The Lions battled back from a 20\u002D3 deficit to beat the Calgary Stampeders 41\u002D40 with another remarkable and resilient performance by Nathan Rourke and a 19\u002Dyard game\u002Dwinning field goal from Sean Whyte with five seconds left.
B.C. had thumped the Edmonton Elks, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Toronto Argonauts, while gritting out wins over Hamilton and Ottawa. But the Winnipeg Blue Bombers throttled them at home, and the second-place showdown against the Stamps was a chance to prove that they were in the upper echelon with the two perennial contenders.Article content
But the Stampeders took a page from the Bombers’ playbook, throwing looks at the young B.C. quarterback he hadn’t seen yet. They had three down linemen and dropped nine into coverage most of the time. But he went 7-of-8 for 100 yards, a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown on his next two drives to bounce back from the rough start. But he engineered scoring drives on the Lions’ final four possessions, including a nine-play 71 yard series that set up Whyte’s winning field goal.Article content
His first pick, and the first nearly pick, came off of passes that sailed high on him, something he’s shown a few times this season. Last week against Edmonton, he went high on a pass to Bryan Burnham that saw the wideout go up high and get taken out low, landing on his head, in his first game back from injury.
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