THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — Spencer Watt caught his first two touchdown passes of the CFL season as the Toronto Argonauts downed the Montreal Alouettes 30-4 to close the regular season on Sunday with a game that meant nothing in the standings.
Dwayne Wright ran in a TD for the Argonauts (9-9), who had not won in Montreal since Oct. 20, 2007. Grant Shaw booted three field goals, including a season-longest from 51 yards.
With just under seven minutes left, Danny Brannagan of Burlington, Ont., went in for the Argonauts to become the first Canadian quarterback to take a snap for the Argos since Frank Cosentino in 1969. His first drive to the Montreal 15 set up a 22-yard Shaw field goal.
Damon Duval had a field goal and a single for Montreal (12-6).
The Argos finished third in the East Division and will play the Tiger-Cats in Hamilton next Sunday in the division semifinal. The winner of that game will face the first-place Alouettes in the division final Nov. 21 at Olympic Stadium.
A week after Montreal’s 37-30 comeback win in Toronto, both teams rested several veterans, as back-ups and practice roster players were used liberally.
Watt, a 22-year-old rookie out of Simon Fraser University who was in and out of the lineup this season, caught eight passes for 61 yards and was used mostly on special teams. He had 125 receiving yards in the first half alone against Montreal.
The North Vancouver native caught a 50-yard TD pass from starting quarterback Cleo Lemon 10:18 into the game and added a 34-yard scoring catch from Dalton Bell 12:38 into the second quarter.
He also had a grab to help set up Wright’s first TD of the season on a one-yard plunge seven minutes into the second quarter as Toronto built a 21-4 halftime lead.
Montreal got a field goal after Jarriett Buie intercepted a tipped Bell pass and a single when Duval missed after Tim Maypray’s 86-yard kickoff return put the ball on the Toronto 12.
After throwing his TD pass, Lemon was replaced by Bell, who looked sharp in leading a handful of long drives.
Adrian McPherson played almost the entire game for Montreal with mixed results. Anthony Calvillo’s back-up ran the ball effectively but saw a handful of passes dropped by receivers to end drives. Chris Leak mopped up in the dying minutes.