HAMILTON - Davis Alexander threw two touchdown passes to power the Montreal Alouettes past the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37-25 in the annual Hall of Fame game Friday night.
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Alexander → throw → game
Montreal (11-3) earned its second win in four games but continued its dominance of the East Division, improving to 7-0 versus conference rivals.
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Montreal → earn → rivals
Alexander captured his fifth win in as many meetings with Hamilton and is now 15-0 in conference matchups.
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Alexander → capture → matchups
Alexander finished 21-of-27 passing for 218 yards.
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Alexander → finish → yards
Stevie Scott ran for 108 yards on 21 carries.
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Scott → run → carries
Montreal was also coming off a 48-29 road loss to the B.C. Lions.
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Montreal → come → Lions
Alexander has yet to lose consecutive games as a CFL starter and guided the Als to a 3-0 season sweep of Hamilton.
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Alexander → have → Hamilton
But Alouettes receiver Tyler Snead suffered a knee sprain in the second half and didn’t return.
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Snead → suffer → half
He had four catches for 40 yards.
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He → have → yards
Hamilton (4-10) came off a bye week but suffered a fourth straight loss.
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Hamilton → come → loss
The Ticats committed six turnovers (four interceptions, fumble, downs) to fall to 1-5 within the East Division and remain third in the standings.
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Ticats → commit → standings
With Hamilton’s loss, the Toronto Argonauts (7-6) can clinch a post-season berth and home playoff game with a win Saturday afternoon over the Edmonton Elks (10-3).
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Argonauts → clinch → Elks
Hamilton’s Harrison Frost completed 33-of-50 passes for 340 yards with three touchdowns and four interceptions in his third start of the season (1-2).
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Frost → complete → season
The Ticats also lost defensive back Jamal Peters (head).
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Ticats → lose → Peters
Caleb Evans’ two-yard TD run at 1:40 of the fourth quarter pushed Montreal’s lead to 34-3.
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run → push → 34
But Hamilton then scored 22 straight points, starting with Frost’s 33-yard TD strike to Kiondre Smith at 4:48 that cut the Als’ lead to 34-9 as the two-point convert was unsuccessful.
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convert → score → 34
Frost threw a three-yard TD pass to Kurleigh Gittens Jr. at 9:46.
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Frost → throw → 9:46
He then found Kenny Lawler for the two-point convert, cutting Montreal’s lead to 34-17.
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He → find → 34
Frost pulled Hamilton to within 34-25 with a 18-yard TD pass to Keric Wheatfall at 13:01 before finding Smith for the two-point convert.
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Frost → pull → convert
The Ticats regained possession at their 20-yard line with 1:19 remaining but Gemon Green cemented the win with an interception with 55 seconds to play, setting up Jose Maltos Diaz’s 33-yard field goal at 14:37.
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Green → regain → 14:37
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame’s 2026 class was honoured at halftime.
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class → honour → halftime
This year’s inductees included former players Brandon Banks, Sean Millington, Charleston Hughes, Calvin Tiggle and Jim Evenson and builder Frank (Pop) Ivy, the former Edmonton head coach.
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inductees → include → players
Evenson and Ivy were enshrined posthumously.
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Evenson → enshrine → ?
Donny Ventrelli, Nate Beauchemin and Tyson Philpot had Montreal’s other touchdowns.
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Ventrelli → have → touchdowns
Maltos Diaz kicked four converts and three field goals.
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Diaz → kick → converts
Marc Liegghio had a field goal for Hamilton.
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Liegghio → have → Hamilton
Maltos Diaz’s 21-yard field goal at 3:38 of the third extended Montreal’s advantage to 27-3.
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goal → extend → 27
Liegghio’s 13-yard field goal to end the second quarter cut Montreal’s halftime lead to 24-3.
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goal → end → 24
It followed Alexander’s 12-yard TD strike to Philpot at 13:54.
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It → follow → 13:54
Philpot’s CFL-high 12th touchdown grab capped Montreal’s 14-play, 86-yard drive.
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grab → cap → drive
Beauchemin’s 57-yard fumble return boosted Montreal’s advantage to 17-0.
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return → boost → 17
Alouettes linebacker Geoffrey Cantin-Arku forced Hamilton quarterback Jake Dolegala to fumble on third-and-inches before Beauchemin picked up the loose ball and scored at 5:43.
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Beauchemin → force → 5:43
Maltos Diaz connected from 49 yards to end the first and put Montreal ahead 10-0.
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Diaz → connect → Montreal
Alexander opened the scoring with a 10-yard TD pass to Ventrelli, the Alouettes’ starting right guard, at 10:05.
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Alexander → open → 10:05
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 18, 2026.
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report → publish → Press
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