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<\/p>\nThe Saskatchewan Roughriders will have to wait a little longer to punch their ticket to the playoffs.<\/p>\n
The Calgary Stampeders held off a late Saskatchewan push for a 37-31 win Friday night at Mosaic Stadium, preventing the Riders from clinching a post-season berth and handing the green and white a third straight loss.<\/p>\n
Calgary quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. threw four touchdown passes as the Stampeders built a lead Saskatchewan spent most of the night trying to chase.<\/p>\n
The Riders scored three touchdowns in the final 2:42, including one on the final play of the game, but missed all three two-point conversion attempts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to take a hard look in the mirror because what product we\u2019re putting on the field right now is just not good enough,\u201d Riders quarterback Trevor Harris said.<\/p>\n
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Saskatchewan\u2019s night got off to a rough start when Quali Conley dropped a punt, giving Calgary the football deep in Riders territory.<\/p>\n
The Stampeders quickly turned the mistake into a touchdown.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan responded through Kian Schaffer-Baker.<\/p>\n
The receiver made several big catches as the Riders marched down the field before finishing the drive with a touchdown reception from Trevor Harris.<\/p>\n
Calgary answered through the air and took a 17-10 lead into halftime.<\/p>\n
The Riders had opportunities to make it closer before the break, but kicking troubles left points on the field.<\/p>\n
Dawson Hodge missed twice in the second quarter, including a 53-yard attempt, while Calgary\u2019s Ren\u00e9 Paredes connected from 51 yards.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst half we scored a touchdown on our first drive, and then we got down toward like 35-ish, and unfortunately couldn\u2019t convert and score touchdowns,\u201d Harris said. \u201cWe settled for a few field goals, and that can\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both defences also began to settle in after an offence-heavy opening quarter.<\/p>\n
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The Saskatchewan Roughriders, seen here in a past game against Calgary, were once again beaten by the Stampeders. (THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jeff McIntosh)<\/p>\n
Different half<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan opened the second half with a long drive but couldn\u2019t finish it in the end zone, settling for a field goal.<\/p>\n
Penalties then became an increasingly important part of the game.<\/p>\n
A Riders sack was negated by an illegal-contact penalty, while a long Adams run was wiped out by a Calgary holding call.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan also had a catch erased following a successful Stampeders challenge for illegal contact downfield.<\/p>\n
Another mistake hurt the Riders later in the third quarter. A time-count violation turned a third-and-two into third-and-seven, forcing Saskatchewan to punt.<\/p>\n
The flags and reviews continued into the fourth quarter before Calgary created some separation.<\/p>\n
Adams connected with Tevin Jones for a 19-yard touchdown with 9:13 remaining.<\/p>\n
Calgary then appeared to come up with a turnover when Adrian Miller-Melancon intercepted Harris, but a review resulted in a pass-interference call against Stampeders defensive back Zaire Alexander, wiping out the interception.<\/p>\n
Calgary added another touchdown when Adams found Jalen Philpot from four yards out with 5:19 remaining.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt in the second half, specifically the fourth quarter, we couldn\u2019t get off the field,\u201d Riders head coach Corey Mace said. \u201cWe just failed to execute.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harris found Dhel Duncan-Busby for a 13-yard touchdown with 2:42 remaining, but the Riders couldn\u2019t convert the ensuing two-point attempt.<\/p>\n
Paredes answered with a 43-yard field goal with 2:05 left to make it 37-19.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan then scored twice in the final 64 seconds.<\/p>\n
Harris connected with Duncan-Busby for a five-yard touchdown with 1:04 remaining. Saskatchewan again went for two and again came up empty.<\/p>\n
The Riders got the football back and quickly moved downfield, helped by a 34-yard completion from Harris to Thomas Bertrand-Hudon.<\/p>\n
On the final play of the game, Harris found Johnny Johnson III for an eight-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan\u2019s third two-point conversion attempt failed, sealing Calgary\u2019s 37-31 win.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just going to keep fighting till the end, always,\u201d Harris said. \u201cI think that\u2019s a big message for us right now: you continue to fight no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan entered Friday at 8-6, knowing a victory would guarantee a playoff spot and secure the season series against Calgary.<\/p>\n
Instead, the Riders\u2019 losing streak reached three games as the West Division playoff race tightened further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saskatchewan Roughriders will have to wait a little longer to punch their ticket to the playoffs. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":918876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-918875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918875","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=918875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}