Aug 8, 2008 - 1:04 AM
HAMILTON, Ontario (Ticker) -- Richie Williams threw three touchdown passes and Terry Caulley ran for 127 yards as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats rode a huge second half to a 45-21 triumph over the Toronto Argonauts on Thursday.
Starting in place of the injured Casey Printers, Williams connected with Robert Pavlovic for a four-yard TD at 9:38 of the second quarter, tying the game at 10-10. It was the first scoring pass of the season for Hamilton (2-5), which posted its highest offensive output since a 65-15 victory over Winnipeg in September 1999.
With the contest even at 18-18 at the half, the Tiger-Cats scored 17 points in the third quarter and another 10 in the fourth en route to snapping their four-game skid. Williams fired a three-yard TD pass to Caulley early in the third and found Chris Bauman for a 63-yard score less than seven minutes into the fourth to complete his impressive effort.
Williams completed 15-of-24 passes for 293 yards and Caulley ran for a 20-yard touchdown for Hamilton.
Jamal Robertson and Dominique Dorsey scored on the ground and Kerry Joseph was 21-of-40 for 303 yards with two interceptions for Toronto (3-4).
From the Bleachers
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TORONTO: 21
HAMILTON: 45
Final
Aug 7 10:14 PM -
CFL
FG HAM
NICK SETTA 16 YD
TORONTO 21
HAMILTON 45 3:08 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Aug 7 9:58 PM -
CFL
TD HAM
CHRIS BAUMAN 63 YD PASS FROM RICHIE WILLIAMS
(NICK SETTA KICK)
TORONTO 21
HAMILTON 42 8:06 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Aug 7 9:45 PM -
CFL
FG TOR
MIKE VANDERJAGT 31 YD
TORONTO 21
HAMILTON 35 9:53 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Aug 7 9:40 PM -
TORONTO: 18
HAMILTON: 35
End of 3rd
Aug 7 9:28 PM -
CFL
SAFETY HAM
TORONTO 18
HAMILTON 35 1:39 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Aug 7 9:23 PM -
CFL
TD HAM
MARKEITH KNOWLTON 45 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN
(NICK SETTA KICK)
TORONTO 18
HAMILTON 33 6:19 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Aug 7 9:08 PM -
CFL
SINGLE HAM
NICK SETTA 37 YD OFF A MISSED FIELD GOAL
TORONTO 18
HAMILTON 26 6:48 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Aug 7 9:08 PM -
CFL
TD HAM
TERRY CAULLEY 3 YD PASS FROM RICHIE WILLIAMS
(NICK SETTA KICK)
TORONTO 18
HAMILTON 25 11:36 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Aug 7 8:46 PM -
TORONTO: 18
HAMILTON: 18
Halftime
Aug 7 8:25 PM -
CFL
TD TOR
DOMINIQUE DORSEY 3 YD RUN
(KERRY JOSEPH PASS TO ARLAND BRUCE III FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION)
TORONTO 18
HAMILTON 18 0:16 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Aug 7 8:24 PM -
CFL
SINGLE HAM
70 YD OFF A KICKOFF
TORONTO 10
HAMILTON 18 1:06 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Aug 7 8:18 PM -
CFL
TD HAM
TERRY CAULLEY 20 YD RUN
(NICK SETTA KICK)
TORONTO 10
HAMILTON 17 1:08 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Aug 7 8:15 PM -
CFL
TD HAM
ROBERT PAVLOVIC 4 YD PASS FROM RICHIE WILLIAMS
(NICK SETTA KICK)
TORONTO 10
HAMILTON 10 5:22 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Aug 7 8:02 PM -
CFL
TD TOR
JAMAL ROBERTSON 1 YD RUN
(MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK)
TORONTO 10
HAMILTON 3 9:08 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Aug 7 7:53 PM -
CFL
FG TOR
MIKE VANDERJAGT 17 YD
TORONTO 3
HAMILTON 3 14:49 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Aug 7 7:41 PM -
TORONTO: 0
HAMILTON: 3
End of 1st
Aug 7 7:37 PM -
CFL
FG HAM
NICK SETTA 23 YD
TORONTO 0
HAMILTON 3 9:33 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Aug 7 7:18 PM