GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Former Furman standout wide receiver Brian Bratton '05 helped the Montreal Alouettes claim a 21-18 victory over former Paladin All-America offensive tackle Joel Bell '09 and the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Sunday's 98th Grey Cup, the Canadian Football League's championship game.

The victory gave Montreal its second straight CFL crown.  Last year Bratton's Alouettes clipped Bell and the Roughriders, 28-27, in the CFL title game.

Montreal, the 2010 CFL East Division champion, completed the season with a 15-6 record while Saskatchewan, which finished second in the West Division, went 12-9 this season.

Bratton, a native of Martinez, Ga., caught two passes for 15 yards in Sunday's championship game. He recorded 48 receptions for 530 yards and five touchdowns and had eight kickoff returns for 142 yards in 2010. During his Furman career (2001-04), he caught 131 passes for 1,826 yards and 18 touchdowns. He also earned All-America honors as a return specialist, averaging 23.1 yards on school record 89 kickoff returns, three of which he returned for touchdowns.

Bell started at left tackle for Saskatchewan this year in his second season of professional football. In 2008 the 6-foot-7 Spartanburg, S.C., product earned All-America honors and captured the Southern Conference's Jacobs Blocking Award for Furman, where he twice garnered first team all-conference honors during a solid four-year career (2005-08).

Bratton had brief stints with the Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Ravens prior to joining Montreal in 2007. Bell, meanwhile, signed as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills before joining Saskatchewan prior to the start of the 2009 campaign.