Game Summary

It was the tail-end of a crucial home and home series for these two division rivals. Last week Toronto had come into Montreal and beaten the Als soundly by 40-13 score pulling themselves to within 1 point of Montreal for second in the East. Als on the other hand were welcoming back QB Tracy Ham to full time duty and were looking to avenge their aforementioned loss. It was the Argos, however, that jumped to the early lead when SB Derrell Mitchell hauled in a 12-yard pass from QB Kerwin Bell for the major at 4:46 of the opening period. Bigos’ was good on the convert. At 13:14 K Terry Baker got the Als on the scoreboard hoofing a 13-yard FG to make the score 7-3 after one quarter of play. In the second quarter Mike Pringle began to assert himself on the ground rushing for a 2-yard score at 8:54. Baker’s convert was successful but his 25-yard FG attempt at 13:28 missed wide scoring a single to make the score 11-7 for the Als at halftime. In the third quarter, Bell found WR Andre Kirwan, just back from injury, for a14-yard scoring play. Bigos’ convert gave Toronto their first lead of the match. The lead was short lived, however, as Montreal exploded for two TDs before the end of the quarter. At 8:56 Pringle scored his second rushing TD of the game from 2 yards out. Then at 13:51 SB Jock Climie was on the receiving end of a 15-yard toss from Ham. Baker was good on both converts making the score 25-14 Montreal. Baker continued to have the hot boot kicking FGs of 42 and 20 yards to open the scoring in the final stanza. Montreal’s scoring streak was stopped at 12:28 when Mitchell caught his second TD of the night, this time a 16 pass from Bell. Bigos was good on the convert making the score 31-21 for Montreal. However, that was as close as Toronto would get as Climie added another 7 points to the Alouette total at 13:08 on a 75-yard play after Baker nailed the convert. Toronto pivot Jay Barker, who replaced Bell late in the game, added a late rushing TD to make the final score 38-28.