Harris leads Redblacks past Roughriders 40-17; Collaros leaves game early
OTTAWA — It’s only one win, but the way the Ottawa Redblacks went about it was most impressive.
Ottawa posted a 40-17 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Thursday night in its season opener with quarterback Trevor Harris throwing two touchdowns and 345 yards.
Harris was impressive going 26 for 36 with one interception, but the Redblacks defence was aggressive and unrelenting, making life difficult for Saskatchewan’s QBs.
“The big thing was creating those turnovers,” said Ottawa head coach Rick Campbell. “That’s kind of what we were missing last year, we did a lot of good things, but we kind of missed those big plays and (Thursday) you saw they were moving the ball and we came up with some big interceptions that totally kills the momentum for them.”