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MONTREAL -- Quarterback Hugo Richard passed for a pair of touchdowns and ran for two more as No.3-ranked Laval racked up 605 yards en route to a 57-10 victory over McGill to close out the RSEQ football schedule and the 100^th season of activities at Percival Molson Stadium, Saturday.

Richard, a 6-foot-2, 216-pound sophomore from St. Bruno, Que., directed an offence that scored seven touchdowns and had a 34-19 advantage in first downs. He completed an impressive 21 of 25 attempts for 265 yards and no interceptions. He also rushed eight times for 92 yards, including a pair of first-half TD runs of 13-and six yards, respectively, before being replaced for the final quarter by freshman Marc-Antoine Langevin, who hooked up with Etienne Moisan for a 12-yard TD toss.

Laval led 15-3 after the opening quarter, 32-10 at halftime and 46-10 after three.

Also scoring TDs in the air for the Rouge et Or was Benoit Gagnon-Brousseau (23 yds) and Felix Faubert-Lussier (9 yds). The two other majors were scored on the ground, both in the third quarter, by Sebastien Serre on runs of one and two yards. Serrre was a workhorse, finishing with 14 carries for 109 yards.

Kicker Dominique Levesque added 11 points on a 35-yard field-goal, a 49-yard punt single and seven conversions.

For McGill, place-kicker Justin Lavallee gave the Redmen a shortlived 3-1 lead at 6:13 of the opening stanza with a season-longest 35-yard field-goal. Running back Luis Guimont-Mota -- who rushed a dozen times for 72 yards -- reached the endzone on a seven-yard run midway through the second quarter, narrowing the gap to 22-10.

Redmen rookie quarterback Nicolas English went the distance, completing 19 of 31 for 179 yards, no TDs and two interceptions. He also rushed eight times for 46 yards and was sacked three times. His favourite target was rookie Kevin Etienne, who hauled in six receptions for 71 yards.

Running back Remi Bertellin, a sophomore receiver from France, led the Redmen with 157 all-purpose yards, including 115 on eight kickoff returns, 26 on three receptions and 16 on a pair of punt returns.

The victory clinched the regular season pennant for the Rouge et Or, who finished atop the RSEQ standings with a 7-1 record and will host fourth-place Concordia (4-4) in a conference semifinal at Stade Telus on Saturday, Nov. 7. The other RSEQ semi will feature the second-place Montreal Carabins (6-2) hosting third-seeded Sherbrooke (5-3).

McGill, which posted a somewhat respectable 3-5 record in the wake of going winless in 2014, finished fifth, two wins more than last-place Bishop's (1-7). A 43-41 last-second loss to Concordia in the Shaughnessy Cup game the previous week sealed McGill's post-season fate.

REDMEN RAP: DL Ousmane Guindo led the McGill defence with nine total tackles and a forced fumble... DB Anthony Couturier-Lagace had 8.5 tackles... Both Luis Guimont-Mota and Yannick Langelier-Vanasse were also credited with forced fumbles, while Kevin Etienne, Dane Wagner and Stephane Ishimwe-Baganizi all registered fumble recoveries... DL Devon Stewart had one QB sack... Veteran receiver Louis Brouillette ended up leading the team in scoring over the season with 43 points... He tallied three TDs and filled in as an emergency back-up kicker, where he made 11 extra points on conversions, to go along with a pair of rouges and four field-goals... Seven seniors expected to graduate were recognized in a pregame ceremony at midfield. They include DB Seth Atoapoma,  REC Kenny Baye, REC Yannick Langelier-Vanasse, K Justin Lavallee, DB Alexandre Lefebvre-Tardif, OL Timothy Mitchell and DL Devon Stewart... Another player who has announced that he has retired from football is sophomore middle linebacker Karl Forgues, whose promising career was cut short by a concussion suffered in Week 5 when he was blindsided at Bishop's. He led the league in tackles during his freshman year and this season, finished fifth with 41.5 tackles in only five contests -- three of them QB sacks -- for a league-high average of  8.3 per game. He also had a pair of forced fumbles.

 

2015 RSEQ Football Standings (FINAL) • Classement RSEQ de la saison régulière 2015

Pos	Équipe	MJ	V	D	PP	PC	MOY	PTS
1	Laval	8	7	1	298	101	0.875	14
2	Montréal	8	6	2	232	109	0.750	12
3	Sherbrooke	8	5	3	216	153	0.625	10
4	Concordia	8	4	4	250	222	0.500	8
5	McGill	8	3	5	192	249	0.375	6
6	Bishop's	8	1	7	89	319	0.125	2

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