Redblacks top Alouettes, earn back-to-back wins for 1st time this season

The Ottawa Redblacks earned back-to-back wins for the first time this season courtesy of a 38-24 victory over the Alouettes at Percival Molson Stadium in Montreal on Friday night.

Ottawa quarterback Nick Arbuckle threw for 313 yards and one touchdown on 20-of-31 passing. On his 30th birthday, Redblacks kicker Lewis Ward notched five field goals.

With the win, the Redblacks (3-8) improved their away record to 3-3 and their Eastern Conference record to 2-2.

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Montreal QB Trevor Harris threw for 244 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions on 22-of-29 passing.

Ward opened the scoring in the first quarter by placing a 19-yard attempt through the uprights.

Alouettes kicker David Côté responded with a 33-yard field goal of his own to tie the game late in the first quarter.

The Alouettes (4-7) took a 10-3 lead early in the second when Harris found Eugene Lewis for an eight-yard touchdown.

Ottawa then responded with 15 unanswered points of its own. Onyeka forced Harris to fumble the ball and Coleman recovered it, running it in for a seven-yard touchdown around the midway mark of the quarter.

After Montreal conceded a single on an 86-yard punt by Richie Leone, Ottawa notched their second TD of the quarter as Arbuckle located Darvin Adams on a three-yard pass to put Ottawa up 18-10 at halftime.

Ward added another field goal with a few minutes remaining, while Côté made two field goals of his own. The Redblacks closed the frame up 24-16.

In the fourth, the Alouettes conceded a second single following an Ottawa punt, giving the Redblacks a two-possession lead.

After Onyeka recovered a Jeshrun Antwi fumble, Ward added his fourth field goal of the night from 15 yards out. QB