Sunday, November 9, 2003

Toronto Argonauts 26 @ Montreal Alouettes 30
 

MONTREAL (Ticker) -- The Montreal Alouettes will have a chhance to defend their Grey Cup title.  Quarterback Anthony Calvillo's 35-yard touchdown run with under five minutes remaining lifted the Alouettes to a 30-26 triumph over the Toronto Argonauts in the CFL East Division final.  Montreal will face Edmonton in next week's title game. Last season, the Alouettes posted a 25-16 win over Edmonton in the title game.  Calvillo secured the Alouettes' 13th trip all-time to the title game by racing to the end zone with 4:29 remaining, erasing a 26-23 deficit.  Calvillo completed 25-of-35 passes for 228 yards, two touchdowns and an interception and also ran four times for 40 yards.  The performance by Calvillo overshadowed a brilliant effort by Argonauts backup Marcus Brady, who completed 19-of-32 passes for 276 yards and three touchdowns. He came on after starter Damon Allen left the game in the first quarter with an injury to his throwing hand.  Toronto had three chances to win the game after Calvillo's go-ahead touchdown but came up empty each time.  The Alouettes erased a six-point deficit in the third quarter, getting a 37-yard field goal from Matt Kellett and Calvillo's 17-yard TD toss to Kwame Cavil to take a 23-19 lead.  Toronto regained the lead 3:24 into the fourth quarter on Brady's 32-yard TD pass to Tony Miles.

Summary

MONTREAL (CP) -- CFL Sunday afternoon:

First Quarter
Mtl -- FG Kellett 38 5:45
Tor -- Safety Kellett concedes 9:23
Tor -- FG Prefontaine 42 12:05
Second Quarter
Tor -- TD Jackson 17 pass from Brady (Prefontaine convert) 8:54
Mtl -- TD Cahoon 9 pass from Calvillo (Kellett convert) 12:24
Tor -- TD Miles 66 pass from Brady (Prefontaine convert) 13:04
Mtl -- FG Kellett 37 14:21
Third Quarter
Mtl -- FG Kellett 37 8:30
Mtl -- TD Cavil 17 pass from Calvillo (Kellett convert) 10:00
Fourth Quarter
Tor -- TD Miles 32 pass from Brady (Prefontaine convert) 3:24
Mtl -- TD Calvillo 32 run (Kellett convert) 10:24
 

Toronto	5	14	0	7	26
Montreal	3	10	10	7	30

Attendance -- 60,007.
 

Team Stats:	Toronto	Montreal
First downs	19	22
Yards rushing	45	148
Yards passing	353	228
Total offence	398	376
Team losses	14	9
Net offence	384	369
Passes made-tried	22-40	25-35
Return yards	242	189
Intercepts-yards by	1-0	0-0
Fumbles-lost	1-0	0-0
Sacks by	1	3
Punts-average	8-42.6	7-43.7
Penalties-yards	7-83	9-87
Time of possession	29:38	30:22

Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.

Individual Stats:
Rushing:
Tor -- Jenkins 11-29, Brady 5-12, Allen 1-4;
Mtl -- Whitaker 6;60, Calvillo 4-40, Lapointe 7-30, Heppell 2-18.
Receiving:
Tor -- Miles 6-134, Mitchell 8-72, Jenkins 3-46, Knight 1-43, Jackson 3-39, Morreale 1-19;
Mtl -- Copeland 6-83, Cavil 6-66, Cahoon 5-34, Lapointe 4-26, Whitaker 4-19.
Passing:
Tor -- Allen 3-6, 77 yds, 0 TDs, 0 ints, Brady 19-32-276-3-0, Prefontaine 0-1-0-0-0, Bishop 0-1-0-0-0;
Mtl -- Calvillo 25-35-228-2-1.