Veteran Bo Levi Mitchell throws five TD strikes as Ticats maul Argos
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Mitchell cemented the win with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Kiondre Smith at 4:29 of the fourth quarter that put Hamilton ahead 44-26. It came after Toronto had pulled to within 37-26.
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Mitchell completed 19-of-24 passes for 332 yards with no interceptions and became the 11th player in CFL history to crack the 40,000-yard plateau. The 35-year-old native of Katy, Texas, improved his career record against Toronto to 16-2.
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Toronto pulled to within 44-32 on Khalan Laborn's one-yard run at 8:01. Following consecutive procedure penalties, Nick Arbuckle's pass for the two-point convert was incomplete.
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Then Hamilton's Isaiah Wooden Sr. returned the kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown at 8:47.
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Hamilton (2-2) has won its last four games against Toronto (1-4) after going 3-0 last year against the defending Grey Cup champions. The Argos also dropped to 0-3 at home, to the dismay of a BMO Field gathering of 12,701.
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Hamilton earned its first road victory of 2025 and only its second win in its last eight visits to BMO Field.
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Arbuckle finished 27-of-38 passing for 339 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Arbuckle's six-yard TD pass to Kevin Mital at 14:08 rounded out the scoring as the two-point convert was unsuccessful.
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Kenny Lawler, with three, Tyler Ternowski and Greg Bell had Hamilton's other touchdowns. Marc Liegghio booted six converts and a field goal.
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Kevin Brown, Janarion Grant and Damonte Coxie scored Toronto's other touchdowns. Lirim Hajrullahu added two converts and two field goals.
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One play after Toronto punter John Haggerty was flagged for an illegal kick, Mitchell hit Lawler on a 46-yard touchdown pass at 11:08 of the third. That put Hamilton ahead 37-19 as the convert was unsuccessful.
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Arbuckle countered with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Coxie at 14:57 to cut Hamilton's lead to 37-26.
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Bell capped Hamilton's opening possession of the third with a six-yard TD run at 6:34. But Grant returned the ensuing kickoff 99 yards for the touchdown at 7:09, cutting Hamilton's advantage to 31-19 as the two-point convert was unsuccessful.
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Mitchell's three first-half TD passes staked Hamilton to its 24-13 halftime lead. The Ticats averaged nine yards per play in the opening half and were a stellar seven-of-10 on second down.
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Mitchell was 11-of-14 passing for 186 yards as Hamilton's offence amassed 207 net yards (compared to 132 for Toronto).
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Hajrullahu's 53-yard field goal at 12:42 of the second cut Hamilton's lead to 24-13. Mitchell ended a nine-play, 70-yard march with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Ternowski at 7:06 to put the Ticats ahead 24-10.
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