EDMONTON — Walter Fletcher scored a pair of touchdowns and the Montreal Alouettes continued to look solid to start their Grey Cup title defence, emerging with a 23-20 victory over the Edmonton Elks on Friday.
Montreal quarterback Cody Fajardo connected on 20 of his 30 pass attempts for 269 yards and two majors.McLeod Bethel-Thompson amassed 300 passing yards for Edmonton and was picked off twice.
Montreal started the scoring on its first possession as a long pass up the middle by Fajardo to Kaion Julien-Grant eventually set up a five-yard passing play that saw receiver Cole Spieker get a finger on the ball and then reel it in on the way down for the touchdown. Montreal took a 17-10 lead with 24 seconds remaining in the opening half after Fajardo hit Fletcher with a short pass before he found a seam and turned on the jets, blazing 46 yards for the touchdown.Following a scoreless third quarter, Cote hoped to extend Montreal’s lead but missed a 46-yard field goal attempt.
The Alouettes quickly turned that into points of their own, as Fletcher took a handoff and blazed 39 yards into the end zone for his second major of the match with 2:18 remaining on the clock. The convert attempt hit the uprights.
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