EDMONTON — Canadian quarterback Tre Ford threw for 317 yards, a touchdown and ran one in himself as the Edmonton Elks ended a massive drought and finally got a win at home, defeating the Ottawa Redblacks 30-20 on Sunday.
The Elks snapped an horrific 22-game losing streak at home, the longest in North American professional sports history.
The Elks had not won at home since Oct. 12, 2019. It was their first win at Commonwealth Stadium since changing the team name from the Eskimos.The Redblacks have been going the other direction of late, losing five in a row to fall to 3-8. Ford, a University of Waterloo grad, came out of the dressing room to start the third quarter still firing on all cylinders, completing a 68-yard bomb of a pass and run to Gavin Cobb down to the three, setting up a short-yardage TD plunge by backup QB Taylor Cornelius.
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