MONTREAL -- Quarterback Samuel Caron threw for a pair of touchdowns and rushed for two more as the No.2-ranked Universite de Montreal Carabins routed McGill 42-0 in an RSEQ conference semifinal before 2, 779 at Stade CEPSUM, Saturday.

It was Montreal's 19th consecutive victory over McGill dating back to a 58-0 Redmen whitewash on Oct. 7, 2002. The Carabins advance to next week's league championship game for the Dunsmore Cup on Nov. 12. they will host Laval, which  disposed of visiting Concordia 39-14 in Saturday's other RSEQ semifinal.

The Carabins, which finished first in the Quebec conference with a 7-1 record, led 10-0 after the opening quarter, 32-0 at the half and 39-0 after three. The game featured a plethora of flags, with a combined 30 penalties for 267 yards of real estate.

Caron, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound senior from Levis, Que., completed 17 of 24 passes for 311 yards. He also rushed four times for 24 yards, including a pair of one-yard plunges in the second quarter that made the score 18-0 and 32-0.

He directed an offence that generated 24 first downs and 538 net yards, compared to McGill, which had 15 and 246, respectively. The Redmen, who finished fourth with a 4-4 record and qualified for post-season play for the first time since 2012, committed seven turnovers, including three on interceptions and one on a fumble.

Caron hooked up with Regis Cibasu for a 49-yard touchdown pass to give the Carabins a 7-0 lead at 5:11 of the first quarter. He also connected with Guillaume Paquet for a 55-yard TD to make the score 25-0 at 12:27 of the second stanza.

Place-kicker Felix Menard added a dozen points, including field-goals from 14 and 11 yards.

For the Redmen, freshman pivot Frederic Paquette-Perrault was 18 for 37 passing for 160 yards and three picks.

Among the few bright lights for McGill was rookie Pier-Olivier Grenier-Gachet, a 5-foot-7, 158-pound defensive back and return specialist who collected a game-high 142 all-purpose yards, including 79 on four kickoff returns and 63 on five punt returns. The 21-year-old native of St. Jean sur Richelieu, Que., also had an assisted tackle.

The other offensive light was all-purpose receiver Remi Bertellin, a 22-year-old economics junior from France who caught six passes for 64 yards, rushed three times for 24 yards, was 0-for-1 passing and averaged 41.7 yards on nine punts.

REDMEN RAP: Rookie DB Jean-Philippe Hudon, who was voted all-conference honours the day before the game, registered a game-high 8.5 tackles, including eight solos, in addition to a knockdown... McGill, which finished at 5-5 overall, is expected to lose seven seniors to graduation. That group includes co-captains Louis Brouillette, a receiver from Sherbrooke, Que., and Pierre-Olivier Daloze, an offensive lineman from Laval, Que., both fifth-year veterans. Others include OL Qadr Spooner of Brossard, Que., who is projected to be a high-draft pick in the CFL, OL Nicolas Bertrand of St. Jean, Que., and WR Jonathan Mack of St. Lambert, Que., plus defensive backs Charles-William Tremblay and Jean-Christophe Bouchard, both natives of Quebec City.