Crum’s two first-half touchdowns lead Montreal Alouettes past Toronto Argonauts 33-16

TORONTO – Dustin Crum ran for two touchdowns while Caleb Evans threw two scoring strikes to lead the Montreal Alouettes past the Toronto Argonauts 33-16 on Friday night in the CFL regular-season finale for both teams.

Crum earned his first win in five career starts against the Argos.

Montreal (14-4) swept the two-game series with Toronto (9-9) but this contest had no bearing on the East Division standings. The Als and Argos came in having already clinched the top two spots so they both rested a number of starters before 13,198 spectators at BMO Field.

Toronto hosts the fourth-place finisher in the West in the East semifinal Oct 31. The winner visits Montreal in the division final Nov. 7.

Crum completed 17-of-20 passes for 153 yards and ran four times for 12 yards and the two TDs. He was replaced by Caleb Evans to begin the second half.

Evans found Charleston Rambo on a five-yard TD pass at 7:50 of the fourth to put Montreal ahead 26-16. It was set up by Mekhi Mews’ 44-yard punt return.

Evans hooked up with Kaseem Ferdinand on a 23-yard touchdown pass at 13:08. Evans finished 11-of-14 passing for 82 yards with an interception.

Tucker Horn, Toronto’s No. 3 quarterback, drew the start. He finished 20-of-26 passing for 215 yards with a TD and interception before giving way to Luis Perez in the fourth quarter.

Perez completed two-of-three passes for 26 yards.

Toronto’s Kevin Mital had three catches for 27 yards to crack the 1,000-yard plateau for the first time. He’s the fourth Argos receiver this season to reach the mark — Damonte Coxie, David Ungerer III and Tyler Kahmann are the others — a franchise first.

Montreal’s Lewis Ward kicked two field goals and three converts.

Dymere Miller had Toronto’s touchdown. Lirim Hajrullahu added the convert and three field goals.

Hajrullahu’s 45-yard field goal to end the third pulled Toronto to within 19-16. He connected from 47 yards out at 1:39.

Crum’s nine-yard TD run at 14:44 of the second gave Montreal a 19-10 halftime lead. The six-play, 60-yard drive was aided by pass interference and roughing the passer penalties against Toronto.

Montreal was deserving of the lead. It ran 43 offensive plays to Toronto’s 14 and had the ball for more than 22 minutes in the first half.

Ward staked Montreal to a 12-10 lead with a 42-yard field goal at 6:12. It followed Hajrullahu’s 53-yard boot at 2:30.

Ward put Montreal ahead 9-7 with a 15-yard field goal at 13:41 of the first. The Alouettes had the ball for 13 minutes two seconds in the quarter.

Toronto’s first play from scrimmage was Horn’s 71-yard TD pass to Miller at 6:10 to give the Argos a 7-6 advantage. Crum’s one-yard TD run at 5:35 capped Montreal’s opening 10-play, 76-yard drive but Joseph Zema missed the convert.

UP NEXT

Alouettes: Host the East Division final on Saturday, Nov. 7.

Argonauts: Host the East Division semifinal on Saturday, Oct. 31.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2026.