Regina, SK (Best E Casino) - Paul McCallum kicked six field goals to lead the British Columbia Lions past Saskatchewan, 27-21, on the night the Roughriders honored Canadian football Hall of Famer Ron Lancaster.

Lancaster, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982, died at the age of 69 on Thursday after a battle with lung cancer. He spent most of his 19-year playing career with Saskatchewan, quarterbacking the club to its first-ever Grey Cup title in 1966. He spent 16 seasons with the Riders, joining the club in 1963 after a trade from Ottawa, and still owns numerous club passing records.

But the fans at Mosaic Stadium, which flew its flags at half-mast, did not see a Roughriders victory.

Saskatchewan (8-4) did take a 2-0 lead on a safety conceded by B.C. by McCallum. But McCallum had field goals of 28 and 17 yards in the first quarter as the Lions (7-5) took a 6-2 lead into the second.

McCallum opened the second stanza's scoring with a 50-yarder almost midway through, but the Riders tied the game. Saskatchewan got the ball on the B.C. 18 after a bad Lions snap, and rookie Stu Foord ran from there into the end zone to make it a 9-9 game.

But a 12-yard TD pass from Buck Pierce to Geroy Simon gave the Lions a 16-9 lead at halftime.

McCallum went back to work in the third quarter, drilling a 25-yarder, and B.C. added two points on a conceded safety by Saskatchewan for a 21-9 lead.

The Roughriders got back in the game when Darian Durant connected with Foord for a 55-yard touchdown. McCallum's 16-yard field goal capped the scoring in the third stanza as B.C. led, 24-16.

Luca Congi's 47-yard field goal brought the Roughriders within five, and another safety conceded by McCallum had Saskatchewan within 24-21. But McCallum's 35-yard field goal ended the scoring with about two minutes to play, and the Lions denied Saskatchewan another score.

Game Notes

British Columbia has won three straight games, including two in a row over Saskatchewan...The Riders have lost four of their last six...In addition to the Grey Cup championship, Lancaster won the league's Most Outstanding Player award with Saskatchewan in 1970 and '76, and spent two years as the club's head coach.