Winnipeg won without the yardage to show for it, sneaking out of Hamilton with a 14-13 win.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers got outgained 301-224 and still found a way to beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Tim Hortons Field. Winnipeg improves to 2-2, snapping a two-game funk, while Hamilton drops to 2-2 after squandering a game where its offense moved the ball far better than the scoreboard suggests. Neither team pulled away — Hamilton actually led at the half before Winnipeg’s defense slammed the door in the second half. Both Zach Collaros and Bo Levi Mitchell left with game due to injury. Mitchell suffered a lower body injury that required him to be taken off the field by a stretcher.
Box Score
Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
OT
Final
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
3
1
7
3
0
14
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
7
6
0
0
0
13
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Game Highlights
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Stat
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Total Yards
224
301
Passing
16/22, 127 yds, 1 TD
21/38, 240 yds, 1 TD
Rushing
20 att, 97 yds, 0 TD
13 att, 61 yds, 0 TD
Turnovers
1
1
Quick Hits
Hamilton put up 77 more total yards than Winnipeg and still lost — the Tiger-Cats just couldn’t finish drives after halftime, getting shut out in the third and fourth quarters.
Major Williams picked off a pass for Winnipeg, one of two takeaways in a game that came down to which offense wasted fewer chances.
Brady Oliveira’s 84-yard, 17-carry night kept Winnipeg’s offense on schedule even with Taylor Elgersma throwing for under 90 yards — fantasy owners riding Oliveira got their workhorse floor again.
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