91st Grey Cup The 91st Grey Cup was the 2003 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes on November 16 at Taylor Field , in Regina , Saskatchewan before 50 , 909 fans . The two teams had played during the previous year with Montreal winning , but this time the Eskimos won the game by a score of 34 - 22 . Game summary . Edmonton Eskimos ( 34 ) - TDs , Mike Pringle , Jason Tucker ( 2 ) , Ricky Ray ; FGs Sean Fleming ( 2 ) ; cons . , Fleming ( 4 ) . Montreal Alouettes ( 22 ) - TDs , Pat Woodcock , Sylvain Girard , Ben Cahoon ; cons . Matt Kellett ( 3 ) ; singles , Kellett ( 1 ) . First Quarter < br > EDM — TD Pringle 4 run ( Fleming convert ) 2 : 43 7 - 0 EDM < br > Second Quarter < br > EDM — TD Tucker 41 pass from Ray ( Fleming convert ) 2 : 25 14 - 0 EDM < br > MTL — TD Woodcock 4 pass from Whitaker ( Kellett convert ) 9 : 25 14 - 7 EDM < br > MTL — TD Girard 32 pass from Calvillo ( Kellett convert ) 11 : 37 14 - 14 < br > EDM — TD Tucker 15 pass from Ray ( Fleming convert ) 13 : 37 21 - 14 EDM < br > MTL — TD Cahoon 27 pass from Calvillo ( Kellett convert ) 14 : 10 21 - 21 < br > EDM — FG Fleming 27 14 : 49 24 - 21 EDM < br > Third Quarter < br > MTL — Single Kellett 70 9 : 59 24 - 22 EDM < br > Fourth Quarter < br > EDM — TD Ray 1 run ( Fleming convert ) 1 : 28 31 - 22 EDM < br > EDM — FG Fleming 17 14 : 31 34 - 22 EDM Montreal coach Don Matthews surprised many experts by playing rookie cornerbacks D . J . Johnson and Rob Brown . Brown got the call in place of an injured Omar Evans , while Johnson started because Matthews felt Johnson was better in man - to - man coverage . Even though the inexperience of his young cornerbacks may have cost him the game , Matthews made no apologies for sticking with Brown and Johnson . After Edmonton running back Mike Pringle opened the scoring with a four - yard TD run on the opening drive , Edmonton took a commanding 14 - 0 lead in the second quarter when Ray connected with Tucker on a 41 - yard touchdown pass , capping a four - play , 70 - yard drive . Ben Cahoon made a spectacular , one - handed catch in tight coverage to put the Alouettes on Edmonton ' s four - yard line . Montreal called an unusual option play when Anthony Calvillo pitched the ball to running back Deonce Whitaker who tossed a four - yard touchdown to a wide - open Pat Woodcock . On Edmonton ' s next possession , Pringle fumbled , and Montreal went straight to work , as Calvillo hit Silvain Girard on a 32 - yard TD pass to tie the game . After a Keith Stokes fumble later in the quarter , Ray hooked up with a streaking Tucker with 1 : 23 left in the quarter on a 20 - yard TD passing play , restoring the Eskimos ' seven - point advantage . Montreal struck back on the next drive . Calvillo threw a 27 - yard TD to Cahoon with 50 seconds left in the half to tie the score at 21 - 21 , but Edmonton took a 24 - 21 lead into the intermission when Sean Fleming connected on a 27 - yard field goal following another Stokes fumble deep in Montreal ' s half . The Eskimo defence took over in the second half , holding Montreal to a single point in the third quarter , while Ray scored early in the fourth quarter on a one - yard run to give the Eskimos a 31 - 22 lead . The turning point in the game came one play earlier when a Montreal fumble recovery was negated by an offside call on D . J . Johnson , sapping the life out of the Alouettes . Fleming booted a 27 - yard field goal with 29 seconds left to seal the victory for Edmonton . Trivia . Montreal Coach Don Matthews had previously won five Grey Cup championships . Pringle eclipsed the record of 359 career yards rushing in Grey Cup games set by Winnipeg legend Leo Lewis . Jason Tucker , had two touchdowns and seven receptions for 132 yards , winning game MVP honours in the process . Ben Cahoon made six catches for 148 yards and was voted most outstanding Canadian . This was Edmonton ' s 12th championship and first since defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 1993 Grey Cup final . Ricky Ray completed 22 of 32 pass attempts for 301 yards . Anthony Calvillo was 22 for 37 for 371 yards . Edmonton and Montreal have met in 11 Grey Cup clashes . The Alouettes prevailed in 1974 , the Ice Bowl of 1977 , and 2002 . The Eskimos have won in 1954 , 1955 , 1956 , 1975 , 1978 , 1979 , 2003 and 2005 . 2003 CFL Playoffs . East Division . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Cross over from West Division