio Castillo<\/a> 84-yard kickoff single (7:21, Q3) | WPG 24, CGY 21
\nSergio Castillo<\/a> 21-yard field goal (11:46, Q4) | WPG 27, CGY 21
\nVernon Adams Jr. three-yard touchdown run (1:05, Q4) | CGY 28, WPG 27
\nSergio Castillo<\/a> 38-yard field goal (0:00, Q4) | WPG 30, CGY 28<\/p>\n