Davis Alexander threw for 420 yards and three touchdowns, while Tyson Philpot and Tyler Snead had 184 and 174 rushing yards respectively as the winless Redblacks had no answers for the dominant Alouettes and remain winless.
With his 184 yards against the Ottawa Redblacks, Tyson Philpot tied a CFL record for fastest to 1000 yards, finishing the feat in only eight games. He joined TSN's Claire Hanna after the game to talk about that record, and more.
The Ottawa Redblacks found themselves in the red zone five times against the Alouettes and only found the end zone once, and defensively they weren't much better. The CFL on TSN panel break down the Redblacks struggles against the dominant Alouettes.
Tyson Philpot rushed for 184 yards against the Ottawa Redblacks, and his QB Davis Alexander joined TSN's Claire Hanna to speak about his strong play, where the Alouettes are this season, and more.
After accepting a short pass from Davis Alexander, Tyler Snead darted through the Redblacks' defence before hopping into the end zone to further extend the Alouettes lead late in the third quarter.
Immediately after the Redblacks got back in the game with a major of their own, Davis Alexander and the Alouettes stormed down the field again, with Alexander finding a wide-open Cole Spieker to cap off the drive and extend the Alouettes lead.
With the Alouettes down to start the second quater, Daniel Adeboboye took the hand-off at the goal line and darted into the house to get one back for the Redblacks.
Late in the first quarter, Travis Theis took the hand-off from Davis Alexander and made no mistake, rumbling all the way to the house to give him a touchdown in six-straight games.
It didn't take long for Davis Alexander and the Montreal Alouettes to find the end zone, as they stormed down the field, completing a six-play, 81-yard drive to get the opening major of the game.
Following six straight losses to open the season, the Redblacks will host the East-Division leading Alouettes tonight on TSN. Ottawa QB Jake Maier is coming off a solid performance against Winnipeg where he threw for 344 yards, but he'll have a tough time against a 6-1 Montreal team that has won the last 12 meetings against the Redblacks. The CFL on TSN panel tees up all the action ahead of Friday Night Football.
The Alouettes survived a 37-35 thriller against the Redblacks in Week 4, and tonight the two teams meet again as the CFL's top-ranked offence will be taking on Ottawa's defence which is allowing the second-most yards per game, setting the stage for another potential shootout.
From highlight reel plays, to learning a new language and becoming a social media savant, Alouettes QB Davis Alexander will do anything to attract new CFL fans, including reaching out to a new target market.
Zander Horvath finished with 191 yards and three touchdowns rushing, and Kaidon Salter added 160 yards on the ground in his first career CFL start at quarterback to help lead the Lions to an upset victory over the Blue Bombers.
The Lions shocked the Bombers in a rout that nobody could predict. The CFL on TSN panel has more on how BC was able to dominate with their run game, how impressive Kaidon Salter looked in his first start and more.
Deontai Williams delivered 10 tackles in BC's win over Winnipeg, and said that they knew that they would have to bring it against the Bombers, including trying to stop the run game.
Zander Horvath scored three touchdowns while picking up 191-yards on the ground. The running back said he felt good, but was happy the defensive and the offensive lines played so well.
In his first career start, QB Kaidon Salter tossed for 96-yards and a touchdown while adding 160 yards on the ground. After the game, Salter spoke about his teammates pushing him, and describes how he was able to have such a dominant ground game.
Watch as Zander Horvath scampers 58-yards to the house to extend the Lions lead. BC would also convert the two-point attempt to give them a 28-19 lead late in the game.
With the Lions knocking on the door, Kaidon Salter finds Jermaine Jackson for the 24-yard major to put BC back on top.
As the third quarter winds down, the Bombers take the lead again as Dru Brown finds Tim White for the two-yard catch.
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