MONTREAL \u2014 The Calgary Stampeders ride a 58-point performance into Percival Molson Memorial Stadium to face the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Calgary enters 2-2 following a 58-36 victory over the Toronto Argonauts.<\/p>\n
Montreal enjoyed a bye in Week 5 and sits with a 3-1 record.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s three keys to victory for each team ahead of Saturday\u2019s 7:00 p.m. ET kickoff, which can be watched on TSN\/RDS2 in Canada, on CBSSN in the U.S., and on CFL+ internationally.<\/p>\n
RELATED CALGARY STAMPEDERS<\/p>\n 1. EXPECTATIONS ON OFFENCE<\/p>\n It\u2019s unrealistic to expect Vernon Adams Jr. to repeat his six-touchdown performance from a week ago<\/a>, but it was a reminder to the rest of the league of what he\u2019s capable of. A confident Adams, paired with the explosiveness of running back Dedrick Mills<\/a>, will be\u00a0a handful for the Alouettes\u2019 defence.<\/p>\n 2. GET TO DAVIS ALEXANDER<\/p>\n The Calgary defence is allowing an average of 364.5 yards through the air, a mark that ranked them eighth after Week 5. The answer to the turnaround could start at the line of scrimmage with a front that\u2019s had a knack for getting to the quarterback. If defensive linemen Clarence Hicks<\/a>, Folarin Orimolade<\/a> and Jaylon Hutchings can make Als\u2019 quarterback Davis Alexander<\/a> uncomfortable, it will limit his time to make decisions.<\/p>\n 3. DISCIPLINED ON DEFENCE<\/p>\n The Stamps are averaging 10 penalties per game and have 19 on the defensive side of the ball. Against an Alouettes offence that\u2019s averaging over 33 points a game as it is, giving away free yards and extra opportunities will only make it more difficult to keep points off the board.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n MONTREAL ALOUETTES<\/p>\n 1. THE PHILPOT SHOWDOWN<\/p>\n Who doesn\u2019t love a little family rivalry? Montreal receiver Tyson Philpot<\/a> led the league coming into the week with 587 yards and will stare across the field at brother Jalen Philpot, who has 245 yards to his name. Both have the opportunity to positively impact the game for their team and stake claim to the brotherly bragging rights.<\/p>\n 2. THE LINEBACKERS<\/p>\n Given the dynamic skill set Adams and Mills possess, the Als\u2019 linebacker corps of Tyrice Beverette, Geoffrey Cantin-Arku and Najee Murray<\/a> \u2014 who\u2019s a game-time decision \u2014 need to be active and on their toes. It\u2019s a talented group that\u2019s totalled 43 defensive tackles in four games.<\/p>\n 3. STRIKE BIG, STRIKE QUICK<\/p>\n Montreal has 16 big plays, defined as passes over 30 yards and runs over 20, on the season. One way to get into the game after a bye is to take shots deep early, which Alexander has the weapons to do.<\/p>\n NEED TO KNOW:<\/p>\n The Als and Stamps meet again in Week 7 in Calgary.
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\u00bb Game Notes: Stampeders at Alouettes<\/a>
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\nStamps backup quarterback Quincy Vaughn has punched in five touchdowns on short yardage, one shy of his total in 2025.
\nVernon Adams Jr. has a career record of 3-2 against his former team.
\nUnder Jason Maas, the Als are 7-2 following a bye.
\nDavis Alexander<\/a> has not thrown an interception in his last 274 pass attempts, the second-longest streak in league history behind only Darian Durant (323).
\nKickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET and can be watched on TSN\/RDS2 in Canada, on CBSSN in the U.S., and on CFL+ internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL \u2014 The Calgary Stampeders ride a 58-point performance into Percival Molson Memorial Stadium to face the Montreal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-793335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793335","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=793335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}