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Whitaker wears down Lions

Scores three TDs as Calvillo sets passing record

By: Sean Farrell

Posted: 09/1/2012 1:00 AM | Comments: 0

B.C. quarterback Travis Lulay is sacked by Montreal's Ventrell Jenkins during first-half CFL action at Molson Stadium on Friday night. (CP)

MONTREAL -- Another career milestone for Anthony Calvillo helped Montreal emerge victorious in a game between the CFL's two best teams.

Calvillo threw over 300 yards for a league-record eighth straight game and Brandon Whitaker had three touchdowns as the Alouettes held on to defeat the B.C. Lions 30-25 on Friday night.

The 40-year-old Calvillo completed 19 of 31 passes for 321 yards to break the record he shared with Doug Flutie.

"That's pretty cool to just say that there's only one on top," Calvillo said. "At the end of the day, it's something that I'm always going to reflect on but it's just fun to get this huge victory."

Whitaker put the Alouettes ahead for good on a two-yard run at 3:57 of the fourth quarter after catching a pair of touchdown passes from Calvillo earlier in the game.

"B.C.'s got a great defensive line and I've got the best offensive line in the game, so it was a battle and we got just enough yards to get where we needed to go," Whitaker said. "As long as we got a W on our record, that's all that matters."

Montreal's Billy Parker batted down B.C. quarterback Travis Lulay's third-down pass attempt from the 10-yard line as time expired in the final quarter.

"We've had two or three games like that, that come down to the end of the game," Whitaker said. "It's stressful, but that's the CFL for you. And when you've got two good teams playing against each other, that's what you should expect."

Montreal won its fourth in a row to improve to 6-3, first in the East Division. The Lions, who lead the West at 6-3, ended a four-game winning streak. B.C. will host the Alouettes next Saturday at BC Place.

"Any time you lose to a team you always want to get right back out on the field and redeem yourself," Lulay said. "You don't often get that opportunity and we do this week. So that's how we have to view it, as an opportunity to go home and get right back in the saddle and find a way to overcome the play that we didn't make tonight."

Arland Bruce III caught his second touchdown pass of the game to put the Lions up 25-24 at 6:28 of the fourth quarter.

Lulay found Bruce alone in the back of the end zone for a seven-yard strike to cap a 56-yard drive that gave B.C. its first lead of the game.

Lulay finished the game with 275 yards passing and two TDs. His first touchdown pass to Bruce late in the first quarter extended his streak of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 20.

-- The Canadian Press

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition September 1, 2012 C2

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