1997 Montreal Alouettes season

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.

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

Offseason

CFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
16Steve CharbonneauDLNew Hampshire
211Jerome PathonWRWashington
214Ryan CoughlinOLMcGill
321Bruno HeppellRBWestern Michigan
429Derek KreteLBWestern Ontario
430Ryan CarruthersSBCalgary
538Andy BreretonSBWestern Michigan
645Francis BellefroidLBBishop'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
Week Date Opponent Venue Score Result Attendance Record
A June 8 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium 30–14 Win 9,311 1–0
C June 18 Toronto Argonauts Olympic Stadium 40–0 Loss 6,394 1–1

Regular season

Season Standings
East Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Toronto Argonauts18153066032730
Montreal Alouettes18135050953226
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1841404435488
Hamilton Tiger-Cats1821603625494

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

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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
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
BC Lions21016735
Montreal Alouettes21213045

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East Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Montreal Alouettes1821030
Toronto Argonauts71331437

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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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2017-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.profootballarchives.com/1997cflmtl.html
  4. http://stats.cfldb.ca/league/cfl/schedule/1997/11/02/bc-at-mtl/
  5. http://stats.cfldb.ca/league/cfl/schedule/1997/11/09/mtl-at-tor/
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2014-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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