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Reilly, Eskimos Advance to Grey Cup

Eskimos will face the Ottawa Redblacks next Sunday in the Canadian Football League title game

By Dillon Tabish
Mike Reilly. Courtesy Edmonton Eskimos – Dale MacMillan

EDMONTON, Alberta — Mike Reilly threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores to help the Edmonton Eskimos reach the Grey Cup with a 45-31 victory over the Calgary Stampeders on Sunday in the West Division final.

The Eskimos will face the Ottawa Redblacks next Sunday in the Canadian Football League title game in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ottawa beat Hamilton 35-28 earlier Sunday in the East final.

The Eskimos last went to the title game in 2005, beating Montreal in overtime.

Reilly, a 2003 Flathead High School graduate, was 31 of 39 for 370 yards without an interception. He threw scoring passes of 15 yards to Adarius Bowman, 33 to Kenny Stafford and 57 to Derel Walker.