There was one offence that was dominant on Friday night time in Winnipeg and it wasn’t the league’s top-ranked unit from Montreal.
As a substitute, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers offence had its finest recreation of the season, main the Blue and Gold to a 44-28 win in entrance of a sold-out crowd at Princess Auto Stadium.
Coming into Friday, the Bombers averaged 345 yards per recreation, the third-lowest whole within the league whereas the Alouettes 454.3 yards per recreation was the best within the CFL.
But it surely was the Winnipeg offence wanting unstoppable, choosing up 450 yards, whereas the Winnipeg defence held the Alouettes to 284 yards, regardless of a four-touchdown efficiency from Alouettes QB Davis Alexander.
Bombers QB Zach Collaros turned again the clock after what’s been an up-and-down season for him, throwing for 324 yards and two touchdowns with receiver Ontaria Wilson catching each of these and recording 114 yards.
Brady Oliveira additionally had one other efficient night time, speeding for 106 yards on 16 carries.
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The win strikes the Bombers to 6-5 and again into sole possession of third place within the CFL’s West Division, whereas the Alouettes dropped to 9-2.
The groups went blow-for-blow within the first half with solely three mixed punts and greater than 400 yards of offence mixed.
Each groups picked up touchdowns within the first quarter, a one-yard sneak for Bombers QB Bryce Perkins on the sport’s first possession, and a 13-yard landing catch from the CFL’s main receiver Tyson Philpot.
The groups then doubled their landing totals within the second quarter with Oliveira and Wilson discovering the endzone for Winnipeg and Tyler Snead catching two majors for the Als.
A Sergio Castillo 51-yard subject objective was the one non-touchdown scoring play, and the Bombers led by three on the half, nevertheless it might have been extra had Bombers receiver Tommy Nield not fumbled on the one-yard line within the final minute of the half.
The Bombers particular groups got here up clutch early within the third quarter as Tanner Cadwallader blocked a punt and it was recovered on the Montreal one-yard line. Perkins would punch in his second landing of the sport a couple of performs later to place the Bombers up by 10.
Two Castillo field-goals gave the Bombers a 16-point lead for the second straight week, however not like final week’s loss in Edmonton, Winnipeg wouldn’t relinquish it this time as Wilson added his second landing seize within the fourth quarter.
Snead would add this third receiving landing of the sport in rubbish time to make the ultimate rating somewhat extra respectable.
The Bombers subsequent recreation goes in Regina subsequent Sunday the place they’ll tackle the Saskatchewan Roughriders within the Labour Day Basic.
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