By Canadian Press

Tiger-Cats outlast struggling Elks 28-24 for sixth straight win

Aug 2, 2025 | 4:41 PM

EDMONTON — Tim White reeled in a pair of touchdown passes as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats continued their red-hot play, defeating the Edmonton Elks 28-24 on Saturday in a game that was delayed more than an hour due to lightning strikes around the Alberta capital.

The Ticats (6-2) have now won six games in a row.

The Elks (1-6) continue to struggle, now with three straight losses.

Hamilton looked like it meant business right from the opening kickoff, which was returned 75 yards by Isaiah Wooden Sr. Two plays later quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell completed a 24-yard touchdown pass to Kiondre Smith.

Edmonton shrugged off the shock and responded on its first possession with a touchdown of its own, as quarterback Cody Fajardo engineered a long drive, capped off by a 10-yard run into the end zone by Justin Rankin.

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However, Hamilton punched right back with a long drive of its own, culminating in a two-yard TD run by Greg Bell.

The Elks once again bounced back as Steven Dunbar Jr. made a nice play shrugging off a defender for a 25-yard reception, setting up a one-yard rushing major by Cole Snyder.

Edmonton looked poised to take its first lead late in the second quarter, but the Cats’ defence came up huge, stopping the Elks on two consecutive goal-line stands from the one-yard-line on attempts by Snyder to turn the ball over on downs and keep the game tied 14-14 at the half.

The Elks responded with another solid drive to start the third quarter, finished by a 13-yard TD pass from Fajardo to Rankin.

The see-saw battle continued as Hamilton responded with a three-yard TD catch by White.

Then at 3:17 p.m. local time, with just 18 seconds remaining in the third quarter, lightning strikes were reported in the vicinity of Commonwealth Stadium and the game was delayed until almost 4:30 p.m.

Edmonton got a huge play with 9:56 left in the fourth as punter Cody Grace was the first to get to his own sky-high kick and knocked it forward for teammate Luke Burton-Krahn to pick it up. The play led to a 33-yard field goal by Vincent Blanchard.

After Fajardo was intercepted on a long-bomb attempt by Stavros Katsantonis, the Tiger-Cats marched down the field and completed a 27-yard touchdown pass to White to take a four-point lead with two minutes left.

Edmonton had a late chance as Fajardo hit Kaion Julien-Grant in the end zone with a long pass, but he dropped it. The Elks turned over the ball on downs and Hamilton ran out the clock.

NOTES

Both starting quarterbacks came into the game with strong success against their opponent. Mitchell was 16-4 all-time against Edmonton with 6,144 career passing yards against them, the most he has had against any team, while Fajardo was 6-1 against Hamilton … Mitchell eclipsed Doug Flutie (41,355) in career CFL passing yards on Saturday, moving into ninth all-time. . . . . Rankin recorded no yards on just three carries last week against Saskatchewan.

UP NEXT

Tiger-Cats: Host the B.C. Lions on Thursday.

Elks: Visit the Montreal Alouettes on Friday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 2, 2025.

Shane Jones, The Canadian Press