2005 Montreal Alouettes season

2005 Montreal Alouettes season
2005 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach	Don Matthews
Home field	Molson Stadium
Results
Record	10–8
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
Uniform
	← 2004; Alouettes seasons; 2006 →;

The 2005 Montreal Alouettes finished second place in the East Division with a 10–8 record. This was a disappointing season, by Alouettes standards, but they made it to the Grey Cup the hard way. They hosted the East Semi-Final and defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Olympic Stadium, 30–14. They then traveled to Toronto to face the Argonauts at the Skydome, and they won 33–17, to advance to the Grey Cup. After a hard fought game they lost to the Edmonton Eskimos, 38–35 in what was only the second ever Grey Cup to be won in overtime.

Offseason

CFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	5	Matthieu Proulx	DB	Laval
2	12	Jeff Piercy	RB	Saskatchewan
2	13	Thomas Whitfield	DB	Syracuse
2	19	Philip Gauthier	DB	Laval
3	24	Victor Cabral	LB	Georgia Southern
4	33	Mike Ray	K/P	McMaster
5	42	Curt Hundeby	OL	Saskatchewan
6	49	Adam Eckert	WR	Dickinson State
6	51	Oliver Manigat	OL	Columbia

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Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 9	Ottawa Renegades	Molson Stadium	27–16	Loss	20,202	0–1
B	June 16	at Ottawa Renegades	Frank Clair Stadium	30–10	Win	12,660	1–1

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Regular season

Season standings

East Division view talk edit
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	18	11	7	0	486	387	22	Details
Montreal Alouettes	18	10	8	0	592	519	20	Details
Ottawa Renegades	18	7	11	0	458	578	14	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	5	13	0	383	583	10	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	June 22	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Molson Stadium	31–21	Win	20,202	1–0
2	July 1	Ottawa Renegades	Frank Clair Stadium	39–36	Loss	18,899	1–1
3	July 8	Edmonton Eskimos	Molson Stadium	32–29	Win	20,202	2–1
4	Bye
5	July 22	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	51–46	Loss	24,550	2–2
6	July 28	Toronto Argonauts	Molson Stadium	36–24	Loss	20,202	2–3
7	Aug 4	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Molson Stadium	42–13	Win	20,202	3–3
8	Aug 12	Toronto Argonauts	Rogers Centre	18–10	Win	31,621	4–3
9	Aug 18	Calgary Stampeders	Molson Stadium	40–37	Loss	20,202	4–4
10	Aug 26	Edmonton Eskimos	Commonwealth Stadium	36–26	Loss	44,624	4–5
11	Sept 2	Ottawa Renegades	Molson Stadium	41–18	Win	20,202	5–5
12	Bye
13	Sept 17	BC Lions	BC Place Stadium	27–26	Loss	36,066	5–6
14	Sept 25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Molson Stadium	42–23	Win	20,202	6–6
15	Oct 1	Calgary Stampeders	McMahon Stadium	32–11	Win	28,304	7–6
16	Oct 8	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Taylor Field	38–34	Win	26,900	8–6
17	Oct 16	BC Lions	Molson Stadium	46–44	Win	20,202	9–6
18	Oct 22	Toronto Argonauts	Olympic Stadium	49–23	Loss	51,269	9–7
19	Oct 29	Ottawa Renegades	Frank Clair Stadium	43–23	Win	20,833	10–7
20	Nov 4	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	15–9	Loss	27,114	10–8

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Roster

Montreal Alouettes roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Defensive backs

Special teams

Practice Roster

Playoffs

Scotiabank East Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Saskatchewan Roughriders	0	0	7	7	14
Montreal Alouettes	7	17	3	3	30

Scotiabank East Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Montreal Alouettes	0	6	14	13	33
Toronto Argonauts	14	0	3	0	17

Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Total
Montreal Alouettes	1	0	17	10	7	35
Edmonton Eskimos	3	7	10	8	10	38

Awards

2005 CFL All-Star Selections

Kerry Watkins – Wide Receiver
Uzooma Okeke – Offensive Tackle
Scott Flory – Offensive Guard
Bryan Chiu – Centre
Richard Karikari – Safety

2005 Intergold CFLPA All-Star Selections

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References

^ https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=2005 Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine 2005 CFL Canadian Draft
^ ^a ^b https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2005/9 Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine 2005 Montreal Alouettes Schedule
^ "All-Stars | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

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[cfl.ca-1] ttps://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=2005 Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine 2005 CFL Canadian Draft

[ReferenceA-2] ttps://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2005/9 Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine 2005 Montreal Alouettes Schedule

[3] "All-Stars | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

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v t e 2005 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	2005 CFL Draft 93rd Grey Cup

v t e Montreal Alouettes
Founded in 1946 Based in Montreal, Quebec
Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks
Stadiums	Molson Stadium Olympic Stadium Delorimier Stadium Autostade
Lineage and Lore	Montreal Football Club Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers Montreal Indians Montreal Cubs Montreal Royales Labour Day Classic Thanksgiving Day Classic Baltimore Stallions The Ice Bowl "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Important figures	Junior Ah You Peter Dalla Riva George Dixon Sam Etcheverry Terry Evanshen Gene Gaines Dickie Harris John O'Quinn Tony Pajaczkowski "Prince" Hal Patterson Herb Trawick Pierre Vercheval Virgil Wagner Dan Yochum Mike Pringle Anthony Calvillo Ben Cahoon
Retired numbers	13 27 28 56 63 74 75 77 78 86 92
Key personnel	Owner: Pierre Karl Péladeau General Manager: Danny Maciocia Head Coach: Jason Maas
Grey Cup Championships (8)	1949 1970 1974 1977 2002 2009 2010 2023
Eastern Division Championships (19)	1949 1954 1955 1956 1970 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 2000 2002 2003 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2023
Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: East