Blue Bombers pick Roughriders apart in 51-6 Banjo Bowl win
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Coaches can usually find mistakes even after their team wins a game.
That wasn't the case with head coach Mike O'Shea after the Winnipeg Blue Bombers hit all the right notes in a 51-6 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Saturday's Banjo Bowl game.
"It's going to be hard to find any fault in this game," O'Shea said. "It's as clean a game as you would hope for. You'd like to be able to duplicate those."
Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros threw five touchdown passes in the first half, including three to Dalton Schoen, and running back Brady Oliveira went over 1,000 yards rushing for the season with 154 yards on 18 carries and also caught a 17-yard TD pass.
Backup Dakota Prukop scored on a quarterback sneak in the opening half to give the Bombers a six pack of TDs.
The Roughriders were held to a pair of Brett Lauther field goals from 27 and 39 yards in the first half. He missed a 41-yard attempt with 1:36 left in the game.
The victory in front of a sellout crowd of 32,343 at IG Field avenged Winnipeg's 32-30 overtime loss to Saskatchewan in last weekend's Labour Day Classic.
