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By CKOM News - Britton Gray

Riders

Riders’ ship sinks against Argos, lose Touchdown Atlantic game

Jul 29, 2023 | 5:21 PM

The Saskatchewan Roughriders couldn’t become the first team to knock off the Toronto Argonauts this CFL season.

Saskatchewan lost 31-13 to the Argos on Saturday in Halifax, with the Green and White’s only touchdown coming from the arm of a different quarterback.

Mason Fine played the majority of the game and while he was able to lead the Riders’ offence into Argos territory, for the second week in a row, the offence seemed unable to score a touchdown.

Fine threw for 302 yards and two interceptions in the game, with one of the picks returned for a touchdown. The Riders had scored only six points — on two field goals from kicker Brett Lauther — when Fine had to leave the game late in the fourth quarter after taking a hard hit from the Argos’ Shawn Oakman on a pass that was intercepted.

Backup quarterback Jake Dolegala came into the game for one drive, throwing for 100 yards on four completions — one of them a 31-yard strike to Shawn Bane Jr. for a touchdown.

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The Riders’ defence once again held its own against a dynamic offence, with the Argos only accumulating 212 yards of total offence. Argos quarterback Chad Kelly, who was considered one of the frontrunners for the CFL’s most outstanding player award, threw for 112 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

The Riders, now 3-4-0, are below .500 for the first time this season. Toronto improved to 6-0-0.