VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Ticker) -- Another game, another rout for the BC Lions.
Casey Printers threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as BC coasted to a a 31-10 victory over the Toronto Argonauts.
Printers, who leads the CFL with 23 touchdown passes, found Geroy Simon for a 44-yard score just over three minutes into the contest. Before the first quarter ended, Printers hit Frank Cutolo for a 23-yard score to make it 14-0.
After Toronto managed a field goal early in the second, Printers and Cutolo hooked up again, this time from five yards out, to give BC (7-3) a commanding, 21-3 lead at halftime.
Printers, who completed 16-of-26 passes, ran the ball in from one yard out for his first rushing touchdown of the season, capping the scoring with less than eight minutes remaining.
Backed by 120 yards rushing by Antonio Warren, the Lions held the ball for over 36 minutes in winning their sixth straight. During the run, BC has averaged over 38 points per game.
Michael Bishop completed 15-of-29 passes for 190 yards and hit R. Jay Soward with a 46-yard strike to open the second half for the Argonauts' (6-4). It was their only touchdown.
Toronto has scored just 34 points while dropping two of its last three.
Argonauts 10 at Lions 31
SUMMARY
First Quarter
BC - TD Simons 44 pass from Printers (O'Mahony convert) 3:26
BC - TD Cutolo 23 pass from Printers (O'Mahony convert) 10:30
Second Quarter
Tor - FG Prefontaine 15 5:18
BC - TD Cutolo 5 pass from Printers (O'Mahony convert) 12:44
Third Quarter
Tor - TD Soward 46 pass from Bishop (Prefontaine convert) 3:30
Fourth Quarter
BC - FG O'Mahony 19 0:15
BC - TD Printers 1 yard run (O'Mahony convert) 7:23
BC | 14 | 7 | 0 | 10 | - | 31 |
Toronto | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | - | 10 |
Attendance -- 29,484
| BC | Tor |
First downs | 23 | 15 |
Yards rushing | 145 | 53 |
Yards passing | 263 | 209 |
Total offence | 408 | 262 |
Team losses | 52 | 65 |
Net offence | 356 | 197 |
Passes made-tried | 17-27 | 18-34 |
Return yards | 127 | 168 |
Intercepts-yards by | 1-0 | 0-0 |
Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
Sacks by | 5 | 3 |
Punts-average | 10-39.7 | 10-41.1 |
Penalties-yards | 9-70 | 10-86 |
Time of possession | 33:25 | 26:35 |
Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.
Individual
Rushing: BC - Printers 3-10, Warren 25-133, Wynn 1-2; Tor - Krause 2-31, Bishop 2-20, Avery 6-2.
Receiving: BC - Thelwell 1-19, Green 2-28, Warren 1-5, Simon 3-58, Clermont 4-79, Cutolo 4-42, Harris 2-32; Tor Soward 2-58, Talbot 2-20, Cunningham 3-17, Miles 1-10, Avery 3-26, Lester 2-15, Baker 5-63.
Passing: BC - Printers 16-26, 258 yds, 3 TDs, 0 int, Wynn 1-1-5-0-0; Tor - Krause 3-5-19-0-0, Bishop 15-29-190-1-1.
