Refresh for your first win of the season in Week 6 hamilton tiger cats Will try to start a winning streak when they tour Nathan Rourke And this BC Lions Thursday night in Vancouver.
Hamilton (1-4) survived a late game against the Ottawa Redblacks last Saturday when he won 25-23 at Tim Hortons Field.
The Lions (3–1) are coming off their goodbye week, last played on July 9 at BC Place Stadium, which ended in a 43–22 loss against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The pregame show on 900 CHML starts at 9 p.m. Kickoff is at 10 p.m. and you can hear the action on 900 CHML Radio. half an hour after the last whistle, hold 5th quarter Postgame show on CHML, 900chml.com and on CHML’s Facebook page.
dan evans acquired CFL In honor of the top performer of the week after quarterbacking the Cats for a last-minute win against Ottawa, throwing for 342 yards and two touchdowns, including a game-winning score to Tim White, with 19 seconds remaining in regulation time Huh.
It was the second time this season that Evans has thrown more than 300 yards in a game after amassing 425 in an overtime loss against the Calgary Stampeders in Week 2.
The four-year CFL legend enters Week 7 with 1,423 passing yards in the year, followed only by Winnipeg’s Zack Colaros (1,536) and Saskatchewan Roughriders QB Cody Fajardo (1,488).
BC quarterback Nathan Rourke is fourth on the list of passing yards with 1,355, but he is ranked No. 1 in the Canadian Football League, with 12 touchdowns going through four games.
Rourke rose to stardom in his second year in the league, and his first time as a full-time starter, got football fans on the West Coast excited about the Lions.
The Victoria, B.C., native is collecting heaps of praise from around the league and drawing comparisons to Canadian Football Hall of Fame QB Russell Jackson for being the first Canadian quarterback to make a major impact on the field.
Hamilton’s win would propel the team to first place in the East Division with the Toronto Argonauts, while the Lions could tie the Saskatchewan and Calgary Stampeders for second in the West.
3 Quick Stats:
- The Tiger-Cats have won their last four meetings against the Lions in the 2018 season, including a 13-10 win at BC in 2019. Dane Evans was starting the QB in those two Hamilton wins, collecting 635 passing and rushing yards when throwing. Two touchdowns and two interceptions.
- Lions QB Nathan Rourke is on pace to record 6,098 yards, which would rank as the third-highest tally in a season in CFL history. The sophomore pivot is also on pace to toss 54 touchdowns. It would break Doug Flutie’s single-season mark of 48 sets in 1994.
- Thursday’s game marks the 99th match between the Tiger-Cats and the Lions. BC holds the lead with a record of 55 wins, 40 losses and three ties. This is the only time the two clubs will meet in the regular season in 2022, meaning their 100th game will be played next year.
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