{"id":113865,"date":"2025-09-02T09:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/113865\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:30:16","slug":"3-stats-that-defined-torontos-ok-tire-labour-day-weekend-win-over-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/113865\/","title":{"rendered":"3 stats that defined Toronto\u2019s OK Tire Labour Day Weekend win over Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"

HAMILTON \u2014 Bo Levi Mitchell<\/a>\u2019s perfect OK Tire Labour Day Weekend streak nearly stayed intact Monday, until a resilient Toronto Argonauts team fought back to win 35-33 and keep its playoff hopes alive.<\/p>\n

In a fourth quarter that featured 30 total points and three lead changes in the final three minutes, the Argos made their mark, stealing away a crucial in-division victory in the dwindling seconds to improve to 4-8.<\/p>\n

Hamilton, perfect off the bye a year ago and undefeated against East Division opponents in 2025, couldn\u2019t hang on to seal their seventh win at Hamilton Stadium.<\/p>\n

CFL.ca brings you three key stats from the Toronto Argonauts\u2019 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.<\/p>\n

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OK TIRE LABOUR DAY WEEKEND
\u00bb Argos shock Ticats in OK Tire Labour Day Weekend thriller<\/a>
\u00bb Depth Charts:\u00a0TOR<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0HAM<\/a>
\u00bb By the numbers: Argonauts at Tiger-Cats<\/a>
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12 \u2013 SECONDS REMAINING ON ARGONAUTS\u2019 GAME-WINNING DRIVE<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

The game may have started slowly by these high-scoring teams\u2019 standards, but the fourth quarter told a different story. After a blown coverage allowed Mitchell to connect with Kenny Lawler<\/a> for what seemed like the go-ahead dagger late in the final frame, Nick Arbuckle<\/a> and the Argos needed just 12 seconds and one play to march downfield and set up Lirim Hajrullahu<\/a>\u2019s walk-off chip shot. Dejon Brissett<\/a>\u2019s 62-yard catch-and-run to get out of bounds was the pivotal play and will not be forgotten as Toronto angles for a playoff position down the stretch.<\/p>\n

352 \u2013 NICK ARBUCKLE PASSING YARDS<\/p>\n

Duelling \u201cMr. Labour Day\u201d on OK Tire Labour Day Weekend is no easy task, but Arbuckle rose to the challenge on Monday. The Argos\u2019 pivot completed 33 of his 40 passes for 352 yards and three touchdowns, and broke through for a 13-for-15, 169-yard fourth quarter. Coming off career highs against the BC Lions in Week 12, Arbuckle\u2019s follow-up performance \u2014 his third straight game without an interception \u2014 showcased exactly the kind of efficiency Toronto needs to keep its offence humming.<\/p>\n

Arbuckle made sure to spread the love to a strong receiving corps complemented by the return of 2024 yard-leader Makai Polk<\/a>, completing passes to six different targets, four of whom totalled more than 60 yards. His growing connection with Jake Herslow<\/a> was on full display, as the receiver hauled in his fifth and sixth touchdowns in four games since being promoted from the practice squad.<\/p>\n

154 \u2013 SPENCER BROWN TOTAL YARDS<\/p>\n

After weeks with nothing going for the ground game, Toronto may have finally found its answer. Rookie Spencer Brown<\/a> popped on the scene with 85 yards and a touchdown against BC in Week 12, and followed it up on Monday with 154 total yards \u2014 90 rushing, 64 receiving \u2014 over 19 touches. Brown\u2019s emergence adds a new dimension to the Argos\u2019 attack, which entered the week dead last with 52.9\u00a0rushing yards per game.<\/p>\n

With Hamilton shading the deep threat early \u2014 cautious of Toronto\u2019s league-leading 30-plus-yard completions (23) \u2014 Brown became a reliable early-down workhorse, drawing defenders in before Arbuckle began to open the field deep in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMILTON \u2014 Bo Levi Mitchell\u2019s perfect OK Tire Labour Day Weekend streak nearly stayed intact Monday, until a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-113865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}