Game Summary

The Montreal Alouettes visited the Toronto Argonauts in SkyDome this week in a pivotal East Division match‐up. The Argos, undefeated at home this season could wrap up the Division crown with a win over the Als. It was the Als who got on the board first however, as K Terry Baker nailed a 46-yard FG just 2 minutes into play. Toronto responded quickly to the Montreal score when QB Doug Flutie completed a 9-yard TD pass to wide‐out Jack Jackson at 10:32. K Mike Vanderjagt’s convert gave Toronto a 7-3 lead. The see-saw battle continued into the second quarter as Baker struck for his second FG of the game from 52-yards out trimming the Argonaut lead to 1 with no time remaining on the clock. In the third quarter the Toronto offence finally got on track as RB Mike “Pinball” Clemons ran the ball in from 1-yard out. Vanderjagt’s convert was good. A forced fumble by Flutie lead to the game's next score as LB Tracy Gravely scooped up the loose ball and returned it 20 yards for the TD at 9:20. Montreal elected to go for the 2-point conversion but QB Tracy Ham’s pass to SB Chris Armstrong fell incomplete keeping the score at 14-12 in favour of Toronto. Toronto increased their lead during their next series when Flutie teamed up with SB Derrell Mitchell for a 38-yard major. Vanderjagt’s convert stretched Toronto’s lead to 9-points. In the fourth quarter Clemons opened the scoring with his second rushing TD of the night, a 2-yard run at 1:15 bringing Toronto’s point total up to 28 after Vanderjagt sailed the convert through the uprights. A 45-yard FG attempt by Baker sailed wide but still scored a single during Montreal’s next possession cutting Toronto’s lead to 28-13. That’s the way the score would remain until Ham found Armstrong in the end zone for a 26-yard TD. The 2-point convert attempted by Montreal was successful this time as Ham teamed up with RB Mike Pringle with 5 seconds remaining in the game making the final score 28-21 in favour of the Double Blue. The win secures the East Division tittle for the Boatmen for the second consecutive year while regulating the Alouettes to a second place finish. Also of note in the game was Mike Clemons eclipsing his own CFL record for most combined yards in a regular season (3,300 yards). His 213 total yardage for the game gave him 3,399 yards for the season with 2 games still remaining.