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10 hours ago
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Redblacks edge unbeaten Stampeders 20-12 for first win of CFL season
Ottawa Redblacks' Kalil Pimpleton, left, jumps for a pass as Calgary Stampeders' Sheldon Arnold defends during second half CFL football action in Calgary, Saturday, June 21, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh It took the Ottawa Redblacks until deep into the fourth quarter against the Calgary Stampeders to score the game's only touchdown. Once quarterback Dustin Crum tossed a seven-yard TD pass to Daniel Adeboboye with 5:02 left on the clock, Ottawa coach Bob Dyce was able to breathe a big sigh of relief. 'I felt that really the team that scored a touchdown was going to have the upper hand,' said Dyce, whose team held on to secure a 20-12 CFL victory over the Stampeders at McMahon Stadium on Saturday afternoon. 'When Daniel got into the end zone there, I really felt we had a good opportunity. 'We'd have to finish it off, but we'd have a really good chance to win because of the way the defence was playing. I didn't think they were going to give up a touchdown and that's what happened. So, yeah, it was great to see them finish off that drive.' Until Adeboboye's clutch catch, both teams had to settle for points off of field goals, singles and one safety by the Stamps on a cold, windy and rainy afternoon in front of far less than the official announced attendance of 16,584. 'Just talking to the other QBs, I think that was probably some of the toughest conditions I've ever thrown in in my life,' said Crum, who completed 9-of-22 passes for 111 yards to go with 64 rushing yards on 11 carries. 'Normally, you get wind and it's hard to throw. Even if you throw a good spiral, though, you can cut it a little bit, but then when you add the rain to it and you can't spin it and then the wind's going, it was a mess for sure.' Lewis Ward kicked four field goals for the Redblacks (1-2), while Richie Leone added a single. 'The conditions' Adeboboye said the inclement weather only served to provide more motivation for the Redblacks, who were looking to record their first win of the season. 'Honestly, I think that the conditions were probably the best thing that we could have asked for,' Adeboboye said. 'Everyone felt like they needed to bring the energy today, and that's something that we brought in today that maybe we lacked in the past. Everyone realized that we had to lock in mentally. We brought the energy and we just fed off of each other and it was a blessing.' Rene Paredes finished the game with three field goals for the Stampeders (2-1), while Fraser Masin had a single. Jaylon Hutchings tackled Crum in the end zone for a safety to account for Calgary's other two points. 'It was a really hard-fought game,' said Calgary coach Dave Dickenson. 'For us, we couldn't convert on the third downs, especially in tight.' On two occasions in the first half, Dickenson opted to leave his offence on the field in an attempt to score touchdowns instead of settling for field goals. 'I thought it was the right thing,' Dickenson said. 'I thought if you could get a lead and get some touchdowns, I really felt it would be hard for another team to catch up. We were in good positions if we could have converted some of those. 'They played hard as well. Their guys laid it out there. It was a tough weather game, no doubt about it. Both teams played hard and they got us.' The Redblacks opened the scoring at 5:46 of the first quarter with a 34-yard field goal by Lewis. The Stamps had a chance to pull into a 3-3 tie a short time later but Paredes missed a 43-yard field goal wide to the right. Instead of conceding the single point, Ottawa's Devonte Dedmon elected to run the ball out of the end zone. Following an illegal block penalty to Robert Priestner, the Redblacks were forced to start their drive on their own one-yard line. Two plays later, Hutchings sacked Crum in the end zone for a safety to pull the Stamps within a point. On the ensuing drive, the Stamps drove down to Ottawa's seven-yard line, but ended up turning over the ball on downs after Clark Barnes wasn't able to haul in a pass from Calgary quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. in the end zone. The miscues for Calgary continued in the second as Adams fumbled the ball right into the hands of Ottawa defensive back Amari Henderson at midfield before Priestner atoned for his earlier penalty by tackling backup Calgary quarterback P.J. Walker on the one-yard line for another turnover on downs for the Stamps. This time, the Redblacks avoided another safety and instead Crum engineered an 11-play, 95-yard drive that was capped off by Ward kicking a 22-yard field goal to give Ottawa a 6-2 lead. After Masin kicked a 77-yard single early in the third quarter, Ward responded with a 27-yard field goal before Paredes did his part for the Stamps by splitting the uprights from 42 yards out. Ward then booted a 33-yard field goal before Paredes kicked one from 51 yards out with 41 seconds left in the third quarter. After Leone booted a 72-yard punt single early in the fourth quarter to put the Redblacks up 13-9, Paredes responded with a 42-yard field goal to pull the Stamps within a point. Following Adeboboye's TD grab, Ward's field-goal attempt from 49 yards out bounced of the left upright and wide to give the Stamps another opportunity to tie the game. Although Adams completed three straight passes — two of them to former Redblack receiver Dominic Rymes — to get Calgary into Ottawa territory, the Calgary quarterback wasn't able to find an open receiver in the end zone to complete his first touchdown pass of the season. Up next Redblacks: Host the Toronto Argonauts on Sunday, June 29. Stampeders: Host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday, July 3. --Laurence Heinen This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 21, 2025.
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Ottawa Redblacks weather conditions, down Calgary Stampeders for first win of CFL season
Redblacks 20, Stampeders 12 The Ottawa Redblacks did what they had to for their first win of the Canadian Football League season Saturday. On a windy, rainy and cold afternoon at McMahon Stadium, the Redblacks used a strong running game, a stout defence and the kicking boot of Lewis Ward to hand the Calgary Stampeders their first loss of the season. In the 20-12 victory that improved the Redblacks record to 1-2 and moved them from last in the East Division into second place, Dustin Crum surely improved his standing from third-string quarterback to the primary backup behind the injured Dru Brown by not turning the ball over and picking up the W. Crum, who completed just nine of 22 passes because the conditions gave normally sure-handed receivers slippery fingers, ran 11 times for 64 yards. And, while William Stanback had his best game as a Redblack with nine carries for 82 yards, stealing the spotlight was his platoon partner in the backfield. Canadian running back Daniel Adeboboye scored the game's only touchdown with 5:02 left, when he pulled in a nine-yard pass from Crum. Right before that, Adeboboye made the biggest offensive play of the day when he took a handoff and burst up the middle for a 52-yard gain. Adeboboye finished the game with 10 carries for 96 yards. The Redblacks' defence was credited with five turnovers, including a late fourth-quarter interception by safety Charlie Ringland, and stopped the Vernon Adams Jr.-directed Calgary offence for the third time on a third-down play to seal the outcome. Ward was 4-for-5 on field goal attempts with scoring boots of 34, 22, 26 and 33 yards before a late 48-yard attempt hit the left upright and stayed out. The Redblacks also cleaned up a trouble spot by taking just four penalties for 26 yards. They held a 6-2 first-half lead that could have been mistaken for the score of a Senators-Flames National Hockey League game. On Ottawa's first possession, Crum ran three times for 30 yards during a 10-play, 52-yard drive that ended with a Ward field goal from the 34. When Calgary's Rene Paredes was wide with a 43-yard field-goal attempt later in the first quarter, Devonte Dedmon returned the ball to Ottawa's 12-yard line, but the Redblacks' Robert Priester was called for an illegal block, and the ball was brought back to the one. Two plays later, Crum was sacked in the end zone by Jaylon Hutchings. It was the third time in two games that a Priester penalty preceded points by the opposition. In last week's loss to Montreal, he was flagged for horse-collar tackles before an Alouettes touchdown and a field goal. Ottawa took a 3-2 lead over Calgary late into the first half because of three turnovers forced by the defence. Along with a fumble recovery by defensive back Amari Henderson, the Redblacks 'stopped' Calgary when Clark Barnes dropped an Adams end-zone pass and again when defensive back Adrian Frye snuffed out an attempt by short-yardage QB P.J. Walker. It was another big play in a road game for Frye, who had two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the season opener. From that goal-line stand, the Redblacks ran a 12-play drive powered by Stanback to set up Ward's 22-yard field goal. Stanback, who entered the game with 16 carries for 55 yards on the season, ran the ball seven times for 76 yards on that series alone. Ward's second field goal was made possible because Eugene Lewis, who last week had his consecutive games with a touchdown catch streak ended one short of the CFL record, dropped a Crum end-zone pass that hit him in the numbers.
