Zach Collaros threw 4 touchdown passes, along with three to large receiver Kenny Lawler, and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers whipped the Saskatchewan Roughriders 38-22 in Saturday’s CFL West Division remaining to earn their fifth consecutive journey to the Grey Cup.
The Blue Bombers will face the Argonauts in Vancouver on Nov. 17 after Toronto defeated the Montreal Alouettes 30-28 inside the East Division remaining earlier on Saturday.
Winnipeg had opened the season 0-4, went to 2-6 after which rattled off eight consecutive victories sooner than shedding one after which profitable their remaining regular-season recreation to claim excessive spot inside the division.
Lawler recorded 4 receptions for 177 yards in entrance of Winnipeg’s fifth consecutive sellout of 32,343 followers at Princess Auto Stadium.
Collaros moreover tossed a touchdown strike to receiver Nic Demski and accomplished 19-of-26 passing for 301 yards with no interceptions.
Saskatchewan quarterback Trevor Harris was 25-of-44 for 283 yards with no picks.
Bombers working once more Brady Oliveira scored on a three-yard burst and accomplished with 20 carries for 119 yards. Sergio Castillo booted one self-discipline goals from 30 yards and hit 5 converts for Winnipeg.
Roughriders working once more A.J. Ouellette had a one-yard TD plunge and ended up with 10 carries for 51 yards. Samuel Emilus caught a 19-yard TD toss with 23 seconds left inside the recreation. A two-point convert strive failed.
Brett Lauther linked on three self-discipline goals from 31, 40 and 44 yards and one convert for Saskatchewan.
Bombers led from start to finish
Winnipeg led 14-3 after the first quarter, 24-9 at halftime and 31-16 heading into the fourth.
The Bombers scored on their second drive of the game, a 31-yard strike to Lawler as he ran in the direction of the highest zone at 9:35.
Lawler recorded his second TD on Winnipeg’s subsequent drive. First, he caught a 65-yard bomb, then grabbed a transfer merely outside the aim line and rolled into the highest zone for a 24-yard ranking at 12:25.
Aided by a Winnipeg pass-interference penalty, the Roughriders counted a Lauther 40-yard self-discipline objective at 14:41 to make it 14-3.
Collaros was 8-of-9 passing for 156 yards inside the first quarter.
Winnipeg punter Jamieson Sheahan then had a kick blocked. The Roughriders recovered and Lauther booted a 33-yarder at 2:21 of the second.
The Bombers used a shock to rearrange their subsequent touchdown.
On second and one, backup quarterback Terry Wilson saved the ball and went to the aspect, sprinting for 48 yards. A Saskatchewan penalty took the ball to Winnipeg’s seven-yard line, the place Collaros found Demski in the long term zone on the following play for a 21-6 lead.
Lauther kicked a 44-yarder at 12:29 and Castillo knocked through a 30-yarder as time expired.
Harris was 6-of-12 for 57 yards inside the first half, whereas Collaros was 16-of-19 for 228 yards with three TDs.
Five minutes after the `Riders squeezed the ranking 24-16 on Ouellette’s one-yard TD at 4:02 of the third quarter, Lawler registered a 57-yard catch-and-run TD.
Bombers defensive once more Tyrell Ford then broke up a transfer strive for a Saskatchewan turnover on downs.
Winnipeg took over on the Saskatchewan’s 24-yard line. Oliveira ripped off 21 yards, adopted by a three-yard TD run at 3:28 to widen the lead 38-16.
The Bombers defence then recorded a number of knock-downs and a sack of Harris sooner than Emilus’s late ranking.
Good omen
When the Bombers beat Saskatchewan in every the 2019 and ’21 West finals, the membership went on to grab a pair of Grey Cup titles. First it was a 32-12 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, adopted by a 33-25 extra time win in opposition to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
On Winnipeg’s earlier two journeys to the Grey Cup, it misplaced 24-23 to the Argonauts in 2022 and 28-24 to the Alouettes remaining season.
Rare agency
Winnipeg grew to change into solely the fourth workforce in CFL historic previous to advance to five straight Grey Cup video video games.
The completely different golf gear have been the earlier Regina Roughriders (1928-32), the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1961-65) and the then-Edmonton Eskimos with the report six (1977-82).
