Riders hand Elks first win of the season
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The Edmonton Elks finally found the win column after a 42-31 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Mosaic Stadium Saturday night.
The Edmonton Elks finally found the win column after a 42-31 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Mosaic Stadium Saturday night.
Elks quarterback Tre Ford got his first start of the 2024 season and walked away with the team’s first victory of the 2024 season after throwing for 252 yards and two touchdowns.
“He was on it. But to be honest with you the passing game wasn’t something that I found was extremely frustrating. I thought our tackling was not good at all. I thought we just didn’t look like ourselves tonight,” said head coach, Corey Mace following the loss.
This marks the second game in a row the Riders have lost and the team has now won just one game of their last four.
“It’s just not us. That’s not who we show up and be every day. It’s just frustrating but just like we always do, we’re going to bounce back and put in the work,” said quarterback, Shea Patterson.
Patterson did throw for over 300 yards and one touchdown in the loss and the game also began on a positive note with a 101 yard kickoff return touchdown from Mario Alford.
“It was great to get in there, it’s been a long time overdue,” said Alford.
