Arbuckle throws for two touchdowns to lead Argos past Bombers 41-24 in Grey Cup

Nick Arbuckle’s archetypal Grey Cup commencement was a victorious one.

Arbuckle threw 2 touchdown passes to pb the Toronto Argonauts to a 41-24 triumph implicit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and triumph MVP honours connected Sunday. Arbuckle got the commencement aft incumbent Chad Kelly suffered a limb wounded successful past weekend’s East Division final.

Toronto captured its 19th Grey Cup, the astir successful CFL history. The Argos person won successful their past 8 appearances dating backmost to 1991 and improved to 8-0 all-time against Winnipeg successful the large game.

Winnipeg was appearing successful its 5th consecutive Grey Cup but suffered its 3rd consecutive loss.
Toronto registered 3 interceptions successful the 4th quarter, returning them a combined 164 yards — a Grey Cup grounds — and a touchdown, outscoring Winnipeg 24-11 successful the frame. The Argos besides tied the crippled grounds with 4 interceptions.

Lirim Hajrullahu’s 14-yard tract extremity astatine 9:49 of the 4th enactment Toronto up 27-16. It followed DaShaun Amos’s 45-yard interception instrumentality and misconduct punishment to Bomber Deatrick Nichols that enactment the Argos astatine the Winnipeg eight-yard line.

Arbuckle recovered Dejon Brissett connected a 17-yard TD astatine 7:29 to springiness Toronto a 24-16 advantage. Brissett was named the game’s apical Canadian.

Robert Priester clinched the triumph for the Argos with a 61-yard pick-six that enactment the Argos up 34-16 with 3:12 to play.

Ka’Deem Carey scored connected a four-yard tally astatine 12:46 that followed Wynton McManis’s 58-yard interception return.

Arbuckle finished 26-of-37 passing for 252 yards and 2 TDs.

Winnipeg starter Zach Collaros, the lone CFL backmost to marque 5 consecutive Grey Cup starts, was 15-of-30 passing for 202 yards and 4 interceptions. Brady Oliveira, the league’s outstanding subordinate and apical Canadian this year, ran for 84 yards and a TD, scoring connected a one-yard tally earlier adding the two-point person with little than a infinitesimal to play.

Prince Harry made a astonishing pre-game quality and received a bully reception from the raucous B.C. Place Stadium gathering of 52,349. The Duke of Sussex is promoting the Invictus Games — which were founded successful 2014 — that volition beryllium held successful Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., from Feb. 8-16.

It was a chaotic decorativeness to the 3rd and a commencement to the fourth. Winnipeg’s Michael Ayers blocked John Haggerty’s punt precocious successful the 3rd but the Bombers were flagged for escaped shot interference, giving Toronto the shot astatine its 23-yard line.

However, Willie Jefferson intercepted Arbuckle aboriginal successful the fourth, returning to the Toronto 30-yard line. Yet the Bombers could lone muster Sergio Castillo’s 23-yard tract extremity astatine 2:26 to propulsion to wrong 17-16.
Kevin Mital scored Toronto’s different touchdown. Hajrullahu booted 4 tract goals and 4 converts portion Haggerty added a single.

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Terry Wilson scored Winnipeg’s touchdown. Castillo kicked the person and 3 tract goals.

Following the Jonas Brothers’ halftime performance, Haggerty’s 70-yard punt went for a azygous astatine 2:40 of the 3rd to marque it 10-10. Arbuckle enactment the Argos up 17-10 astatine 8:47 with a 17-yard TD walk to Mital, which was acceptable up by Jack Cassar’s betterment of Willie Whitehead’s fumble connected a punt instrumentality astatine the Winnipeg 17.

It came a play aft Jefferson forced Arbuckle to fumble during a sack but Toronto centre Peter Nicastro recovered.

Castillo’s 40-yard tract extremity astatine 12:46 pulled Winnipeg to wrong 17-13. It was acceptable up by Terrell Bonds’ interception.

Two Hajrullahu tract goals precocious successful the 2nd 4th chopped Winnipeg’s halftime pb to 10-9. Hajrullahu connected from 45 yards retired astatine 14:46 pursuing Benjie Franklin’s interception.

Toronto settled for Hajrullahu’s 35-yard tract extremity astatine 12:50. The Argos were second-and-eight from the Winnipeg 13-yard enactment but an offside punishment and Jefferson sack forced Hajrullahu onto the field.

Arbuckle opened the crippled completing his archetypal 8 passes but for conscionable 44 yards. He finished the fractional 15-of-18 passing for 146 yards and did a coagulated occupation of distributing the ball, uncovering 8 Argos receivers.

Collaros started dilatory but completed six-of-12 passes for 114 yards with the pick. Only 3 Bombers had catches, with Ontaria Wilson starring the mode with 4 receptions for 85 yards.

Castillo’s 20-yard tract extremity astatine 8:48 stretched Winnipeg’s pb to 10-3.

Wilson’s three-yard tally astatine 14:42 of the archetypal enactment Winnipeg up 7-3 with Collaros’s 49-yard completion to Wilson being the drive’s biggest play. Hajrullahu opened the scoring with a 13-yard tract extremity astatine 7:02 to headdress Toronto’s archetypal possession.