Cody Fajardo and the Elks needed overtime to finish off a Hamilton team that refused to go quietly.<\/p>\n
The Edmonton Elks<\/a> outlasted the Hamilton Tiger-Cats<\/a> 37-35 in overtime at Commonwealth Stadium, a game that had no business being that close given Edmonton<\/a>‘s 452-317 edge in total offense. The win pushes Edmonton to 11-4 and keeps them glued to Montreal<\/a> atop the West\/overall standings, while Hamilton drops to 4-11 with little left to play for down the stretch.<\/p>\n Box Score<\/p>\n Team<\/p>\n Q1<\/p>\n Q2<\/p>\n Q3<\/p>\n Q4<\/p>\n OT<\/p>\n Final<\/p>\n Hamilton Tiger-Cats<\/a><\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n 13<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n 35<\/p>\n Edmonton Elks<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n 12<\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n 37<\/p>\n See full player stats and game details<\/a><\/p>\n Game Highlights<\/p>\n Top PerformersEdmonton ElksHamilton Tiger-CatsTeam Stats<\/p>\n Stat<\/p>\n Hamilton Tiger-Cats<\/p>\n Edmonton Elks<\/p>\n Total Yards<\/p>\n 317<\/p>\n 452<\/p>\n Passing<\/p>\n 17\/34, 214 yds, 2 TD<\/p>\n 32\/47, 298 yds, 0 TD<\/p>\n Rushing<\/p>\n 17 att, 103 yds, 1 TD<\/p>\n 22 att, 154 yds, 1 TD<\/p>\n Turnovers<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n Quick Hits<\/p>\n Edmonton piled up 452 yards of offense but couldn’t find the end zone through the air, with Fajardo throwing for 298 yards and zero touchdowns.<\/p>\n Harrison Frost tossed two touchdowns but also threw two picks, and Hamilton’s defense forced overtime despite giving up 135 more total yards than they gained.<\/p>\n Justin Rankin was a factor on the ground and through the air for Edmonton, finishing with 74 rushing yards and 42 receiving yards \u2014 a workhorse day worth monitoring for fantasy purposes.<\/p>\n What’s Next<\/p>\n Edmonton Elks (11-4) \u2014 no game listed in Week 18; check the Full Schedule<\/a> for updates<\/p>\n Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4-11) \u2014 at Ottawa Redblacks, October 2<\/p>\n CFL Standings<\/a> | Full Schedule<\/a> | League Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n What’s your takeaway? Drop your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cody Fajardo and the Elks needed overtime to finish off a Hamilton team that refused to go quietly.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-913155","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\/913155","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=913155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}