MONTREAL–Sandro DeAngelis kicked five field goals as the Calgary Stampeders won the Grey Cup with a back-and-forth 22-14 victory over the Montreal Alouettes before a packed Olympic Stadium on Sunday night.
Brett Ralph had the only touchdown for the Stampeders, who won the sixth Grey Cup in their history and the first since they beat Winnipeg in the same stadium in 2001.
"It's like I'm still dreaming," said an emotional Henry Burris, the game MVP. "To hear that song `We Are the Champions,' when we fought so hard to get here. ...
"We've been through big time ups and downs. I know the difference between reality and playing a game, that's why I kept everything in perspective. I knew it would all pay off at some point, and what do you know, here I am."
Tailback Avon Cobourne scored Montreal's only touchdown and Damon Duval booted two field goals and a single as the Alouettes lost for the fifth time in six Grey Cup appearances since 2000. They failed in a bid to become the first team to win a Grey Cup on home turf since the B.C. Lions in 1994.
The Alouettes fate was sealed when quarterback Anthony Calvillo threw his second interception of the second half into the end zone midway through the fourth quarter, and Henry Burris responded by putting the Stampeders in position for a 50-yard placement by DeAngelis and an eight-point lead with 4:12 left to play.
It was the longest field goal of the season for the Calgary kicker, who was the game's top Canadian.
"I knew I was going to make it," said DeAngelis. "I blew one against B.C., last week and this time, I knew I'd make it.
"This is one of the greatest days of my life. I'm very proud to be a member of this Calgary Stampeders organization. This has been a dream for me since I was a little kid."
Calgary is now 6-6 in Grey Cup games while Montreal fell to 5-11. And it was the Stamps' first win in three tries against the Alouettes, after losses in 1948 and 1970.
"I'm trying to hold back tears right now," a choked up Burris said on the field after the game. "Just the thought of being a champion – wow.
"To win in such a tough circumstance, on the road and in Grey Cup against a team that was playing at home in front of a million people at Olympic Stadium – it's huge. But it shows the character of this team."
The 66,308 fans in the domed stadium were deafening as they rooted for the hometown Alouettes. It was the second largest crowd in Grey Cup history after the 68,318 that attended Montreal's win in the 1977 game, also at Olympic Stadium.
"We all know this will take a few days for us to get over," said Montreal coach Marc Trestman. "We've spent a lot of time together the last six months, we can't let the last three hours define our team.
"We had some drives that we didn't finish. I was disappointed in the first half that we couldn't finish off a couple of drives. And we turned the ball over a couple of times and that hurt us."
The Alouettes used some big plays and an interception to take a 13-10 halftime lead.
Jamel Richardson, who had five receptions for 101 yards in the first half alone, made a catch over the middle, broke two tackles and romped 55 yards to set up Duval's 14-yard field goal 4:34 into the game.
Burris led a 10-play drive to the Montreal 36 and DeAngelis tied the score with a 43-yard effort 1:12 into the second quarter.
But Burris, who completed his first 11 passes, mostly for short yardage, followed his first incomplete toss with a throw straight to Alouette middle linebacker Reggie Hunt for a turnover at the Montreal 51.
Ben Cahoon made two catches as Montreal got to the 16, where Cobourne flew untouched up the middle for the game's first touchdown at 7:18.
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A 42-yard punt return by Larry Taylor set up a 19-yard Duval field goal, but Calgary struck right back with an eight-play scoring drive, and Burris scrambled out of the pocket and found Ralph alone in the end zone from 20 yards with 44 seconds left in the half.
Burris used his feet to move the ball early in the second half and took the ball to the Montreal five, but Demetris Summers dropped a sure TD pass and DeAngelis was forced to kick a 12-yard field goal to tie the game.
Duval then put his team up by a point with a punt single.
Another Burris drive fell short as Nik Lewis missed a catchable ball in the end zone and DeAngelis hit a 21-yard field goal for a 16-14 Calgary lead on the final play of the third quarter.
Calvillo opened the fourth by throwing an interception to Calgary's Dwight Anderson, but despite a wild reception in which a Burris pass went off Ken-Yon Rambo's hands into the arms of Lewis, they settled for another field goal, this one from 30 yards.
The Alouettes responded by marching down to the Calgary 20 before Shannon James intercepted Calvillo's pass in the end zone with seven minutes left.
DeAngelis then put it away with his 50-yarder.
"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and we just let it slip through our hands," said Calvillo. "This is what you thrive for, to compete, to get a chance to play in this game and of course to win it and the record is not good on our side, and it's never fun losing your chance. It's going to make it a long off-season and its not going to be fun."
Calvillo easily got the 14 career Grey Cup completions he needed to pass Doug Flutie's former record of 108.
It was a best-on-best matchup.
The Stampeders led the West Divison at 13-5 while Montreal was tops in the East at 11-7. Both had losing 2007 seasons, with Calgary at 7-10-1 and Montreal 8-10, and both lost in division semifinals, but the two teams roared back this year under new first-year head coaches – John Hufnagel for the Stamps and Trestman for the Als.
Calgary cornerback Brandon Browner, who injured an ankle last in the West Division final against British Columbia, was able to start. Labinjo played despite suffering from a flu this week.
The Stamps sat out linebacker Matt Grootegoed, defensive back Keon Raymond, offensive lineman Antonio Hall and defensive lineman Pat MacDonald. Montreal scratched linebacker Dwayne Taylor, safety Keith Williams, tackle Dave Mudge and quarterback Brad Banks.
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The Grey Cup. 
The Calgary Stampeders have won the 96th Grey Cup in Montreal, Canada on Sunday after defeating the Montreal Alouettes by a 22-14 score. Five field goals from  placekicker Sandro DeAngelis were instrumental in Calgary's victory as was the game's Most Valuable Player, Henry Burris who scored a second-quarter touchdown. The Stampeders last won the Cup in 2001 against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Montreal, the last time Calgary appeared in a Grey Cup championship.

The Canadian Football League (CFL) championship game was held at Montreal's Olympic Stadium before a crowd of 66,308. Only the 1977 Grey Cup, also at Montreal Olympic Stadium, had a higher attendance of 68,318.

The half-time included performances by musicians Theory of a Deadman, Andrée Watters and Suzie McNeil.

On Thursday, Montreal quarterback Anthony Calvillo was declared this year's CFL Outstanding Player at a player awards ceremony in Montreal.

The Cup is named after Earl Grey, who donated the trophy to honour Canada's most successful amateur rugby team. By the time the Canadian Football League was formed in 1958, the Cup became the top prize for professional football in Canada.

CBC Television did not broadcast the Grey Cup for the first time since the 40th Grey Cup in 1952, when the championship was first televised. Specialty cable network TSN won the rights to this year's match.

Next year's CFL championship game is scheduled at Calgary's McMahon Stadium.



Sandro DeAngelis of the Calgary Stampeders





 '''CFL Grey Cup scoring'''



Quarter

Play

Player

Time

Calg

Mtl



'''1st'''

field goal

Damon Duval

4:34

0

3



'''2nd'''

field goal

Sandro DeAngelis

1:12

3

3



touchdown

Avon Cobourne

7:18

3

9



convert

Damon Duval

7:36

3

10



field goal

Damon Duval

12:08

3

13



touchdown

Henry Burris

14:16

9

13



convert

Sandro DeAngelis

14:16

10

13



'''3rd'''

field goal

Sandro DeAngelis

9:22

13

13



single

Damon Duval

11:13

13

14



field goal

Sandro DeAngelis

15:00

16

14



'''4th'''

field goal

Sandro DeAngelis

02:46

19

14



field goal

Sandro DeAngelis

10:48

22

14



'''FINAL'''

'''22'''

14