My bad, though, as the Bombers D did what it’s done for a majority of 2021 and that’s playing its best football as the game progresses.Īs for those stats, Saturday marked the 10th time this season the Bombers have shut out an opponent in the fourth quarter. I’ll admit, with the game locked at 21-21 after 45 minutes, I wasn’t sure we were going to see the same kind of fourth quarter showing against the Alouettes that we’ve become accustomed to. It’s getting to the point where the statistics seem impossible to comprehend. Among the special achievements by this Bombers D, nothing is more impressive than its ability to lock things down in the fourth quarter. The Saturday game marked the 10th time this season the Bombers have shut out an opponent in the fourth quarter.(John Woods / The Canadian Press files)ģ.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers' DeAundre Alford (45) intercepted a pass as Montreal Alouettes' Quan Bray (4) wasthere to tackle him.
The offence entered the game with the most points off turnovers, with 81, and added another 10 to that total Saturday, including a 47-yard field goal by Castillo in the dying seconds after an interception by Adam Bighill. But after that drive, the Bombers defence was able to lock things down, limiting the Alouettes offence to five straight punts and back-to-back interceptions on its final seven possessions.Ĭredit also goes to the Bombers offence, as it was able to compliment the strong defensive play with consecutive touchdown drives late in the third and early in the fourth quarter.
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Montreal led for a brief time in the first half, and again early in the second, following a touchdown drive by the Alouettes on the first series of the third quarter. There’s no denying the Alouettes showed up to play in the early going, leaning on a formidable ground attack that opened up big passing plays down field as well. The fans will play a big part in whomever the Bombers play in the West final, so long as they give them something to cheer for.Ģ. O’Shea acknowledged after the game the importance they bring to the Bombers, and also the responsibility the team has in putting forth an effort fans can be proud of. Head coach Mike O’Shea has made it his mission not to over talk about the stretch of home victories - as doing so would contradict the one-game-at-a-time approach he preaches on the daily - but there’s one element impossible to dismiss: the role of the fans. In fact, the Bombers have won nine straight games at IG Field and are 18-1 on home turf dating back to 2018. The win over the Alouettes solidified a perfect 7-0 record at home in the COVID-19-shortended regular season, the first time the Bombers have achieved such a goal since ending the 1984 campaign 8-0 -when it used to be 16-game season.īut their success hasn’t been limited to this year.
That narrative no longer exists, as Winnipeg, backed by its raucous crowds, has become one of the tougher beats for road teams. There was a time when the Bombers struggled to win at home, with IG Field a place where opponents routinely visited and returned with two points in tow. There are still two regular-season games to be played, including a rematch with the Alouettes next week in Montreal.īefore we look too far ahead, let’s take a look back at the Bombers win Saturday in this week’s edition of 5 takeaways.ġ. It certainly wasn’t the kind of game the Bombers have been used to this season, but a rare bout with adversity should bode well as Winnipeg inches closer to the playoffs, which will begin Dec. The loss was a massive punch to the chin for the Alouettes, who drop to 6-6 and now have no chance of finishing any better or worse than third place in the East. In the end, the Bombers rallied to a 31-21 victory, improving their record atop the West Division to 11-1, including nine straight wins.
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