CALGARY -- Jon Cornish ran for a pair of touchdowns to lead the Calgary Stampeders to a convincing 40-3 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in CFL action on Saturday afternoon.
With Joffrey Reynolds sitting out his second straight game as a healthy scratch, Cornish finished the game with 149 yards rushing in and 32 receiving yards on one catch. It was the first time in his career that Cornish cracked the 100-yard rushing barrier, and the first time this season that any Calgary running back accomplished the feat.
Back-up quarterback Drew Tate also had a rushing touchdown for Calgary (8-5), while Romby Bryant caught a TD pass from starting pivot Henry Burris.
In addition to a pair of quarterback sacks, Charleston Hughes ran back a fumble for a 71-yard touchdown during the onslaught. Rene Paredes kicked a field goal and a single, while Burke Dales added a single.
The win ended Calgary's two-game losing skid and moved the Stamps into sole possession of first place in the CFL's West Division ahead of the B.C. Lions and Edmonton Eskimos (both 7-6).
Chris Milo kicked a field goal to account for the only points by the Roughriders (4-9), who have suffered two straight blowout losses after reeling off three straight wins.
Calgary scored on its opening two possessions of the first quarter to take an 8-0 lead.
The Stamps had to settle for a 45-yard single on their first drive after Paredes missed a field goal from 32 yards out. Burris then bounced back to engineer a nine-play, 70-yard drive that was capped off by a two-yard touchdown run by Cornish.
The Riders hit the scoresheet in the second quarter when Milo booted a 42-yard field goal.
Following a 61-yard punt single by Dales, the Stamps got the ball back when Hughes sacked Saskatchewan quarterback Darian Durant to force a fumble that Daren Stone recovered. Eight plays later, Tate ran for a two-yard score to cap off a 64-yard drive.
Things kept getting worse for the Riders late in the first half when Hughes recovered another fumble by Durant and ran for a 71-yard touchdown.
The Stamps continued to build on their lead with an impressive 80-yard drive to start the second half. On the 13th play of the drive, Burris tossed a five-yard TD pass to Bryant to put Calgary up 30-3.
Cornish then ran for a 35-yard touchdown, before Paredes kicked a 40-yard field goal to round out the scoring.
.Notes: Burris has now thrown 200 touchdown passes as a member of the Stampeders. ... After missing the past two games with a rib injury, kick returner Larry Taylor returned to the Calgary lineup. ... With Jon Gott out of the lineup due to a leg injury he suffered during last week's 55-36 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Moncton, N.B., Tim O'Neill started at centre for the Stamps.
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