Winnipeg Blue Bombers Snap Losing Skid as Kick Returner Scores Pair of Return TDs
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA, AUG 1 – Rookie Trey Vaval scored two return touchdowns, leading Winnipeg to a 40-31 win and snapping a three-game losing streak, with the team now holding a 4-3 record.
- The Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Toronto Argonauts 40-31 on Friday, August 1, 2025, at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg.
- The win broke Winnipeg's three-game losing streak and followed a previous 31-17 loss in Toronto where Zach Collaros suffered a neck injury.
- Rookie kick returner Trey Vaval scored two touchdowns on returns—a 93-yard kickoff and a 97-yard punt—while Jay Person added a defensive score by recovering a fumble and taking it to the end zone.
- Winnipeg improved to 4-3 despite offensive struggles, throwing a league-high 14 interceptions, with Chris Streveler starting at quarterback and completing 17 of 21 passes with three turnovers.
- The Bombers will visit the Calgary Stampeders in their third meeting this year on Saturday, August 9, 2025, aiming to avoid a season series sweep in Calgary.
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Vaval boosts Blue Bombers in 40-31 win over Argonauts
WINNIPEG — Trey Vaval told himself to relax before playing his seventh CFL game on Friday. The Blue Bombers rookie did that in his head, but not with his feet.
Game Recap | Tor 31 Wpg 40 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Take a deep breath, Bomber Nation. The world has not spun off its axis, the sun has not turned black and the apocalypse is not, repeat not, on the horizon. Yes, after going O-for-July and seeing so many predicting so much doom and gloom, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are back in the win column again after a wacky, all-over-the-map 40-31 victory over the Toronto Argonauts before another capacity crowd of 32,343 at Princess Auto Stadium on another pri…
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