Ottawa rides Harris’s arm to final
OTTAWA — Trevor Harris has the Ottawa Redblacks going to another Grey Cup, with a little help from his friends.
Harris threw a CFL playoffrecord six TD passes as Ottawa earned an emphatic 46-27 East Division final win over Hamilton on Sunday afternoon. Harris finished a stellar 29-of-32 passing for 367 yards as the Redblacks captured a fourth straight win this season over the Tiger-Cats.
And Harris used virtually every option in Ottawa’s playbook, completing passes to 10 different receivers.
“As long as it (CFL record) equalled a win,” Harris said. “It was about the team today.
“I know a lot of people give the quarterback credit when things go well but it was about the team. It was working well for us today.”
More importantly, Ottawa is off to its third Grey Cup in four years and chasing a second win after upsetting Calgary 39-33 in overtime in 2016. The Redblacks will face either the Stampeders or Winnipeg Blue Bombers next Sunday in Edmonton. Ottawa lost the 2015 Grey Cup game to Edmonton.
With under two minutes remaining, the TD Place sellout of 24,108 began chanting “We want the Cup.”
Harris was sensational against Hamilton this year, completing 99of-129 passes (76.7 per cent) for 1,203 yards with 10 TDs and no interceptions.