CIS Roundup: Carabins open season with 24-21 road win over Laval

QUEBEC — Felix Menard-Briere kicked a go-ahead field goal with 1:04 to play as the Montreal Carabins came from behind to defeat the host Laval Rouge et Or 24-21 on Saturday to open their 2016 CIS season. 

Montreal (1-0) trailed 14-2 at halftime and 21-12 after three quarters, but scored the game’s final 12 points for the comeback victory.

After a safety cut Laval’s (0-1) lead to 21-14, running back Sean Thomas-Erlington finished an eight-play 58-yard drive with a four-yard run to tie the game with 2:08 to play.

Carabins quarterback Samuel Caron went 27-of-39 passing for 360 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Rouge et Or QB Hugo Richard was 25-of-33 passing for 248 yards with two touchdowns and a pick.

Montreal, which fell to the UBC Thunderbirds in last year’s Vanier Cup, took 21 penalties that cost it 192 yards compared to just seven penalties and 65 yards from Laval.

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LENNOXVILLE, Que. — Alex Jacob-Michaud threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns and Landri Akue-Atsa had two interceptions on the defensive side as the University of Sherbrooke (1-0) downed Bishop’s University (0-1).

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VANCOUVER — Michael O’Connor threw for 275 yards and three touchdowns as the defending Vanier Cup squad from UBC came away with the victory over the University of Alberta.

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The Canadian Press