Argos surge back against Redblacks with last-second strike

McLeod Bethel-Thompson’s 23-yard TD strike to Armanti Edwards with one second remaining rallied the Toronto Argonauts to a shocking 42-41 victory over the Ottawa Redblacks on Thursday night time. Edwards’ catch capped an 11-play, 86-yard march engineered by Bethel-Thompson, who was 25-of-37 passing for 302 yards with 4 TDs and an interception in his first CFL begin. Diontae Spencer’s 88-yard punt return TD at 10:25 of the third gave Ottawa (4-3) a seemingly insurmountable 38-14 benefit. Spencer’s electrifying run got here after Toronto opened the third impressively as Bethel-Thompson hit S.J. Inexperienced on a five-yard TD move at 3:19 to cap a 60-yard, eight-play march. Ottawa countered with a 64-yard, 10-play drive that resulted in Lewis Ward’s 17-yard discipline purpose at 9:01 earlier than Spencer’s heroics. Toronto (2-5) snapped a three-game shedding streak in its first match against an East Division opponent this season earlier than a BMO Area gathering of 11,857. Bethel-Thompson, after throwing for 122 yards within the third, hit S.J. Inexperienced with an 11-yard TD move at 1:12 of the fourth to chop Ottawa’s result in 38-26. Lewis Ward’s 14-yard discipline purpose at 4:18 put the Redblacks forward 41-26. However after Zack Medeiros’s 32-yard discipline purpose at 8:57, Bethel-Thompson hit James Widler Jr. on a 20-yard TD move at 11:34 to tug Toronto to inside 41-36, arrange by Martese Jackson’s 70-yard punt return. Toronto started its closing drive at its 24-yard line with 1:45 remaining. Inexperienced completed with 9 catches for 134 yards and two TDs. Harris was 27-of-35 passing for a season-high 381 yards and two TDs for Ottawa. Spencer completed with eight catches for 145 yards and a TD whereas returning three punts for 104 yards and a landing. Anthony Cioffi, Dominique Davis and Brad Sinopoli had the opposite Ottawa TDs. Ward had three converts and two discipline objectives whereas Brendan Gillanders added a two-point conversion. Toronto Argonauts working back James Wilder Jr. (32) is challenged by Ottawa Redblacks defensive back Anthony Cioffi (24) throughout the second quarter. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press) Franklin scored two of Toronto’s touchdowns. Medeiros booted three converts and a discipline purpose. Harris staked Ottawa to a 28-7 half-time lead with a 17-yard TD strike to Spencer at 14:29. It got here instantly after Jonathan Rose recovered Wilder Jr.’s fumble on the Toronto 17. Harris was 17-of-20 passing within the half for 245 yards and the 2 TDs. He opened the competition finishing his first 11 passes for 175 yards. Bethel-Thompson was 6-of-11 passing for 55 yards with an interception as Ottawa outgained Toronto 266-108 offensively. And the Redblacks transformed two of the Argos’ 4 first-half turnovers into touchdowns whereas outscoring the house group 20-Zero within the second quarter. Cioffi’s restoration of Jackson’s punt-return fumble gave Ottawa a 21-7 lead at 7:48 of the second. Jackson muffed the try on the Toronto five-yard line and Ottawa’s Antoine Pruneau had the primary probability to get better the ball in the long run zone earlier than Cioffi smothered it for his first CFL landing. Davis put Ottawa forward 14-7 with a one-yard TD run at 1:01 to cap a 72-yard, eight-play march. The 2-point convert was unsuccessful. Franklin’s one-yard TD run at 12:04 of the primary pulled Toronto to inside 8-7. It was arrange by Martese Jackson’s 46-yard punt return to the Ottawa four-yard line. Ottawa opened with a sensible five-play, 75-yard drive Harris capped with a 17-yard TD strike to Sinopoli, who beat Toronto defender Alden Darby at 2:43. Earlier, Spencer victimized Darby on a 43-yard completion. Gillanders ran within the two-point convert to make it 8-Zero for Ottawa. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/ottawa-redblacks-toronto-argonauts-1.4772417?cmp=rss