Marc Liegghio booted five field goals to lift the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a 21-13 home win over the Ottawa Redblacks on Saturday night.
Liegghio's final boot, from 25 yards out, put Hamilton ahead by eight points at 11:49 of the fourth. Liegghio has made all nine field goal he's tried since joining the Ticats but did miss a convert.Playing in place of injured starter Jeremiah Masoli, the rookie quarterback drove Ottawa to the Hamilton 20-yard line with seven seconds to play,.
Masoli finished six-of-10 passing for 37 yards and an interception. Crum was 14-of-21 for 149 yards and two picks but ran six times for 91 yards and a touchdown. Hamilton appeared poised to add to that lead after Ted Laurent's fumble recovery at the Ottawa 46. But Brandin Dandridge returned the favour, being the last to touch Ticats' receiver Kiondre Smith's fumble at the Redblacks' 26-yard line.Ward's 20-yard field goal at 4:23 gave Ottawa a 13-9 advantage.
Ward kicked a 36-yard field goal at 9:10 to pull Ottawa to within 9-3 the play after Masoli departed.
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