James Butler scored a pair of rushing touchdowns, including one in overtime, for the B.C. Lions in a 31-29 win over the host Calgary Stampeders on Saturday.
The Lions held onto second place in the CFL's West Division, two points up on the Stampeders in third and six points back of the front-running Winnipeg Blue Bombers .
The Lions improved to 2-0 versus Calgary this season. The two clubs meet again in Vancouver on Saturday. Butler scored his second major of the game on B.C.'s first overtime drive with an eight-yard dash. Calgary's offside penalty gave B.C. a second attempt at a two-point convert, which Pipkin converted with a two-yard dash.
The ball in Calgary's hands in the final minute, Maier navigated the offence to the 48-yard line for a Paredes attempt, which he missed. Pipkin scored on his third attempt after the backup quarterback was twice repelled by Calgary's defence.With B.C. threatening from Calgary's 21-yard line late in the second, Stampeder linebacker Cameron Judged hunted down a scrambling Adams, forced the quarterback to fumble and collected his league-leading fifth recovery this season.
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