The league-leading Montreal Alouettes rallied in the second half to defeat the B.C. Lions 37-30 in front of 22,752 fans at Percival Molson Stadium on Friday night.
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Alouettes → lead → night
The Alouettes outscored the Lions 30-18 in the final two quarters to secure the CFL victory, their seventh in as many outings at home this season.
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Alouettes → outscore → home
The win also allowed Montreal (10-2) to become the first team to clinch a playoff berth.
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Montreal → allow → berth
The Alouettes are also assured of hosting a post-season game this fall thanks to the victory.
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Alouettes → assure → victory
Davis Alexander completed 25 of his 34 throws for 297 yards.
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Alexander → complete → yards
Alexander also recorded his 25th touchdown pass of the season, breaking a tie with Toronto’s Chad Kelly for the most in the CFL this season.
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Alexander → record → CFL
Tyler Snead scored a pair of touchdowns for the Alouettes.
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Snead → score → Alouettes
The Raleigh, N.C., native also surpassed his single-season career-high in receiving yards in the win.
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native → surpass → win
The 28-year-old also accumulated 375 yards, while throwing a pair of touchdowns and a costly interception.
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old → accumulate → touchdowns
Justin McInnis led the way offensively for the Lions, scoring a touchdown on 100 receiving yards.
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McInnis → lead → yards
Fellow receiver Jermaine Jackson also found the end zone.
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Jackson → find → zone
Jose Maltos Diaz was successful on all three of his field goal attempts for Montreal, while Sean Whyte of the Lions made five field goals.
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Whyte → make → goals
The Lions (6-6) saw their five-game winning streak snapped.
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streak → see → ?
It also marked the most points allowed by B.C. since June 27.
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It → mark → June
It took less than three minutes for the Alouettes to open the scoring.
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Alouettes → take → scoring
Alexander completed passes to five different receivers on the opening drive, capping it with a seven-yard touchdown to Snead.
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Alexander → complete → Snead
The touchdown was Snead’s league-leading 10th of the season.
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touchdown → lead → season
After a 39-yard Whyte field goal, Alexander responded by marching Montreal 69 yards to the B.C. one-yard line.
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Alexander → respond → line
The drive would prove futile, however, as short-yardage quarterback Terry Wilson was stopped on three consecutive quarterback sneaks, resulting in a turnover on downs.
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Wilson → prove → downs
The missed opportunity proved costly.
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opportunity → miss → ?
Whyte’s 27-yard field goal on the ensuing possession cut the deficit to a single point.
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goal → ensue → point
Aside from Whyte’s 49- and 45-yard field goals late in the second quarter, both offences stalled.
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offences → stall → quarter
Montreal failed to record a first down on any of its five second-quarter possessions, while Alexander followed an 11-for-11 start by completing just two of his final eight first-half passes.
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Alexander → fail → passes
To make matters works, running back Travis Theis also exited with an injury and did not return, with rookie Liam Talbot taking over.
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Talbot → make → injury
Neither team recorded a first down on its opening third-quarter possession before Diaz ended Montreal’s scoring drought with a field goal.
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Diaz → record → goal
B.C. answered three minutes later when Rourke connected with McInnis for a 35-yard touchdown, giving the Lions a 19-10 lead.
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Rourke → answer → lead
Alexander quickly led the Alouettes back, highlighted by Tyson Philpot’s 45-yard catch, before Talbot scored his first CFL touchdown on a six-yard run.
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Talbot → lead → run
After a 48-yard Diaz field goal restored Montreal’s lead, linebacker Tyrice Beverette intercepted Rourke and returned it 57 yards for his first CFL touchdown.
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Beverette → restore → touchdown
Whyte’s fifth field goal cut the deficit to five in the fourth quarter, but Snead quickly scored on his second touchdown reception of the night.
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Snead → cut → night
While the Lions would pull closer thanks to Jermaine Jackson’s late touchdown, their comeback attempt proved to be too little too late.
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attempt → pull → touchdown
Montreal beat B.C. for the first time in four years, with the Als’ last win against the Lions having come on Sept. 9, 2022.
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win → beat → Sept.
Alouettes: Visit the B.C. Lions on Saturday, Sept. 12.
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Alouettes → visit → Saturday
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 4, 2026.
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report → publish → Press
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