ARGONAUTS OUTLAST TIGER-CATS 34-20

TORONTO – Benoit Marion returned a blocked punt 24 yards for the go-ahead touchdown to rally the Toronto Argonauts to a wild 34-20 home win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday night.

After Trevor Hoyte blocked Michael Domagala’s punt, Marion picked up the loose ball and ran it in 2:37 into the fourth quarter to break a 17-17 tie. Toronto appeared poised to take the lead at 1:14 but Boris Bede’s 44-yard field goal was wide, thanks to a terrible snap, with the single tying the game.

Seth Small’s 17-yard field goal at 8:53 pulled Hamilton to within 24-20. It was aided by Hamilton’s successful challenge of a 38-yard pass interference call on Toronto’s Royce Metchie on Ticats’ receiver Tim White.

However, Toronto countered with a 59-yard, eight-play march that Bede capped with an 18-yard field goal at 12:35. That delighted the BMO Field gathering of 11,623 on an evening where both Lady Gaga and Drake were also performing at Rogers Centre and Budweiser Stage, respectively.

Chris Edwards cemented the victory, returning a Dane Evans interception 40 yards for a touchdown at 13:12.

Evans was 28 of 42 passing for 302 yards with a TD and interception. Toronto starter McLeod Bethel-Thompson completed 17 of 27 attempts for 230 yards and a touchdown.

(The Canadian Press/Photo: Dave Petrishen)