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<\/p>\nThe reception was also Philpot\u2019s 113th of the season, setting a new Alouettes franchise record and surpassing the previous mark of 112 shared by Ben Cahoon (2003) and Jamel Richardson (2011).<\/p>\n
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Philpot added his third record late in the third quarter, catching his ninth pass of the night to move past former Ottawa Redblack Brad Sinopoli for the most receptions by a Canadian in a single CFL season. Sinopoli\u2019s previous record of 116 had stood since 2018.<\/p>\n
They are accomplishments Alouettes head coach Jason Maas can only marvel at.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the beginning of training camp to now, when he has had the opportunities, 99 times out of 100, he\u2019s making them,\u201d said Maas. \u201cSure, there\u2019s a couple plays here and there he would probably love to have back, but the consistency he\u2019s been playing with, the professionalism of coming into the building every single day ready to learn and practice hard and then go out and put it all on the line on the field. \u2026 He\u2019s been tremendous.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Philpot, setting the Alouettes\u2019 receptions record carried particular significance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember being six years old tackling my brother in the backyard, envisioning being one of the best ever,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m definitely far from that, but just to be in the conversation of having the most catches in Alouettes history is really a dream come true. There\u2019s no better organization to do it for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Philpot\u2019s historic night was part of a dominant offensive performance from Montreal.<\/p>\n
Alexander threw for 440 yards and a touchdown in his first career win against the Blue Bombers.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old American finished just one yard short of his career high of 441 yards, achieved against the Argonauts earlier this season.<\/p>\n
Alexander, however, was quick to deflect attention away from himself and onto Philpot after the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been with him since 2022,\u201d said Alexander. \u201cWe came in together. I got to watch him play with the great quarterbacks we had before me and I knew the potential was there. He had an unbelievable off-season. He kind of took it to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n
Montreal came out firing early, with Alexander connecting with Philpot for a 52-yard gain on the opening drive before finding Rohan Jones for his first career CFL touchdown. After Winnipeg briefly tied the game on an Ontaria Wilson score, the Alouettes took control and outscored the Blue Bombers 30-3 over the remainder of the contest.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said to Davis when there was three minutes left, \u2018I think this is the most complete game we\u2019ve played,\u2019 said Philpot. \u201cI feel like we could have finished the game better. We had a couple two and outs at the end, but at the end of the day, we knew what was on hand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Caleb Evans scored twice on one-yard runs and Stevie Scott III added a rushing touchdown.<\/p>\n
Winnipeg (7-8), meanwhile, dropped their second straight game and currently sit in last place in the crowded West Division standings.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey beat us pretty good,\u201d added Winnipeg head coach Mike O\u2019Shea. \u201cPhilpot makes some great catches, balls were delivered well and he comes up with contested catches. They got on us early with highly skilled plays.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Alouettes remain unbeaten at home this season at 8-0 and snapped a four-game regular-season losing streak against Winnipeg dating back to October 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt definitely meant a lot to us, but most importantly, we wanted to find a way to get a win,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cWe set out one of our goals. The boys showed up and we were ready tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
The victory, coupled with the Toronto Argonauts 24-17 loss to the B.C. Lions earlier Saturday not only secures the East Division for Montreal, but also guarantees Montreal will host the Eastern Final on Nov. 7.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe said, by the end of the week, there could be an opportunity for us to finish the week in first place, which is a box you want to check,\u201d said Maas. \u201cWhen the opportunity arose, our guys went out and played like it. I was so proud of all three phases from start to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n
Philpot, however, is already looking beyond the division title.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe job is not done,\u201d he said. \u201cOur goal is win a Grey Cup and we won\u2019t stop until we do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 3, 2026.<\/p>\n
Jordan Stoopler, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The reception was also Philpot\u2019s 113th of the season, setting a new Alouettes franchise record and surpassing the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":920228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-920227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920227","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=920227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}