Calvillo throws two touchdown strikes as Alouettes down Blue Bombers 48-13

MONTREAL - Anthony Calvillo threw touchdown passes to Brian Bratton and Andrew Hawkins as the Montreal Alouettes downed the listless Winnipeg Blue Bombers 48-13 on Sunday for a team record-tying 14th win of the season.

Marc Trestman's Alouettes (14-3) equalled their win total set in 2004 under former coach Don Matthews and went undefeated at home at 9-0. They have a chance for a 15th victory when they close the regular season Saturday in Toronto.

Larry Taylor scored on a 115-yard missed field goal return, Avon Cobourne ran in his 15th TD of the season and Damon Duval added six field goals.

Titus Ryan had a TD catch and Alexis Serna booted two field goals for the Blue Bombers (7-10), who can finish second in the East Division with a win over Hamilton (8-9) next weekend.

The Bombers and Ticats split two games this season, both in Hamilton. If the Ticats win, they take second place outright and Winnipeg will be bumped from the playoffs by a crossover team from the West Division. If Winnipeg wins, they will tie Hamilton but get second place based on winning the season series.

That may be why the Bombers, who beat Montreal 41-24 in Winnipeg last weekend, didn't show up in the return match. It was essentially meaningless to them.

They got a break when Taylor fumbled the opening kickoff and Derrick Doggett recovered at the Montreal 18-yard line but had to settle for a field goal.

The Alouettes bounced back with a Duval field goal followed by a drive capped by a 24-yard TD pass to Bratton. Montreal got five more points off a safety and a 27-yard Duval field goal in the quarter.

Hawkins caught a 19-yard scoring pass 11:01 into the second and Serna answered with a 40-yard field goal for a 25-6 Montreal half-time lead.

Fred Reid was held to one yard on six carries and Michael Bishop passed for only 53 yards in the first half.

Bishop more than doubled that only 21 seconds into the second half when he found Ryan behind the Montreal defence for a 65-yard TD pass.

The Alouettes hit back with a Duval kick and, when Serna's 46-yard attempt fell short, Taylor brought it back for the third-longest return TD in Alouettes history.

Duval got his fifth and sixth field goals of the day in the fourth to give him 48 for the season, three short of his career high set in 2006. His 22 kicking points gave him a career-high 218, only two points short of Terry Baker's club record set in 2000.

Adrian McPherson was at quarterback when Cobourne scored on a 14-yard run in the fourth.

Bishop came out in favour of Casey Bramlet five minutes into the final quarter. He was picked off by Billy Parker to set up a Duval field goal.

NOTES - The Alouettes were also unbeaten at home in shorter schedules in 1950, 1954 and 1955… Ben Cahoon passed the 1,000-yard mark in receiving for a an eighth straight year and ninth overall, while Jamel Richardson also reached 1,000… Centre Bryan Chiu sat out with a flu for Montreal… Receiver Adarius Bowman sat out for Winnipeg with a knee injury but is expected to be ready next week.