TICATS 19 ALOUETTES 16 OT
GUELPH, Ont. – Rookie Dan Lefevour’s two-yard TD earned the Hamilton Tiger-Cats a thrilling 19-16 overtime win over the Montreal Alouettes on Sunday in the CFL East Division semifinal.
LeFevour bulled into the end zone a play after running 11 yards. Twice Lefevour successfully converted third-and-inches gambles to keep the drive alive.
The Alouettes opened overtime with Sean Whyte’s 34-yard field goal on its first possession.
Montreal forced overtime with Whyte’s 32-yard field goal with five seconds remaining in regulation, capping a six-play, 43-yard drive with his first successful boot after five straight misses.
Hamilton surged ahead 13-10 on Henry Burris’s 17-yard TD strike to C.J. Gable with 1:04 remaining in regulation time. That ended a smart 97-yard, 12-play drive against a cold, brisk wind.
The weather was the big story of the game. An Alumni Stadium gathering of 13,320 endured intermittent rain and a biting 45-kilometre an hour wind that gusted up to 66 kilometres throughout, making it feel like -1 C with the windchill.
(The Canadian Press)
Love that Darian put it on his shoulders and started running. Which also makes one wonder why it took Cortez til the 4th quarter to figure that one out.
I think the fans frustrations is that there's a Porsche in that offence, but Cortez only wants to drive it in a playground zone.
A win is a win. See you Cornish and company next week!
Holy Makinaw, The Sk Football God making his way to Regina with his Hamilton Tiger Cats to win a Grey Cup on Taylor Field. What better place to win another CFL championship, Holy Makinaw It's really going to happen, again.
************* Go Cats Go ***************
The CfL again embarrassed itself again with it's officiating. The Montreal receiver was hit a clear 2 seconds before the ball arrived in the end zone on the second last play of the game. It was clearly interference and should have been 1st and goal on the 1 yard line. Punch it in and the Als win the game. Clearly robbed by some home cooking. Burrris has never beat Ricky Ray yet and he won't next week either. The Cats have gone as far as they are going to go.
3rd anon;
You are right about the officiating. The zebras haven't improved one iota under the direction of Higgins. It makes one wonder what he does and why he's getting paid to do it.
BB