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DaVaris Daniels had seven catches for a team-high 109 yards and a touchdown for the Eskimos, while Trevor Harris completed 29 of 41 passes for 319 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions, the first of which came on Edmonton’s opening possession, followed by a fumble by running back C.J. Gable on their second.

“We really did shoot ourselves in the foot there, it was difficult,” Harris commented from the podium post-game, where he appeared to choke back tears on occasion. “I threw one up in man-to-man and wasn’t sure if it was P.I. (pass interference) or whatever, and it just didn’t work out with Ricky (Collins Jr.), Richard Leonard made a play and then we had a fumble.

“So we dug ourselves in a hole early and that’s not a recipe for success, but you can see the team battled and I think we had our chances to do some great things but we put our defence in bad spots.”

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In the end, it wasn’t enough as Hamilton took a 10-0 lead off turnovers by an Eskimos club that was the only team to qualify for playoffs this year with a negative turnover ratio (minus-7).

And they took a 13-0 lead into the second quarter after Edmonton’s third possession, while not a turnover, ended up being shanked by Hugh O’Neill and flagged for an illegal punt out of bounds, which resulted in a net pickup of one whole yard.

The Eskimos got on the scoreboard with their lone touchdown of the day, after a 75-yard, eight-play drive ended with DaVaris Daniels spinning out of a tackle on his way to a 21-yard reception to the end zone.