Riders Hold Two Touchdown Lead At Halftime
Turnovers looming large so far
Some Rider fans are holding their breath, others are jubilant.
Three Luca Congi field goals and an Andy Fantuz touchdown reception have the Saskatchewan Roughriders leading the Montreal Alouettes 17-3 at halftime of the 97th Grey Cup in Calgary.
The Riders opened the scoring halfway through the first quarter with a 40-yard Congi field goal just four minutes after the kicker missed from 47 yards out.
Saskatchewan struck for a major after Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo fumbled deep in his own end. Darian Durant hit Fantuz from eight yards out to put the Riders up 10-0.
Montreal didn't cross into Saskatchewan's half of the field until the final minute of the first quarter. However, the Als were stymied in the red zone, settling for a 28-yard Damon Duval field goal.
The Alouettes threatened again midway through the second quarter until receiver Kerry Carter fumbled the ball along the sideline. Chris McKenzie scooped up the loose ball just before it could bounce out of bounds.
The Riders tacked on seven more points in the last two minutes, with Congi hitting field goals from 44 and nine yards and Louie Sakoda blasting a kickoff into the Montreal endzone for a single.
Saskatchewan has outgained Montreal 230 total yards to 147. The Riders have doubled the Als in the running game and are winning the turnover battle, forcing two Montreal giveaways.
The Als will kick off to start the third quarter.
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ya Riders
Gooooo RIDERS !!!!!!! Best team in CFL 2009 and Best Economy in Canada 2009 !!!!!! LOVE this Province SASKATCHEWAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its sad of the outcome but
Its sad of the outcome but hats off to the Roughriders the sad thing is the lack of respect the Montreal players have, never heard one congrats to the Roughriders except the coach but I guess that shows the the class of the east way to go coach Miller and your staff and THE SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS you are champs and look out 2010
Heads are gonna roll...
Whoever f'd up that last game winning play needs to find a job flipping burgers. Obviously he can't figure out HOW MANY MEN are SUPPOSED to be on the field!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Who let Gantefoer do the
Who let Gantefoer do the counting?