2004 Western Division Final

Sunday, November 14, 2004

WEST DIVISION FINAL

Saskatchewan 25 at B.C. 27 (OT)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Ticker) -- Duncan O'Mahony's 40-yard field goal in overtime lifted the B.C. Lions to a 27-25 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders and a berth in the Grey Cup.

By winning the Western Division Final, the Lions advanced to their eighth championship game, where they will meet the winner of the Eastern Division Final between the Toronto Argonauts and the Montreal Alouettes.

The Grey Cup is slated for November 21 in Ottawa.

O'Mahony made his first career playoff field goal with six seconds left in regulation, a 47-yarder that tied the score, 24-24.

The Roughriders had first possession in overtime, but Paul McCallum missed an 18-yard attempt, earning just a single.

Casey Printers, who was 19-of-27 for 242 yards, found Ryan Thelwell for a 78-yard score on the second play of the game, giving B.C. a 7-0 edge. Thelwell had nine receptions for 183 yards.

But Printers left the game with a shoulder injury in the fourth quarter and was relieved by veteran Dave Dickinson, who found Antonio Warren for a 29-yard score to put the Lions in front, 21-14. Dickinson was 9-of-11 for 155 yards.

Henry Burris rallied Saskatchewan late in the fourth quarter, throwing a five-yard TD to Elijah Thurmon in the corner of the end zone to give the Roughriders a 24-21 lead with 65 seconds left. Burris was 28-of-39 for 416 and three touchdowns, including two to Thurmon.

Saskatchewan missed out on scoring chances in the third quarter when Burris had a 17-yard TD run called back for holding and Kenton Keith fumbled at the B.C. 5-yard line.

The Lions are in the title game for the first time since 2000, when they defeated Montreal, 28-26 for the championship.

Roughriders 25 at Lions 27 (OT)

SUMMARY:

First Quarter:

B.C. -- TD Thelwell 78 pass from Printers (O'Mahony convert) 1:28
Sask -- TD Grant 18 pass from Burris (McCallum convert) 6:36

Second Quarter:

Sask -- TD Thurmon 35 pass from Burris (McCallum convert) 10:44

Third Quarter:

B.C. -- TD Brazzell 7 pass from Printers (O'Mahony convert) 7:43

Fourth Quarter:

B.C -- TD Warren 29 pass from Dickenson (O'Mahony convert) 6:00

Sask -- FG McCallum 23 9:37

Sask -- TD Thurmon 5 pass from Burris (McCallum convert) 13:55

B.C. -- FG O'Mahony 47 14:54

Overtime
Sask -- Single McCallum 18
B.C. -- FG O'Mahony 40

Saskatchewan	7	7	0	10	1	25
British Columbia	7	0	7	10	3	27

Attendance: 55,227

Team Stats	Sask	B.C.
First downs	27	24
Yards rushing	75	67
Yards passing	416	397
Total offence	491	464
Team losses	1	47
Net offence *	490	417
Passes made-tried	28-39	28-38
Return yards	99	124
Intercepts-yards by	1-0	0-0
Fumbles-lost	1-1	1-0
Sacks by	5	0
Punts-average	3-29	5-23
Penalties-yards	4-25	4-41
Time of possession	31:06	28:54
* Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.

Individual Stats

Rushing:

Sask -- Keith 14-39, Burris 4-24, Holmes 3-11, Szarka 1-1
BC -- Warren 10-48, Printers 1-18, Wynn 1-1

Receiving:

Sask -- Bailey 6-100, Grant, 5-92, Dominguez 6-73, French 4-67, Thurmon 3-53, Keith 3-24, Holmes 1-7
BC -- Thelwell 9-183, Clermont 4-60, Warren 4-46, Simon 5-42, Brazzell 3-40, Green 1-5

Passing:

Sask -- Burris 28-39, 416 yds, 3 TDs, 0 ints
BC -- Printers 19-27-242-2-1, Dickenson 9-11-155-1-0