Montreal Alouettes pull off upset victory in 110th Grey Cup

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Montreal Alouettes’ championship drought is over! Montreal claimed its first Grey Cup since 2010 in a 28-24 victory over the favoured Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Hamilton on Sunday night.Cody Fajardo threw three touchdowns, including the game winner to Tyson Philpot with 13 seconds left, as the Alouettes rallied from a 17-7 halftime deficit, outscoring Winnipeg 21-7 in the final 30 minutes of the Canadian Football League‘s title game.Fajardo was named the Most Valuable Player of the Grey Cup and Philpot was voted the Top Canadian.He'll remember this one for the rest his life.@Tysonphilpot with 13 seconds on the clock to give the @MTLAlouettes the lead! #GreyCup pic.twitter.com/Wb7yZKu2nc— CFL (@CFL) November 20, 2023The Bombers’ opening drive soaked up 6:28 off the clock and resulted in a 25-yard field goal by Sergio Castillo. The drive covered 48 yards in nine plays.After Montreal went two and out on their first drive of the game, the Bombers responded with an eight-play, 66-yard drive that culminated with a five-yard touchdown run by 2023 Most Outstanding Canadian Brady Oliveira to give Winnipeg a 10-0 advantage.Montreal got on the board when running back William Stanback rumbled into the endzone for a 32-yard score to trim Winnipeg’s lead to 10-7 with five seconds remaining in the first quarter.Oliveira fumbled on the Montreal 20-yard line 4:24 into the second quarter when Kabion Ento knocked the ball out of the running back’s hands and Ciante Evans jumped on it for the first turnover of the contest.