We have a stretch here against East opponents. "At the end of the day it's a nameless, faceless opponent. "Again, it goes back to just not letting the moment get bigger than it is. "I can't lie, it definitely does a little bit and anybody that says it doesn't is not telling you the truth," Shiltz said. Shiltz admitted he was energized facing his former team. "We haven't arrived but we're growing and we're building." we're playing better complementary football. "Right now, the difference is we found a way to win when we haven't found a way up to this point, very often," said Hamilton head coach Orlondo Steinauer. Former Alouette Matt Shiltz completed seven-of-10 attempts for 44 yards while rushing for a game-high 42 yards as Hamilton rotated quarterbacks. "That really sucks in that situation because that obviously was the pivotal moment of the game."Įvans was 13-of-18 passing for 206 yards and a TD, with Dunbar registering five receptions for a team-high 102 yards. "I wish someone would come up and ask the player what's going on? "I think it was pretty messed up that they pulled me off the field," Harris said. Not surprisingly, Harris said he should've been allowed to finish the game. The Alouettes got the ball back at their 38-yard line with under a minute to play and drove to the Ticats' 21-yard line before Kameron Kelly intercepted Dominique Davis's pass on the final play.ĭavis was in the game because a play earlier, a concussion spotter ruled Harris had to come out and enter concussion protocol following a 17-yard rush. Harris drove Montreal to the Hamilton 27-yard line with just over two minutes remaining but could only run for a six-yard gain on third-and-10. Then Jeshrun Antwi ran in the two-point convert to cut Hamilton's lead to 24-17.
Montreal (2-5) certainly made it interesting in the fourth.Īfter David Cote's 17-yard field goal at 1:41, Trevor Harris hit Hergy Mayala on a four-yard TD pass at 8:41 set up by Marc-Antoine Dequoy's recovery of Dunbar Jr.'s fumble at the Montreal 23-yard line. We do it all the time in practice and we finally went and did it in the third quarter." "That's what I've been trying to tell guys, there's no magic speech. "I think the biggest thing was, and it's going to sound so stupid, just nobody was thinking. "Honestly, I feel like that (third quarter) is how we can play all the time," Evans said. Ironically, the successful challenge came after two others on seemingly more blatant pass interference plays, were overturned. Two plays later, Jackson scored from two yards out at 10:06 to put Hamilton ahead 24-6. Then following an incompletion in the end zone, the Ticats successfully challenged a questionable pass interference call, giving them possession at the Montreal one-yard line. on a 40-yard TD strike at 5:10 of the third to extend Hamilton's lead to 17-6. Of the 28 contests played thus far, nine have been decided by four or less points while the other 10 have been decided by 11 or more points.Įvans connected with Dunbar Jr. It was the ninth game this year to be decided between five-and-10 points. The contest certainly follows a seasonal trend. "A win is a win, it's a lot easier to coach off a win." "It's a four-point swing against the East, two for us, not two for them. "No (nothing comes easily in the second half for the Ticats), but you know what? We won," Evans said. Hamilton has been outscored 77-26 in the fourth this season. Montreal outscored the Ticats 11-0 in the final frame to make the contest close. Hamilton had been outscored 106-36 in the second half over its previous six games but its fourth-quarter woes continued. It marked the first time this season the Ticats had outscored an opponent over the final two quarters, delighting a Tim Hortons Field gathering of 20,932 on a gorgeous summer evening. and Jackson helped Hamilton outscore Montreal 14-11 in the second half. It was a victorious start to a stretch that will see the Ticats (2-5) play six straight (and seven-of-eight overall) against East Division competition.ĭunbar Jr. and Don Jackson scored second-half touchdowns as Hamilton held on for a 24-17 win over the Montreal Alouettes on Thursday night. This time, Dane Evans and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats averted another second-half collapse.