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Mitchell’s Late Touchdown Secures 23-20 Win for Tiger-Cats Over Redblacks

A late roughing-the-passer penalty on Ottawa extended Hamilton’s final drive to set up the three-yard scoring pass that moved the Tiger-Cats into a first-place East Division tie

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Ante Milanovic-Litre jumps over Ottawa Redblacks defenders during second half CFL action in Hamilton, Ont. on Saturday, July 12, 2025.

Overview

  • Bo Levi Mitchell led a 50-yard, six-play drive capped by a three-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Lawler with 1:54 remaining
  • Michael Wakefield’s roughing-the-passer penalty on second down kept Hamilton’s decisive drive alive after an apparent incompletion
  • Kalil Pimpleton’s would-be 105-yard punt-return touchdown was nullified by an illegal block penalty late in the fourth quarter
  • Kicker Marc Liegghio contributed ten points through three field goals and a convert as the Ticats overcame a 20-16 deficit
  • Hamilton improved to 3-2 and into a tie with Montreal atop the East Division while Ottawa fell to 1-5 following its third straight loss