{"id":731433,"date":"2026-06-12T06:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T06:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/731433\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T06:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T06:42:10","slug":"3-stats-that-defined-hamiltons-week-2-win-over-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/731433\/","title":{"rendered":"3 stats that defined Hamilton’s Week 2 win over Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the CFL\u2019s Official Charity Partner, World Vision Canada<\/a> works alongside players, teams, and fans to create meaningful change for children and communities worldwide. From clean water initiatives to education and empowerment programs, the partnership highlights how the rhythms of the game can inspire rhythms of change far beyond the field.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg \u2014 The Hamilton Tiger-Cats\u2019 explosive first half lifted them to their first win of 2026 with a 37-27 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Thursday night from Princess Auto Stadium.<\/p>\n

Thanks to deep, big-time throws by Bo Levi Mitchell to targets Kiondr\u00e9 Smith and Keric Wheatfall, as well as a\u00a0run-game led by rookie Larry Rountree, Hamilton jumped out to a two-score lead at halftime. The Tiger-Cats were able to maintain their lead through the second half despite multiple efforts from the Bombers, ultimately claiming the win with some tidy offence.<\/p>\n

CFL.ca brings you three key stats from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats\u2019 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in\u00a0Week 2.<\/p>\n

\"\"FROM STATS TO IMPACT
\u00bb Smith\u2019s pair of TDs powers Tiger-Cats over Blue Bombers<\/a>
\u00bb Depth Charts: HAM<\/a> |WPG<\/a>
\u00bb Hamilton, Winnipeg by the numbers<\/a>
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2 \u2013 KIONDRE SMITH TOUCHDOWNS<\/p>\n

The star of the show in this one was Smith, whose two first half touchdowns made Hamilton\u2019s gap too large to overcome for Winnipeg. The Canadian target finished with five catches for 92 yards to go along with the two majors, while adding a backbreaking 30-yard grab late to set up a field goal and seal the deal for Hamilton.<\/p>\n

124 \u2013 LARRY ROUNTREE III RUSHING YARDS<\/p>\n

After only eight carries for 23 yards in Week 1 and 35 yards along the ground as a team overall, Hamilton did a much better job at establishing the run early in this one. The Tiger-Cats began the game with three straight runs, as rookie back Rountree ran free all night, rumbling for 124 yards on 23 carries. Hamilton overall finished with 171 yards on the ground, much improved form their total last week and marginally better than Winnipeg\u2019s 49 yards.<\/p>\n

0 \u2013 HAMILTON TIGER-CATS TURNOVERS<\/p>\n

After two costly giveaways leading to the team\u2019s Weak 1 loss to the Montreal Alouettes, Hamilton committed zero turnovers in Week 2, winning the turnover battle and the game. Bo Levi Mitchell was efficient (19-for-24) downfield to his targets in Smith and Keric Wheatfall, while Rountree chunked up yards along the ground on risk-free plays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the CFL\u2019s Official Charity Partner, World Vision Canada works alongside players, teams, and fans to create meaningful…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-731433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731433","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=731433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}