CFL Calgary Stampeders

Stamps in Montreal for Sunday Matinee

Published on September 18, 2014 under Canadian Football League (CFL)
Calgary Stampeders News Release


The Stampeders will be at Montreal's Percival Molson Stadium on Sunday to face the Alouettes. Kickoff is at 11 a.m. MDT and the game will be broadcast on News Talk 770 and TSN.

The Stampeders take the CFL's longest active winning streak - six games - into the contest. Calgary is 10-1 and holds a four-point lead on Saskatchewan and Edmonton for first place in the West Division.

The Alouettes, winners of two of their past three games, are 3-8 and are one of three teams at six points at the top of the East Division.

The Stamps and Alouettes met in the season-opener at McMahon Stadium on June 28, with the Red and White claiming a 29-8 victory. Calgary is 7-0 this season against East Division opponents and 5-0 on the road. Montreal is 1-7 against the West and 3-3 at home.

Stamps running back Jon Cornish comes into Sunday's contest with three straight 100-yard performances and a total of 446 yards over the past three weeks.

Sunday is the Canadian Football Hall of Fame Game as the 2014 induction class, which includes former Stamps head coach and GM Wally Buono, will be honoured. Also in this year's class are Ben Cahoon, Uzooma Okeke, Moe Racine, Charles Roberts, longtime Canadian university coach Larry Haylor and Neil Lumsden.




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