Winnipeg Blue Bombers outlast Stampeders for 2nd straight victory

It was a crippled filled pinch lead changes, large plays, and immense momentum swings.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers outlasted nan Calgary Stampeders 41-37 successful a beautiful chaotic matter connected Friday astatine Princess Auto Stadium for their 2nd consecutive victory, improving to 2-4 connected nan season.

Returning to nan starting lineup aft sitting retired past week pinch a thorax injury, backmost Zach Collaros yet threw his first touchdown walk of nan play successful nan first half. He had different pinch conscionable complete 3 minutes near for nan spell up touchdown to springiness nan Bombers nan lead for good.

Between nan lead changes and nan 5 turnovers, it was CFL shot astatine it’s finest.

“Certainly an overseas one,” said caput coach Mike O’Shea. “Just seemed to beryllium an overseas play aliases thing overseas going connected inserted each 10 aliases 12 plays.

“Just immoderate weird worldly going connected retired there.”

The 2 teams mixed for 78 points and 902 nett yards which are some play highs for a azygous crippled this twelvemonth successful nan CFL.

Collaros had by acold his champion crippled of nan play and vanished pinch 344 yards passing pinch 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions for his first triumph of nan year.

“Always feels bully to triumph astatine home,” he said. “Can play better. We tin each play better, myself first and foremost. But it’s bully to get a triumph astatine home.”

With Dalton Schoen and Kenny Lawler some still sidelined, receiver Ontaria Wilson stepped up pinch 13 catches for 201 yards pinch 1 TD.

“Never been complete 200,” said Wilson. “That’s a milestone.

“I knew I was going to get a mates shots, truthful I expected to person good complete a hundred.”

“He tin play,” Collaros said. “He tin waggle. He tin play connected nan ball.

“The much reps these guys get, nan amended and amended they’re gonna get and he’s showing it.”

The Bombers vanished nan crippled pinch a season-high 444 yards of nett offence arsenic Brady Oliveira rushed for 109 yards.

The Bombers forced 3 turnovers but nan defence besides gave up respective large plays.

“That very first thrust they conscionable went correct down on, I thought, 2 really large plays, 2 explosives,” said O’Shea. “And marched down. I didn’t deliberation we had our legs pinch america yet. I don’t deliberation we were running, right. We were watching and waiting for personification other to make a play.”

It was their past gathering of nan season, and aft a three-point overtime nonaccomplishment successful their first matchup, nan Bombers took nan play bid successful nan arena of a necktie successful nan standings astatine nan extremity of nan play acknowledgment to a four-point win.

13 of their past 15 meetings person been decided successful nan last 3 minutes.

The Stamps autumn to 2-3 and are still winless connected nan roadworthy this season.

The Stampeders offence sewage disconnected to a speedy start. Jalen Philpot had a 53 gait reception connected nan very first play from scrimmage. The Bombers made a mates of extremity statement stops but Tommy Stevens scored connected a 3rd down backmost sneak from nan one-yard statement for an early 7 constituent advantage.

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It was a beautiful chaotic first 5 minutes to nan contest. Collaros was intercepted by Tre Roberson connected their first violative possession. But only 2 plays later nan Bombers defence took nan shot backmost arsenic Tyrell Ford picked disconnected Stamps QB Jake Maier. The Bombers turned that into a Sergio Castillo section extremity and they scored different three-pointer pursuing a Stamps fumble and it was 7-6 aft a quarter.

Late successful nan half pinch it 13-9, Collaros yet ended his touchdown walk drought. Wilson made a awesome drawback successful nan extremity area pinch a man draped each complete him, a 30 gait onslaught for his first profession touchdown reception.

And conscionable 2 plays later Deatrick Nichols returned an interception for a touchdown and abruptly nan Bombers had each nan momentum up 23-13.

But nan pendulum quickly swung backmost successful nan Stamps favour erstwhile Erik Brooks recovered nan extremity area connected a 32 gait reception little than a infinitesimal later.

It was 23-23 aft a high-octane 46-point first half.

Castillo’s streak of successful section extremity attempts ended astatine 15 successful nan 3rd 4th erstwhile he missed a 55-yarder.

After Collaros was intercepted by Roberson again, a blocked punt by Tanner Cadwallader gave nan Bombers nan shot backmost pinch awesome section position. Chris Streveler yet punched it from 3 yards retired to lead by a touchdown.

But Stevens 2nd touchdown tally of nan nighttime to commencement nan 4th fourth tied nan crippled astatine 30.

The Stamps took nan lead backmost pinch a small complete 7 minutes near aft Marken Michel recorded nan touchdown catch.

But pinch conscionable 3 minutes to spell Nic Demski made nan drawback and ran it successful for nan crippled winning touchdown. And they successfully made nan two-point person for nan four-point victory.

Bombers rookie Owen Hubert made his first profession start. He’s nan 4th different subordinate to commencement astatine protect extremity other Willie Jefferson this season. Austria’s Lucky Ogbevoen made his CFL debut arsenic Hubert’s backup.

The Bombers will renew nan prairie rivalry adjacent week pinch a matchup against nan Saskatchewan Roughriders adjacent Friday successful Regina.