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<\/p>\nMontreal (14-4) swept the two-game series with Toronto (9-9) but this contest had no bearing on the East Division standings. The Als and Argos came in having already clinched the top two spots so each rested a number of starters before 13,198 spectators at BMO Field.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhen you play an 18-game schedule, I\u2019m telling you right now we don\u2019t concede one of them,\u201d said Montreal head coach Jason Maas. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked really hard to try and win as many as we can and win every week and that\u2019s our standard.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you come up with 14 of those, that\u2019s huge. It\u2019s hard to win in this league and to do what we\u2019ve done I\u2019m very proud of (the Als players), I\u2019m proud of this organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
Toronto will host the fourth-place finisher in the West in the East semifinal Oct 31. The winner visits Montreal in the division final Nov. 7.<\/p>\n
Davis was among Montreal\u2019s regulars who didn\u2019t play. He entered weekend action leading the CFL in TD passes (35) and completion percentage (72.1) and second in yards (5,257).<\/p>\n
Most importantly, Alexander is 13-3 this season as a starter.<\/p>\n
Crum completed 17-of-20 passes for 153 yards and ran four times for 12 yards and the two TDs. Crum didn\u2019t find it difficult to play in a game that had no playoff implications.<\/p>\n
\u201cCoach Maas has created an extremely competitive environment on the team,\u201d Crum said. \u201cI think it\u2019s a big reason for the success we\u2019ve had this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s just kind of the standard that he brings to the table and you\u2019re expected to meet it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evans took over to begin the second half. After a slow start he finished 11-of-14 passing for 82 yards with the two TDs and an interception.<\/p>\n
Evans found Charleston Rambo on a five-yard TD pass at 7:50 of the fourth following a 44-yard punt return by Mekhi Mews. He then hooked up with Kaseem Ferdinand on a 23-yard touchdown toss at 13:08. <\/p>\n
Tucker Horn, Toronto\u2019s No. 3 quarterback, drew the start. He was 20-of-26 passing for 215 yards with a TD and interception before giving way to Luis Perez in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Perez completed two-of-three passes for 26 yards.<\/p>\n
Toronto\u2019s Kevin Mital had three catches for 27 yards to crack the 1,000-yard plateau for the first time. He\u2019s the fourth Argos receiver this season to reach the mark \u2014 Damonte Coxie, David Ungerer III and Tyler Kahmann are the others \u2014 for a franchise first.<\/p>\n
Montreal\u2019s Lewis Ward kicked two field goals and three converts.<\/p>\n
Dymere Miller had seven catches for 115 yards and Toronto\u2019s touchdown. Lirim Hajrullahu added the convert and three field goals.<\/p>\n
Hajrullahu\u2019s 45-yard field goal to end the third pulled Toronto to within 19-16. He connected from 47 yards out at 1:39.<\/p>\n
Crum\u2019s nine-yard TD run at 14:44 of the second gave Montreal a 19-10 halftime lead. The six-play, 60-yard drive was aided by pass interference and roughing the passer penalties against Toronto.<\/p>\n
Montreal was deserving of the lead. It ran 43 offensive plays to Toronto\u2019s 14 and held the ball for over 22 minutes in the first half.<\/p>\n
Ward staked Montreal to a 12-10 lead with a 42-yard field goal at 6:12. It followed Hajrullahu\u2019s 53-yard boot at 2:30.<\/p>\n
Ward put Montreal ahead 9-7 with a 15-yard field goal at 13:41 of the first. The Alouettes had the ball for 13 minutes two seconds in the quarter.<\/p>\n
Toronto\u2019s first play from scrimmage was Horn\u2019s 71-yard TD pass to Miller at 6:10 for a 7-6 advantage. Crum\u2019s one-yard TD run at 5:35 capped Montreal\u2019s opening 10-play, 76-yard drive but Joseph Zema missed the convert.<\/p>\n
UP NEXT<\/p>\n
Alouettes: Host the East Division final Saturday, Nov. 7.<\/p>\n
Argonauts: Host the East Division semifinal Saturday, Oct. 31.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2026.<\/p>\n
Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal (14-4) swept the two-game series with Toronto (9-9) but this contest had no bearing on the East…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[879,49,48,521,522,2467,520,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-946800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-cfl","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946800","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=946800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}