Madferret
7-01-05, 10:08 PM
Renegades storm back to stun Alouettes
Canadian Press
OTTAWA (CP) - Matt Kellett's 14-yard field goal in overtime Friday night lifted the Ottawa Renegades to a come-from-behind 39-36 victory over the Montreal Alouettes.
The Alouettes led 33-10 going into the fourth quarter, but the Renegades staged a furious comeback with quarterback Kerry Joseph running for a pair of touchdowns and throwing for another.
Kellett, whom Montreal traded to Ottawa at the draft, sent the game to extra time with a 32-yard field goal on the final play of regulation time.
He and Alouettes rookie Damon Duval exchanged field goals in overtime, then Duval missed for the first time in six attempts when his 35-yarder into the wind sailed well wide and Kellett stepped up and made his chip shot.
The Canada Day bash, before a regular-season franchise-low Frank Clair Stadium crowd of 18,899, resulted in just the third Renegades' victory over Montreal in 10 all-time attempts and evened their record at 1-1 on the CFL season.
Joseph ran for three TDs overall, from two, one and five yards out, and connected with Frank Cutolo for the receiver's first TD in an Ottawa uniform. Anthony Calvillo ran for a TD and hooked up with Ben Cahoon for another for Montreal (1-1).
The game was played in memory of legendary Rough Riders head coach and general manager Frank Clair, who passed away in April at the age of 87. He was honoured with a pre-game ceremony attended by members of his family, former Ottawa players and league commissioner Tom Wright. The Renegades then went out and turned in a shaky start. They were dogged by mistakes and ineffectiveness, on and off the field.
The scoreboard repeatedly went on and off throughout the night, sideline advertising boards blew away in the wind, and at least one fan was hauled off by police after taking the game's Mardi Gras promotion - where women were encouraged to collect as many beads as possible from male spectators in an attempt to win a cash prize.
The Renegades took the lead through a 41-yard field goal from Kellett on the opening drive of the game, but the Alouettes responded with one of their own - a 13-yard chip shot by Duval. Calvillo then hit Cahoon with a nine-yard pass just before the end of the first quarter and Montreal led 10-3.
That grew to 17-3 early in the second quarter when Calvillo kept the ball and ran it in from three yards out. After a pair of Duval field goals, from 49 and 40 yards respectively, made it a 20-point game, the Renegades drove the ball to the Montreal two-yard line only for their drive to stall with seconds remaining in the half.
When Renegades head coach Joe Paopao sent out the field-goal unit, the crowd jeered the decision so loudly that he called a time-out and sent Joseph back out to successfully scamper into the end zone on third down and it was 23-10 at the half.
The lead grew to 33-10 before Joseph began to take the game into his own hands and ran for a pair of TDs in the fourth quarter. When he found former B.C. Lion Cutolo with a 17-yard TD pass with less than three minutes to go, Ottawa was back in the game at 33-30.
Notes: Ottawa travels to B.C. to play the Lions next Friday. ... Montreal plays host to the Edmonton Eskimos that same night. ... CFL commissioner Tom Wright on the Glieberman's riskee Mardi Gras promotion: "If you're asking me where (it) ranks on my list of promotions, it probably wouldn't make the top 10."
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Canadian Press
OTTAWA (CP) - Matt Kellett's 14-yard field goal in overtime Friday night lifted the Ottawa Renegades to a come-from-behind 39-36 victory over the Montreal Alouettes.
The Alouettes led 33-10 going into the fourth quarter, but the Renegades staged a furious comeback with quarterback Kerry Joseph running for a pair of touchdowns and throwing for another.
Kellett, whom Montreal traded to Ottawa at the draft, sent the game to extra time with a 32-yard field goal on the final play of regulation time.
He and Alouettes rookie Damon Duval exchanged field goals in overtime, then Duval missed for the first time in six attempts when his 35-yarder into the wind sailed well wide and Kellett stepped up and made his chip shot.
The Canada Day bash, before a regular-season franchise-low Frank Clair Stadium crowd of 18,899, resulted in just the third Renegades' victory over Montreal in 10 all-time attempts and evened their record at 1-1 on the CFL season.
Joseph ran for three TDs overall, from two, one and five yards out, and connected with Frank Cutolo for the receiver's first TD in an Ottawa uniform. Anthony Calvillo ran for a TD and hooked up with Ben Cahoon for another for Montreal (1-1).
The game was played in memory of legendary Rough Riders head coach and general manager Frank Clair, who passed away in April at the age of 87. He was honoured with a pre-game ceremony attended by members of his family, former Ottawa players and league commissioner Tom Wright. The Renegades then went out and turned in a shaky start. They were dogged by mistakes and ineffectiveness, on and off the field.
The scoreboard repeatedly went on and off throughout the night, sideline advertising boards blew away in the wind, and at least one fan was hauled off by police after taking the game's Mardi Gras promotion - where women were encouraged to collect as many beads as possible from male spectators in an attempt to win a cash prize.
The Renegades took the lead through a 41-yard field goal from Kellett on the opening drive of the game, but the Alouettes responded with one of their own - a 13-yard chip shot by Duval. Calvillo then hit Cahoon with a nine-yard pass just before the end of the first quarter and Montreal led 10-3.
That grew to 17-3 early in the second quarter when Calvillo kept the ball and ran it in from three yards out. After a pair of Duval field goals, from 49 and 40 yards respectively, made it a 20-point game, the Renegades drove the ball to the Montreal two-yard line only for their drive to stall with seconds remaining in the half.
When Renegades head coach Joe Paopao sent out the field-goal unit, the crowd jeered the decision so loudly that he called a time-out and sent Joseph back out to successfully scamper into the end zone on third down and it was 23-10 at the half.
The lead grew to 33-10 before Joseph began to take the game into his own hands and ran for a pair of TDs in the fourth quarter. When he found former B.C. Lion Cutolo with a 17-yard TD pass with less than three minutes to go, Ottawa was back in the game at 33-30.
Notes: Ottawa travels to B.C. to play the Lions next Friday. ... Montreal plays host to the Edmonton Eskimos that same night. ... CFL commissioner Tom Wright on the Glieberman's riskee Mardi Gras promotion: "If you're asking me where (it) ranks on my list of promotions, it probably wouldn't make the top 10."
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