The Fifth Quarter

By: Adam Wazny Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Saturday, Jul. 9, 2011

GAME BALLS Offence No one jumps off the page, but let's hand it to Bombers SB Terence Jeffers-Harris, who pulled down five catches in the middle of a tough Argos defence for 58 yards. He took a few licks, but no drops for Jeffers-Harris. That's an important stat for the Bombers attack.

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GAME BALLS

Offence

No one jumps off the page, but let’s hand it to Bombers SB Terence Jeffers-Harris, who pulled down five catches in the middle of a tough Argos defence for 58 yards. He took a few licks, but no drops for Jeffers-Harris. That’s an important stat for the Bombers attack.

Defence

When Joe Lobendahn nailed Argos QB Cleo Lemon for a sack in the second quarter, it put an exclamation point on a great first half from the Winnipeg defence. Joe-Lo helped keep RB Cory Boyd in check, finishing the game with two fumble recoveries, two sacks and seven tackles.

Special Teams

Bombers KR Jovon Johnson gets the nod here for not only his return skills — which he displayed in the form of a 58-yard night (despite the Argos excellent kick coverage) — but also his ability to serve as a holder for K Justin Palardy. His steady hand helped contribute to 13 Bomber points.

CRITICAL NUMBER:

7

The number of sacks generated by the relentless Winnipeg defence. LB Joe Lobendahn, DT Doug Brown, and DE Odell Willis each led the way with two QB takedowns apiece.

Argos QB Cleo Lemon was sore after this one.

FAN-O-METER

Argos kick returner Chad Owens was hearing it from the partygoers in Section S all night. The ‘Owens Sucks’ chant was a popular song, belted out by the Bomber faithful whenever the talented Toronto speedster ran by. Guess what fans were singing when Owens fumbled three times in the game?

— Adam Wazny

SCORING SUMMARY:

FIRST QUARTER

Tor — FG Prefontaine 21 2:17

Wpg — Single Palardy 39 6:33

SECOND QUARTER

Wpg — TD Reid 4 run (Palardy convert) 6:31

Wpg — FG Palardy 40 15:00

THIRD QUARTER

Wpg — Safety Prefontaine concedes 2:44

Tor — TD Lemon 9 run (Prefontaine convert) 6:10

Wpg — FG Palardy 32 11:25

FOURTH QUARTER

Wpg — FG Palardy 34 4:56

Tor — FG Prefontaine 43 8:03

Tor — FG Prefontaine 44 12:48

Wpg — FG Palardy 23 14:08

Toronto 3 0 7 6 — 16

Winnipeg 1 10 5 6 — 22

Attendance — 27,638.

YARDSTICKS:

	Tor	Wpg
First downs	14	18
Yards rushing	55	109
Yards passing	280	165
Total offence	335	274
Team losses	42	12
Net offence	293	262
Passes made-tried	24-34	21-34
Return yards	115	116
Intercepts-yards by	1-0	1-2
Fumbles-lost	6-4	1-0
Sacks by	1	7
Punts-average	6-42.2	8-40.3
Penalties-yards	12-95	10-87
Time of possession	26:34	33:26

Rushing: Tor — Lemon 3-22, Johnson 2-17, Boyd 7-14, Owens 1-2; Wpg — Reid 19-63, Pierce 4-34, Denmark 1-10, Brink 1-2.

Receiving: Tor — Copeland 5-107, Durie 3-43, Rideau 4-41, McCollough 1-32, Watt 4-28, Owens 3-21, Johnson 2-6, Boyd 2-2; Wpg — Jeffers-Harris 5-58, Watson 5-44, Denmark 4-38, Hargreaves 2-12, Edwards 2-11, Reid 3-2.

Passing: Tor — Lemon 22-32, 239 yards, 0 TDs, 1 int, Prefontaine 1-1-32-0-0, Owens 1-1-9-0-0; Wpg — Pierce 21-34-165-0-1.