MONTREAL - Jonathan Crompton threw touchdown passes to James Rodgers and Duran Carter as the Montreal Alouettes ended the injury depleted Calgary Stampeders' six-game winning run with a 31-15 victory in the Hall of Fame game Sunday at Percival Molson Stadium.
Back-up quarterback Tanner Marsh also ran in a TD as the Alouettes (4-8) kept pace with Toronto and Hamilton atop the CFL East Division with four wins. Sean Whyte booted three field goals.
Quarterback Drew Tate, starting for the injured Bo Levi Mitchell, ran in a pair of TDs for Calgary (10-2). The Stampeders ended a string of nine straight wins over eastern teams. It was their first loss in six away games this season.
The game featured a halftime presentation of the seven new members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, with the biggest cheers for ex-Alouettes Ben Cahoon, Uzooma Okeke and Wally Buono (now GM in B.C.), as well as Charles Roberts, Neil Lumsden, Moe Racine and former university coach Larry Haylor. They were inducted at a Saturday night gala.
The Alouettes took a 15-8 halftime lead, but were up against a team that roared back after a weak first half last week against Toronto.
After a scoreless first quarter, Marsh scored from the one after Crompton's 22-yard completion to Duran Carter highlighted a nine-play 65-yard drive 1:06 into the second.
