Sunday, November 16, 2003

Edmonton Eskimos 34 vs. Montreal Alouettes 22
 
REGINA, Saskatchewan (Ticker) -- Ricky Ray passed for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Edmonton Eskimos captured their first Grey Cup in a decade with a 34-22 victory over the defending champion Montreal Alouettes.

Edmonton (14-5) extended its own record with an 11th CFL championship, avenging a 25-16 loss to Montreal in last year's Grey Cup.

"It's as sweet as it can get," Eskimos coach Tom Higgins said.

Ray threw touchdown passes of 41 and 15 yards to Jason Tucker in a second quarter that saw the teams combine for 38 points. The Eskimos took a 24-21 halftime lead, then held the high-powered Alouettes (13-6) to a single in the second half.

Ray extended Edmonton's advantage to 31-22 with a one-yard keeper just 98 seconds into the fourth quarter and Sean Fleming added a 17-yard field goal with 29 seconds to play. Ray completed 22-of-31 passes for 305 yards.

Montreal got a pair of scoring passes from CFL Most Outstanding Player Anthony Calvillo and another from running back Deonce Whitaker. But the Alouettes could not overcome four turnovers and failed in a bid to become the first team to defend the Grey Cup since the Toronto Argonauts in 1996-97.

Summary

REGINA (CP) -- CFL Sunday afternoon:

First Quarter
Edm -- TD Pringle 4 run (Fleming convert) 2:43
Second Quarter
Edm -- TD Tucker 41 pass from Ray (Fleming convert) 2:25
Mtl -- TD Woodcock 4 pass from Whitaker (Kellett convert) 9:25
Mtl -- TD Girard 32 pass from Calvillo (Kellett convert) 11:37
Edm -- TD Tucker 15 pass from Ray (Fleming convert) 13:37
Mtl -- TD Cahoon 27 pass from Calvillo (Kellett convert) 14:10
Edm -- FG Fleming 27 14:49
Third Quarter
Mtl -- Single Kellett 70 9:59
Fourth Quarter
Edm -- TD Ray 1 run (Fleming convert) 1:28
Edm -- FG Fleming 17 14:31
 
Montreal
0
21
1
0
22
Edmonton
7
17
0
10
34

Attendance -- 50,909.
 
Team Stats:
Mtl.
Edm.
First downs
20
27
Yards rushing
4
90
Yards passing
375
301
Total offence
419
391
Team losses
20
29
Net offence
399
362
Passes made-tried
23-39
22-32
Return yards
182
94
Intercepts-yards by
0-0
0-0
Fumbles-lost
3-3
3-1
Sacks by
4
3
Punts-average
9-42.3
11-38.8
Penalties-yards
13-122
14-67
Time of possession
25:45
34:15

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

Individual Stats:
Rushing:
Mtl -- Lapointe 5-23, Woodcock 1-9, Whitaker 2-8, Calvillo 1-4;
Edm -- Pringle 17-70, Ray 7-13, Mills 3-7.
Receiving:
Mtl -- Cahoon 6-148, Copeland 8-102, Girard 4-86, Woodcock 4-26, Whitaker 1-13;
Edm -- Tucker 7-132, Hervey 3-48, Vaughn 3-33, Mills 1-29, Robinson 3-27, Walters 2-19, October 1-10, Pringle 1-3.
Passing:
Mtl -- Calvillo 22-37, 371 yds, 2 TDs, 0 ints, Whitaker 1-1-4-1-0, Kellett 0-1-0-0-0;
Edm -- Ray 22-32-301-2-0.
 
 

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