HAMILTON, Ont. — Justin Rankin ran for 108 yards and three touchdowns to energy the Edmonton Elks previous the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 47-22 on Saturday night time.
Edmonton (3-7) received its third straight at Tim Hortons Area and third sport total. The Elks final earned three consecutive victories in 2019.
Edmonton’s defence additionally compelled 4 turnovers (two interceptions, two fumble recoveries) that arrange three touchdowns.
The Ticats (2-8) suffered a 3rd straight loss earlier than a Tim Hortons Area gathering of 20,092, a lot of whom left at halftime. Additionally they fell to 1-4 at house.
Rankin, who had 17 carries, scored his third TD of the sport from three yards out at 6:52 of the fourth to offer Edmonton a 39-16 benefit.
Edmonton’s McLeod Bethel-Thompson accomplished 15-of-23 passes for 234 yards and two touchdowns.
Veteran Bo Levi Mitchell was 23-of-34 passing for 294 yards with a landing and two interceptions earlier than giving technique to Harrison Frost within the fourth.
Frost related with Shemar Bridges on a 12-yard landing go at 13:34 to chop Edmonton’s result in 39-22 because the two-point convert was unsuccessful.
Edmonton then countered with Kurleigh Gittens Jr.’s six-yard landing catch at 13:45 earlier than Boris Bede’s 85-yard kickoff single three seconds later rounded out the scoring.
Mitchell relieved starter Taylor Powell, who accomplished two-of-three passes for 20 yards earlier than going to hospital as a precaution with a head harm following a speeding play. Hamilton receiver Luther Hakunavanhu left in an ambulance with a head harm sustained on the sport’s opening play.
Javon Leake and Dillon Mitchell had Edmonton’s different touchdowns. Bede added six converts, a discipline purpose and a single.
Greg Bell scored each of Hamilton’s touchdowns whereas speeding for 74 yards and including 5 catches for 84 yards. Marc Liegghio kicked a discipline purpose and convert.
Bell’s two-yard TD run at 4:53 of the third reduce Hamilton’s deficit to 32-9 because the two-point convert was unsuccessful. Bell added a seven-yard landing catch to finish the quarter to drag the Ticats to inside 32-16.
Bede’s 32-yard discipline purpose at 14:36 of the second staked Edmonton to a commanding 32-3 halftime lead because the Elks transformed three Hamilton turnovers into touchdowns.
Bethel-Thompson discovered Mitchell on an 11-yard TD strike at 12:55. It was arrange by rookie Joel Dublanko’s restoration of Jonathan Moxey’s punt-return fumble at Hamilton’s 11-yard line.
Liegghio’s 32-yard discipline purpose at 8:07 reduce Hamilton’s deficit to 14-3. However Rankin’s two-yard run at 9:00, then Bede’s 90-yard kickoff single with the wind 22 seconds later, gave Edmonton a 22-3 benefit.
Leake capped a 13-play, 106-yard drive with a three-yard TD run at 1:53 following Derrick Moncrief’s interception. The Elks arrange for a 13-yard discipline purpose attempt however a Hamilton offside penalty gave them a primary down on the Ticats’ three-yard line.
Edmonton managed the primary, holding the ball for 9 minutes 43 seconds going into the wind. Rankin opened the scoring with a four-yard TD run at 5:03 following the ominous begin to the sport.
After catching a Powell go, Hakunavanhu fumbled upon being tackled with Edmonton’s Darrius Bratton recovering. However the Hamilton receiver remained immobile whereas medical personnel handled him earlier than the ambulance arrived.
The Ticats stated Hakunavanhu was acutely aware when he left the sphere and had full motion in his extremities. He was taken to hospital for additional analysis and play resumed following a 38-minute delay as a second ambulance was summoned.
