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Ferri TD, Calvillo return lift Alouettes over Eskimos 31-14

Sep 20, 2010 - 12:54 AM MONTREAL (CP) - Linebacker Diamond Ferri returned a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown and Anthony Calvillo was a winner in his return from a chest injury as the Montreal Alouettes downed the struggling Edmonton Eskimos 31-14 on Sunday.

Avon Cobourne also had a TD while Damon Duval kicked four field goals as the Alouettes took a 19-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back.

Running back Calvin McCarty scored on a one-yard plunge in the final minute of the first half and quarterback Jason Maas came off the bench to score in the last minute of the game for the Eskimos.

Montreal (8-3) won a second game in a row while Edmonton (2-9), playing for the first time before new general manager Eric Tillman, lost a third straight game.

Ben Cahoon got more than the one catch he needed to pass former Ottawa great Tony Gabriel for second place all-time by going 138 games with at least one reception. Donald Narcisse holds the record with 216 games.

A full house of 25,012 endured a game in which there was little scoring once Montreal took an early commanding lead.

Calvillo, who missed two games with a bruised sternum, marched the Alouettes down field on the first possession for a 19-yard Duval field goal.

Edmonton conceded a safety and, on the ensuing kickoff, Ferri burst up the middle for his first career TD. The Als linebacker, who had a sack and an interception on consecutive plays in the second quarter, was a part-time running back in university who has occasionally returned kicks in the CFL.

The Alouettes needed three tries from the one before Cobourne scored late in the opening quarter.

The Alouettes were held to a single and two field goals in the second quarter and Edmonton finally got on the board in the final minute of the half when three Montreal penalties helped the Eskimos to first and goal from the one.

Two runs were stopped and a challenge was needed to prove McCarty broke the plane of the goal line on the third attempt to make it 26-7 at the half.

Two more Montreal penalties, including a roughing the passer call on Ramon Guzman that left Ray shaken up, gave Edmonton the ball on the Montreal 10, but on the next play, a Maas pass was picked off by Jerald Brown. Ray returned for the next series.

Brown picked off a Ray pass late in the fourth quarter to set up a 38-yard Duval boot.

Maas went in again for Edmonton's final drive and marched his team to the Montreal six-yard line, where he scrambled in the pocket and slipped up the middle to score with 36 seconds left to play.

Jared Zabransky also played a series at QB for Edmonton.

The Eskimos had slotback Fred Stamps back from injury and he caught three passes for 74 yards.

Montreal's usual kick returner Tim Maypray was left off the roster to meet the league's import-non-import quotas, so Andrew Hawkins handled most of the return duties.