Alouettes win Grey Cup MONTREAL tCP Montreal Alouettes thought so little of quarterback Sonny Wade earl in the 1977 Canadian Football League season that they did their best to make deal for the nineyear veteran He repaid that lack of gratitude Sunday by leading the Alouettes to 416 victory over Edmonton Eskimos bringing the rey up to Montreal for the third time since 1970 The Jtiyuirold Wade taciturn Virginian whose experience and aploinb gave the AIS clear edge on treacherous icy Olympic Stadium ficld completed 22 of 40 passes for 340 yards and three touchdowns He was named the outstanding player in the game an honor he earned in his two previous appearancesin 1970 when Mon treal deteated talgary Stainpeders 2310 and in 1974 when the AIS beat Edmonton 207 Wades three touchdown passes were thrown within minute stretch of the second half He hit Peter Dalla Riva on sevenyarder at 1247 of the third quarter connected with John OLeary on 10yarder at 1442 and hit Bob Gaddis from the seven at 115 of the fourth SWEET BREAKS RECORD Montreal field goal kicker Don Sweet named the top Ca nadian in the game contributed the rest of the heroics booting six field goals Grey Cup record that broke the mark of four he set in 1974 And with his three converts and two singles he scored 23 points breaking the record of 22 set by quarterback Jim Van Pelt of Winnipeg Blue Bombers in their 3528 win over Hamilton TigerCats in 1958 The 28yearold Sweet native of Vancouver who played Montreal Alouettes Peter Dalia Riva stays stride ahead of lialmonton Eskimos Ed Jones to complete touchdown during MONTREAL CP While Montreal Alouettes couldnt know how high the score was to go in the Grey Cup game Sunday against lion inton Eskimos they said they were confident even with to that mc lead that they would win We llltlllil could have broken it open in the first half said slotliack lci lialla Itiva of the Canadian Football League Clliilllpldlalllp that Montreal finally won 416 There were fumblis and we had touchdown called back and lot of little things piled up There were ups and downs and ins and out but we stuck together and pulled it out Running bink lohn OLeary standout in the Alouettes backfield zanni lin Eskimos were buried when they were forced to play catch up It was continuation of us getting some early breaks and few points and then them having to play catchup Its tough to play catchup in Conditions like we had today We moved the ball but we just couldnt score in the first quarter But then we got out in front and started it rolling Istill think Edmonton is one of the finest football teams in the CFL We were just better today SCORE SURPRISE Apart from the dimension of the decision OIeary said things went according to form We expected it to be tough game hardhitting and hysicaland it was everything we ex pected except the onesi ed score The temperature was minus 10 degrees and the artificial turf at Olympic Stadium was frozen creating what OLeary called the worst conditions Ive ever played in Despite the belowfreezing temperature however Montreal head coach Marv Levy did without heaters such as the Eskimos us Of 27 Denver Broncos keep winning By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ted Marchibroda and Baltimore Colts are the latest to learn what is becomgig gospel around the National Football LeaguewDenver Broncos are for real The Broncos jumped to 140 halftime lead over Baltimore in Sunday battle of division leaders saw the Colts close within 1413 then turned them back with two fourthquarter touchdowns in posting 2713 victory You have to give Denver credit said Marchibroda iin pressed by the offence led by surprising Craig Morton and the rugged Orange Crush defence This was probably the biggest game theyve been in and they played almost errorless football The Broncos now are 101 owners of the best record in the league And they lead defending Super Bowl champion Oakland Raiders by I2 games in the American Con ferences West Division Denver is newcomer to the ranks of the NFLs elite but four more familiar namesDallas Cowboys Pittsburgh Steelers Minnesota Vikin and Los Angeles Ramsstrengthened their play chances with victories Sunday The Cowboys 92 took commandin twogame lead over St Louis Cardinals in the National Co erences Eastern Di vision by edging archrival Washington Redskins 147 on fourthquarter touchdown by rookie Tony Dorsett The Red skins now are three games back at 65 but have slim chan ce at the NFC wildcard playoff berth The Steelers 74 took over sole possession of first place in the AFC Central beating New York Jets 2320 as Terry Bradshaw threw two touchdown passes and the Steelers picked off five Jets aerials The other three teams in the division Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns and Houston ilers are tied for second place at 65 in the leagues closest divisional race college football at Washington State now has scored 45 points in Grey Cup games well beyond the old career record of 30 held by Joe Krol of Toronto Argonauts Dave Cutler who set CFL record with 50 field goals during the regular season did everything he was asked to do as he kicked two field goals for all the Edmonton ints The reason he wasnt called more often is that Eskimos didnt penetrate beyond Montreal 30yard line until the last few seconds of the game The game Iayed before record crowd of 68205 amid swirling 30kt ometre wind in minus10 cold was distinguished by mistakes mostly Edmontons The Eskimos lost the ball four times on interceptions all off starter Bruce Lemmerman and four times on fumbles and the turnovers led to three Montreal field goals and two touchdowns FUMBLED AT ONE Defensive back Joe Hollimon made Edmontons only inter ception in the first quarter and the Eskimos picked up three Montreal fumbles including one by Wade at the Edmonton one yard line in the first quarter but none resulted in score Edmonton coach Hugh Campbell said Wade used an in telligent approach in his rollout attack forcing Edmontons front by changing direction at the last second The result was that Wade had plenty of time to pick out pass receivers as he hit Gaddis four times for 108 yards and OLeary six times for 90 Campbell also praised Wade for being able to throw the slick ball which he said Lemmerman and backup Tom Wilkinson were unable to handle think Montreal just adapted better than we did said the third quarter of Grey Cup action in Montreal Sunday CP Photo Montreal confident of win after point halftime lead Its distraction said Levy Its noisy and maybe your players are thinking about whether to go over to it instead of copérentrating on the ball game Maybe it accentuates the co Levy said the early turnover troubles that plagued both clubs were to some degree expected told them the field conditions were going to make some strange things happen and not to worry about it knew there were going to be some turnovers and spent opportunities told Sonny Wade to play the game we wanted to play and dont let the field conditions dictate to us what we want to do WADE PICKEI AGAIN Quarterback Wade selected the most valuable player in Grey Cup game for the third timethe others were Montreal victories in 1970 and 1974said his success handing off and passing to OLeary came from Edmontons tactic of using Dan Kepley to contain him realized they were trying to cover OLeary with Kepley and its almost impossible for him to cover Hes the middle linebacker while OLearys the right halfback and in motion Theres no way Kepley can cover him Even at that Wade agreed Kepley performed admirably for the losers Hes fine football player He knocked one touch down pass away from Larry Smith Placekicker Don Sweet chosen the top Canadian layer in the game after record 23point performance that inc uded six field goals said he could have done with less work told the guys before the game that these Grey Cups always come down to the kicking game and Id be just as happy if they gave me four or five converts and thats all Buccaneers Dewey Selman lands on top of referee on bot tom of pile on play during game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers The referee was unln lured AP Wirephoto Eskimos receiver George McGowan noting that Edmonton was down only 103 at the half but kept giving up the ball deep in our own end Wade whose contract expires with the 1977 season was too buoyed up to make any references to the fact that he appeared on verge of being let go earlier this season Right now Im just happy about this today and cant really say about next year he said adding that he plans to talk with owner Sam Berger about new contract N0 WORRIES Bergers comment was that he had told Wade dont think well have anything to worry about your contract But lot of people will be surprised if coach Marv Levy doesnt go back to 25yearold Joe Barnes the sprintout uar terback who was No with the A15 until he separated his oul der in their eighth game Even after Barnes went out the A15 experimented with rookie Mark Jackson before realizing that they had to rely on their veteran On Sunday Barnes sat on the bench until the last few min utes OLeary who carried the ball nine times for 40 yards in addi tion to catching six passes said the reason for all the fumbles was chemical that was put on the field to thaw it but which just made the ball slippery The Als went into the game as 2opoints favorites and all the talk had indicated both clubs expected it to be defensive bat tle But the turnovers changed that leading to the most one sided Grey Cup result since Toronto beat Winnipeg 350 in 1945 Sweet breaks Cup records MONTREAL CP Don 31 Sweets 23 oint per formance in te Canadian 33 Football League cham ionship game Sunday elped the Montreal placekicker establish four in dividual Grey Cu records Sweet kicke six field goals had two singles and converted all three Montreal fzf touchdowns in the Alouettts 416 win over Edmonton Eskimos in game that saw 25 Grey Cup records broken 11 or tied The 29 earold Vancouver 22 native won the Eastern Conference scoring race this season set the following in dividual marks Most points scored career in Grey Cup games 45 breaking mark of 30 held by Joe Krol of Toronto Argonauts the previous Most points in single game 23 The former record 33 of 22 was held by Jim Van Pelt of Winnipeg Blue Bom 3i bers in game against fzf Hamilton TigerCats at Van 513 couverin1958 Most field goals career in the Grey Cup 12 improving Sweets previous record of SIX Most field goals in single game six breaking his mark of four in game against Edmonton in 1974 Sweet has scored 23 points on one other occasion but it was ina reseason game In ad ition Sweet helped Montreal establish two team ESE records for field goals and third mark for two teams in the final Most career field goals 15 breaking the previous 535 mark of 11 held by Winnipeg Most field goals in is single game six improving the mark of four established by Sweetin 1974 Most field goals by two teams in single game 32 eight breaking the previous mark of five established on threeotheroccasions The attendance of 68205 at Olympic Stadium also set Grey Cup record The record of 53467 had been established IE last year at Stadium in Toronto Exhibition Four other individual marks were set or tied three of them by defensive back 533 Vern Perry of Montreal Perrys 74yard return of Bruce Lemmerman pass in $21 the fourth quarter combined 33 with an earlier 14yard return put him into the Grey Cup record book for most yards on interception returns 155 career and in single game Both marks54 each were previously held by Dick Thornton of the yards 533 the examlner Monday Nov 28 1977 11 Don Sweet field goal kicker for the Montreal Alouettes follows through on another field goal set up by Gerry Dattilio during Grey Cup action in Montreal Sunday Sweét set record for the most field goals in Grey Cup game CP Photo Argonauts who achieved the AIS OdOEled belief feat in 1971 against Calgary Field conditions bod Stampeders at Vancouver Perrys two interceptions also tied him for the record 213 for most interceptions in sin le ame set 35 on we carefully in the dressing room previous occasions The other individual record is one that Lem merman will not cherish He was intercepted four times Sunday tying Sam Et chevcrrys record from the 1956game Other team marks established or tied Sunday By Montreal Most pass completions in Grey Cup history 136 tying Hamiltons total was 22 for 40 Sunday Most penalties in single the mark 31 of 14 held by Ottawa Rough 33 game Saskatchewan game 19 breaking Riders in the 1976 against Roughriders at Toronto Most penalty yards in fi single game 157 breaking the previous mark of 112 by Hamilton in 1958 M0st olll monton Most points scored in the third quarter of Grey fup game 20 breaking the mark of 18 established by the Eskimos in 1956 By Edmonton Most first downs on if penalties three tying the previous mark established on seven other occasions ICW5I total yards in If single game 102 breaking the old mark of 155 set by the Eskimos in 1974 Most yards rushing history 1478 improving Ed montons previous mark The Eskimos rushed for only 56 yards Sunday Most yards returned on kickoffs in single game 23 178 breaking the previous mark of 166 set by Hamilton IZ against British Columbia 333 Lions in 1964 Montreal iff quarterback Sonny Wade interceptions history 15 improving Mon treals previous team mark lIost interceptions in single game four tying the previous mark set by the Alouettes in 1956 against Ed MONTREAL CPi Moving because of painful rib inury Edmonton Eskimos full ack Jim Germany paused Sunday to talk about the 68205 fans who watched Montreal Alouettes whip the Eskimos 416 in the Grey Cup final Didnt anyone care about them he asked Didnt any one care enough to put tar paulin on the field Germany came out of the game and his ribs were diag nosed as broken after he at tempted to corral ball follow ing fumble by quarterback Tom Wilkinson in the second quarter got hit three or four times on the play was hit in the same spot on an earlier play Maybe the fumble wouldnt have happened if the ball hadnt been so slick That doesnt matter now but youd think somebody would have had tarpaulin on the field so the fumbles and the slipping didnt hurt the game for thefans WINNERS IRAISEI Germany agreed with his teammates that Edmonton had no excusesthe tield didnt beat us Montreal didbut insisted the crowd largest in Grey Cup history was cheated of what could have been an interesting contest Edmonton lost four of five Parade cancelled MONTREAL CPI Grey Cup victory parade for Mon treal Aloucttm scheduled for today has been cancelled by Mayor Jean Drapeau Bob Geary general manager of the Alouettes told reporters after the game Sunday that the mayor asked the parade be can celled because of traffic con gestion caused by the citys transit strike Instead of parade the mayor has invited us to spe cial reception Geary said Wade and Sweet combine to lead Alouette attack MONTREAL CP Scoring plays of Sundays Grey Cup game between Montreal Alouettes and Edmonton Es kimos FlrstQuarter Montreal defensive back Dickie Harris intercepted Tom Wilkinson pass at midfield and the Alouettes took over and mounted an eightplay drive that culminated in Don Sweet first field goal of the game Sonny Wades pass to Bob Gaddis gained 33 yards and af ter Montreal running back John 0Leary carried three times for first down the big Alouettes back carried again for 12 yards After an incomplete pass and short toss to running back Horace Bel ton the drive stalled at the Edmonton nine and Sweet kicked 17yarder at 1134 Montreal Edmonton Second Quarter fumble recovery by Mon treals Glen Weir gave the Alouettes the ball at the Ed monton 48 and five plays later Sweet boosted 38yard field goal WadetoLarry Smith pass for 12 ards gave the Alouettes au first down at the Edmonton 36 and when Wade failed to advance the Alouettes on two subsequent ss at tem ts Sweet kicke his 38 yar er at the 40second mark of the second quarter Montreal Edmonton Montreals Gordon Judges re covered fumbled Edmonton snap and ve the Alouette of fence the all at the Montreal 45 Ten plays later including l3yard pass from Wade to Gerry Dattilio and 10yard pickup on the ground by OLeary Sweet kicked 33 yard field goal at 930 Mon treal Edmonton punt return by Randy Rhino of 25 yards helped set up the next scoring play as the Montreal defensive back moved the ball to the Alouettes 41 Seven plays later including 53yard pass from Wde to Gaddis Sweets attempted field goal from the 30 went wide and Edmontons Larry High baugh conceded single point at 1249 Montreal 10 Ed monton Edmonton started from its own 35 late in the first half and 12 pin later including key third own gamble by Wilkin son for one yard Dave Cutler kicked 39yard field goal at the 15minute mark of the quar ter Montreal 10 Edmonton Third Quarter Rhino continued his arkling play returning an monton punt 14 yards to give the Alouet tes the ball on the Edmonton 52 On second down and six play Wade passed 25 yards to Dat tillo and three plays later Sweet kicked 30yard field goal at 450 Montreal 13 Ed monton Angelo Santucci returned the subsequent kickoff to the Mon treal 45 and after the Edmonton offence stalled Cutler kicked 44yard field goal at 617 Mon treal 13 Edmonton Later in the quarter Wade hit OLeary with 37yard pass to put the ball at the Edmonton 16 Following two incomplete sses Sweet kicked 23 ard ield goal at 1124 to cap our play drive Montreal 16 Ed monton Following Santucci fumble Montreal took over at the Ed monton 50 and Wades first play from scrimmage was ass to Gaddis good for 20 yar Fol lowing 21yard pass to Peter Dalia Riva Wade again found the Montreal slot back open in the end zone for sevenyard scorin strike and the first touch own of the game Sweet converted at 1247 Montreal 23 Edmonton Rhino returned yet another Edmonton punt 45 yards to the Eskimos 10yard line and after Wade passed incomplete on fir st down the Montreal quar terbak hit Obeary in the end zone for 10yard strike at 1442 Sweet converted Mon treal 30 Edmonton Fourth Quarter Montreals Vern Perry inter cepted Bruce Lemmerman pass and returned it 73 yards to the Edmonton seven On the next play Wade found Gaddis open for sevenyard touch down play at 115 Sweet con verted Montreal 37 Edmonton 0n the subsequent kickoff mixup on the Edmonton spe cialty team resulted in Sweets kickoff going untouched into the Edmonton end zone for 65 yard single Montreal 38 Ed monton Five minutes later Montreal started out on Edmontons 48 yard line and drove to the Ed monton 16 before Sweet kicked 21yard field goal at 626 to complete the scoring fumbles and had four passes in tercepted Montreal lost three fumbles and had one pass picked off Defensive tackle Dave Fen nell whose unit failed to con trol seasoned Montreal quar terback Sonny Wade said the Eskimos were not surprised by formations or tactics We knew they were going to throw lot of draws and screens and we controlled those plays pretty well said Fen nell It was their rollout passing They kept everyone in to block Wade found his receivers He played well and he had time to throw the ball Edmonton head coach Hugh Campbell praised Wade for his intelligent approach Wade of ten dropped straight back as it to pass from the pocket only to roll out at the last moment when it was loo latefor his heavier pursucrs to change di rcction Campbell said he would have taken different tack if given another opportunity to prepare for the gatormostly little things but added superior sports is at as execution on offence was the key to Montreals success Basically we planned to complete few passes said Campbell after quarterbacks Bruce Lemmerman and Tom Wilkinson completed only eight of 29 for 89 yards Our biggest probiem was that we didnt get anything go ing Flanker George McGowan who plans threemonth rest for slowhealing knee that re duced his mobility after keeping him out for several games said substance similar to salt was Lawd to melt ice on the artificial surface at Olympic stadium After the linli ltltlltl by it it was touch to ivnidte McGowan saio tile saltl got on your hands and men on your uniform think Montreal just adap ted better than we did Linebackers Dan Kepley and Tom Towns hobbled around af ter the game Towns was kicked in the calf which stiffened up later but said the looting caused him more tiicillltllF mu neviJar 73 cot Laurie Clark of 81 Marshall Street in Barrie correctly iden tilled Dale Rolfe former member of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League Since its hockey 56850 anyway Wt lily as well give you another famous player This man was the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs and led the Leafs to their last cup in 1967 If you think you know who It is then send your name address and phone number to Sports Ilall of Fame The Examiner Box 170 Barrie Ontario MM 4T6 Winners are picked by random draw each Saturday Weekly winner is de Contest 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