Ottawa grabs last-ditch win over Edmonton
OTTAWA — Chris Milo kicked a 25-yard field goal with 1:34 to play to lift the Ottawa Redblacks to a 23-20 win over the Edmonton Eskimos on Saturday.
A 48-yard interception return by Jermaine Robinson set up Milo’s third field goal of the game.
Robinson’s interception off a Mike Reilly pass came seconds after a Redblacks touchdown that tied the game 20-20 with 2:28 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Prior to that, JC Sherritt intercepted a Henry Burris pass and returned the ball 43 yards for a touchdown.
Burris’s pass hit the foot of intended receiver Chris Williams and bounced high into the air before landing in the arms of Sherritt. The two point conversion put the Eskimos ahead 20-13, their first lead of the game.
The Redblacks followed that up with a drive that ended in a six-yard touchdown pass from Burris to Williams that tied the game at 12:32.
Burris went 26-of-39 passing for 341 yards with two TDs and an interception. Reilly was 25-of41 passing for 255 yards and one pick. Sean Whyte booted three field goals for the Eskimos, who also got points from a punt single and a safety.
The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the Redblacks (4-2-1), who now head into a bye week. The Eskimos (2-4) suffered their third consecutive defeat.
Burris opened the game with a nice drive that included five completed passes and 74 total yards, but on third and one the Redblacks had to settle for a Milo 17-yard field goal.
That was it for scoring in the first quarter until Ottawa kicker Zackary Medeiros elected to concede a safety on the last play of the quarter rather than punt from his own end zone.
After Whyte missed a 50-yard field goal on the opening drive of the second quarter, the Redblacks took over and Burris marched his team 91 yards down field, ending the drive with the touchdown pass to Jackson five minutes in.
Milo converted the score, but much of the success on the drive came from Greg Ellingson.