Edmonton beats Ottawa in final minutes to hoist Grey Cup

Jones, rumoured to be candidate in Saskatchewan for a dual GM-head coach role, deserves bringing the Eskimos their 14 championship in franchise history. Upon review, the officials agreed that it was indeed pass interference and suddenly the Eskimos had the ball on the Ottawa 10-yard line with destiny calling.

Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly was at his elusive best as a runner, too, with a total of 66 yards, and that had some impact on slowing the Redblacks pass rush.

“I wanted to get it for my family, the guys in this locker-room, and for the city of Ottawa”. The 103rd Grey Cup in Winnipeg was watched by 9.7 million or almost 30% of everyone in Canada, according to the preliminary data from Numeris.

Patrick Lavoie and Earnest Jackson had Ottawa’s touchdowns. By the end of the half, however, Burris was just 12-for-16 for 150 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.

Centre Jon Gott, top, and punter Ronnie Pfeffer of the Ottawa Redblacks exit the plane in Ottawa after returning from a loss in the Grey Cup game at Winnipeg. The Eskimos outscored the Redblacks 17-3 over the final 25 minutes.

Edmonton started slow Sunday, allowing Ottawa to jump out to a 13-0 lead before their offence even touched the ball and trailing 19-18 heading into the fourth quarter. The first quarter ended 13-10 and it looked as if this would be a barn burner. The first is a quarterback challenge in which they’ll have to complete touchdown passes, with the second enabling fans to experience one of football’s greatest moments – kicking the game-winning field goal.

“Give Edmonton credit because they made the plays and we didn’t”.

“Yes we’re disappointed now”, he added.

The Eskimos’ QB wasn’t as sharp as he wanted to be, but he hurt the Redblacks more with his legs, extending more than a couple of drives with draw plays and scrambles.

Eskimo’s Eddie Steele chasing Redblack’s Henry Burris.

The nine-year veteran and his Ottawa counterpart, Chris Milo, had wondered before the game if a different set of footballs being used by the kickers would affect their performance.

Edmonton Eskimos head coach Chris Jones celebrates on the sidelines during his team’s victory over the Ottawa Redblacks … Regular-season audiences for the CFL have been declining in recent years; they were down 15 per cent on average for the 2015 season, to about 600,000 viewers per game. “It’s been an up-and-down season for me just because coming off a knee injury, you still have a lot of work to do when you actually get into the off-season, so I’m just happy I can walk off the field and I’m healthy”. Then on the next play, after a successful Edmonton challenge, Brandon Sermons was flagged for a 37-yard Edmonton gain.