A dominant second half powered the Calgary Stampeders to Saturday\u2019s 32-15 CFL victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders at McMahon Stadium.<\/p>\n
The Roughriders led 15-14 after 30 minutes before Calgary seized control of a much-anticipated matchup of the West Division\u2019s top two teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe took a punch today \u2014 and that\u2019s all it is \u2014 so we\u2019ve got to make sure we respond accordingly,\u201d Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve talked about our character all year, so it\u2019s time to put that on the table and show who we are \u2026 and we will. We\u2019ll bounce back from this.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re (peeved) off. We\u2019re not happy about this. It sucks. It hurts. But to say the sky is falling or that we\u2019ve got to revamp things, that\u2019s not true. This team will respond accordingly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to take a hard look in the mirror and have some tough conversations and get better from this, because if we want to get where we\u2019re capable of going, that\u2019s the only option that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan remains in first place with a league-best 8-2 record. Both losses are to Calgary (7-3), which won 24-10 at Mosaic Stadium on July 12.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got two games of tape to look at and hopefully find an answer to that,\u201d Head Coach Corey Mace said.<\/p>\n
Calgary led 14-2 in Saturday\u2019s second quarter before Saskatchewan countered with two consecutive touchdown passes by Harris. He connected with Dohnte Meyers (seven yards) and Dhel Duncan-Busby (10) for majors.<\/p>\n
Harris threw for 141 yards in the second quarter. He also ran for five yards on second down to extend a drive that ultimately concluded with Meyers\u2019 TD and helped Saskatchewan lead by one point at intermission.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought we did a good job with those couple of series,\u201d Harris said. \u201cUnfortunately, we weren\u2019t able to keep it rolling and that was kind of the difference in the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen they punched back in the second half, we didn\u2019t. It\u2019s unfortunate, but this team will get better from this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vernon Adams Jr. threw three touchdown passes and handed off to Dedrick Mills for the other Calgary major.<\/p>\n
Harris completed 15 of 23 passes for 205 yards, with two TDs and two interceptions. KeeSean Johnson caught four passes for 112 yards, including a 62-yarder.<\/p>\n
The Roughriders are to return to action on Aug. 31 against the 6-4 Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 60th Labour Day Classic (5 p.m., Mosaic Stadium). The teams will then meet in Winnipeg on Sept. 6.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to get ready for Winnipeg,\u201d Mace said. \u201cWe know how important these next couple are.\u201d<\/p>\n
EXTRA POINTS<\/p>\n
\u2022 Saskatchewan\u2019s Rolan Milligan Jr. registered his fourth interception of the season to move into a tie for the league lead.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jameer Thurman had an interception in Calgary for the second consecutive season. His fourth-quarter pick with 1:15 remaining on Sept. 20 was a massive play in a 37-29 Riders win.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Thurman added seven defensive tackles, giving him an even 500 for his career.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A.J. Ouellette passed a career milestone of 3,000 rushing yards. He finished the game with 3,063.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Roughriders cornerback Marcus Sayles was a late scratch due to illness. His spot was filled by Nelson Lokombo, who moved over from safety. Jaxon Ford started at safety. Lokombo was injured early in the game and was in a walking boot when the team travelled back to Regina.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Harris finished the game with 198 career touchdown passes and in a tie with Kent Austin for 15th All-Time in the CFL.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Calgary registered four sacks without allowing one in its second and final regular-season meeting with Saskatchewan. Clarence Hicks had two of Calgary\u2019s sacks.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Roughriders\u2019 Kosi Onyeka matched a career high with four special teams tackles, giving him seven in the past seven games. His cousin, Stampeders defensive back Godfrey Onyeka, registered his first CFL interception.<\/p>\n
SUMMARY<\/p>\n
FIRST QUARTER<\/p>\n
Sask \u2014 Single Lauther 48 2:24<\/p>\n
Lauther was wide on a 28-yard field-goal attempt.<\/p>\n
Cal \u2014\u00a0TD Mills 6 run (Paredes convert) 5:45<\/p>\n
46-yard bomb from Adams Jr. to Baldwin set up game\u2019s first TD.<\/p>\n
Sask \u2014\u00a0Single Couch 62 14:09<\/p>\n
Roughriders\u2019 offence stalled after interception by Milligan Jr.<\/p>\n
SECOND QUARTER<\/p>\n
Cal \u2014 TD Philpot 8 pass from Adams (Paredes convert) 3:23<\/p>\n
With a 28-yard reception, Baldwin set up another TD.<\/p>\n
Sask \u2014 TD Meyers 7 pass from Harris (Lauther convert)<\/p>\n
62-yard pass-and-run from Harris to Johnson set up TD.<\/p>\n
Sask \u2014\u00a0TD Duncan-Busby 10 pass from Harris (two-point convert failed) 14:07<\/p>\n
Roughriders moved 85 yards in eight plays.<\/p>\n
THIRD QUARTER<\/p>\n
Cal \u2014\u00a0TD Baldwin 10 pass from Adams Jr. (Paredes convert) 2:51<\/p>\n
Calgary moved 72 yards in seven plays after the second-half kickoff.<\/p>\n
Cal \u2014\u00a0FG Paredes 53 11:48<\/p>\n
Stampeders turned Onyeka\u2019s first career interception into three points.<\/p>\n
FOURTH QUARTER<\/p>\n
Cal \u2014\u00a0TD Brooks 11 pass from Adams Jr. (Adams Jr. run for two-point convert) 10:25<\/p>\n
Stampeders moved 93 yards in eight plays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dominant second half powered the Calgary Stampeders to Saturday\u2019s 32-15 CFL victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-95262","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\/95262","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=95262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}