OTTAWA -- Henry Burris's 93-yard TD strike to Greg Ellingson with just over a minute remaining rallied the Ottawa Redblacks to a stirring 35-28 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Division final.
Ellingson made the catch in front of a Hamilton defender, then hesitate briefly before streaking on the outside to the end zone.
The play came after Ottawa was called for a chop block and forced back to its 18-yard line.
Hamilton tied the game 28-28 as Jeremiah Masoli, making just his second career playoff start, hit Luke Tasker on a 22-yard scoring strike with 1:34 remaining. Justin Medlock's convert tied it.
The win, before a boisterous TD Place sellout of 25,093, earned Ottawa its first Grey Cup berth since the former Rough Riders lost in the 1981 final to Edmonton.
And the Redblacks will represent the East Division in the CFL championship game after posting just two wins in their inaugural
2014 season. Ottawa will face either the Edmonton Eskimos or Calgary Stampeders in the Grey Cup game next weekend at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg.
Ottawa capped its three-game season sweep of Hamilton. The Redblacks won the two-game home-and-home series to clinch first in the East Division with a 12-6 record.
