After Lirim Hajrullahu's opening kick went out of bounds and Khalil Bass had backup Kevin Glenn's first pass go through his hands, Jerome Messam steamrolled 53 yards for the go-ahead touchdown. Glenn and the Riders came out firing at the start of the third quarter down 15-14. The Green and White signed Kevin Glenn in the off-season, and that now becomes the CFL's most important off-season acquisition. Cotton hauled in a six-yard touchdown toss from Willy to open the game's scoring in the first quarter.ĭurant suffered his injury late in the second quarter just after throwing a pass and without being touched. Marshall, who is the Thunder in Winnipeg's two tailback system, had two touchdowns, including a 14-yard reception and a two-yard run. “I told you all I was going to score the first game. It was Moore's first touchdown in 10 games as a member of the Bombers. The Bombers trailed 26-23 with 10 minutes to go, but they re-took the lead three minutes later when Nick Moore hauled in an 18-yard touchdown toss from Willy. “It's fun to be a part of a club with players and coaches that really believed we were going to win this game.” All these guys are really helping us out, and the receivers made plays.
You gotta give credit to the O line, Paris Cotton and Cam Marshall. “Being able to run the football, more lanes open up. “We were just being efficient,” Willy said.
Cotton, meanwhile, juked and jived his way to 108 rushing yards on 13 carries behind Winnipeg's rebuilt offensive line. Willy completed 22 of 25 attempts for 325 yards and three touchdowns. All in all, it was a good trip next door for the Blue and Gold. So Winnipeg is 1-0 and it still has a healthy starting quarterback. The Bombers not only won the game in front of 32,288 spectators, but their West Division rival Roughriders and Edmonton Eskimos both lost their starting quarterbacks on a carnage filled first Saturday in the CFL.Īside from Durant suffering a season ending injury for the second straight year, Eskimos starter Mike Reilly left their loss to Toronto with what looks like a serious left leg injury.
Winnipeg will play its home opener on Thursday night against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, who lost a heart breaker in Calgary on Friday night when Rene Paredes drilled a 50-yard field goal as time expired. It's something that's really huge and something we can definitely feed off of going into game two.” We came here 7-1, expecting to win and got our butts kicked for the next couple weeks. Guys don't understand how important this was and how big that was to get this win. I felt like I was the most excited one on the field at the end of the game. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers kicked off the 2015 CFL regular season tonight by beating the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Mosaic Stadium for the first time since 2004, snapping an 11 game losing streak in Regina.īombers quarterback Drew Willy was spectacular, Paris Cotton ran roughshod over a banged up Riders defence, Saskatchewan lost starting quarterback Darian Durant for the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon, and the Bombers emerged with a 30-26 triumph on a hot and sticky night in the Saskatchewan capital.
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