Hamilton Tiger-Cats sputter in season opening loss in Saskatchewan – Hamilton
It wasn’t the beginning the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and their followers have been hoping for.
The Ticats’ offense sputtered mightily of their 2022 CFL season opener, shedding 30-13 towards the Roughriders in Saskatchewan Saturday evening.
Hamilton (0-1) might solely muster 236 complete yards on offence and dedicated 5 turnovers within the contest through which the Riders (1-0) become 13 factors.
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One of many few vibrant spots within the recreation for the Cats was a 71-yard landing toss from Dane Evans to Steven Dunbar Jr. that introduced Hamilton to inside two factors of the Riders with about seven minutes left within the fourth quarter.
However the Roughriders, who up till the fourth quarter relied on 4 subject targets from kicker Brett Lauther for all their scoring, discovered the endzone twice in 28 seconds to place the sport out of attain.
Riders QB Cody Fajardo accomplished 22 of 32 move makes an attempt for 311 yards, one landing move and one other TD run, and have become solely the seventh participant in league historical past to win 22 of his first 30 begins.
It was a a lot completely different stat sheet for Ticats quarterback Dane Evans, who went 18-for-28 for 222 yards with one landing, two interceptions and two fumbles.
Saskatchewan recorded eight sacks within the recreation whereas Hamilton couldn’t get Fajardo to the bottom all evening in what was the staff’s sixth consecutive loss at Mosaic Stadium.
The Tiger-Cats will subsequent play June 18 within the Corridor of Fame recreation towards the Calgary Stampeders (1-0) at Tim Hortons Subject.