Zach Collaros threw 4 landing passes, together with three to huge 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 within 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 earlier than shedding one after which successful their remaining regular-season recreation to assert high spot within 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 additionally tossed a landing strike to receiver Nic Demski and completed 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 operating again Brady Oliveira scored on a three-yard burst and completed with 20 carries for 119 yards. Sergio Castillo booted one discipline objectives from 30 yards and hit 5 converts for Winnipeg.
Roughriders operating again 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 within the recreation. A two-point convert try failed.
Brett Lauther linked on three discipline objectives from 31, 40 and 44 yards and one convert for Saskatchewan.
Bombers led from begin to end
Winnipeg led 14-3 after the primary quarter, 24-9 at halftime and 31-16 heading into the fourth.
The Bombers scored on their second drive of the sport, a 31-yard strike to Lawler as he ran towards the top zone at 9:35.
Lawler recorded his second TD on Winnipeg’s subsequent drive. First, he caught a 65-yard bomb, then grabbed a move simply outdoors the purpose line and rolled into the top zone for a 24-yard rating at 12:25.
Aided by a Winnipeg pass-interference penalty, the Roughriders counted a Lauther 40-yard discipline purpose at 14:41 to make it 14-3.
Collaros was 8-of-9 passing for 156 yards within 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 arrange their subsequent landing.
On second and one, backup quarterback Terry Wilson stored the ball and went to the facet, sprinting for 48 yards. A Saskatchewan penalty took the ball to Winnipeg’s seven-yard line, the place Collaros discovered Demski in the long run zone on the subsequent play for a 21-6 lead.
Lauther kicked a 44-yarder at 12:29 and Castillo knocked via a 30-yarder as time expired.
Harris was 6-of-12 for 57 yards within the first half, whereas Collaros was 16-of-19 for 228 yards with three TDs.
Five minutes after the `Riders squeezed the rating 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 again Tyrell Ford then broke up a move try 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 few knock-downs and a sack of Harris earlier than Emilus’s late rating.
Good omen
When the Bombers beat Saskatchewan in each the 2019 and ’21 West finals, the membership went on to seize a pair of Grey Cup titles. First it was a 32-12 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, adopted by a 33-25 time beyond regulation win in opposition to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
On Winnipeg’s previous two journeys to the Grey Cup, it misplaced 24-23 to the Argonauts in 2022 and 28-24 to the Alouettes final season.
Rare firm
Winnipeg grew to become solely the fourth workforce in CFL historical past to advance to 5 straight Grey Cup video games.
The different golf equipment have been the previous Regina Roughriders (1928-32), the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1961-65) and the then-Edmonton Eskimos with the report six (1977-82).
