HAMILTON (CP) -- Hamilton back-up quarterback Ritchie Williams engineered a come-from-behind win and Jesse Lumsden scored the go-ahead touchdown as the Ticats defeated the Calgary Stampeders 24-20 in CFL action Friday night.

Williams took over from Casey Printers, who left the game with an injured hamstring, with 32 seconds left in the first half, down 17-6, and led the team to 18 points as Hamilton won only its second game of the season. Lumsden, back after missing three games with a clavicle injury, pushed his way past tackler after tackler en route to a 19-yard touchdown rush midway through the fourth to give Hamilton the lead.

Williams hit Jason Armstead for a two-point conversion as the crowd of 23,115 at Ivor Wynne Stadium exploded in a round of Oskee-Wee-Wee. The score capped a 99-yard drive that began when Calgary running back Joffery Reynolds fumbled at the Hamilton 11-yard line.

On Calgary's next possession, Reynolds fumbled again on the Stampeder 25-yard line and Setta hit a 30-yard field goal for the 24-18 score.

Calgary quarterback Henry Burris led a final drive, but left the game at third-and-goal when he was tripped up at the Hamilton four-yard line.

Hamilton defensive back Dwight Anderson intercepted back-up Akili Smith in the endzone to seal the win. Setta conceded a safety as the game ended.

The loss breaks Calgary's four-game unbeaten streak as they fall to 6-5-1 in the West Division. Hamilton improves to 2-10.

Burris and receiver Ken-Yon Rambo connected twice for touchdowns in the first half and Calgary kicker Sandro DeAngelis was one for two in field goals, hitting from 45 but missing from 40 yards out.

Hamilton's Setta went five for five, hitting field goals from 14, 33, 37, 51 and 30 yards and adding a punt single.

Printers was playing in his second game with Hamilton after returning from the NFL but continued to struggle despite the return of Lumsden (clavicle) and receiver Armstead (ribs) who had been out with injuries. Printers left the game having completed nine of 16 pass attempts in the first half for 73 yards.

Calgary took a 17-9 lead into halftime. Burris hit Rambo with a 14-yard touchdown pass on the team's first possession of the game and followed up near the end of the second quarter with a 27-yard strike to Rambo. DeAngelis hit a 45-yard field goal in between.

Williams took over from Printers on the final drive of the half, moving Hamilton 35 yards in 32 seconds and setting up the 37-yard field goal as time expired.



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