HAMILTON - Tre Ford threw two TD passes and Marc Liegghio kicked seven field goals to power the Hamilton Tiger-Cats past the Ottawa Redblacks 35-22 on Saturday afternoon.
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Liegghio → throw → afternoon
Liegghio finished one field goal short of Paul Osbaldiston’s club record.
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Liegghio → finish → record
The Ticats (6-12) earned just a second win over their final eight regular-season games.
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Ticats → earn → games
Both were against Ottawa as Hamilton claimed a 34-16 decision at TD Place on Oct. 2.
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Hamilton → claim → Oct.
Ford finished 18-of-25 passing for 170 yards.
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Ford → finish → yards
He also ran eight times for 52 yards.
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He → run → yards
Ottawa (1-17) was coming off its first win of the year, a 40-39 decision versus Toronto.
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Ottawa → come → Toronto
But the Redblacks committed four turnovers (fumble, two interceptions, downs) and allowed a partially blocked punt that Hamilton converted into 20 points (two touchdowns, two field goals).
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Hamilton → commit → points
The loss was Ottawa’s 23rd in 24 games dating back to last season.
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loss → date → season
The Redblacks set a CFL record for most losses to open a season (16).
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Redblacks → set → season
Bryson Barnes was 13-of-26 passing for 163 yards and two interceptions in his second CFL start.
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Barnes → pass → start
Barnes threw for 339 yards and two TDs last week versus Toronto.
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Barnes → throw → Toronto
Veteran Jake Maier, who was 0-12 earlier this year as Ottawa’s starter, completed 13-of-15 passes for 131 yards in the fourth quarter.
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who → complete → quarter
Maier had TD passes of five yards to Ayden Eberhardt (9:14) and three yards to Justin Hardy (13:42).
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Maier → have → Hardy
Hamilton earned a sixth straight win over Ottawa and 16th in 18 matchups overall.
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Hamilton → earn → matchups
Jaelen Gill and Larry Rountree III scored Hamilton’s touchdowns.
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Gill → score → touchdowns
Liegghio added the converts.
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Liegghio → add → converts
Ottawa’s Paul Geelen kicked three field goals and a convert.
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Geelen → kick → goals
Rountree’s five-yard TD grab at 14:40 of the third moved the Ticats up 35-9.
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grab → move → Ticats
It followed Ryan Baker’s partially blocked punt.
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It → follow → punt
Liegghio’s 37-yard field goal at 5:02 moved Hamilton ahead 25-9.
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goal → move → Hamilton
His seventh of the game, from 42 yards out at 6:42, stretched the Ticats’ lead to 28-9.
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seventh → stretch → 28
The kickers dominated the opening half with eight combined field goals, the last being Liegghio’s 53-yard boot to end the half.
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last → dominate → half
That gave Hamilton a 22-9 lead as the Ticats scored 10 points off three Ottawa turnovers.
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Ticats → give → turnovers
Geelen hit a 28-yard kick at 14:33 after Liegghio’s 22-yard field goal at 13:43.
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Geelen → hit → 13:43
It was set up by Isaiah Wooden Sr.‘s 45-yard punt return.
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It → set → return
A scrambling Ford found Gill on a 16-yard TD pass at 10:49 to put Hamilton up 16-6.
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Ford → scramble → Hamilton
It followed Wynton McManis’s 33-yard interception return.
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It → follow → return
Liegghio gave Hamilton a 9-6 lead with a 40-yard field goal at 4:18.
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Liegghio → give → 4:18
It came after Barnes was stopped on third-and-one at Ottawa’s 39-yard line.
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Barnes → come → line
Geelen made it 6-6 with a 53-yard field goal at 14:20 of the first after Liegghio’s 46-yarder at 11:26.
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it → make → 11:26
Liegghio connected from 34 yards out at 7:17 after Geelen’ s 28-yard field goal at 3:57 opened the scoring.
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goal → connect → scoring
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct., 24, 2026.
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report → publish → Press
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