{"id":205725,"date":"2025-07-14T05:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T05:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/205725\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T05:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T05:52:15","slug":"lions-pounce-on-elks-32-14-for-second-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/205725\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions pounce on Elks 32-14 for second straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke throws a pass during first half CFL football action against the Montreal Alouettes in Montreal, Saturday, July 5, 2025.Graham Hughes\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Nathan Rourke passed for 345 yards and two touchdowns as the B.C. Lions won the latest clash of the Canadian quarterbacks, emerging with an easy 32-14 victory over the Edmonton Elks on Sunday.<\/p>\n

James Butler also rushed for 172 yards and a touchdown for the Lions (3-3), who have won two straight.<\/p>\n

Quarterback Tre Ford passed for only 34 yards as Edmonton was held to just 160 yards in net offence on the night, much of that coming when the game was already out of reach. The Elks dropped to 1-4.<\/p>\n

There was no scoring until late in the opening quarter when Sean Whyte nailed a 33-yard field goal.<\/p>\n

The Lions made it 10-0 five minutes into the second quarter when Rourke completed a short pass to Jevon Cottoy and he danced out of the clutches of a defender and dove into the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n

Edmonton caught a break when a Rourke pass went off a helmet on the line and was caught by defensive lineman Jake Ceresna, who promptly fumbled it before teammate Tyrell Ford dropped on it on the B.C. 19. It would eventually lead to a one-yard TD plunge by backup quarterback Cody Fajardo.<\/p>\n

The Lions came roaring back to restore their 10-point lead with two minutes left in the first half as Butler powered his way through for a 15-yard rushing TD.<\/p>\n

B.C. looked to have extended its lead on a massive 92-yard punt return touchdown by Seven McGee, but the play was nullified on an illegal block call.<\/p>\n

With just eight seconds left in the second quarter, however, Rourke completed a seven-yard TD pass to Stanley Berryhill III to take a 24-7 lead into halftime.<\/p>\n

After gaining two points on a safety on Edmonton\u2019s previous possession, Whyte kicked a 36-yard field goal with 3:24 remaining in the third.<\/p>\n

Whyte added a 31-yard field goal with five minutes left in the fourth.<\/p>\n

Fajardo replaced Ford at QB late in the fourth and completed a 31-yard touchdown pass to Kurleigh Gittens Jr.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Lions: Host the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday, July 19.<\/p>\n

Elks: Visit the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday, July 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke throws a pass during first half CFL football…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[43651,43641,5948,787,5618,43652,18469,43636,43646,43647,43643,43637,43635,146,113,2506,16297,4947,43650,43645,7,43640,43662,43638,43639,4478,43642,5578,147,4247,33778,5102,43657,43658,6,43660,43655,43659,43653,43656,6429,21552,43649,4239,43648,43654,266,13855,15673,43644,7717,14123,43661],"class_list":{"0":"post-205725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-canada","15":"tag-canada-news","16":"tag-canada-sports","17":"tag-canada-sports-news","18":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","19":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","20":"tag-canadian-news","21":"tag-detroit","22":"tag-detroit-lions","23":"tag-detroitlions","24":"tag-economy","25":"tag-education","26":"tag-environment","27":"tag-federal-government","28":"tag-football","29":"tag-foreign-news","30":"tag-globe-and-mail","31":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","32":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","33":"tag-government","34":"tag-life-news","35":"tag-lifestyle","36":"tag-lions","37":"tag-local-news","38":"tag-manitoba","39":"tag-national-news","40":"tag-new-brunswick","41":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","42":"tag-nfl","43":"tag-northwest-territories","44":"tag-nova-scotia","45":"tag-nunavut","46":"tag-ontario","47":"tag-pei","48":"tag-photos","49":"tag-political-news","50":"tag-political-opinion","51":"tag-politics","52":"tag-politics-news","53":"tag-quebec","54":"tag-sports-news","55":"tag-technology","56":"tag-travel","57":"tag-trudeau","58":"tag-us-news","59":"tag-world-news","60":"tag-yukon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}