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Ottawa Redblacks clinch a home playoff game

The Ottawa Redblacks are heading back to the playoffs, thanks to a squeaker of a win on Friday then some help from the prairies.

Saturday's losses by Toronto and Montreal mean Ottawa will finish either 1st or 2nd in East

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Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris (1) makes a call during second half CFL action against the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 in Ottawa. The Redblacks are heading back to the CFL playoffs after the Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders beat two of the teams who had been trying to catch Ottawa in the East Division standings. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang)

The Ottawa Redblacks are heading back to the playoffs.

Ottawa was guaranteed a home playoff game this postseason after Saturday losses by the Argonauts and the Alouettes prevented either team from being able to catch the Redblacks in the CFL's East Division standings.

The Redblacks could clinch their second straight East Division title with a win or tie against Hamilton at TD Place on Friday night, which would mean they would again host the division final with a berth in the Grey Cup on the line.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats can still catch Ottawa if:

  • Ottawa loses its last two games and Hamilton picks up two wins,
  • Ottawa loses to Hamilton this week, then the Redblacks lose their last game while Hamilton ties — and the various tiebreakers fall Hamilton's way.

Last season, Ottawa beat Hamilton in its last two games of the regular season then again in the division title before losing the Grey Cup to the Edmonton Eskimos.

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