The Roughriders lost that earlier game on a walk-off field goal after their beleaguered kicker, Alex Hale, missed a 46-yarder. Hale badly missed a 42-yard field goal in Edmonton and is only 1-for-5 outside the 40-yard line. Those are atrocious statistics in the Canadian Field Goal League, where the goalposts are moving backwards 15 yards next season and strong kicking legs will be even more coveted. The Roughriders attempted only one field goal in the rematch, plus they twice eschewed kicking post-touchdown converts and chose instead to scrimmage for two-pointers. The Roughriders were a psychologically battered team in the previous game, dealing with the death five days earlier of teammate Jayden Dalke in a vehicle collision.