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LIVE BLOG: Saskatchewan Roughriders at Toronto Argonauts

A look at the Week 3 Canadian Football League game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto Argonauts
Randy Palmer
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Riders quarterback Trevor Harris and running back Thomas Bertrand-Hudon will be aiming for another victory in Toronto on Friday night.Sask Roughriders

Toronto can't match the kick-off return, and this one is over, Saskatchewan wins 39-32!

Alford's game-winning score!

TOUCHDOWN ROUGHRIDERS! What can you even say? Alford hauls in the kick-off, gets to the sideline and runs 99 yards to the endzone for a stunning 38-32 lead out of nowhere.

Mitral's touchdown.

And sure enough, Mital catches short pass at Riders three and puts it home. A great catch by Brissett for the two point convert ties the game at 32-32. Feild goal miss looms large.

Four plays later, Toronto down to Riders eight with 43 seconds remaining.

Riders' Johnson takes marginal roughing the passer penalty on Argos' first play on next drive, Toronto down to Sask 39.

A run up the middle sets up a 33-yard Lauther field goal and it's missed wide left. Through the end zone and a rouge for a 32-24 Riders lead with 2:01 to play.

Bertrand-Hudon runs down to three yard line, but holding penalty brings play back to Toronto 26, Ouellette tackled for two-yard loss, 2nd and 22 at three minute warning.

A holding penalty and failed coaches challenge by Mace delays things for a bit, but Johnson makes a catch for 23 yards to the Toronto 23, and a 14 yard Johnson catch two plays later gets it down to the Argos 14.

Hajrullah kicks 25-yard field goal, Saskatchewan leads 31-24 with 6:58 remaining in the game.

Argos start at own 46, and three pass completions get Toronto down to Riders 18. Arbuckle fumbles but recovers for seven-yard loss, drive stalls after short pass up middle.

Stevens' touchdown!

TOUCHDOWN ROUGHRIDERS! Saskatchewan just grinds the ball over the last six yards, and Stevens bulls in through the left side for a 31-21 lead with 10:07 left in the game. Nine plays, 57 yards.

Riders drive continues down to Argos 14, aided by a 15-yard unnecssary roughness penalty. Johnson makes catch to get to six, Stevens gets first down with dive to four, Ouellette runs for two to the Argos two.

Toronto's most recent touchdown.

Third quarter is over, Riders have three-point lead with 15 minutes to go.

That Argos interception.

Campbell's interception.

Doege runs up the middle for the touchdown, two point convert is good, 24-21 Saskatchewan lead with 1:41 remaining in third quarter.

And Toronto gets the ball right back, as Blackburn gets in front of pass to Johnson. Piling on penalty sets Argos up first and goal. Three straight penalties by the Riders offensive line.

Arbuckle is flushed from pocket on first down play from Riders 54 and throws to end zone. Intercepted! Campbell gets in front of Ungerer III and brings down the ball at the Riders five. Campbell's first interception of the season!

Ooof. Riders have taken 14 penalties for 129 yards thus far, Argos eight for 84 yards.

Argos scrimmage from own 38 with 4:10 left in third.

After taking only four penalties in the first two games, Saskatchewan getting in all sorts of trouble that way this game. Two penalties on this drive alone see Riders facing 2nd and 25, 18-yard run by Bertrand-Hudon gets out of bit of trouble. Punt by Couch goes out of bounds -- that's four penalties for the Riders in the first 11 minutes of the second half alone.

Johnson sack puts Argos at second and 17 on Riders 17, Arbuckle flushed from pocket but runs for seven, drive stalls. Hajrullahu kicks 24-yard field goal, 24-13 Saskatchewan lead. Nice stop by Riders after great field position for Toronto.

Riders drive stalls after Harris takes a six-yard sack on second down, and Toronto gets great field position after a lucky bounce on the punt leads to a 22-yard return down to Riders 31.

Meyers' second touchdown!

Riders get ball back on own 26 after 12 yard Alford return.

Argos go two-and-out on next series, with Rose getting a 10-yard sack. 

TOUCHDOWN ROUGHRIDERS! Now that's how you start the second half. Harris finds Meyers with a pass to the left hash at the Riders 50 and he goes 70 yards the rest of the way for the touchdown! Two plays, 73 yards, two minutes off the clock, 24-10 Saskatchewan with 12:01 left in third quarter.

Riders scrimmage to start second quarter, start drive at own 37.

Argos halftime stats: Arbuckle 13-for-16 passinf for 118 yards. Williams six carries for 34 yards. Mital three catches for 59 yards, eight players with at least one catch. 152 yards total team offence.

Riders halftime stats: Harris 9-for-11 passing for 123 yards, Ouellette five carries for 44 yards, Meyers three catches for 55 yards, seven players with at least one catch.190 yards total team offence.

Arbuckle tosses long bomb that Sayles has two cracks at to pick off but can't get the handle on. Hajrullahu makes 56-yard field goal on final play before halftime and makes it, Saskatchewan 17 Toronto 10 at the break.

Ouellette runs for a pair of short gains to get to own five, Couch punt gets Toronto to own 50 with 12 seconds remaining in half.

Toronto gets down to Riders one, but Saskatchewan offensive line makes three straight stops to force turnover on downs. Amazing stand by the defence after Argos marched 75 yards and took nearly eight minutes off the clock.

Toronto continues to march down the field, seven more plays and a Rider penalty gets Argos down to Saskatchewan 14 at three-minute warning.

Couch punt pins Argos on own 13 yard line. Pair of runs by Williams gets Toronto out of danger and down to own 39.

Two more plays and Riders drive stalls at Argos 48,

Gee whiz, after a Stevens four-yard run to Toronto 50, the Argos appear to lose d-lineman Parish to injury, one of their few experienced players left in the lineup. Tough times in Toronto just keeping players on the field.

For the fans who wanted Lauther gone, he just hit 1,000 points and is 82.3 per cent for his career as a kicker, the best in Riders history...

Riders get ball back at own 31 after 12 yard Alford return.

Argos go two-and-out on next series, in no small part to a seven yard sack by Allen on second down. That's A.J.'s first sack of the season!

Riders appear to see drive stall, but coach Mace challenges a pass interference on Robustelli and the play is overturned, drive continues from Argos eight yard line. Stevens can't finish off drive on next two plays, but Lauther is good on a field goal from 16 yards. 17-7 Saskatchewan lead with 13:36 to go in first half.

Harris finds Picton down the sideline for a 33-yard catch, a roughing the passer penalty tacks on another 15 yards, and Riders are down to the Toronto 17 to close out the first quarter with Saskatchewan leading 14-7.

Meyers touchdown!

Riders have great field position to start third drive at own 53. Argos linebacker Kevin George Jr. takes a low block and immediately signals for help with a left leg injury. Last thing Toronto needs is another injury, but the cart is coming out.

Argos take penalty on kickoff and scrimmaging from own 22. Riders get pressure on back-to-back plays and force Toronto to lose a yard, two-and-out,

TOUCHDOWN ROUGHRIDERS! That didn't take long at all. A great return by Alford puts Riders at 45 yard line to start drive, and two passes to Meyers later, it's in the endzone! Meyers catches a 32-yard bomb and does the rest himself. Two plays, 45 yards, 1:01 off the clock. 14-7 Saskatchewan.

And A.J.'s touchdown!

The Argos' touchdown... 

Mital's big catch on Toronto's first drive...

Argos starting from own 29 yard line on second series.

That's Saskatchewan's first touchdown in the first half this season, btw. And Lauther's second extra-point kick was from 42 yards, so hopefully whatever was throwing him off last week is a thing in the deep past.

TOUCHDOWN ROUGHRIDERS! What a response! Ouellette has a huge touchdown run for the second-straight week, busting through the right side and getting a great block from Tate before going 25 yards for the major. Point extra is good after a Riders penalty on the original kick,  7-7 tie after a six play, 75 yard drive taking 3:28.

Penalty on kickoff sees Riders starting on own 40 yard line. Catches by Ouellette and Robustelli -- with his first of the season -- gets Sask down to midfield. Stevens comes in for short yardage and runs for 19 yards down to Toronto 25.

After penalties by both teams, Arbuckle finds Brissett wide open in the end zone for a touchdown. nine  plays, 80 yards, taking just over five minutes, and it's 7-0 Toronto, and teams remain perfect against Saskatchewan in the red zone on the season. Exactly the opposite start the Riders were hoping for.

Two more passes and Argos are down to the Riders five. For whatever reason, Saskatchewan just can't seem to have good starts and this is another example.

And two plays in, Arbuckle finds Mital for a 41-yard pass down the sideline. Mital wins a 50-50 duel with Lokombo and Toronto is instandly in business at the Riders 32.

Riders kicking off to open the game, and we're underway in Toronto!

Riders are 4.5-point favourites, so Luc is taking the Riders, and going with the under on the 46-point over/under.

Dave and Luc bring up a good point about the Argos -- with eight players out and eight players in, it could be an easy game for the Riders to think is going to be a walkover,  a trap game of sorts. But as Roughriders opponents found out during their run last season, if the new guys step up, all sorts of interesting things can happen...

The Argonauts depth chart. Nick Arbuckle gets the start at quarterback for the third straight game as Chad Kelly continues to recover from his leg injury. Damonte Coxie has been Arbuckle's favourite target with 197 yards receiving on 18 targets, while fellow wide receiver David Ungerer III has 137 yards receiving in the same span. The Argos haven't had a lot of luck running the ball, with Miyan Williams leading the team with 65 yards in two games.

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The Roughriders' depth chart. A lot of the talk leading up to the game is at running back, where Thomas Bertrand-Hudon is in as A.J. Ouellette's back-up after recovering from a groin injury. Former Argo Ka'Deem Carey was expected to start against the team that cut him in the pre-season, but the Riders opted to go with Thomas the Train instead. Joe Robustelli gets the start at wide receiver in place of Samuel Emilus, who is on the one-game injury list with a foot injury.

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It’s Week 3 of Canadian Football League action, with the Saskatchewan Roughriders taking on the Toronto Argonauts at BMO Field in Toronto!

The Roughriders are off to a perfect start to the 2025 season, sitting at 2-0 after taking wins over Ottawa and Hamilton to open the season. The reigning Grey Cup champion Argonauts are off to a tough start in defence of their championship and are 0-2 after falling to Calgary and Montreal.

It’s expected to be another beautiful day for football, albeit a touch breezy, with the temperature expected to be 22 C with winds from the west at 14 km/h.

Kick-off is 5:30 p.m. and you can catch all the action on Riders Radio Broadcast Network.