Final - 2OT
for this game
Saskatchewan tops Ottawa in OT
Sep 22, 2014 - 12:22 AM Regina, SK (SportsNetwork.com) - Chris Milo kicked a 22-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Saskatchewan Roughriders to a 35-32 win over the Ottawa RedBlacks on Sunday.In the first mini game in overtime, Ottawa quarterback Henry Burris threw an interception on the first play. Milo then missed a field goal from a distance of 37 yards.
Ottawa looked to end the game in a tie, but Brett Maher's 24-yard field goal was blocked.
Tino Sunseri was 20-of-32 for 260 yards and two touchdowns, while Weston Dressler caught seven passes for 125 yards and a score for the Roughriders (9-3), who have won eight of their last nine games.
Burris completed 23-of-38 passes for 282 yards with three touchdowns. Marcus Henry had eight receptions for 87 yards and Wallace Miles hauled in a pair of scores for Ottawa (1-10), which dropped its eighth straight game.
The RedBlacks led 29-17 going into the fourth, but the Roughriders battled back.
Sunseri hit Dressler for a 60-yard score on the second play of the stanza.
Maher nailed a 24-yarder to make it 32-24 with 1:53 remaining, but that was enough time for Saskatchewan.
A 31-yard pass interference penalty spotted the ball at the 1-yard line and Anthony Allen plunged in for the score with 49 seconds left. Dressler hauled in the ensuing two-point conversion to force overtime.
Earlier, Burris' 8-yard TD run opened the scoring. Milo split the uprights from 41 yards out late in the first to get the Roughriders on the board, but Miles' 12-yard TD reception increased the Ottawa margin to 15-3 in the second.
Dressler returned a punt 78 yards for a score before Burris connected with Miles for an 8-yard scoring strike with 20 seconds left in the half.
Sunseri fired an 18-yard score to Will Ford early in the third and Burris' 14- yard TD pass to Jeremiah Johnson midway through the frame upped the RedBlacks' advantage to 29-17.
Game Notes
Carlton Mitchell had five receptions for 77 yards for the RedBlacks ... Allen finished with 52 yards on 15 carries.
- Brett Maher field goal blocked to end the game.
Sep 21 7:26 PM - OTTAWA: 32
SASKATCHEWAN: 32
End of Regulation
Sep 21 7:05 PM - Tino Sunseri pass to Weston Dressler for the two-point conversion.
Redblacks 32, Roughriders 32 4th - 0:49Sep 21 7:01 PM - 127
roots - 113
roots - 106
roots - 85
roots - Tino Sunseri pass to Weston Dressler for 60 yards.
Redblacks 29, Roughriders 23 4th - 14:03Sep 21 6:22 PM - OTTAWA: 29
SASKATCHEWAN: 17
End of 3rd
Sep 21 6:18 PM - Henry Burris pass to Jeremiah Johnson for 14 yards.
Redblacks 28, Roughriders 17 3rd - 7:49Sep 21 5:59 PM - OTTAWA: 22
SASKATCHEWAN: 10
Halftime
Sep 21 5:25 PM - Henry Burris pass to Wallace Miles for 8 yards.
Redblacks 21, Roughriders 10 2nd - 0:20Sep 21 5:23 PM - Brett Maher punted 47 yards from the Ottawa 30 to the Saskatchewan 33. Weston Dressler returned for 77 yards.
Redblacks 15, Roughriders 9 2nd - 3:02Sep 21 5:10 PM - Henry Burris pass to Wallace Miles for 12 yards.
Redblacks 14, Roughriders 3 2nd - 6:06Sep 21 4:59 PM - OTTAWA: 7
SASKATCHEWAN: 3
End of 1st
Sep 21 4:43 PM - OTTAWA: 0
SASKATCHEWAN: 0
1st Quarter - 14:50
Sep 21 4:12 PM
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