Early in the second quarter, BC defensive end, Lavar Glover missed his opportunity to tackle Kerry Watkins, which led to a 91-yard return that would set up a seven-yard TD toss by Calvillo to Richardson for a 24–3, Alouettes lead. The Lions would score their first touchdown of the game when Casey Printers threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver, Paris Jackson that was started when Montreal's Larry Taylor uncharacteristically dropped a punt return, which was recovered by Lions' safety Tad Crawford deep into the Alouettes side of the field. However, the Alouettes offence came right back when Anthony Calvillo threw his fourth touchdown of the game to wide receiver, Brian Bratton to give the Alouettes a comfortable 31–10 lead. Before the end of the second half, BC kicker Paul McCallum punted the ball into the endzone to give BC an extra point, although the Lions' were trailing by 20 points into halftime.