CFL: Lions snap Eskimos’ streak, Als top Riders
VANCOUVER— Emmanuel Arceneaux caught two touchdowns in the first half, including a brilliant 70-yard score, as the B.C. Lions defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 32-25 on Saturday.
Jonathon Jennings connected on both touchdowns to Arceneaux and ran in another for B.C.
Mike Reilly threw one touchdown to Adarius Bowman and scored another on a run for Edmonton. John White also scored for the visitors.
Richie Leone connected on three of four field-goal attempts for the Lions. Sean Whyte was perfect on his only attempt for the Eskimos.
The Lions (10-6) entered play having lost three of four games, including last week’s crushing 35-32 defeat to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers that saw them blow a 10-point lead with fewer than seven minutes to go. B.C. turned the ball over an eye-popping six times in that one, but played a clean game on Saturday.
The Eskimos (8-8), meanwhile, saw their three-game winning streak snapped while coming off a bye in a key West Division showdown.
The Lions, Eskimos and Blue Bombers (10-6) have already qualified for the playoffs, but where they wind up behind the powerhouse Calgary Stampeders (15-1-1) is still very much in doubt. Any one of the three clubs can still finish second through fourth in the division, with the bottom team of the bunch crossing over to the East. Alouettes 19, Roughriders 14: A soaking rain wasn’t going to ruin Vernon Adams’ first start in the CFL.
The rookie quarterback got the call on Saturday and lifted his Montreal Alouettes to a 19-14 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Mosaic Stadium.
“I’m just so happy for this offence and just finding that fight at the end of the day and getting that win,” Adams said after he helped his team end a two-game losing skid and improve to 5-11.
“We kept our composure the whole day . . . I want to thank the guys for having my back the whole game.”
The Riders slipped to 5-11 and had their four-game winning streak snapped. Both team have already been eliminated from CFL playoff contention.
An unrelenting rain kept the football and field conditions slippery from start to finish, and it affected both offences for the majority of the contest.
Adams finished the game 11-for-24 passing for 177 yards and one touchdown and one interception. He also rushed for 26 yards.
“He was very slippery, very good at making moves and making guys miss,” Riders linebacker Greg Jones said of Adams. “And he was making guys miss outside of the pocket too. You have to try to swarm him as best you can and make him stop his feet.”