The Montreal Alouettes travelled west this week to take on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Winnipeg Stadium. The Als were looking for a win to tie them for first place in the East Division with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, while the Blue Bombers were gunning for their second win of the season. Things looked good early for Montreal as K Terry Baker’s 43-yard FG at 10:30 of the first quarter marked the only points in the first stanza of play. Forty-nine seconds into the second quarter, K Troy Westwood put Winnipeg on the scoreboard when his 47-yard FG sailed wide, scoring a single point. Special teams accounted for Winnipeg’s next score when RB Eric Blount lateraled a punt return to wideout Milt Stegall who ran the ball back 80 yards for the major at 2:50. Westwood’s convert was good making the score 8-3 for the Blue Bombers. Winnipeg’s next points came courtesy of their defence as DB Reggie Carthon scooped up a fumble by FB Michael Soles and returned it 70 yards for the TD. Westwood’s convert gave the Blue Bombers a 12-point cushion at 6:39 of the second quarter. However, Montreal responded quickly when QB Anthony Calvillo teamed up with WR Chris Armstrong for a 95-yard scoring play at 10:09. Baker’s convert was successful. On the ensuing kickoff, CFL Combined Yards leader Eric Blount returned the kickoff 95 yards for the major at 10:32. Westwood’s convert was good. Westwood and Baker exchanged FGs from 50 and 48 yards respectively to close the scoring in this wild quarter of football with the Blue Bomber leading by 25-15 score as the teams headed to the locker room for halftime. Westwood opened the third period scoring nailing his second FG of the match at 7:11 from 23 yards out. He then struck a 34-yard attempt before Baker replied for Montreal by hitting a FG from the 17-yard line with 37 seconds left in the quarter making the score 31-16 for Winnipeg. Montreal cut the lead to 8 points when RB Thomas Haskins powered into the end zone from the 4-yard line at 11:25 of the final quarter. Baker’s convert was good. That was as close as Montreal would get, however, as Westwood completed the scoring in the game by hoofing a 38-yard FG at 13:48 to give Winnipeg their second victory of the season by a 34-23 score.
1997 | Week 2 | MTL 27 @ WPG 24 | |
Week 9 | MTL 26 @ WPG 21 | ||
Week 12 | WPG 28 @ MTL 29 | ||
Week 17 | WPG 34 @ MTL 41 | ||
1998 | Week B | WPG 18 @ MTL 44 | |
Week 1 | MTL 27 @ WPG 24 | ||
Week 13 | MTL 23 @ WPG 34 | ||
Week 17 | WPG 44 @ MTL 58 |
1.
MTL: Field Goal
BAKER
(43 yards)
10:30
2.
WPG: Single WESTWOOD
(35 yards off a Missed Field Goal)
0:49
3.
WPG: Touchdown STEGALL
(80 yard Punt return)
2:50
WPG: Convert Kick WESTWOOD
4.
WPG: Touchdown
CARTHON
(70 yard Fumble
return)
6:22
WPG: Convert Kick WESTWOOD
5.
MTL: Touchdown ARMSTRONG
(98 yard pass from CALVILLO)
10:09
MTL: Convert Kick BAKER
6.
WPG: Touchdown BLOUNT
(95 yard Kickoff return)
10:32
WPG: Convert Kick WESTWOOD
7.
MTL: Field Goal
BAKER
(50 yards)
13:31
8.
WPG: Field Goal
WESTWOOD
(48 yards)
15:00
9.
WPG: Field Goal
WESTWOOD
(23 yards)
7:11
10.
WPG: Field Goal
WESTWOOD
(34 yards)
11:26
11.
MTL: Field Goal
BAKER
(17 yards)
14:23
12.
MTL: Touchdown
HASKINS
(4 yards)
11:25
MTL: Convert Kick BAKER
13.
WPG: Field Goal
WESTWOOD
(38 yards)
13:48
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alouettes | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
Blue Bombers | 0 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 34 |
MTL | WPG | |
---|---|---|
First Downs | 16 | 17 |
Rushing | 152 | 208 |
Passing | 276 | 128 |
Total Offence | 428 | 336 |
Team Losses | 34 | 3 |
Net Offence | 394 | 333 |
Pass Comp-Att | 16-30 | 12-25 |
Interceptions by-yards | 0-0 | 2-4 |
Fumbles-Lost | 2-2 | 1-1 |
Punts-Net Avg. | 9-47.0 | 8-45.0 |
Penalties-Yards | 6-60 | 7-82 |
Time of Possession | 28:53 | 31:07 |
MTL – CALVILLO: 16/29, 276 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT; FUNDERBURK: 0/1, 0 YDS, 0 TD, 1 INT; WPG – KOPP: 12/25, 128 YDS, 0 TD, 0 INT;
MTL – PRINGLE: 14/103 YDS, 0 TD; CALVILLO: 6/28 YDS, 0 TD; SOLES: 2/10 YDS, 0 TD; BAKER: 1/7 YDS, 0 TD; HASKINS: 1/4 YDS, 1 TD; WPG – MILLINGTON: 18/146 YDS, 0 TD; MCCULLOUGH: 12/62 YDS, 0 TD;
MTL – ARMSTRONG: 5/160 YDS, 1 TD; SOLES: 3/35 YDS, 0 TD; PRINGLE: 3/32 YDS, 0 TD; CLIMIE: 2/21 YDS, 0 TD; CAHOON: 1/17 YDS, 0 TD; CODY: 2/11 YDS, 0 TD; WPG – RUNNING: 4/61 YDS, 0 TD; STEGALL: 4/37 YDS, 0 TD; COTTON: 1/24 YDS, 0 TD; DUBUC: 1/5 YDS, 0 TD; MILLINGTON: 1/1 YDS, 0 TD; MCCULLOUGH: 1/0 YDS, 0 TD;
Alouettes coach: Dave Ritchie, II (L)
Blue Bombers coach: Jeff Reinebold (W)
Alouettes (8-4-1) Next vs Eskimos Oct 04
Blue Bombers (2-11-0) Next @ Tiger-Cats Oct 04
MTL | WPG | ||
---|---|---|---|
Largest Lead / Deficit | +3 / -18 | +18 / -3 | |
Final | -11 | +11 | |
MTL | Tied | WPG | |
Time in Lead | 07:20 | 10:30 | 42:10 |
Site | Local Time | Condition | Temp. | Wind | Humidity | Pressure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richardson Int'l A | 7:00 PM | Rain Showers | 11.9°C | N (60°) at 9 km/h | 69% | 98.06 kPa |
Richardson Int'l A | 8:00 PM | Mostly Cloudy | 11.1°C | N (50°) at 11 km/h | 87% | 98.06 kPa |
Richardson Int'l A | 9:00 PM | Mostly Cloudy | 10.4°C | N (70°) at 11 km/h | 90% | 98.02 kPa |
Richardson Int'l A | 10:00 PM | Mostly Cloudy | 10.9°C | N (80°) at 13 km/h | 87% | 98.02 kPa |
Conditions at Winnipeg Richardson Int'l A (4.27 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.
Category | Current Rank | Original Rank | Value | Person | Record Held Span | OR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Longest Pass – Play | -- | -- | 97 yards |
Anthony Calvillo
to Chris Armstrong (TD) |
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Longest Reception – Play | -- | -- | 97 yards |
Chris Armstrong
from Anthony Calvillo (TD) |