Ticats keep beating up on lowly Bombers
GUELPH, ONT. — Quarterback Henry Burris makes no apologies for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats beating up on the CFL’s weaker teams.
C.J Gable scored two touchdowns as Hamilton defeated Winnipeg 37-14 on Saturday afternoon. The Ticats (4-4) won their third straight overall and third this season over the struggling Blue Bombers (1-7) before 13,138 spectators at Alumni Stadium.
The Ticats cemented the season series with Winnipeg to move into second in the East Division behind first-place Toronto (5-3). Hamilton’s other win came against Edmonton, who is last in the West Division.
“If we didn’t win those games, everybody would be like, ‘Well, this team is horrible,’ ” said Burris.
“The thing is, when you step on the field it’s not the team you play, it’s how you play.”
Hamilton, who beat Winnipeg 37-18 in Manitoba last week, looked good offensively early. In the first quarter receiver Onrea Jones took a handoff, then threw back to quarterback Dan LeFevour, who went 29 yards for the TD at 3:16.
But despite registering 464 net yards, Hamilton’s offence sputtered until Gable’s four-yard TD run at 12:52 of the fourth. Burris finished 23-of-35 passing for 318 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.
Hamilton’s defence forced four turnovers and held Winnipeg’s struggling offence to just 11 first downs and 235 total yards.
The Bombers ran just five plays for no first downs in the first and mustered only two Sandro DeAngelis field goals in falling behind 24-6 at halftime.