The opponents are now known: the Alouettes will face the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday, November 9 in Montreal, in the Eastern final.
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The Argonauts made an appointment with the Alouettes by beating the Ottawa Rouge et Noir by a score of 58 to 38, Saturday in Toronto, at the end of an offensive festival equaling the Canadian Football League record in chapter of the total points in a playoff game.
Quarterback Chad Kelly flexed his arm power multiple times in this game, connecting with his receivers DaVaris Daniels, twice, Jake Herslow and Makai Polk for touchdowns.
Kelly, who also reached the end zone himself following a 15-yard run in the third quarter, finished the game with 18 completed passes in 20 attempts and a total of 358 yards of gains through the route. tunes.
Nearly 500 yards for Brown
If the Rouge et Noir’s defensive unit sometimes looked bad against Kelly, quarterback Dru Brown also did very well to guide the Ottawa team’s offense.
Dominating in time of possession, Brown completed the first half with an impressive total of 256 passing yards. Ottawa having chosen to rely on the aerial attack throughout the match, the quarterback finally stopped his score at 476 yards in the defeat thanks to 46 successful relays.
Woke up by a bag
Strangely, a hard-hitting sack by Lorenzo Mauldin IV early in the second quarter caused a turnover, but the play seemed to wake up Kelly. Upon his return to the field, the Argos quarterback completed a long pass to Polk, a 70-yard play, for the home team’s first major in this game. From then on, Kelly proved very difficult to stop for the Rouge et Noir defense. Two interceptions returned for touchdowns in the fourth quarter nailed Ottawa’s coffin.
Quebec recruit Kevin Mital, formerly of the Laval University Rouge et Or, made four receptions for a total of 49 yards in this meeting for the Argonauts. Also a rookie, Polk finished the game with 158 passing yards thanks to four receptions. In addition to his important touchdown, he notably caught a 57-yard pass later in the game.
- During the regular season, the Alouettes won only once in three occasions against the Argonauts. Suspended at the start of the season, Chad Kelly was present during only one of these confrontations, that of September 28 in Toronto, when the Argos won by a score of 37 to 31. The Argonauts quarterback did not however, had not been able to throw a single touchdown pass in this meeting. It was rather the kicker Lirim Hajrullahu who was the hero of the match with eight placements in as many attempts.
