Whyte boots winning field goal as Edmonton Eskimos stun B.C. Lions 30-27
VANCOUVER — The Edmonton Eskimos kept a play in their back pocket all night, waiting for the right time.
Moments after the B.C. Lions had tied the score late in the fourth quarter Saturday, they decided to finally use it.
Mike Reilly found Brandon Zylstra on a 76-yard pass to set up Sean Whyte’s short field goal with no time left on the clock as Edmonton stunned B.C. 30-27 in the opener to the CFL season for both clubs.
“What was really cool about it is we’d been talking about that play during the week and then throughout the course of the game,” said Reilly, who finished 20 of 28 for 315 yards and two touchdowns. “We were just waiting.