A second\u002Dhalf rally wasn\u0027t enough as Ottawa\u0027s home field struggles continued.
With the Redblacks on a two-game winning streak — both on the road — going into the game, it seemed like a great opportunity to get back on track at home. When you’ve got a good crowd — Saturday’s attendance was announced as 21,673 — you want to send them home happy. It’s hard to image RNation is too happy at this point.Article content
“I don’t think we did enough in the beginning of the game – that’s kind of what happened to us,” said Redblacks coach Paul LaPolice. “The first play of the game, we get a holding penalty. The next series, we were changing our cadence and we jumped it. Those first two possessions, we had first and extra and that can be difficult to overcome. We have to find more points in the first half.
The Redblacks defensive secondary tightened up after spending the better part of three quarters giving up huge chunks of yardage to Argos quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson, who completed 27 passes for 365 yards.Toronto forced a turnover, recovering a Nick Arbuckle fumble at Ottawa’s 24-yard line. But, after a coach’s challenge by Ottawa’s Paul LaPolice, Toronto’s Shawn Oakman was penalized for roughing the passer and Ottawa got a first down on its 50.
A pair of Lewis Ward field goals, from 48 and 47 yards in the final 2 1/2 minutes of the half, made it 13-6. A 51-yard Bede field goal attempt with no time on the clock missed wide right and DeVonte Dedmon ran it back 57 yards before being tackled. Toronto took the ball and scored on its next possession, with Gittens catching a 12-yard touchdown pass. The convert made it 24-9.
After taking the ball with a bit more than five minutes left, Ottawa began a long march, featuring a nice combination of running by Devonte Williams and pass completions. An intentional grounding call on Ottawa took the Redblacks out of a third-and-seven gamble, though. After that penalty, Arbuckle scrambled left, but he was tackled a couple of yards short of the first-down marker.Article content
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