{"id":211371,"date":"2025-10-14T03:14:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/211371\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T03:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:14:48","slug":"3-stats-that-defined-montreals-westjet-thanksgiving-weekend-win-over-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/211371\/","title":{"rendered":"3 stats that defined Montreal\u2019s WestJet Thanksgiving Weekend win over Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal \u2013 After their 30-10 win over Ottawa on Monday afternoon, the Montreal Alouettes are still in contention for the East Division\u2019s top spot. The home team was in control from the start, making it 10 straight wins over the REDBLACKS in what was the first half of a home-and-home series between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/davis-alexander\/165844\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Davis Alexander\">Davis Alexander<\/a> earned his 10th straight victory as Montreal\u2019s starting quarterback, while the defence and special teams stepped up with timely plays throughout the contest.<\/p>\n<p>CFL.ca brings you three key stats from the Montreal Alouettes\u2019 win over the Ottawa REDBLACKS.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2764053 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_TGW_FinalConcept_EN-800x642.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"157\"  \/>WESTJET THANKSGIVING WEEKEND<br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/10\/13\/alouettes-topple-redblacks-to-keep-division-title-hopes-alive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alouettes topple REDBLACKS to keep division title hopes alive<\/a><br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/games\/6568\/montreal-alouettes-vs-ottawa-redblacks\/#\/preview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa, Montreal by the numbers<\/a><br role=\"presentation\"\/>\u00bb Depth Charts: <a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025.10.13.GM16.OTT_MTL.DEPTH_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">OTT<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/GM-16-MONTREAL-DEPTH-CHART-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MTL<\/a><br role=\"presentation\"\/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-CFL-Gm-Notes-82-Mtl-vs-Ott-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Game Notes: REDBLACKS at Alouettes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2771581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FINALMPB_6853-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>1 \u2013 AUSTIN MACK TOUCHDOWN CATCH<\/p>\n<p>Austin Mack came down with the only touchdown of the afternoon for the Montreal offence and did so in style.<\/p>\n<p>He took the top off the Ottawa defence with a 47-yard reception late in the first half to give Montreal a 12-point cushion at the break. Though it wasn\u2019t their most productive on offence, Mack\u2019s long touchdown score combined with the impressive play of the defence and special teams pushed Montreal past Ottawa at home.<\/p>\n<p>7 \u2013 MARC-ANTOINE DEQUOY DEFENSIVE PLAYS<\/p>\n<p>Safety Marc-Antoine Dequoy came storming out of the gates on Monday afternoon with a number of defensive plays early which set the tone for the Alouettes\u2019 stout defensive unit.<\/p>\n<p>Dequoy got his hand to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/richie-leone\/161073\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Richie Leone\">Richie Leone<\/a>\u2018s punt on Ottawa\u2019s opening drive and brought the football into the end zone for a big-time early score. On Ottawa\u2019s third possession, Dequoy sacked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/dustin-crum\/165471\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Dustin Crum\">Dustin Crum<\/a> with the REDBLACKS on Montreal\u2019s three-yard line. A couple of plays later, he knocked down Crum\u2019s pass for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/bralon-addison\/162746\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Bralon Addison\">Bralon Addison<\/a> in the end zone, resulting in a turnover on downs.<\/p>\n<p>5 \u2013 JOSE MALTOS DIAZ FIELD GOALS<\/p>\n<p>Montreal\u2019s offence stalled outside of the red zone on a number of occasions, but thankfully the consistent kicking from Jose Maltos Diaz allowed the hosts to still put points on the board.<\/p>\n<p>Maltos Diaz was perfect with his five field goal attempts, the longest of which coming from 53 yards deep in the first quarter. In the end, Maltos Diaz\u2019s field goals gave Montreal 15 of their 30 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal \u2013 After their 30-10 win over Ottawa on Monday afternoon, the Montreal Alouettes are still in contention&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-211371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}