Slow start dooms Riders in 42-19 loss to Calgary
The Saskatchewan Roughriders were hoping to treat themselves to a win on Halloween in Calgary. Instead they tricked themselves into a 42-19 loss against the Stampeders.
After winning the coin-toss it was all downhill for the Riders. Calgary took the opening kick-off back 59 yards to the Riders 35 yard line, setting up an opening drive touchdown pass from Bo Levi Mitchell to Eric Rogers giving Calgary an 8-0 lead.
“We were a little slow to the bell and they put some points up,” said interim head coach Bob Dyce.
After the game, no one, including Dyce, could pin-point why the team got off to such a slow start. Last week, the team came out of the gate flying putting up an early 21-3 lead against the Eskimos. This week, it was the exact opposite.