WINNIPEG \u2014\u00a0The Winnipeg Blue Bombers pulled away late for a 33-21 win over the Ottawa REDBLACKS at Princess Auto Stadium on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Ottawa remained within striking distance throughout the second half and made it a five-point game with just over four minutes remaining. Winnipeg answered with a methodical touchdown drive, highlighted by Nic Demski<\/a>\u2019s 33-yard catch through traffic, to seal the victory.<\/p>\n RELATED \u00a0<\/p>\n Ottawa opened the scoring with a 37-yard field goal by Brett Lauther<\/a>, but the Blue Bombers took the lead early in the second quarter when Brady Oliveira<\/a> broke a couple of tackles on a 13-yard catch-and-run before Bryce Perkins finished the drive with a two-yard touchdown run. A catch-and-run by Keelan White helped set up Lauther\u2019s second field goal, cutting Winnipeg\u2019s lead to 7-6.<\/p>\n Zach Collaros<\/a> briefly left the game after being injured on a sack by Lucas Cormier, but returned after Dru Brown<\/a> completed a 17-yard pass to Oliveira. Sergio Castillo<\/a> capped another scoring drive for the home team with a 46-yard field goal.<\/p>\n Oliveira then powered another Winnipeg scoring drive in the second quarter, contributing a 22-yard run and three catches before scoring on a five-yard run. Ottawa answered with a big kickoff return by Kalil Pimpleton<\/a> and a 12-yard touchdown pass from Jake Maier<\/a> to Greg Bell<\/a>, but Pimpleton was stopped short on the two-point conversion attempt. Castillo\u2019s 56-yard field goal as time expired gave Winnipeg a 20-12 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n The two teams traded field goals in the second half as the game remained tight, with neither side able to create much separation as both defences continued to keep the opposing offence out of the end zone.<\/p>\n The REDBLACKS put together an impressive fourth-quarter drive, with Maier showing poise in the pocket and Cade McDonald<\/a> making a 41-yard catch to move Ottawa to the Winnipeg four-yard line. Maier capped the drive with a well-placed lob to a wide-open Ayden Eberhardt<\/a> in the end zone, but Ottawa\u2019s ensuing two-point conversion attempt was unsuccessful once more.<\/p>\n Winnipeg responded with a long touchdown drive to put the game out of reach. Demski made the key play, coming down with a contested 33-yard catch at the Ottawa two-yard line despite tight coverage. Short-yardage pivot Bryce Perkins scored on a two-yard run on the following play to seal the win for the Blue Bombers.<\/p>\n Collaros completed 21 of 31 passes for 222 yards, helping Winnipeg sustain several lengthy scoring drives as the team improved to 5-4. Oliveira was also a key piece in the win, rushing 11 times for 74 yards and a touchdown while adding eight catches for 80 yards, while Perkins added two rushing majors.<\/p>\n Jake Maier finished 28-of-44 passing for 314 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, keeping Ottawa within reach into the closing minutes but ultimately being unable to prevent the team\u2019s ninth loss of the season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n SCORING PLAYS<\/p>\n Brett Lauther<\/a> 37-yard field goal (5:16, Q1) | OTT 3, WPG 0 \u00a0<\/p>\n NEXT UP<\/p>\n The Ottawa REDBLACKS now head back east in Week 12 to face the Montreal Alouettes at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium on Thursday, August 20, before heading home for a clash against the BC Lions in Week 13.<\/p>\n Winnipeg also hits the road in Week 12 to face the Edmonton Elks on Friday, August 21, before returning to Princess Auto Stadium to host the Alouettes in Week 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG \u2014\u00a0The Winnipeg Blue Bombers pulled away late for a 33-21 win over the Ottawa REDBLACKS at Princess…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-858778","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\/858778","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=858778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u00bb\u00a0Depth Charts:\u00a0OTT<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0WPG<\/a>
\u00bb 3 stats that defined Winnipeg\u2019s Week 11 win over Ottawa<\/a>
\u00bb Game Tracker: REDBLACKS at Blue Bombers by the numbers<\/a>
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\nBryce Perkins two-yard touchdown run (13:30, Q2) | WPG 7, OTT 3
\nBrett Lauther<\/a> 17-yard field goal (9:51, Q2) | WPG 7, OTT 6
\nSergio Castillo<\/a> 46-yard field goal (4:53, Q2) | WPG 10, OTT 6
\nBrady Oliveira<\/a> five-yard touchdown run (0:43, Q2) | WPG 17, OTT 6
\nJake Maier<\/a> 12-yard touchdown pass to Greg Bell<\/a> (0:26, Q2) | WPG 17, OTT 12 (convert failed)
\nSergio Castillo<\/a> 56-yard field goal (0:00, Q2) | WPG 20, OTT 12
\nSergio Castillo<\/a> 31-yard field goal (9:00, Q3) | WPG 23, OTT 12
\nBrett Lauther<\/a> 51-yard field goal (2:52, Q3) | WPG 23, OTT 15
\nSergio Castillo<\/a> 43-yard field goal (11:14, Q4) | WPG 26, OTT 15
\nJake Maier<\/a> four-yard touchdown pass to Ayden Eberhardt<\/a> (4:10, Q4) | WPG 26, OTT 21 (convert failed)
\nBryce Perkins two-yard touchdown run (2:29, Q4) | WPG 33, OTT 21<\/p>\n