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“But that’s not where the game was decided. There were plenty of other things that we wish we did differently.”

With the Command Centre putting one second back on the clock after Elliott was pushed out of bounds at Calgary’s 17 yard-line, following a 33-yard reception down the sidelines, Harris looked once again for Elliott, who was making his first start of the season in place of injured star receiver Greg Ellingson.

“They played it really well, had multiple defenders back there,” Elliott said. “Trev still gave me a catchable ball and I tried to make a play.

“And they ended up making the last play.”

The game-saving knockdown was credited to coverage linebacker Jamar Wall. The Eskimos earned 401 yards of net offence to Calgary’s 220 yards, while winning the time of possession battle over their hosts 31:26 to 28:34.

But they dug themselves a hole that was too deep to climb out of in time after allowing Calgary to take a 9-0 lead into halftime on field goals by Rene Paredes, who finished four-for-five with his lone miss coming from 52 yards out.

Edmonton, who had all of 78 net yards to show for the first half, finally got on the board early in the third quarter with a safety concession, before Ricky Collins Jr. opened things up with his first of two touchdown receptions on the night, this one going for 83 yards.

“It’s good to get two touchdowns, but I’d rather have the win,” said Collins Jr., whose game-high 148 yards on six catches has him leading the league with 615 receiving yards on the season. “It’s football. S__t happens. You’ve just got to make a play some time.