5 biggest plays of the 107th Grey Cup
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers won the Grey Cup for the first time in 29 years on Sunday, putting on a clinic in a 33-12 thrashing of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Here are the five biggest plays from the 107th edition of the championship game.
Bombers strip Evans
Adam Bighill has other ideas! @Wpg_BlueBombers #GreyCup pic.twitter.com/8CxdS0larg
— CFL on TSN (@CFLonTSN) November 24, 2019
Hamilton didn't get off to a great start, as quarterback Dane Evans was intercepted on his first series and stripped by Willie Jefferson the next time he got the ball, leading to an Adam Bighill fumble recovery inside the 20. That set up the Blue Bombers for what was to come ...
The Andrew Harris Show, Part I
Andrew coming through!#Bombers @shaw_cfl #GreyCup pic.twitter.com/FqDytw3fNd
— CFL (@CFL) November 24, 2019
Harris, a Winnipeg native, was on a mission to bring the Grey Cup to his hometown. The league's rushing leader wasted no time following Bighill's turnover, flying through Hamilton's defense for a 15-yard touchdown. It gave the Blue Bombers an early 7-0 lead.
The Andrew Harris Show, Part II
Wow, that just happened.@shaw_cfl #GreyCup #Bombers pic.twitter.com/Da1XOEqWLd
— CFL (@CFL) November 25, 2019
Harris was quiet in both of the Blue Bombers' regular-season meetings with Hamilton, as well as the team's West final win. But he showed up Sunday. The 32-year-old continued his epic Grey Cup performance with an 18-yard touchdown reception while being covered by a pair of Ticat defenders to extend the Blue Bombers' lead.
Welcome to the Grey Cup, Thiadric Hansen
THIADRIC. HANSEN. They heard that one all the way back in Germany.@shaw_cfl #GreyCup #Bombers pic.twitter.com/ShWpDQG1Dx
— CFL (@CFL) November 25, 2019
The CFL's global experiment might have yielded a star in Hansen, the 26-year-old German linebacker who can dish it out with authority. During the kick return after Harris' second TD, Hansen helped kill any Ticats momentum by delivering a bone-crushing hit on Special Teams Player of the Year Frankie Williams that was loud enough to shake McMahon Stadium.
Jeffcoat seals it
They can feel it now!!!!@Shaw_cfl #GreyCup #Bombers pic.twitter.com/qzp4NGrExp
— CFL (@CFL) November 25, 2019
The Blue Bombers' defense hounded Evans all night, so it was fitting that a turnover sealed the result. Defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat, son of two-time Super Bowl champion Jim Jeffcoat, forced the fumble - Hamilton's third and Evans' second - with a brilliant read, and then recovered it easily to secure the Grey Cup's long-awaited return to Winnipeg.
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