Argonauts clinch 1st place in East Division with wild victory over Alouettes

A single point following a missed field goal was enough to give the Toronto Argonauts a 24-23 win over the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday in CFL action at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.

"Now we can get healthy. We needed that bye and get some guys back," said Argonauts head coach Ryan Dinwiddie. "We wanted to win the East obviously, but it was essential to get it done this week and not wait until next week."

Toronto's (11-6) McLeod Bethel-Thompson threw for 240 yards and two touchdowns and had one interception.

Trevor Harris led Montreal (8-9) with 413 passing yards and two touchdowns in the tough loss.

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The Alouettes found lots of success through the air on their opening drive, gaining 52 yards in only three plays and finding themselves on the Toronto 15 yard-line.

All the progress would be undone when Montreal gambled on third down. They turned the ball over when Harris's pass was intercepted by Jonathan Jones.

After a Toronto three-and-out, Montreal found themselves once again in a third down situation but were a yard away from the end zone this time. They again elected to go for it and came up empty for the second time in as many red zone drives.

Starting at their own one-yard line, the Argonauts proceeded to march down the field, covering 109 yards in just seven plays.

They would cap it off by scoring the first touchdown of the game with just over four minutes remaining in the opening quarter. Bethel-Thompson found Markeith Ambles from two yards out.

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