Sandro DeAngelis led Calgary to their sixth Grey Cup championship on Sunday, kicking five field goals in the Stampeders’ 22-14 victory over the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League title game.
DeAngelis gave Calgary a 16-15 lead with a 21-yarder on the last play of the third quarter. He connected from 30 yards early in the fourth and completed the scoring with a 50-yarder with 4 minutes, 12 seconds left.
“This is one of the greatest days of my life,” DeAngelis said. “We are immortal.”
Henry Burris threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Brett Ralph late in the first half to cut Montreal’s lead to 13-10.
Game MVP Henry Burris threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Brett Ralph late in the first half to cut Montreal’s lead to 13-10. Burris completed his first 11 passes and finished 28-of-37 for 328 yards.
He also ran for 79 yards.
“I’m trying to hold back tears right now,” Burris said. “Just the thought of being a champion — wow. To win in such a tough circumstances, on the road and in the Grey Cup against a team that was playing at home in front of a million people at Olympic Stadium — it’s huge. But it shows the character of this team.”
Avon Cobourne had a 16-yard scoring run for Montreal and Damon Duval made two field goals and a single.
“We all know this will take a few days for us to get over,” Montreal coach Marc Trestman said. “We’ve spent a lot of time together the last six months. We can’t let the last three hours define our team.”
A crowd of 66,308 attended the game at Olympic Stadium. The Stampeders also won their last previous title at Olympic Stadium, beating Winnipeg in 2001. Montreal lost for the fifth time in six Grey Cup appearances since 2000.
“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and we just let it slip through our hands,” Montreal quarterback Anthony Calvillo said. “This is what you thrive for, to compete, to get a chance to play in this game and of course to win it, and the record is not good on our side, and it’s never fun losing your chance. It’s going to make it a long off-season and it’s not going to be fun.”
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