Nick Arbuckle had every reason to put together the game of his life Saturday.
“It’s an added motivation,” Arbuckle said. “There is always motivation as a competitor to go get wins. But have the opportunity to get that first start, you want to get the win for the team because I know that they needed it.
Arbuckle completed 21 of 32 passes for 219 yards and ran for one touchdown, while Taylor Cornelius passed just 14 of 37 attempts for 287 yards and an interception. After half a quarter of feeling out by both sides, despite facing each other one week earlier, Cornelius hit a diving Lawler for a 53-yard connection to set up a 32-yard field goal by Sergio Castillo to put the Elks on the board first.Article content
But they earned all seven points on their next touchdown, a two-yard QB keeper by backup Caleb Evans to cap a 10-play, 74-yard drive as Ottawa extended their lead to double digits. It’s the same thing Edmonton did to them in Ottawa a week ago, with touchdowns on three consecutive drives to open the second half.“They controlled the football, I’ve got to do a better job of getting these guys ready to play,” said Jones. “We still have not put together four quarters yet. We came back out in the second half and played better football, but played just good enough to end up losing the football game.
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