2023-08-06 02:14:16
(Hamilton) Very discreet before taking off in the second half, the Montreal Alouettes raced to a 27-14 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday.
Posted yesterday at 10:14 p.m.
The Ti-Cats led 11-3 at halftime, but lost at home to Montreal for the second time this season, after a 38-12 correction on June 23.
Game-winning quarterback Cody Fajardo had 318 passing yards, including a touchdown. William Stanback rushed for 106 yards, while Austin Mack had the same number on receptions. The defense took advantage of two sacks from Shawn Lemon.
PHOTO NICK IWANYSHYN, THE CANADIAN PRESS
James Butler (9), running back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Tiger-Cats quarterback Taylor Powell, making his second career CFL start, had 202 passing yards but was the victim of two interceptions.
The Birds squandered a golden chance to take the lead early in the first quarter. On the second game of the match, Powell fumbled the ball when he was joined by Lemon. Tyrice Beverette picked it up, giving it to the visitors to the Ti-Cats 34 line.
However, the chance was quickly dissipated, with Fajardo having his pass intercepted by Richard Leonard.
“Momentum is real in football and when you have it, something happens,” said Alouettes head coach Jason Maas. We played a much better second half in every aspect of the game and it’s magical when that happens. »
PHOTO NICK IWANYSHYN, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Austin Mack (81)
On their second drive, Mack had a 58-yard catch, but Montreal again came home empty-handed as David Côté missed a 38-yard field goal attempt. After a 19-yard pass to Mack, Fajardo again cut short the Montreal effort with another interception, again from Leonard.
“I kept telling myself that it was the Canadian Football League and worse things had happened,” Fajardo said.
Hamilton takes the lead
Hamilton took the ball back in the middle of the field, with a minute to play in the first quarter. James Butler was able to put his team ahead with his fourth touchdown of the season early in the second quarter, with a five-yard breakout rush.
JR Reed, of the Alouettes, had an interception in the middle of the second quarter, in midfield. The Ti-Cats’ rise had been slowed by two penalties in a row before this game.
The visitors took advantage, Côté making a 14-yard field goal with just 2:26 remaining in the first half.
Marc Liegghio responded with a 44-yard field goal and the Tiger-Cats took the lead after two quarters, 11-3.
Just before the end of the first half, a strike from Côté failed against one of the posts, from 45 yards. The Montreal team did not capitalize on a brilliant receiving and running game for a total of 53 yards, from Tyler Snead.
The Felines added a point before the break: Chandler Worthy was tackled in the end zone after an off-target placement by Liegghio, last game of the second quarter.
The rise
The Alouettes got off to a bad start in the second half of the game: Fajardo was tackled by Simoni Lawrence and lost the ball, which was picked up by Tre’ Crawford of the Tiger-Cats. They had the ball at the opposing 21-line and soon after, Liegghio added a 13-yard field goal.
Côté narrowed the margin late in the third quarter, going for field goals of 14 and 51 yards. He matched his longest of the campaign. The Alouettes thus began the last quarter with a modest deficit, a score of 14-9 in favor of the Ti-Cats.
At the start of the last quarter, Caleb Evans gave the Montreal club a 15-14 lead with a one-yard run, then the two-point convert was successful.
The rise had been propelled among other things by a 46-yard catch from Quartney Davis, on the right flank. Next, a Lemon interception led to a 38-yard field goal from Côté. Régis Cibasu continued the visitors’ charge with a 36-yard catch for a touchdown, followed by the convert.
Lemon highlighted the new twist in the game with a sack against Powell, with five minutes left on the clock.
The Alouettes play next Friday at home against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
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