MONTREAL – John Beck came off the bench in relief of injured Travis Lulay to throw touchdown passes to Lavelle Hawkins and Austin Collie as the B.C. Lions downed the Montreal Alouettes 25-16 on Thursday night.
Eric Fraser scored on an interception return and Richie Leone had a field goal and a single on a missed 50-yard attempt for the Lions (4-5), who were coming a 23-13 loss to Montreal two weeks ago in Vancouver.
Jonathan Hefney returned an interception for a TD and Boris Bede had three field goals for Montreal (4-6).
Lulay went off with a left knee injury midway through the first quarter.
Montreal’s Tanner Marsh got his first start of the season at pivot with Rakeem Cato seeing to a family emergency. It didn’t go well, as he threw five interceptions, fumbled once and didn’t generate an offensive touchdown.
Jabar Westerman stripped the ball free from Marsh and Michael Brooks recovered to set up a Leone 46-yard boot at 9:19. Then, Alex Hoffman-Ellis picked off a pass, leading to Beck’s 10-yard TD pass to Hawkins at the 15:00 mark. Hawkins scored in his first CFL game.
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