The Fifth Quarter: Tiger-Cats 39 Bombers 28

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GAME BALLS:

OFFENCE

Kevin Glenn probably wishes he had one or two throws back, but all and all another solid night turned in by the Hamilton quarterback. Glenn was 18-of-26 for 274 yards and three touchdown passes, picking up most of that in a forgettable first half for the Winnipeg secondary.

DEFENCE

A few standout defensive plays but Hamilton LB Markeith Knowlton gets the defensive game ball for his 10-tackle, one-sack outing. Honorable mentions go to Winnipeg DB Jovon Johnson and S Brady Browne, as well as Ticats DB Jason Shivers, for their interceptions.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Not a great night for the Bombers’ kicking game (more on that later), so let’s give it to Hamilton’s Eric Wilbur. The Ti­cats punter pounded five balls for a 46.2 average. His long­est was a 62-yard boot, which resulted in a single towards the end of the first half.

FAN-O- METER:

Johnson gave the 27,892 at Canad Inns Stadium something to be excited about when he intercepted a Glenn pass at mid-field and took it to the house in the second quarter.

After those cheers, though, the Winnipeg boo-birds were starting to migrate right behind the Bomber bench.

CRITICAL NUMBERS:

63 The number of passing yards the Bombers put up in the first half with QB Buck Pierce at the controls. The only player with more than one catch in the first half: RB Fred Reid (3). Backup Steven Jyles had some success (227 yards passing and two TDs), but it was far too late to make a difference.

5 RB Marcus Thigpen’s five-yard touchdown run was the fifth way the Hamilton speedster has scored a touchdown this season — a CFL record. Thigpen had scored on a pass re­ception, a kick-off return, a missed field goal, a punt return, prior to punching it in Friday night.

30 The number of yards Bombers DE Phillip Hunt took in per­sonal fouls (two penalties, one for roughing the passer and the other for unnecessary roughness) in a crucial Hamilton TD drive in the fourth quarter. Hunt picked up another 15­yard infraction (facemask) later in the quarter.

— Adam Wazny

SCORING SUMMARY:

FIRST QUARTER

Ham — TD Thigpen 5 run (DeAngelis convert) 2:22

Ham — TD Bruce 55 pass from Glenn (DeAngelis convert) 4:49

Wpg — TD Edwards 32 pass from Pierce (Renaud convert) 10:04

SECOND QUARTER

Ham — TD Cobb 3 pass from Glenn (DeAngelis convert) 0:11

Ham — TD McDaniel 19 pass from Glenn (DeAngelis convert) 2:40

Ham — FG DeAngelis 35 7:33

Wpg — TD Jov. Johnson 55 interception return (Renaud convert) 12:16

Ham — Single Wilbur 62 14:29

THIRD QUARTER

Wpg — TD Bowman 9 pass from Jyles (Renaud convert) 13:08

FOURTH QUARTER

Ham — TD Cobb 2 run (DeAngelis convert) 2:26

Wpg — TD Edwards 21 pass from Jyles (Renaud convert) 14:18

Hamilton 14 18 0 7 — 39

Winnipeg 7 7 7 7 — 28

Attendance — 27,892.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing: Ham — Cobb 22-86, Glenn 4-34, Thigpen 1-5,

Porter 1-2; Wpg — Reid 11-48, Jyles 6-41, Pierce 3-28,

Davis 1-4.

Receiving: Ham — McDaniel 6-74, Carter 3-71, Bruce

2-64, Mann 2-58, Thigpen 2-20, Cobb 3-11, Stala 1-8; Wpg

— Edwards 5-96, Bowman 5-88, Ralph 3-37, Davis 1-26,

Hargreaves 3-19, Reid 3-17, Smith 1-7.

Passing: Ham — Glenn 18-26, 274 yards, 3 TDs, 2 ints,

Bruce 1-1-32-0-0; Wpg — Jyles 14-22-227-2-0, Pierce

7-12-63-1-1.

TIGER-CATS

First downs 27

Yards rushing 127

Yards passing 306

Total offence 430

Time of possession 31:43

Turnovers 2

Sacks 4

Penalties-yards 8-65

Bombers

First downs 21

Yards rushing 121

Yards passing 290

Total offence 393

Time of possession 28:17

Turnovers 5

Sacks 0

Penalties-yards 15-127