Final
Porter stars as Tiger-Cats outlast Alouettes
Oct 5, 2008 - 7:33 AM HAMILTON, Ontario (Ticker) -- Quinton Porter threw five touchdown passes as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats held off the Montreal Alouettes, 44-36, on Saturday.The victory kept the Tigers-Cats (3-11) alive in the playoff picture after a game that saw 897 yards passing and nine touchdown strikes between Porter and the Alouettes' Anthony Calvillo.
Porter was making his second career start in place of injured Casey Printers. He went 27-of-32 for 429 yards.
The Tiger-Cats surged to a 24-3 lead in the second quarter only to see the Alouettes close within one point in the third quarter at 24-23.
Porter, who played at Boston College, then hooked up with Prechae Rodriguez for two touchdowns to give Hamilton some breathing room at 38-23.
The Alouettes (9-5) missed a chance to capture the top spot in the East Division despite Calvillo's 44-of-53 passing performance which was good for 468 yards and four touchdowns.
Montreal's Ben Cahoon became the leading receiver in CFL history. Cahoon caught 10 balls for 107 yards and two touchdowns and has 834 career receptions, pushing him past Ray Elgaard, who had 830 receptions for Saskatchewan from 1983-96.
- CFL
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MONTREAL 3 6 14 15 38
HAMILTON 14 10 7 13 44 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: HAM - TD, ERNEST JACKSON 13 YD PASS FROM
QUINTON PORTER (NICK SETTA KICK),
2:20. HAMILTON 7-0
HAM - TD, ROBERT PAVLOVIC 1 YD PASS FROM
QUINTON PORTER (NICK SETTA KICK),
6:09. HAMILTON 14-0
M
Oct 4 7:12 PM - CFL
FG HAM
NICK SETTA 8 YD
MONTREAL 38
HAMILTON 44 0:08 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Alouettes 38, Tiger-Cats 44 4th - 0:08Oct 4 7:10 PM - CFL
FG HAM
NICK SETTA 11 YD
MONTREAL 30
HAMILTON 41 3:51 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Alouettes 30, Tiger-Cats 41 4th - 3:51Oct 4 6:51 PM - CFL
TD MON
JAMEL RICHARDSON 5 YD PASS FROM ANTHONY CALVILLO
(DAMON DUVAL KICK)
MONTREAL 30
HAMILTON 38 10:10 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Alouettes 30, Tiger-Cats 38 4th - 10:10Oct 4 6:37 PM - CFL
TD HAM
PRECHAE RODRIGUEZ 4 YD PASS FROM QUINTON PORTER
(NICK SETTA KICK)
MONTREAL 23
HAMILTON 38 13:20 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Alouettes 23, Tiger-Cats 38 4th - 13:20Oct 4 6:30 PM - CFL
END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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MONTREAL 3 6 14 23
HAMILTON 14 10 7 31 END, 3RD QTR
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: HAM - TD, ERNEST JACKSON 13 YD PASS FROM
QUINTON PORTER (NICK SETTA KICK),
2:20. HAMILTON 7-0
HAM - TD, ROBERT PAVLOVIC 1 YD PASS FROM
QUINTON PORTER (NICK SETTA KICK),
6:09. HAMILTON
Oct 4 6:25 PM - CFL
TD HAM
PRECHAE RODRIGUEZ 24 YD PASS FROM QUINTON PORTER
(NICK SETTA KICK)
MONTREAL 23
HAMILTON 31 2:01 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Alouettes 23, Tiger-Cats 31 3rd - 2:01Oct 4 6:18 PM - CFL
TD MON
JAMEL RICHARDSON 12 YD PASS FROM ANTHONY CALVILLO
(DAMON DUVAL KICK)
MONTREAL 23
HAMILTON 24 4:13 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Alouettes 23, Tiger-Cats 24 3rd - 4:13Oct 4 6:11 PM - CFL
TD MON
BEN CAHOON 7 YD PASS FROM ANTHONY CALVILLO
(DAMON DUVAL KICK)
MONTREAL 16
HAMILTON 24 6:40 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Alouettes 16, Tiger-Cats 24 3rd - 6:40Oct 4 6:07 PM - CFL
HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MONTREAL 3 6 9
HAMILTON 14 10 24 HALFTIME
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: HAM - TD, ERNEST JACKSON 13 YD PASS FROM
QUINTON PORTER (NICK SETTA KICK),
2:20. HAMILTON 7-0
HAM - TD, ROBERT PAVLOVIC 1 YD PASS FROM
QUINTON PORTER (NICK SETTA KICK),
6:09. HAMILTON 14-
Oct 4 5:30 PM - CFL
FG MON
DAMON DUVAL 37 YD
MONTREAL 9
HAMILTON 24 0:10 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Alouettes 9, Tiger-Cats 24 2nd - 0:10Oct 4 5:30 PM - CFL
FG MON
DAMON DUVAL 40 YD
MONTREAL 6
HAMILTON 24 2:07 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Alouettes 6, Tiger-Cats 24 2nd - 2:07Oct 4 5:21 PM - CFL
TD HAM
PRECHAE RODRIGUEZ 7 YD PASS FROM QUINTON PORTER
(NICK SETTA KICK)
MONTREAL 3
HAMILTON 24 6:24 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Alouettes 3, Tiger-Cats 24 2nd - 6:24Oct 4 5:09 PM - CFL
FG HAM
NICK SETTA 23 YD
MONTREAL 3
HAMILTON 17 13:06 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Alouettes 3, Tiger-Cats 17 2nd - 13:06Oct 4 4:54 PM - CFL
END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MONTREAL 3 3
HAMILTON 14 14 END, 1ST QTR
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: HAM - TD, ERNEST JACKSON 13 YD PASS FROM
QUINTON PORTER (NICK SETTA KICK),
2:20. HAMILTON 7-0
HAM - TD, ROBERT PAVLOVIC 1 YD PASS FROM
QUINTON PORTER (NICK SETTA KICK),
6:09. HAMILTON
Oct 4 4:46 PM - CFL
FG MON
DAMON DUVAL 12 YD
MONTREAL 3
HAMILTON 14 2:08 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Alouettes 3, Tiger-Cats 14 1st - 2:08Oct 4 4:41 PM - CFL
TD HAM
ROBERT PAVLOVIC 1 YD PASS FROM QUINTON PORTER
(NICK SETTA KICK)
MONTREAL 0
HAMILTON 14 8:51 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Alouettes 0, Tiger-Cats 14 1st - 8:51Oct 4 4:34 PM - CFL
TD HAM
ERNEST JACKSON 13 YD PASS FROM QUINTON PORTER
(NICK SETTA KICK)
MONTREAL 0
HAMILTON 7 12:40 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Alouettes 0, Tiger-Cats 7 1st - 12:40Oct 4 4:16 PM
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