Montreal Alouettes vs Edmonton Eskimos Match Player Stats On Sep 12, 2014

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Sep 13, 2014

Eskimos 33, Alouettes 16: Mike Reilly completed 22-of-32 passes for 271 yards and gained another 56 on the ground in his return from a thumb injury as host Edmonton snapped its two-game losing streak.

Reilly scored two rushing touchdowns and Tyler Thomas added another - all in the fourth quarter - for the Eskimos (8-3), who improved to 6-0 against East Division opponents. Thomas gained 52 yards on four carries and added 130 on kick returns while Adarius Bowman caught 10 passes for 131 yards.

Jonathon Crompton was 15-of-27 for 169 yards and a touchdown toss to Duron Carter for Montreal (3-8), which saw its two-game winning streak come to an end. Gabriel Knapton registered two sacks to raise his team-leading total to nine.

Crompton put the Alouettes ahead 16-12 on the opening play of the fourth quarter with a 64-yard toss to Carter for the first touchdown of the contest. Thomas returned the ensuing kickoff 39 yards to set up a scoring drive by Edmonton that was capped by Reilly's 1-yard run and added a 20-yard TD rush with 7:12 remaining to give the Eskimos some breathing room.

The game was a defensive battle for the first three quarters, with the Alouettes recording negative total yardage on offence in the first quarter. Montreal's Sean Whyte made field goals of 40 and 46 yards in the second quarter to forge a 6-6 tie at halftime, but Edmonton's Hugh O’Neill converted a pair of kicks around one by Whyte in the third quarter to give the Eskimos a 12-9 advantage.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Reilly missed two games due to his thumb injury but did not appear bothered by it in his return. … Knapton has recorded seven sacks in his last three games. … Bowman leads the league with 997 receiving yards.