Rene Paredes field goal earns Stampeders hard-fought 28-25 win over Ticats
HAMILTON — On a night when he wasn’t at his best, a Bo Levi Mitchell incompletion moved the Calgary Stampeders closer to clinching top spot in the West Division.
Rene Paredes’ 17-yard field goal on the final play earned Calgary a hard-fought 28-25 win over a spirited Hamilton squad Friday night. Paredes’ boot was possible thanks to a pass-interference call on defender Courtney Stephens following Mitchell’s jump-ball throw to Anthony Parker that moved the Stamps 62 yards to the Tiger-Cats’ 10-yard line.
“I’ll be honest, I understand how to win a football game,” Mitchell said. “P.I. is a very big thing, it’s a very good weapon to use.
“Sure, I love to throw touchdowns but you’ve got to understand situation-wise if you don’t get the ball there a completion is game over. I put the ball up high, let a guy come back to it and go jump for it and obviously let someone try run through him and get a penalty. It was a good job by Parker coming back to it but that’s kind of how you draw it up there in the end.”