1997 Montreal Alouettes season

1997 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coachDave Ritchie
Home fieldOlympic Stadium
Results
Record13–5
Division place2nd, East
Playoff finishLost East Final
Uniform

The 1997 Montreal Alouettes finished in second place in the East Division with a 13–5 record. Their season came to a close as the Doug Flutie-led Toronto Argonauts defeated the Alouettes in the Eastern Final. The 1997 team saw major head office changes as Jim Speros sold the team to Bob Wetenhall and Larry Smith assumed the role of president and chief executive officer after resigning as CFL commissioner.

Offseason

CFL draft

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 6 Steve Charbonneau DL New Hampshire
2 11 Jerome Pathon WR Washington
2 14 Ryan Coughlin OL McGill
3 21 Bruno Heppell RB Western Michigan
4 29 Derek Krete LB Western Ontario
4 30 Ryan Carruthers SB Calgary
5 38 Andy Brereton SB Western Michigan
6 45 Francis Bellefroid LB Bishop's

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Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft

Round Pick Name Pos
1 6 Uzooma Okeke G
2 14 Swift Burch DT
3 22 Michael Hendricks LB
4 29 Robert Stevenson G
5 32 David Harper LB

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A June 8 Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 30–14 1–0 Ivor Wynne Stadium 9,311
C June 18 Toronto Argonauts L 0–40 1–1 Olympic Stadium 6,394

Regular season

Season Standings

East Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Toronto Argonauts 18 15 3 0 660 327 30
Montreal Alouettes 18 13 5 0 509 532 26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 4 14 0 443 548 8
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 2 16 0 362 549 4

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Season Schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 June 27 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 27–17 1–0 Olympic Stadium 7,380
2 2 July 3 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 27–24 2–0 Winnipeg Stadium 20,497
3 3 July 9 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 34–28 3–0 Olympic Stadium 7,669
4 4 July 17 at Edmonton Eskimos L 0–32 3–1 Commonwealth Stadium 27,811
5 5 July 24 Edmonton Eskimos L 24–34 3–2 Olympic Stadium 10,025
6 6 July 31 at Toronto Argonauts L 8–46 3–3 SkyDome 16,218
7 7 Aug 9 at BC Lions W 45–31 4–3 BC Place Stadium 19,106
8 8 Aug 16 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 36–26 5–3 Olympic Stadium 10,039
9 9 Aug 22 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 26–21 6–3 Winnipeg Stadium 19,930
10 10 Aug 30 vs. BC Lions W 34–33 7–3 Olympic Stadium 11,050
11 11 Sept 6 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 38–18 8–3 Ivor Wynne Stadium 9,253
12 12 Sept 12 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 29–28 9–3 Olympic Stadium 10,259
13 13 Sept 21 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 24–22 10–3 Taylor Field 25,570
14 14 Sept 28 at Calgary Stampeders L 22–43 10–4 McMahon Stadium 27,153
15 15 Oct 3 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 30–29 11–4 Olympic Stadium 12,322
16 16 Oct 11 at Toronto Argonauts L 21–28 11–5 SkyDome 17,355
17 17 Oct 19 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 41–34 12–5 Olympic Stadium 6,721
18 18 Oct 26 at Toronto Argonauts W 43–38 13–5 Olympic Stadium 10,801

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Roster

Montreal Alouettes roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Defensive backs

Special teams

Practice Roster

Playoffs

East Semi-Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
BC Lions 2 10 16 7 35
Montreal Alouettes 21 21 3 0 45

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East Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Montreal Alouettes 1 8 21 0 30
Toronto Argonauts 7 13 3 14 37

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Awards

1997 CFL All-Star Selections

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References

  1. ^ https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=1997 Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine 1997 CFL Canadian Draft
  2. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2". Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  3. ^ "1997 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
  4. ^ "CFL Results Nov. 2, 1997 BC Lions 35 @ Montreal Alouettes 45 on CFLDB Statistics".
  5. ^ "CFL Results Nov. 9, 1997 Montreal Alouettes 30 @ Toronto Argonauts 37 on CFLDB Statistics".
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2014-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)