REGINA — Despite losing quarterback Trevor Harris to an injury, the Saskatchewan Roughriders improved to 3-0 with a convincing 36-20 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday.
Harris was injured late in the second quarter when tackled by Ticats defensive lineman Nick Usher. Harris walked off the field on his own, limping gingerly on his left leg. The 38-year quarterback missed the majority of the 2023 CFL season after suffering a tibial plateau fracture of his right knee in a Week 2 loss to the Calgary Stampeders.
“I haven't sat down with him, but I talked to him at halftime and he was in pretty good spirits. And then in the second half, he was in my ear and telling me, ‘Coach, I can go’ but we wanted to play it just a little bit safe," said Mace."Shea was moving the ball very well. Heading into the bye week, it’ll just give Trev some more rest but the way he was acting, it sounded like he was ready to go.
“We talked about it all week that somebody's going to get one. In the last game, they didn't go right over the middle and we knew that they had to change that going back-to-back . I saw the ball when it was tipped and I knew I had to get into the end zone,” Thurman added. The Riders opened the season with two wins on the road. In those victories — 29-21 over the Elks on June 8 and 33-30 over the Ticats on June 16 — the Riders were outscored 48-25 in the first three quarters. But in the fourth quarters, the Riders dominated their opponents 37-3 to escape with the victories."We challenged the offence and offensive line in the running game this week in the meetings. … It was just time, it was time to put their foot down.
Hamilton cut the lead to 28-14 with 6:29 remaining when Ante Litre scored on a one-yard run. The 70-yard drive was kept alive by three Saskatchewan penalties, two for roughing the quarterback and one for pass interference in the end zone.Kiondre Smith caught a 28-yard touchdown pass from Mitchell with 2:06 left. The ensuing two-point conversion failed, giving the Riders a 36-20 lead.
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