It was a triumphant return for Matt Shiltz.
The veteran quarterback came off the bench to throw two touchdown passes as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats cemented a CFL playoff berth with a 22-15 home win over the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday night.
"We got the right look, we both kind of saw the same thing on the play. Give the guy a chance and Tim's going to come out more often than not." "It's nice to see Matt back in the saddle, just the journey he's been on," said Orlondo Steinauer, Hamilton's head coach/president of football operations. "Shoot, his career looked like it could be in jeopardy, let alone the season.James Butler ran for 92 yards on 14 carries as Hamilton earned a second straight home victory to improve to 3-5 at Tim Hortons Field.
Marc Liegghio's 31-yard field goal at 5:59 of the fourth put Hamilton ahead 19-9. Rene Paredes' 44-yard kick at 9:11 made it a seven-point game before Liegghio's 21-yard field goal at 13:41 restored the Ticats' 10-point lead. Calgary suffered a third straight loss and remained tied for fourth in the West Division with the idle Edmonton Elks . The Saskatchewan Roughriders are third in the West Division.
Paredes had the lone points of the third quarter, his 47-yard field goal at 3:51 cutting Hamilton's lead to 16-9.
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