Riders’ offence surges late, beats Winnipeg 31-23
Some gutsy play calling paired with a late touchdown sealed the Labour Day Classic for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
With a 24-23 lead and two minutes left the Roughriders offence could have been conservative on their second and three play call but instead, they went big. Quarterback Zach Collaros aired it out 39 yards to Jordan Williams-Lambert and put the offence on the three-yard line.
“Just, in my opinion, a big-time call by Coach (Stephen McAdoo). Kind of knew with that situation what (Winnipeg) likes to do defensively and he trusted us to make the play there,” said quarterback Zach Collaros.
“I thought Mac (McAdoo) did a great job calling the game late … where it really mattered and gave them some opportunities,” head coach Chris Jones added.