November 18,1997 The Cadre

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Willie Skilliter 9 3 6 9 16 OS ailla e ay er

Phil Simeon 9 9 2 5 7 14 By Matthew Hennessey

Duncan Fayder 28 9 2 4 6 22

Gordie Walsh 7 9 3 3 6 8

Todd Walker 1 Gg 5 I 6 10 For many years, the main topic of discussion in the

Mark White 16 9 3 2 5 12 pregame show for the Grey Cup was the weather. The Fog

Steve LeCoure Zee 3 1 4 41 Bowl, the Mud Bowl, and the Snow Bowl, all live in infamy in

Jason Sproul a3 0 4 4 24 the memories of many Canadian Football fans. That was not

Gerrry Lanigan 1 9 2 I 3 4 the case for Sunday's game in Edmonton. The weather was

Sean Rowe it'S. 9 0 3 3 14 fine and the crowd was awesome. The third largest attend-

Dylan Taylor 19-.. 9 2 l 3 36 ance at a Grey Cup game made plenty of noise, mostly for the

JonathonMurphy 25 9 0 3 3 4 Saskatchewan Roughriders, who were the underdogs coming

_ Jeremy Pierce 244 6«¢9 1 1 2 8 into the game versus the Toronto Argonauts.

Mike Hartwick 2 «8 0 3 3 10 The Argonauts won 47-16.

Adrian Murray 5 8 0 0 0 28 The Argonauts were heralded as possessing the best

Dave Mitchell 29 9 0 0 0 10 defence in the league, and performing in front of a hostile

Craig Johnson ey 0 0 0 2 crowd against a team that had momentum on its side. The

Adrian Murray 5 9 0 0 0 28 Saskatchewan Roughriders actually came into the post season

GOALIE # GP MIN GA SH GAA play witha losing record, and they would become the first CFL team in the modern era to have the losing record and win the

Craig Johnson a 240.00 29 152 7.00 coveted trophy.

Dave Mitchell y= i 308. 19 174 3.70 The game started off quite well forthe Riders in the West as Shannon Baker returned the oer 74 yards and

Stats are as Nov. 10, 1997 was well within Argonaut territory. y capitalized with a field goal and jumped to a three point lead. That would be the only lead that Saskatchewan would have for the rest of the game as Doug Flutie took over and dominated the offensive side of play.

Two consecutive touchdowns by Flutie catapulted To-

ronto into the lead and they would never look back. Some frustrations did show very early on by Roughrider players as a few confrontations interupted play. But when it came to business never usual, the Argonauts controlled the offensive and, most importantly, the defensive end.

By the end of the first half, "Mr. November", Saskatch- ewan quarterback Reggie Slack, led a quick and effecient offensive strike as runningback Daniels scored on a much needed touchdown. They then attempted a two point conver- sion but failed. That said it all for the underdog team from er The two teams went into the locker room at the half with Toronto taking a convincing lead, but the Roughriders looked poised to strike.

© . However, punt returns wefe the name of the game and Toronto's special teams ran away with the win as the Argo's Smith scored a touchdown at the beginning of the second half. After that, Doug Flutie punished Saskatchewan's poor defence and gained the MVP honours for the third time with three touchdowns as proof of his dominance.

The game may not have been exciting, but seeing the turnout from the fans is an optimistic sign that the Canadian — Football League will remain a national characteristic at least

for another year.