Eskimos win ‘exciting’ rematch over Stampeders
EDMONTON — Offence was certainly not in short supply in Edmonton on Saturday.
Quarterback Mike Reilly ran in three touchdowns and passed for three more as the Edmonton Eskimos snapped a twogame losing skid in a tense 48-42 CFL victory over the Calgary Stampeders. With the win, the Eskimos improved to 7-4.
“It was not a comfortable feeling at the end,” said Eskimos head coach Jason Maas. “It was a great game, one of the most exciting games I have ever been a part of. And I thought we played well in all three phases of the game.”
“When you play a game where you are just not at your best and giving the other team a lot of opportunities, and a team that played really well, you are probably not going to win,” said Calgary head coach Dave Dickenson. “We probably should have lost by 20, but for us to fight like that says a lot about our team.”
Calgary won the first half of the Labour Day series 23-20, with a last-second field goal on Monday.
Reilly finished 30-for-44 with 397 yards, while his counterpart Bo Levi Mitchell was 25-for-46 for 491 yards with four touchdowns and three interceptions.
“When we play against Calgary, we expect it to be down to the wire,” Reilly said. “Last game, they won on a field goal with no time on the clock. This game, we won on an incompletion with no time on the clock.”
The Stampeders will return to action next Saturday when they travel to Hamilton. The Eskimos are entering a bye week.
NOTES: The officially announced crowd of 38,611 at Commonwealth Stadium was the largest in the CFL this season.