TORONTO – Chad Kelly and the Toronto Argonauts are playoff bound.
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Kelly → bind → ?
Kelly threw two touchdown passes as Toronto held on for a 24-19 win over the Edmonton Elks on Saturday afternoon.
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Toronto → throw → afternoon
The Argonauts clinched a post-season berth and home playoff game.
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Argonauts → clinch → berth
Edmonton (10-4) threatened to take the late lead, driving to the Toronto 21-yard line.
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Edmonton → threaten → line
But Tarvarus McFadden ended the threat, intercepting Cody Fajardo’s pass in the end zone with 19 seconds remaining.
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McFadden → end → seconds
Edmonton was chasing a fifth straight win.
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Edmonton → chase → win
It last did so in 2017.
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It → do → 2017
Vincent Blanchard cut Toronto’s lead to 24-19 with a 19-yard field goal before a BMO Field gathering of 15,991.
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Blanchard → cut → 15,991
The four-play, 52-yard march was set up by Montrell Washington’s 38-yard punt return and included a penalty against an Argos coach for contacting an official.
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march → set → official
Blanchard missed from 42 yards out with 6:05 remaining to keep it a five-point game.
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6:05 → miss → it
Kevin Mital, Dymere Miller and Ralph Holley scored Toronto’s (8-6) touchdowns.
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Mital → score → touchdowns
Lirim Hajrullahu added the converts and a field goal.
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Hajrullahu → add → converts
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Fajardo had Edmonton’s touchdown.
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Fajardo → get → touchdown
Blanchard kicked four field goals and a convert.
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Blanchard → kick → goals
Edmonton was poised to tie the game, driving to the Toronto four-yard line.
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Edmonton → poise → line
But Benjie Franklin’s interception halted the 12-play, 70-yard drive that took 6:19 off the clock.
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that → halt → clock
Holley’s 55-yard fumble-return TD at 8:11 gave Toronto a 24-16 lead.
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TD → give → lead
Fajardo had a shot at the recovery following a high snap but couldn’t corral the ball, allowing Holley to scoop it up and rumble downfield.
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Holley → have → it
Blanchard connected from 16 yards out at 4:19 to pull Edmonton to within 17-16.
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Blanchard → connect → 17
Blanchard’s 18-yard field goal at 14:47 of the second quarter cut Toronto’s halftime lead to 17-13.
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goal → cut → 17
But Kelly was a one-man show, completing 13-of-19 passes for 289 yards with two TDs and an interception.
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Kelly → complete → TDs
Yet, early on it looked like it might be a short day for Kelly.
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it → look → Kelly
He was limping after a first-quarter TD pass to Mital and went to Toronto’s medical tent but remained in the game.
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He → limp → game
Kelly suffered a broken toe in Toronto’s 28-24 loss in Regina on Aug. 29.
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Kelly → suffer → Aug.
And on another first-half possession Saturday, Kelly took a shot to his right hand.
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Kelly → take → hand
Kelly’s 19-yard touchdown pass to Miller put Toronto ahead 17-10 at 12:33.
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pass → put → 12:33
And despite his injury, Kelly began by rolling to his right, then reversed field before finding Miller in the corner of the end zone.
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Kelly → begin → zone
Things got testy on the march as Elks defensive back Chelen Garnes was ejected for rough play after an altercation with Mital, who was flagged for unnecessary roughness.
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who → get → roughness
Then Toronto’s Damonte Coxie and Edmonton’s J.J. Ross received offsetting objectionable conduct penalties.
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Coxie → receive → penalties
Fajardo made it 10-10 with a one-yard TD run at 9:55, ending a seven-play, 80-yard drive.
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it → make → drive
Hajrullahu’s 19-yard field goal had extended Toronto’s lead to 10-3 at 11:56 of the first.
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goal → extend → first
Kelly capped Toronto’s opening two-play, 70-yard drive with a 14-yard TD pass to Mital at 4:12 of he first.
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Kelly → cap → first
It came after Blanchard finished Edmonton’s opening possession with a 33-yard field goal at 3:16.
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Blanchard → come → 3:16
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 19, 2026.
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report → publish → Press
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