EDMONTON — Mike Reilly scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns in his return as quarterback to help the Eskimos to a 33-16 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Friday, ending Edmonton’s two-game skid.
The Eskimos improved to 8-3 and moved into a tie for second place in the CFL’s West Division with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. All three of Edmonton’s losses this season have come against Calgary.
Montreal had a two-game winning streak snapped to fall to 3-8, however the Alouettes still have a share of the lead in the struggling CFL East, tied for first with Toronto. Montreal has failed to capture a road win this season in five attempts.
The game had a very slow start, with Edmonton taking a 2-0 lead midway through the opening quarter on a safety. The Eskimos added a 39-yard Hugh O’Neill field goal to lead 5-0 at the end of the first.
Things didn’t get much more exciting from there for quite some time.
Montreal responded with a 39-yard field goal of its own from Sean Whyte early in the second quarter.
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