2004 Western Division Semi-Final

Sunday, November 7, 2004

WEST DIVISION SEMIFINAL

Saskatchewan 14 at Edmonton 6

EDMONTON, Alberta (Ticker) -- Henry Burris threw two touchdowns as the Saskatchewan Roughriders posted a 14-6 victory over the defending champion Edmonton Eskimos to advance to the West Division Championship.

Saskatchewan avenged last season's championship loss to Edmonton and will face the BC Lions for the right to play in the Grey Cup.

After a scoreless first quarter, Burris connected with Corey Grant for a 17-yard touchdown with less than a minute to play in the first half to give the Roughriders a 7-3 advantage.

The Eskimos cut the deficit to one point in the fourth, but Burris threw a nine-yard scoring strike to running back Kenton Keith to make it 14-6 with just under three minutes remaining.

Burris completed 15-of-28 passes for 158 yards. Keith had 97 yards on 17 carries and 28 on three receptions for the Roughriders, who routed the Eskimos at home, 40-16, in Week 18.

Jason Maas was 34-of-48 for 369 yards to help Edmonton, which had appeared in three consecutive Grey Cups, out gain Saskatchewan, 412-293. But the Eskimos had two costly turnovers en route to their first home loss to the Roughriders in seven contests.

Roughriders 14 at Eskimos 6

SUMMARY:

First Quarter:

No Scoring.

Second Quarter:

Edm -- FG Fleming 24 6:53
Sask -- TD Grant 17 pass from Burris (McCallum convert) 14:28

Third Quarter:

Edm -- Single Fleming 44 6:14
Edm -- Single Fleming 50 9:29

Fourth Quarter:

Edm -- Single Fleming 41 9:44
Sask -- TD Keith 9 pass from Burris (McCallum convert) 12:22

Saskatchewan	0	7	0	7	14
Edmonton	0	3	2	1	6

Attendance: 37,359

Team Stats	Sask	Edm
First downs	16	21
Yards rushing	135	43
Yards passing	158	369
Total offence	293	412
Team losses	0	49
Net offence *	293	363
Passes made-tried	15-28	34-49
Return yards	93	121
Intercepts-yards by	1-18	2-119
Fumbles-lost	0-0	0-0
Sacks by	4	0
Punts-average	10-36.5	9-35.0
Penalties-yards	8-76	8-63
Time of possession	30:46	29:14
* Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.

Individual Stats

Rushing:

Sask -- Keith 17-97, Burris 3-24, Holmes 2-12, Szarka 1-2

Edm -- Pringle 8-35, Maas 4-8

Receiving:

Sask -- Dominguez 5-70, Keith 3-28, Moore 2-17, Grant 1-17, Bailey 2-13, Holmes 2-13

Edm -- Hervey 14-173, Vaughn 6-85, Ralph 4-39,, Tucker 4-31, Mitchell 2-14, Pringle 2-12, Lezi 1-9, Bradley 1-6

Passing:

Sask -- Burris 15-28, 158 yds, 2 TDs, 0 INTs

Edm -- Maas 34-48-369-0-0, Fleming 0-1-0-0-0