{"id":945166,"date":"2026-10-25T01:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T01:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/945166\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T01:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T01:52:20","slug":"bisons-clinch-playoff-spot-with-33-11-road-win-over-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/945166\/","title":{"rendered":"Bisons Clinch Playoff Spot with 33-11 Road Win Over Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n Credit: Chris Lindsey
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\t\t\t\"Manitoba<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t33 \n\t\t<\/p>\n


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\n\t\t\t4-3-0 , 4-3 \n\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\"Calgary<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t11 \n\t\t<\/p>\n


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\n\t\t\t2-5-0 , 2-5 \n\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\tWinner<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\"Manitoba<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t33 \n\t\t<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t11 \n\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\"Calgary<\/p>\n


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Game Recap: Football | 10\/24\/2026 6:23:00 PM <\/p>\n


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\n Bisons Clinch Playoff Spot with 33-11 Road Win Over Calgary
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\"Regina<\/p>\n

Next Game:<\/p>\n

Regina Rams<\/p>\n

10\/31\/2026 | 2:00 PM <\/p>\n


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\"Regina<\/p>\n


\n \u00a0Regina Rams \n <\/p>\n

History <\/a><\/p>\n

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CALGARY, AB \u2013 The Manitoba Bisons are headed back to the postseason.<\/p>\n

Powered by a dominant ground game, four field goals from kicker Maya Turner<\/a> and a defence that forced three first-quarter interceptions, Manitoba secured a Canada West playoff berth with a 33-11 victory over the Calgary Dinos on Saturday afternoon at McMahon Stadium.<\/p>\n

The win improves the Bisons to 4-3 on the season and clinches a Canada West playoff berth, while Calgary falls to 2-5.<\/p>\n

Manitoba set the tone early, capitalizing on three Calgary turnovers in the opening quarter to build a 13-0 lead. Linebacker Nic Pereira<\/a>, defensive back Dario Macchia<\/a> and halfback Carter Dallas<\/a> each recorded interceptions, helping the Bisons control field position throughout the first half.<\/p>\n

The Bisons’ offence leaned heavily on a rushing attack that piled up 248 yards. Aidan Wiberg<\/a> led the way with 123 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries, including a game-sealing 39-yard scoring run with 2:42 remaining. Ishe Matanga<\/a> added 97 yards on 17 carries as Manitoba averaged 7.1 yards per rush.<\/p>\n

Manitoba opened the scoring on Turner’s 26-yard field goal before rookie quarterback Cole Anseeuw<\/a> connected with Mikun Odunuga<\/a> on a five-yard touchdown pass midway through the first quarter. Turner added field goals from 12, 36 and 11 yards as the Bisons carried a 16-7 lead into halftime.<\/p>\n

Calgary chipped away with a pair of field goals and three singles, cutting the deficit to 19-9 after three quarters. But Manitoba responded with a methodical 10-play, 75-yard drive that consumed more than five minutes, capped by Wiberg’s four-yard touchdown run early in the fourth.<\/p>\n

The Dinos threatened to make things interesting late in the game, driving inside the Manitoba 10-yard line before linebacker M. Gillespie forced a fumble that was recovered by Destiny Okedara<\/a> at the seven-yard line. The turnover preserved a 26-9 lead and shifted momentum firmly back to the visitors.<\/p>\n

Anseeuw finished 11-for-21 passing for 122 yards and a touchdown while adding 28 rushing yards. Odunuga led Manitoba receivers with two catches for 19 yards and a touchdown, while Nathan Udoh<\/a> added 34 receiving yards.<\/p>\n

Defensively, Pereira recorded a team-high seven tackles and an interception, while K. Mackie-Mcleo, Riley Ashley<\/a> and Gillespie each had six tackles. Connor Brindley<\/a> added a sack as Manitoba held Calgary to 301 yards of total offence and kept the Dinos out of the end zone.<\/p>\n

The victory secured the Herd a playoff berth but the team will not host in the first round. Where they play will be decided by next week’s final regular season games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bisons will be at home for that game on October 31 at Princess Auto Stadium. Kick off is at 2 p.m. The team will celebrate their graduating athletes in a special pre-game ceremony. Tickets are available here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Credit: Chris Lindsey …\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":945167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-945166","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\/945166","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=945166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}