Head Coach Don Matthews called RB/KR Dominique Dorsey the Argos’ #1 playmaker, and he came through with a new single-game career-high 342 combined yards. In doing so, Dorsey also set a new single-season club record for kickoff return yards. He now stands at 1,239 yards, ahead of the old team record of 1,139 set by Raghib ‘Rocket’ Ismail in 1992.
Dorsey now owns the single-game club record for kickoff return yards (225), set earlier this season, and last night’s kickoff return performance (167 yards) was the third-best ever by an Argonaut.
Henry Burris threw a pair of touchdown passes while the Calgary defence shut down rookie quarterback Cody Pickett as the Stampeders cruised to a 34-4 win over the Toronto Argonauts.
Burris tossed touchdown passes to Mike Labinjo and Nik Lewis to lead the Stampeders (8-4) to their third straight victory, while safety Wes Lysack picked off a Pickett pass in the third quarter and ran it back for a 57-yard score.
Sandro DeAngelis kicked four field goals, while punter Burke Dales added a single.
Kicker Mike Vanderjagt accounted for all of Toronto’s scoring with a field goal and a single.
Making his first CFL start for the Argos (4-8), Pickett couldn’t get anything going and when he did the Stampeder defence stopped him in his tracks.
Late in the first half, Pickett completed a 20-yard pass to P.K. Sam and followed that up with a 19-yard completion to Andre Talbot to get the Argos to midfield. Then the Stampeder defence took over with back-to-back sacks of Pickett by Dwaine Carpenter and JoJuan Armour to run out the clock.
The same two teams will meet for a rematch in Toronto next Saturday when the Argos will try to get head coach Don Matthews his first win this season in his third game since the veteran CFL coach replaced Rich Stubler on the sidelines prior to Week 12.
After punter Burke Dales opened the scoring with a single, DeAngelis kicked a 16-yard field goal to give the Stamps an early 4-0 lead.
Following a 35-yard field goal by Vanderjagt to get the Argos on the board, Burris engineered a six-play, 68-yard scoring drive culminating in his one-yard TD pass to a wide-open Labinjo deep in the end zone early in the second quarter.
DeAngelis then added a 37-yard field goal before Lewis tossed an 18-yard TD pass to Lewis to give the Stamps a 21-3 lead at the half.
In the third quarter, Vanderjagt missed a 31-yard field goal and had to settle for a 43-yard single before DeAngelis kicked a 10-yard field goal.
Following Lysack’s interception return, DeAngelis rounded out the scoring with his fourth field goal of the game in the fourth quarter from 33 yards out.
Notes: The Stamps now have a 19-6-1 record in their last 26 games at McMahon Stadium. Lewis has now caught at least one pass in 83 consecutive game and is three games away from breaking Allan Pitts’ club record of 85 straight contests. Burris moved passed Peter Liske and into third place on the all-time career completions list among Stampeder quarterbacks. He now has 1,159 completions to put him 90 behind Jeff Garcia for second spot.