Game Summary

At Ivor Wynne Stadium on Sunday the B.C. Lions visited the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and were hoping to keep pace with the Eskimos and the Roughriders, who had both notched their tenth victory of the year earlier in the weekend. K Lui Passaglia opened the scoring early in the 1st quarter when he kicked a 45-yard field goal and then later in the quarter, WR Darren Flutie caught an 11-yard TD reception from QB Danny Barrett to give the Lions an early 10-0 lead. In the 2nd, Hamilton put a single on the board and later scored a TD on a 5-yard pass to WR Cornell Burbage from QB Bob Torrance while in between, Passaglia had kicked a single for the Lions. The 3rd quarter saw B.C. get another major when Flutie grabbed his 2nd of the day from 22 yards, Passaglia kicked a single and a 13-yard FG and WR Mike Trevathan caught a 17-yard TD catch to increase the Lions’ lead to 29-9. The ’Cats scored a TD in the 4th when SB Lee Knight caught a 6-yard toss and K Paul Osbaldiston kicked a 51-yard FG before B.C. closed out the score as RB Sean Millington ran 60 yards into the end zone to give the Lions a 36-19 victory and a share of second spot in the West.