Als Roll Elks 38-28, Improve To 3-0

The Montreal Alouettes are off to their traditional solid start.

Tyson Philpot reeled in a pair of touchdown passes as the Alouettes remained perfect on the year with a 38-28 victory over the Edmonton Elks on Thursday.

Montreal is 3-0 to start the current campaign, and 9-0 in June over the past three seasons.

“You want to win them all, I don’t think we are conceding one. We prepare to win every week,” said Montreal head coach Jason Maas. “The expectations are very high in our locker room. We are going to continue to grind and to work to get better and to make this start count. We’ve played three games and won them all and want to continue down that trend.”

Quarterback Davis Alexander passed for 210 yards and three touchdowns before leaving the game in the third quarter with a hamstring injury.

“It’s just something I’ve been dealing with for a little bit,” he said. “It was kind of more cautionary to not go back into the game. We were up 24-6 going on a drive and we didn’t necessarily need the risk there.”

Edmonton is off to another poor start to the season, dropping to 0-2. The Elks were 0-7 to start last season and 0-9 in 2023.

However, they did manage to score 22 points in the final quarter to offer some hope going forward.

“We have fight on our football team,” said Elks head coach Mark Kilam. “We just got in a hole early, too many explosions on defence. That’s on the coaching staff, we’ve got to get that cleaned up.

“Our offence took a step tonight, which is a positive, but we’re still looking for that complete team effort.”

NOTES

Alexander is now 7-0 as a starting QB, tying Jeff Garcia and Bo Levi Mitchell for the second-best starts in CFL history. Danny McManus holds the record with an 8-0 record to launch his career … Ford passed the 300-completion and 4,000-yard marks for his career.

UP NEXT

Alouettes: Visit the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday, June 27.

Elks: Are in Winnipeg to face the Blue Bombers on Thursday, June 26.

(Canadian Press)