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Bombers run over Argos

Fri 10th, October 2008

Winnipeg, MB (Sports Network) - Joe Smith and Fred Reid each ran for 100-plus yards and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers hammered out a 25-16 triumph over the Toronto Argonauts in a pivotal Eastern Division matchup from Cannad Inns Stadium.

Smith gained 101 rushing yards on 12 attempts and put the game away with a late gritty touchdown while Reid carried the ball 14 times for 106 yards. Kerry Glenn threw for 157 yards and two scores, both to Terrence Edwards, on 14-of-31 passing with a pair of picks.

With the win, the Bombers (6-9) squared the season series at two games each and took a four-point advantage over the third-place Argos in the East Division with three games to play. While not mathematically eliminated, the Argos were dealt a severe blow to their playoff hopes.

Kerry Joseph was 25-of-36 for 311 yards but Jamal Robertson scored the lone touchdown with 50 yards rushing on 13 carries. P.K. Sam nabbed nine balls for 145 yards and Mike Vanderjagt connected on 3-of-4 field goal attempts for Toronto (4-11), which has now lost its last six games.

Vanderjagt started off the final quarter with a 39-yard field goal to give the Argos a 16-14 advantage. The Bombers were forced to punt with less than nine minutes remaining, but Arland Bruce coughed up the ball on the return and Winnipeg ran only two plays from its own 35 before Alexis Serna nailed a 34- yard boot to put the Bombers in front 17-16.

Toronto was forced to punt on its next two turns with the pigskin and the Winnipeg running game took hold of the contest with 2:41 left to play. Glenn hit Derick Armstrong for a 13-yard gain amidst three runs by Reid for 35 yards. Smith followed by gashing the defensive line for 18 yards on a pair of carries to reach the Argo eight. Smith then capped the 74-yard trek with a bruising TD run to help put the game away, falling just inside the right pylon with a defender draped on his back.

The drive left only 34 seconds left in which Toronto could work and any hopes of a miracle comeback were quashed immediately when Bruce mishandled Serna's ensuing kickoff and was brought down in his own end zone for a single to account for the 25-16 final.

Vanderjagt opened the scoring with a 22-yard strike in the first, the only score of the quarter, but Winnipeg went ahead 7-3 with a five-yard TD pass to Edwards for the second quarter's lone score, capping an 11-play, 86-yard romp.

Vanderjagt was steady, hitting from 47 yards to answer in the third and pull Toronto to within one, 7-6. However, Glenn hit Edwards for a second score, this time a 37-yard TD, and the Bombers had a 14-6 advantage.

Robertson finally pushed the ball over the goal-line for the Argos with just under four minutes to go in the third after Bruce returned a punt 59 yards to the Bomber two-yard line.

Game Notes

Toronto is 2-6 on the road this year and 3-6 within the East Division. Winnipeg is 4-4 at home and 4-4 against divisional competition...Winnipeg's Milt Stegall had four receptions for 42 yards...Each team donned throwback uniforms for the game.

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