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CFL Game Summary - Ottawa at Montreal

Montreal, QC (SportsNetwork.com) - Jeremiah Johnson's 5-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter helped the Ottawa RedBlacks to a 20-16 win over Montreal in the CFL season opener on Thursday night.

Johnson capped a 7-play drive with his TD run with 9:59 remaining in the final quarter and the RedBlacks defense held the Alouettes off the board from there.

Ottawa (1-0) had gone a league-worst 2-16 last season in its expansion year.

Henry Burris went 22-of-35 passing for 261 yards and a touchdown in the win, while Chevon Walker rushed for 59 yards on 18 carries.

The Alouettes (0-1) used three different quarterbacks in the setback, with the trio of Jonathan Crompton, Brandon Bridge and Dan LeFevour combining to go 10- of-28 for 114 yards.

Montreal scored the first points of the season on its first drive, with Tyrell Sutton gaining 38 yards on the ground and capping the possession with a 5-yard scamper into the end zone. Boris Bede was unsuccessful on the extra point and the Als had to settle for a 6-0 lead.

Each team traded interceptions during the opening possessions of the second quarter, then Delbert Alvarado got the RedBlacks on the board with a 40-yard field goal.

The Alouettes led 13-5 at halftime on Crompton's 4-yard TD toss to Jean- Christophe Beaulieu.

Ottawa tied the game on its first touch of the second half as Burris converted a 13-yard touchdown pass to Ernest Jackson, then the former rushed in for the two-point conversion to tie the game.

Bede knocked down a 37-yarder in the latter stages of the third to give Montreal a 16-13 lead.

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