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Argonauts 39, Redblacks 9

TORONTO — Worst Ottawa CFL team ever? You could make that argument for the 2019 Redblacks.

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Saturday was another low in a season full of lows, maybe the team’s biggest stinker of the year. The three-win Redblacks guaranteed they would finish the season as the worst team in the Canadian Football League with a 39-9 loss to the Toronto Argos, who have won just four games, three of them against Ottawa.

The bright side? At least the Redblacks will get the first pick overall in the 2020 CFL Draft.

With one game remaining next Friday at home against the Montreal Alouettes, the Redblacks have lost 10 straight games and 14 of their past 15. On Saturday, it was like men playing against boys. The Argos ran up and down the field, the Redblacks not so much. And, remember, the Argos played without top receiver Derrel Walker and starting running back James Wilder Jr.

“That was a tough one to watch,” said Redblacks coach Rick Campbell. “I’m sad, frustrated. If that’s not rock bottom as far as on-the-field play, then I’d hate to see what rock bottom looks like. The things that were frustrating were penalties and not doing some of the basic stuff you need to do to be a good football team. At halftime, I was thinking, ‘Hey, we have a ballgame, it’s a one-possession game, we can be in this with a chance to win it.’ We came out in the second half and didn’t get it done, obviously. I always give the other team credit for the plays they make, but I think we helped the cause of making them look good.”