{"id":10011,"date":"2025-09-02T04:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=10011"},"modified":"2025-09-02T05:39:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:39:26","slug":"calgary-stampeders-roll-past-edmonton-elks-in-labour-day-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/calgary-stampeders-roll-past-edmonton-elks-in-labour-day-classic","title":{"rendered":"Stampeders Roll Past Elks in Labour Day Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/erik-brooks-scores-86-yard-touchdown-against-the-edmonton-elks-during-2025-cfl-season.jpg\" alt=\"Erik Brooks scores 86 yard touchdown against the Edmonton Elks during 2025 CFL Season\" class=\"wp-image-10013\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Calgary Stampeders Roll Past Edmonton Elks in Labour Day Classic\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stampeders ended this year\u2019s Labour Day Classic with a crushing 28-7 win over the Elks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The win improved Calgary to 8-3, keeping them close behind Saskatchewan in the West standings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vernon Adams Jr. threw a TD to Dominique Rhymes, while Erik Brooks scored his first CFL return touchdown on an 86-yard punt return.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Calgary Stampeders maintained their turnaround season<\/strong> on Monday, when they met and defeated the Edmonton Elks with a <strong>decisive 28-7 score<\/strong>. The highly anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/american-football\">annual CFL Labour Day Classic<\/a> unfolded at McMahon Stadium in front of nearly 28,000 fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"folarin-orimolade-well-go-far\">Folarin Orimolade: \u201cWe\u2019ll Go Far\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The home side showed a balanced effort, with <strong>Vernon Adams Jr.<\/strong> connecting with <strong>Dominique Rhymes<\/strong> for an early touchdown, and <strong>Dedrick Mills<\/strong> churning out 106 rushing yards on just 17 carries. Rookie returner <strong>Erik Brooks<\/strong> also managed to bring the crowd to its feet with his first return touchdown of his CFL career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the defence might have been the real story, with <strong>Calgary seen racking up four sacks and denying Edmonton the end zone all afternoon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defensive end <strong>Folarin Orimolade<\/strong> said, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This defence is tough to kill \u2014 we don\u2019t give up many touchdowns. If we continue to do that \u2014 and continue to go penalty-free \u2014 we\u2019ll go far.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>win put an end to Edmonton\u2019s three-game surge<\/strong> and kept them stuck in the West Division basement at 4-7. For Calgary, now 8-3, the victory strengthened its hold on second place, two points behind the Saskatchewan Roughriders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, the team finished dead last at 5-12-1, during a season that included a shameful 35-20 Labour Day loss to the same team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time around, there were hardly any doubts on the outcome, as <strong>Adams Jr<\/strong>. was seen opening the scoring with a 22-yard strike to Rhymes that triggered the traditional victory lap by Quick Six, the touchdown horse.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"erik-brooks-i-feel-like-its-a-privilege\">Erik Brooks: \u201cI Feel Like It\u2019s a Privilege\u201d&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After both sides traded field goals, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ErikBrooks3_\">Erik Brooks<\/a> who <strong>set the stadium on fire midway through the third quarter with an 86-yard punt return touchdown<\/strong> that offered Calgary a comfortable 20-7 advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"da\" dir=\"ltr\">Bye, bye Brooks \ud83d\udc4b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G6lV5cHulS\">pic.twitter.com\/G6lV5cHulS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Calgary Stampeders (@calstampeders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calstampeders\/status\/1962667225195946169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I feel like it\u2019s a privilege. Not everyone on the team gets the opportunity to have the ball in their hands and make things happen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Calgary\u2019s defence didn\u2019t have a moment\u2019s rest, busy bottling up quarterback Cody Fajardo and tailback Justin Rankin. The Elks endured four straight two-and-outs before Quincy Vaughn punched in a short-yardage major late in the fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adams Jr. admitted he wasn\u2019t at his best, finishing with 162 yards on 13-of-23 passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It\u2019s a weird feeling for me. We got the win. It\u2019s good. But I feel like I let my team down\u2026 Just thank you to my defence, having my back as always.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Head coach Dickenson acknowledged the game \u201c<em>wasn&#8217;t perfect by any means<\/em>\u201d while saluting the boy\u2019s grind and hard work. The teams will meet again on Saturday in Edmonton for the annual rematch. Get the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/american-football\/odds\">latest odds<\/a> ahead of the action with Betting.ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary: The Calgary Stampeders maintained their turnaround season on Monday, when they met and defeated the Edmonton Elks with a decisive 28-7 score. The highly anticipated annual CFL Labour Day Classic unfolded at McMahon Stadium in front of nearly 28,000 fans. 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