Tiger-Cats beat Edmonton 36-11

The script was the same but ending was different.

For the third straight game, the Ticats jumped out to an early lead only to let the opposition crawl back into it. But on Friday night, instead of letting the win slip away, Hamilton put the dagger in and won going away, 36-11 over the Edmonton Eskimos.

The much-maligned Tiger-Cat defence forced two key turnovers and held Eskie receiver Fred Stamps in check: he had just six catches for 34 yards after torching the Hamilton secondary for 181 yards in a 37-35 Edmonton win last Sunday.

The offence, meanwhile, finally drove a stake through the heart of a vulnerable opponent. Quarterback Kevin Glenn hit two fourth quarter touchdown passes to turn a tight contest into a laugher. The first of those throws went to Arland Bruce, a 58-yard rainbow that was part of a six catch, 142 yard day for him.

Glenn had a tidy three touchdowns on 22 for 32 passing for 339 yards and no picks on the evening.

After the Ticats took a 10-0 lead on a one-yard touchdown run by DeAndra’ Cobb, a safety and punt single, the Eskimos looked set to break their goose egg just past the midway point of the second. But Geoff Tisdale picked off Edmonton quarterback Ricky Ray in the end zone, taking the ball away from Stamps to preserve the shutout.

Ray finished 25 for 34 for 196 yards, no touchdowns and an interception before giving way to Jared Zabransky in the fourth.

The Eskimos got the first turnover of the game with just over a minute to go in the half when former Ticat Chris Thompson punched the ball loose from Ticat receiver Dave Stala. It was recovered by Edmonton and returned to the Hamilton 15 yard-line. Three plays later, Mathieu Bertrand punched it in from the two and cut the Ticat advantage to 10-7 with less than 30 seconds before halftime.

Glenn hit two quick completions to Maurice Mann – the second for 42 yards – to set up a 22-yard Sandro DeAngelis field goal as time expired.