2020 Montreal Alouettes season

2020 Montreal Alouettes season
2020 Montreal Alouettes season
General manager	Danny Maciocia
Head coach	Khari Jones
Home field	Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	N/A
Division place	N/A, East
Playoff finish	Season cancelled
	← 2019; Alouettes seasons; 2021 →;

The 2020 Montreal Alouettes season was scheduled to be the 54th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 66th overall.

The 2020 CFL season would have been the second season for Khari Jones as the Alouettes' head coach and offensive coordinator as he had the "interim" tag removed after he agreed to a three-year extension on November 26, 2019.^[1] This also would have been his first full season, including pre-season, as the team's head coach.^[2] It would have been the first season under the ownership of S and S Sportsco, which is operated by Sid Spiegel and Gary Stern. The new owners appointed Danny Maciocia as the team's general manager and named local media executive Mario Cecchini as the team's new president.^[3]

Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020 that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020.^[4] On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020.^[5] On August 17, 2020 however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.^[6]

Offseason

CFL National Draft

The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020.^[7] The Alouettes had ten selections in the eight-round draft, including four selections within the first 25 picks.^[8] Notably, the Alouettes traded their first-round pick to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the trade for Johnny Manziel.^[9]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School	Hometown
2	14	Marc-Antoine Dequoy	DB	Montreal	Montreal, QC
2	16	Cameron Lawson	DL	Queen's	Caledon, ON
3	22	Carter O′Donnell	OL	Alberta	Red Deer, AB
3	25	Benoit Marion	DL	Montreal	Montreal, QC
4	33	Brian Harelimana	LB	Montreal	Laval, QC
6	49	Andrew Becker	OL	Regina	Kelowna, BC
6	51	Jersey Henry	HB	Concordia	LaSalle, QC
7	60	Vincent Alessandrini	SB	Concordia	Laval, QC
8	66	Brock Gowanlock	DL	Manitoba	Duncan, BC
8	69	Colton Klassen	RB	Saskatchewan	Saskatoon, SK

CFL Global Draft

The 2020 CFL Global Draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020.^[10] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled.^[4]^[11] The Alouettes were scheduled to select fifth in each round with the number of rounds never announced.^[10]

Planned schedule

Preseason

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	TV	Venue
A	Bye
B	1	Fri, May 29	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	NA	TD Place Stadium
C	2	Sat, June 6	1:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	NA	Molson Stadium

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Regular season

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	TV	Venue
1	1	Fri, June 12	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Calgary Stampeders	TSN/RDS	McMahon Stadium
2	2	Fri, June 19	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	TSN/RDS	Mosaic Stadium
3	Bye
4	3	Thu, July 2	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium
5	4	Thu, July 9	8:30 p.m. EDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	TSN/RDS	IG Field
6	5	Fri, July 17	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium
7	6	Thu, July 23	10:00 p.m. EDT	at BC Lions	TSN/RDS	BC Place
8	7	Sat, Aug 1	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. BC Lions	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium
9	8	Fri, Aug 7	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field
10	9	Thu, Aug 13	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium
11	10	Fri, Aug 21	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium
12	11	Fri, Aug 28	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	TSN/RDS	BMO Field
13	Bye
14	12	Fri, Sept 11	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium
15	13	Fri, Sept 18	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Edmonton Football Team	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium
16	14	Fri, Sept 25	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field
17	15	Sat, Oct 3	4:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium
18	16	Mon, Oct 12	1:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium
19	Bye
20	17	Sat, Oct 24	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Edmonton Football Team	TSN/RDS	Commonwealth Stadium
21	18	Sat, Oct 31	4:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium

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Team

Roster

**Montreal Alouettes roster**
Quarterbacks 8 Vernon Adams -- Darius-James Peterson 6 Hugo Richard 18 Matthew Shiltz Receivers 19 Dante Absher 2 Mario Alford 4 Quan Bray 88 Malcolm Carter 85 B. J. Cunningham 81 Felix Faubert-Lussier 70 Fabian Guerra 83 Malachi Jones 11 Kaion Julien-Grant 87 Geno Lewis 89 Chris Osei-Kusi 82 Naaman Roosevelt 9 Jake Wieneke		Running backs 21 Jeshrun Antwi 35 Dominick Bragalone 22 Shaq Murray-Lawrence 20 Tyrell Sutton 32 James Wilder Jr. Fullbacks 84 Étienne Moisan 80 Spencer Moore 38 Christophe Normand Offensive linemen 61 Donald Hawkins 53 Philippe Gagnon 64 Sean Jamieson 60 Tyler Johnstone 62 Diego Kuhlmann 51 Kristian Matte 55 Landon Rice 66 Trey Rutherford 54 Chris Schleuger 65 Samuel Thomassin 67 Tony Washington 59 Zach Wilkinson		Defensive linemen 90 Nate Anderson 48 Bo Banner DE 97 Woody Baron DT 42 Jean-Samuel Blanc 7 John Bowman DE 96 Chase DeMoor 99 Lord Hyeamang DT 76 Anthony Luke 94 Junior Luke 52 David Ménard 79 Elijah Norris 98 Kingsley Opara 91 Javon Rolland-Jones DE 95 Michael Sanelli 93 Antonio Simmons DE 45 Logan Tago 5 Adrian Tracy DE Linebackers 44 Frédéric Chagnon 57 Tevin Floyd 34 Alexandre Gagné 41 Jason Hall 47 D. J. Lalama 10 Hénoc Muamba 49 Jean-Gabriel Poulin 46 Paris Taylor 50 Benjamin Whiting		Defensive backs 29 Bryan Blunt 25 Ryan Carter 39 Cody Cranston 30 Ty Cranston 36 Davante Davis 24 Devron Davis 0 Ciante Evans 23 Kevin Fogg 31 Marloshawn Franklin 22 Tyquan Glass 1 Monshadrik Hunter 33 Jarnor Jones 16 Taylor Loffler 12 Najee Murray 26 Greg Reid 43 Dominique Termansen 26 Darius West Special teams 37 Martin Bédard LS 15 Tyler Crapigna K/P 40 Mike Benson LS 72 Felix Ménard-Brière K/P 3 Ryan Santoso P
Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 85 Roster Roster updated 2020-08-17 • Depth chart • Transactions Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine • More CFL rosters

Coaching staff

**Montreal Alouettes staff**

	Front office Owner – S and S Sportsco (Sid Spiegel and Gary Stern) President/CEO – Mario Cecchini General manager – Danny Maciocia Assistant general manager – Tom Gamble Senior player personnel executive – Brendan Taman Director of national scouting – Byron Archambault Director of football operations – Éric Deslauriers Manager of football operations – Cailtin Bell Head coach Head coach – Khari Jones Assistant head coach – André Bolduc Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks – Khari Jones Offensive line – Vacant Receivers – Robert Gordon Running backs – André Bolduc Assistant offensive line – Luc Brodeur-Jourdain Offensive assistant – Michael Lionello			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator & Linebackers – Bob Slowik Defensive line – Todd Howard Defensive Backs & Pass Game Coordinator – Barron Miles Defensive assistant – Vincent Nardone Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Mickey Donovan Staff Equipment manager – Greg McGuire Assistant equipment manager – Ryan Batten Head athletic therapist – Rodney Sassi → Coaching Staff Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine → More CFL staffs

References

^ "Alouettes ink HC, OC Khari Jones to three-year extension". CFL.ca. November 26, 2019.
^ "Alouettes – finally – begin contract extension negotiations with head coach Khari Jones". 3downnation.com. November 4, 2019.
^ "Alouettes part ways with GM Kavis Reed". CFL.ca. July 14, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Ambrosie issues statement on behalf of CFL". cfl.ca. April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
^ "CFL provides update regarding 2020". Canadian Football League. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
^ "CFL not to play shortened season in the fall". Canadian Football League. August 17, 2020.
^ "CFL to hold global player combines in Europe, Mexico and, and Japan". press.cfl.ca. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
^ "2020 CFL Draft". CFL.ca. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ "Als acquire Johnny Manziel in blockbuster deal - CFL.ca". CFL.ca. July 22, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Key dates to circle on your calendar in 2020". CFL.ca. January 27, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
^ "CFL Global Draft rescheduled as lead-in event prior to training camp". CFL.ca. March 24, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2020 Schedule". Retrieved December 19, 2019.

External links

Official website

[1] "Alouettes ink HC, OC Khari Jones to three-year extension". CFL.ca. November 26, 2019.

[2] "Alouettes – finally – begin contract extension negotiations with head coach Khari Jones". 3downnation.com. November 4, 2019.

[3] "Alouettes part ways with GM Kavis Reed". CFL.ca. July 14, 2019.

[July_delay-4] "Ambrosie issues statement on behalf of CFL". cfl.ca. April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.

[September_delay-5] "CFL provides update regarding 2020". Canadian Football League. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

[6] "CFL not to play shortened season in the fall". Canadian Football League. August 17, 2020.

[Seven_Combines-7] "CFL to hold global player combines in Europe, Mexico and, and Japan". press.cfl.ca. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[2020_Draft_Order-8] "2020 CFL Draft". CFL.ca. Retrieved February 2, 2020.

[Manziel-9] "Als acquire Johnny Manziel in blockbuster deal - CFL.ca". CFL.ca. July 22, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2020.

[Key_dates-10] "Key dates to circle on your calendar in 2020". CFL.ca. January 27, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.

[Global_postponed-11] "CFL Global Draft rescheduled as lead-in event prior to training camp". CFL.ca. March 24, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.

[schedule-12] "2020 Schedule". Retrieved December 19, 2019.

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West Division	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
East Division	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	2020 CFL National Draft 2020 CFL Global Draft 108th 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