Head Coach Corey Mace said<\/a>. \u201cI love that about this team.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re (steamed) we didn\u2019t do what we wanted to do today. That\u2019s what I take from it. That\u2019s the sign of a good football team.\u201d<\/p>\n
A team, remember, that is 10-3 or better at the 13-game mark for only the fourth time in franchise history \u2014\u00a0and the first time since 1970 (11-2).<\/p>\n
\u201cI just talked to (the players) about \u2018we know what we want to be,\u2019 but to not lose sight of the things that we\u2019ve been able to do to this point,\u201d Mace said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat room is (peeved) off. I\u2019m (peeved) off, because we didn\u2019t do things the way we wanted to.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the timing of the bye is good for us, but I reminded those guys, \u2018You\u2019ve got to prove this every week. If you don\u2019t come with it, you\u2019re going to be in for a long night,\u2019 and we were tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Facing a decimated Saskatchewan secondary that was without starting cornerbacks Marcus Sayles and Tevaughn Campbell due to injuries, McLeod Bethel-Thompson threw for 379 yards and three TDs.<\/p>\n
Tyson Philpot caught nine passes for 238 yards and two Montreal majors. Ex-Roughrider Shea Patterson, now the Alouettes\u2019 short-yardage quarterback, scored two TDs. Stevie Scott III added a game-high 120 yards along the ground for the visitors.<\/p>\n
\u201cCredit to them,\u201d Mace said. \u201cFor certain things that we like to do, I thought schematically they had a couple of things.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, ultimately, we didn\u2019t tackle for nothing tonight. I thought we had a tough time tackling. That\u2019s kind of disappointing, because we\u2019ve been pretty good at that.<\/p>\n
\u201cDefensively, it was a really tough night. I\u2019ve got to coach these guys up better. They play hard, but I\u2019ve got to give them better stuff to give them enough bullets to get the thing done.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t look like us tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yet, there were some highlights.<\/p>\n
Harris, for example, threw his 200th career touchdown pass \u2014 a 38-yarder to KeeSean Johnson.<\/p>\n
As well, Harris also passed the 3,000 mark in career completions, increasing the total to 3,004 before Jake Maier took over at quarterback during the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Johnson, Dohnte Meyers (on a 47-yard pass from Maier), Tommy Stevens (one-yard run) and A.J. Ouellette (one-yard run) scored TDs for the Roughriders.<\/p>\n
Ouellette, who rushed for 90 yards, is 48 shy of reaching the 1,000 milestone for the second time as a CFLer. Johnson needs 31 receiving yards to hit 1,000 for the first time.<\/p>\n
Late in the game, with the outcome assured, Johnson was still fighting for additional yardage against a Montreal team that improved to 6-7 and snapped a five-game losing streak.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought we played hard to the very end,\u201d Mace said. \u201cOn offence, specifically, these guys were swinging until the very end.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt didn\u2019t matter if it was Trev in there or it was Jake in there. These guys played their tails off all the way to the end. They scrapped and fought.\u201d<\/p>\n
SHORT SNORTS<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Roughriders\u2019 Nick Wiebe had three special teams tackles to increase his team-leading total to 15.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Brett Lauther kicked a 46-yard field goal and converted all four Saskatchewan majors. He has made seven consecutive field-goal attempts.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Roughriders\u2019 Ajou Ajou had 95 yards on a career-best eight receptions.<\/p>\n
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