It was a battle of 0-2 teams this week as the Toronto Argonauts traveled to beautiful British Columbia. Both teams were looking to get off to a good start with an early score but it was a tight defensive battle with the only points in the first quarter coming off the foot of K Noel Prefontaine who scored 2 singles after missing FGs from 42 and 37 yards respectively. Prefontaine accounted for all the scoring in the second quarter as well, after his 38-yard FG at 8:41 sailed through the uprights. This was followed by his third missed FG attempt, which careened wide at 13:00 scoring a single. Prefontaine made up for his miss when his 20-yard FG split the uprights with 28 seconds remaining in the half giving Toronto a 9-0 lead over the home town team. BC scored first in the second half when QB Damon Allen found RB Robert Drummond for a 33-yard TD reception for the game’s first major score at 3:18 of the third quarter. K Lui Passaglia’s convert split the uprights cutting the Toronto lead to 3 points. This was followed by a spectacular 72-yard TD punt return by Toronto RB Kato Hitson at 6:16. This marked the second time in two games that Hitson has performed this feat. Prefonataine’s convert gave Toronto a 16-7 advantage. In the final stanza of play the Boatmen continued to add to their lead as QB Jay Barker threw his fist CFL TD pass to RB Mike Clemons at 2:11. Barker then followed up with his second TD pass, a bullet to wide-out Andre Batson, his first professional TD, at 5:48. Prefontaine was good on both convert attempts. BC attempted a late rally as Allen threw his second TD pass of the night to WR Jimmy Cunningham at 8:46. Passaglia was good on the convert and then proceeded to kick a 64-yard punting single at 12:20 to finish off the scoring in the game making the final from B.C. Place, Toronto 30, BC 15.
1997 | Week 5 | TOR 34 @ BC 20 | |
Week 15 | BC 3 @ TOR 46 | ||
1998 | Week 3 | TOR 30 @ BC 15 | |
Week 11 | BC 28 @ TOR 37 |
1.
TOR: Single PREFONTAINE
(60 yards off a Punt)
8:56
2.
TOR: Single PREFONTAINE
(56 yards off a Punt)
12:35
3.
TOR: Field Goal
PREFONTAINE
(38 yards)
8:41
4.
TOR: Single PREFONTAINE
(47 yards off a Missed Field Goal)
13:00
5.
TOR: Field Goal
PREFONTAINE
(20 yards)
14:32
6.
BC: Touchdown DRUMMOND
(33 yard pass from ALLEN)
3:18
BC: Convert Kick PASSAGLIA
7.
TOR: Touchdown HITSON
(72 yard Punt return)
6:16
TOR: Convert Kick PREFONTAINE
8.
TOR: Touchdown CLEMONS
(17 yard pass from BARKER)
2:11
TOR: Convert Kick PREFONTAINE
9.
TOR: Touchdown BATSON
(15 yard pass from BARKER)
5:48
TOR: Convert Kick PREFONTAINE
10.
BC: Touchdown CUNNINGHAM
(24 yard pass from ALLEN)
8:44
BC: Convert Kick PASSAGLIA
11.
BC: Single PASSAGLIA
(64 yards off a Punt)
12:20
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argonauts | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
Lions | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
TOR | BC | |
---|---|---|
First Downs | 22 | 11 |
Rushing | 81 | 23 |
Passing | 355 | 248 |
Total Offence | 436 | 271 |
Team Losses | 95 | 38 |
Net Offence | 341 | 233 |
Pass Comp-Att | 24-35 | 18-36 |
Interceptions by-yards | 2-28 | 1-23 |
Fumbles-Lost | 3-0 | 1-1 |
Punts-Net Avg. | 6-46.0 | 10-46.0 |
Penalties-Yards | 11-75 | 13-110 |
Time of Possession | 35:44 | 24:16 |
TOR – BARKER: 24/35, 355 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT; BC – ALLEN: 18/36, 248 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT;
TOR – CLEMONS: 15/46 YDS, 0 TD; BARKER: 3/15 YDS, 0 TD; DMYTRYSHYN: 2/12 YDS, 0 TD; PREFONTAINE: 1/8 YDS, 0 TD; BC – ALLEN: 3/13 YDS, 0 TD; SHIPMAN: 1/5 YDS, 0 TD; DRUMMOND: 5/5 YDS, 0 TD;
TOR – MITCHELL: 8/121 YDS, 0 TD; CLEMONS: 6/106 YDS, 1 TD; MASOTTI: 4/49 YDS, 0 TD; KIRWAN: 1/31 YDS, 0 TD; DMYTRYSHYN: 3/20 YDS, 0 TD; BATSON: 1/15 YDS, 1 TD; WILLIAMS: 1/13 YDS, 0 TD; BC – SHIPMAN: 6/73 YDS, 0 TD; DRUMMOND: 6/73 YDS, 1 TD; CUNNINGHAM: 4/63 YDS, 1 TD; SANDUSKY: 2/39 YDS, 0 TD;
Argonauts coach: Don Matthews (W)
Lions coach: Adam Rita (L)
Argonauts (1-2-0) Next vs Eskimos Jul 23
Lions (0-3-0) Next @ Roughriders Jul 25
TOR | BC | ||
---|---|---|---|
Largest Lead / Deficit | +23 / None | None / -23 | |
Final | +15 | -15 | |
TOR | Tied | BC | |
Time in Lead | 53:56 | 06:04 | 00:00 |
Site | Local Time | Condition | Temp. | Wind | Humidity | Pressure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vancouver Harbour CS | 6:00 PM | Mostly Cloudy | 23.9°C | NNE (280°) at 9 km/h | NA | 101.84 kPa |
Vancouver Harbour CS | 7:00 PM | Mostly Cloudy | 22.0°C | NNE (270°) at 3 km/h | NA | 101.83 kPa |
Vancouver Harbour CS | 8:00 PM | Mostly Cloudy | 21.4°C | NNE (140°) at 11 km/h | NA | 101.82 kPa |
Vancouver Harbour CS | 9:00 PM | Mostly Cloudy | 21.6°C | NNE (230°) at 12 km/h | NA | 101.80 kPa |
Vancouver Harbour CS | 10:00 PM | Mostly Cloudy | 20.8°C | NNE (200°) at 7 km/h | NA | 101.79 kPa |
Conditions at Vancouver Harbour CS (2.24 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.
Data from Dark Sky. Contains supplemental data (Conditions, Wind direction, Wind speed, Pressure, Cloud cover) from Dark Sky estimated conditions.