Stamps top Riders
CALGARY Jerome Messam had no doubt a breakout game was around the corner.
The Calgary Stampeders running back not only picked the perfect opportunity to crack the 100-yard mark for the first time this season, but also the perfect way to cap his big outing.
Messam’s one-yard plunge late in the fourth quarter salted away a 27-10 victory for the Stampeders against the Saskatchewan Roughriders Saturday night.
“Something about that green. I see the green and I get mean. No, I’m joking,” he said with a laugh.
“It’s the icing on the cake for your hard work. I was grinding out there, getting yards and getting us in position to score and I was happy to get into the end zone.”
Messam finished the night with 135 rushing yards on 28 carries, by far his biggest game of the season.
His touchdown, the second of the season for last season’s CFL rushing leader, was a perfect example of a squad nailing down a victory in emphatic fashion before the crowd of 30,274 at McMahon Stadium.
After staking a 17-point lead by halftime the Stampeders watched the Roughriders pull within a converted touchdown early in the fourth quarter, but immediately answered with a couple of scoring drives.
“Putting the hammer down at the end of the game, that’s how you win,” said Calgary quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell.