On the season, Lynch was 3 for 4 passing with 14 yards and a touchdown and had 40 rushes for 156 yards and five touchdowns. “Once we got the lead he senses the game is in his control”. Running Back William Powell was a major offensive catalyst in a losing cause for the RedBlacks with 66 yards on 10 carries as well as a game leading 7 receptions for 57 yards.
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Excitement for the Canadian football showdown of the year is nearing its peak in Winnipeg as Edmonton and Ottawa fans decked themselves out in team colours and engaged in a bit of friendly trash talk for the Grey Cup.
Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. It was the fourth time the CFL title game was played in Manitoba, and the first since 2006. They won their final 10 games, all after Reilly returned as the starter after injuring a knee in the season-opening loss to Toronto.
Henry Burris found Patrick Lavoie for a touchdown on the REDBLACKS first posession of the game. The RedBlacks, in just their second season of existence, were trying to become the second team to win a Grey Cup one year after recording two wins or fewer but came up just short.
“I thought I saw (pass interference) and I saw for sure illegal contact but I couldn’t get them to tell me for sure so then the clock starts up”, said Jones, who registered his first successful challenge in the West Division final.
To make it this far after only two years in the CFL is a dream come true, he said.
Following a half-time performance by the band Fall Out Boy, Edmonton took the ball to start the second half after deferring to open the game.
One decision that the Redblacks may not have to make involves injured receiver Matt Carter, who didn’t play at all this season after receiving a concussion from a blow to the jaw by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ Serderius Bryant during the first preseason game of the year on June 8.
“We had opportunities to turn the tide and we just didn’t make the plays, whether it was me missing a throw or making a play or something”, Burris said. “We’re going to beat them up on all aspects of the game”.
Ottawa regained the lead in the third on Chris Milo’s 33-yard field goal.
The RedBlacks jumped out to a 13-0 lead midway through the first quarter before Edmonton even had their first possession.
Adarius Bowman has the league in receiving yards for two years running – tallying 1,346 this year.
“We’re not going to panic”, Jones said.
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After Jake Harty forced an Edmonton fumble on the ensuing kickoff, Burris found Ernest Jackson for a six-yard touchdown.
