{"id":842331,"date":"2026-08-02T12:01:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/842331\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T12:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:01:40","slug":"adams-jr-throws-cfl-best-touchdown-pass-leads-stampeders-past-tiger-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/842331\/","title":{"rendered":"Adams Jr. throws CFL-best touchdown pass, leads Stampeders past Tiger-Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Calgary Stampeders quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. (3) hands the ball off to teammate Dedrick Mills (26) during first half CFL football action against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, in Hamilton on Saturday.Nick Iwanyshyn\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Vernon Adams Jr. threw his CFL-best 21st touchdown pass of the season as the Calgary Stampeders defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 44-20 on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Adams connected with Dejon Brissett in the first quarter as Calgary (4-4) earned its second straight win. The veteran quarterback managed to keep his interception-free streak this season alive, but needed a Hamilton penalty to nullify a pick in the game.<\/p>\n

Adams was 18-of-25 passing for 252 yards and ran twice for eight yards. Brissett had six catches for 109 yards.<\/p>\n

Quincy Vaughn\u2019s four-yard TD run at 12:04 of the fourth quarter put Calgary ahead 37-20, capping a 78-yard, eight-play march. Then Derrick Moncrief returned an interception 25 yards for the touchdown at 12:35.<\/p>\n

The Ticats (3-5) suffered a second straight loss and fifth in six games. Rookie Harrison Frost, who replaced starter Tre Ford late in the first half, finished nine-of-20 passing for 165 yards with a touchdown and interception and also lost a fumble.<\/p>\n

Jude McAtamney\u2019s 48-yard field goal at 2:04 put Calgary ahead 27-19. Mitch McCarthy boomed a 77-yard punt single at 3:40 but McAtamney\u2019s 29-yard boot at 7:10 gave the Stamps a 30-20 lead.<\/p>\n

Former Ticats Tyreik McAllister and Kyle Wilson scored Calgary\u2019s other touchdowns. McAtamney kicked three field goals and four converts.<\/p>\n

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ Isaiah Wooden Sr. (11) is taken down by Calgary Stampeders’ Anton Haie (31) on Saturday.Nick Iwanyshyn\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Kenny Lawler scored Hamilton\u2019s touchdown. Marc Liegghio kicked four field goals and a convert.<\/p>\n

Liegghio\u2019s 28-yard field goal at 14:54 of the third pulled Hamilton to within 24-19. Frost found Lawler on a 24-yard touchdown pass at 1:49 after Ticat Destin Talbert steered George Idoko\u2019s fumbled kickoff return out of bounds at the Calgary 35-yard line.<\/p>\n

Liegghio\u2019s 35-yard field goal to end the second quarter cut Calgary\u2019s halftime lead to 24-6. It came after McAllister and Wilson scored touchdowns 45 seconds apart.<\/p>\n

McAllister scored on a 15-yard run at 13:28 before Wilson returned Frost\u2019s fumble 28 yards for the score at 14:13. <\/p>\n

McAllister\u2019s TD came after Hamilton\u2019s Jamal Peters intercepted Adams \u2014 which would\u2019ve been Adams\u2019 first pick the year \u2014 but Hamilton was flagged for roughing the passer.<\/p>\n

The Ticats lost a challenge of the call.<\/p>\n

Ford made his third start for Hamilton. The Niagara Falls, Ont., native was four-of-10 passing for 58 yards while rushing four times for 52 yards with a fumble before leaving the game.<\/p>\n

Liegghio\u2019s 41-yard field goal at 14:29 of the first cut Calgary\u2019s lead to 10-6.<\/p>\n

McAtamney put Calgary up 10-3 with a 53-yard field goal at 11:55. It was set up by Anthony Johnson\u2019s 32-yard return of Ford\u2019s fumble that was forced by Wilson. That happened just two plays after Ford ran 10 yards on a third-and-five gamble.<\/p>\n

A wide-open Brissett put Calgary ahead 7-3 with a 43-yard TD grab at 6:26. It followed Liegghio\u2019s 50-yard boot at 4:47 to open the scoring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Calgary Stampeders quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. (3) hands the ball off to teammate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,521,875,522,520,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-842331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadian-news","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842331","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=842331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}