The Fifth Quarter

By: Adam Wazny Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011

GAME BALLS: OFFENCE Bombers receiver Clarence Denmark turned in his best game as a pro, catching five balls for 101 yards -- many of the difficult variety. The rookie also rushed the ball one time for 15 yards.

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GAME BALLS:

OFFENCE

Bombers receiver Clarence Denmark turned in his best game as a pro, catching five balls for 101 yards — many of the difficult variety. The rookie also rushed the ball one time for 15 yards.

DEFENCE

Everyone wearing Blue and Gold gets this one. Three interceptions, a pass rush that got stronger as the game wore on, and no points against in the second half. Edmonton’s lone score was a safety conceded by Winnipeg. That against one of the top offences in the league.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Edmonton K Damon Duval earns a mention for his directional punting Friday, hitting several beautiful kicks that left Bombers returners with no chance for big gains. One booming punt in the third quarter went out of bounds at the one-inch line. Impressive.

FAN-O-METER:

As Winnipeg QB Buck Pierce pulled the ball down and scampered 48 yards for a touchdown, many of the 29,533 fans in attendance were screaming for him to slide. He didn’t, and he rumbled off the Bombers’ longest run of the season.

BY THE NUMBERS:

The number of times Edmonton QB Ricky Ray was intercepted by the Bombers defence. Through the first five games of the season, Ray had been picked one time.

1987

The last time the Bombers started a season with a 5-1 record.

0, 4

The number of sacks Winnipeg had in the first half, measured against the number of sacks they put on Ray in the second 30 minutes. The Bombers have a league-leading 25 sacks this year.

— Adam Wazny

SCORING SUMMARY:

FIRST QUARTER

Edm — TD Barnes 22 pass from Ray (Duval convert) 2:14

Edm — FG Duval 37 8:34

Wpg — Single Palardy 37 12:39

Edm — Single Duval 57 14:44

SECOND QUARTER

Wpg — Single Palardy 45 7:15

Wpg — FG Palardy 33 10:54

Wpg — TD Pierce 48 run (Palardy convert) 13:59

Edm — FG Duval 21 15:00

THIRD QUARTER

Edm — Safety Renaud concedes 4:42

Wpg — TD Edwards 29 pass from Pierce (Palardy convert) 7:44

Wpg — TD Watson 7 pass from Pierce (Palardy convert) 13:17

FOURTH QUARTER

Wpg — Single Renaud 72 5:18

Wpg — Single Renaud 58 13:44 E

dmonton 11 3 2 0 — 16

Winnipeg 1 11 14 2 — 28

Attendance — 29,533.

YARDSTICKS:

	Edm	Wpg
First downs	14	19
Yards rushing	87	167
Yards passing	226	242
Total offence	313	409
Team losses	45	8
Net offence	268	401
Passes made-tried	17-28	20-27
Return yards	172	134
Intercepts-yards by	1-33	3-42
Fumbles-lost	4-1	2-0
Sacks by	1	4
Punts-average	9-52.6	8-53.6
Penalties-yards	12-118	7-70
Time of possession	27:04	32:56

Rushing: Edm — Messam 8-50, Ray 4-23, Porter 4-12, McCarty 1-1, Joseph 1-1; Wpg — Reid 19-96, Pierce 6-54, Denmark 1-15, Brink 1-2.

Receiving: Edm — Barnes 8-125, Stamps 3-41, Messam 4-31, Henry 1-15, Bauman 1-14; Wpg — Denmark 5-101. Edwards 7-70, Watson 3-43, Hargreaves 2-17, Reid 1-6, Jeffers-Harris 2-5.

Passing: Edm — Ray 17-28, 226 yards, 1 TD, 3 Ints; Wpg — Pierce 20-27-242-2-1.