Alouettes rally past Tiger-Cats in final minutes
He kicked a 35-yard field goal to give the Alouettes a 20-18 lead.Maltos Diaz added another field goal less than a minute later from 46 yards out, his third in as many tries during the game.Montreal quarterback Davis Alexander was 21-for-29, throwing for 187 yards in the win. Alexander also threw his first interception of the season late in the first half. The win also gave the Alouettes the season-series and tiebreaker, should both teams finish with the same record at the end of the regular season.Tiger-Cats quarterback Tre Ford completed 15 of his 23 pass attempts for 164 yards and a touchdown.
- ▪He kicked a 35-yard field goal to give the Alouettes a 20-18 lead.Maltos Diaz added another field goal less than a minute later from 46 yards out, his third in as many tries during the game.Montreal quarterback Davis Alexander was 21-for-29
- ▪Alexander also threw his first interception of the season late in the first half.
- ▪The win also gave the Alouettes the season-series and tiebreaker, should both teams finish with the same record at the end of the regular season.Tiger-Cats quarterback Tre Ford completed 15 of his 23 pass attempts for 164 yards and a touchd
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Open this photo in gallery:Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Isaiah Wooden Sr., (11) gets by Montreal Alouettes' Joseph Zema (36) to score a punt return touchdown during first half CFL football action in Montreal, on Sunday.Graham Hughes/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountJose Maltos Diaz kicked two fields and a single with just under three minutes left in the final quarter as the Montreal Alouettes beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 31-18 in front of 21,014 fans at Percival Molson Stadium on Sunday.Trailing 18-17 late in the game, Alouettes linebacker Alexandre Gagné blocked Hamilton punter Mitch McCarthy’s kick, giving Maltos Diaz prime field position deep in the Hamilton zone.
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