2016 Montreal Alouettes season

Canadian football team season

2016 Montreal Alouettes season

General manager| Jim Popp
Head coach| Jim Popp (3–9)
Jacques Chapdelaine (4–2)
Home stadium| Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Results
Record| 7–11
Division place| 3rd, East
Playoffs| did not qualify
Team MOP| Bear Woods
Team MOC| Samuel Giguere
Team MOR| Jonathon Mincy
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The 2016 Montreal Alouettes season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 62nd overall. The Alouettes finished the season in third place in the East Division with a 7–11 record. Although this was a slight improvement upon their 6–12 record from 2015, it was still not good enough to get them back into the playoffs, as they lost the season series to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (also 7–11) and thus, having to settle for 3rd place, behind the "crossover" team from the West, the Edmonton Eskimos (10–8). It was the first time the team missed the playoffs in back-to-back years since their reactivation.

Jim Popp returned as head coach for his second full season as head coach (his first being the 2007 season) and again led the Alouettes to another non-winning season.[1] Popp also remained the team's general manager, a position he had held for the last 21 seasons since the team returned to Montreal in 1996. During the team's week 14 bye, Popp stepped down as head coach, and named receivers coach Jacques Chapdelaine as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[2] Popp remained with the team as their general manager.

## Offseason

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### CFL draft

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The 2016 CFL Draft took place on May 10, 2016. The Alouettes had eight selections in the eight-round draft, including the second overall pick, which was their highest pick since returning to the league in 1996.[3]

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | School/Club Team

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1 | 2 | Philippe Gagnon | OL | Laval
2 | 11 | Wayne Moore | RB | McMaster
3 | 20 | Sean Jamieson | OL | Western Ontario
4 | 29 | George Johnson | WR | Western Ontario
6 | 47 | A'dre Fraser | WR | Guelph
6 | 50 | Emmitt Tims | WR | Saskatchewan
7 | 56 | Maiko Zepeda | DB | Montreal
8 | 64 | Matthew Toppan | OL | Guelph

## Preseason

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Week  | Date  | Kickoff  | Opponent  | Results  | TV  | Venue  | Attendance  | Summary

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A | Wed, June 8  | 8:00 p.m. EDT | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 13–36  | 0–1  | TSN/RDS | Investors Group Field | 23,334  | Recap
B | Fri, June 17  | 7:30 p.m. EDT  | vs. Toronto Argonauts | W 22–15  | 1–1  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium | 14,882  | Recap

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#  Games played with white uniforms.

## Regular season

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### Standings

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East Division

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Team  | GP | W | L | T | Pts | PF | PA | Div | Stk |
Ottawa Redblacks | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 486 | 498 | 5–3 | L1 | Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 507 | 502 | 5–3 | L2 | Details
Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 383 | 416 | 3–5 | W3 | Details
Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 383 | 568 | 3–5 | L7 | Details

### Schedule

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Week  | Date  | Kickoff  | Opponent  | Results  | TV  | Venue  | Attendance  | Summary

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1 | Fri, June 24  | 8:30 p.m. EDT  | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 22–14  | 1–0  | TSN/RDS/ESPN2 | Investors Group Field | 26,433  | Recap
2 | Thurs, June 30  | 7:00 p.m. EDT  | vs. Ottawa Redblacks | L 13–28  | 1–1  | TSN/RDS/ESPN2  | Molson Stadium | 21,522  | Recap
3 | Bye
4 | Fri, July 15  | 7:30 p.m. EDT  | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 7–31  | 1–2  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 20,098  | Recap
5 | Mon, July 25  | 7:30 p.m. EDT  | at Toronto Argonauts | L 17–30  | 1–3  | TSN/RDS/ESPN2  | BMO Field | 16,048  | Recap
6 | Fri, July 29  | 7:00 p.m. EDT  | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 41–3  | 2–3  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 20,018  | Recap
7 | Thurs, Aug 4  | 7:00 p.m. EDT  | vs. BC Lions | L 18–38  | 2–4  | TSN/RDS/ESPN2  | Molson Stadium  | 19,125  | Recap
8 | Thurs, Aug 11  | 9:00 p.m. EDT  | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 12–23  | 2–5  | TSN/RDS/ESPN2  | Commonwealth Stadium | 26,061  | Recap
9 | Fri, Aug 19  | 7:00 p.m. EDT  | at Ottawa Redblacks  | W 43–19  | 3–5  | TSN/RDS  | TD Place Stadium | 24,907  | Recap
10 | Fri, Aug 26  | 7:30 p.m. EDT  | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers  | L 18–32  | 3–6  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 19,026  | Recap
11 | Thurs, Sept 1  | 7:30 p.m. EDT  | vs. Ottawa Redblacks  | L 14–19  | 3–7  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 19,117  | Recap
12 | Fri, Sept 9  | 10:00 p.m. EDT  | at BC Lions  | L 27–38  | 3–8  | TSN/RDS  | BC Place  | 18,107  | Recap
13 | Fri, Sept 16  | 7:00 p.m. EDT  | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats  | L 17–20  | 3–9  | TSN/RDS  | Tim Hortons Field | 23,612  | Recap
14 | Bye
15 | Sun, Oct 2  | 1:00 p.m. EDT  | vs. Toronto Argonauts  | W 38–11  | 4–9  | TSN2/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 23,420  | Recap
16 | Mon, Oct 10  | 1:00 p.m. EDT  | vs. Edmonton Eskimos  | L 20–40  | 4–10  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 20,512  | Recap
17 | Sat, Oct 15  | 7:00 p.m. EDT  | at Calgary Stampeders | L 8–22  | 4–11  | TSN/RDS  | McMahon Stadium | 25,351  | Recap
18 | Sat, Oct 22  | 4:00 p.m. EDT  | at Saskatchewan Roughriders  | W 19–14  | 5–11  | TSN/RDS  | Mosaic Stadium | 30,223  | Recap
19 | Sun, Oct 30  | 1:00 p.m. EST  | vs. Calgary Stampeders  | W 17–8  | 6–11  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 20,562  | Recap
20 | Sat, Nov 5  | 1:00 p.m. EST  | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats  | W 32–25  | 7–11  | TSN/RDS  | Tim Hortons Field  | 24,113  | Recap

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#  Games played with colour uniforms.
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#  Games played with alternate uniforms.

## Team

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### Roster

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2016 Montreal Alouettes roster

Quarterbacks

*  3 Vernon Adams Jr.
*  5 Shane Carden
* 12 Rakeem Cato

Running backs

* 46 Jean-Christophe Beaulieu FB
*  0 Stefan Logan RB
* 33 Cam McDaniel RB
* 23 Brandon Rutley RB

Receivers

* 84 Alex Charette WR
* 85 B. J. Cunningham WR
* 15 Sam Giguère WR
* 81 Kyle Graves WR
* 80 Seydou Junior Haidara WR
*  8 Nik Lewis SB
* 88 Tiquan Underwood WR

|  | Offensive linemen

* 68 Philip Blake G
* 58 Luc Brodeur-Jourdain C
* 53 Philippe Gagnon OL
* 51 Kristian Matte G
* 54 Jeff Perrett T
* 62 Jake Piotrowski G
* 69 Jacob Ruby T
* 61 Ryan White OL

Defensive linemen

*  7 John Bowman DE
* 91 Alan-Michael Cash DT
* 94 DeQuin Evans DL
* 99 Jesse Joseph DT
* 55 Gabriel Knapton DE

|  | Linebackers

* 21 Chris Ackie
* 42 Jean-Samuel Blanc
* 52 Nicolas Boulay
* 11 Chip Cox
* 34 Kyries Hebert
* 26 Nicholas Shortill LB
* 31 Winston Venable
* 48 Bear Woods

Defensive backs

* 10 Marc-Olivier Brouillette S
* 22 Anthony Coady S
* 41 Tyree Hollins DB
*  2 Jovon Johnson CB
* 29 Jonathon Mincy DB
* 43 Dominique Termansen DB
* 36 Daryl Townsend S

Special teams

* 14 Boris Bede P/K
* 98 Chad Bushley LS
* \-- Khalid Wooten

|  | Injured List

* 35 Greg Henderson CB
* 83 Marcus Henry WR
* 44 Jared Koster LB
*  6 Ramon Taylor DB

6-Game Injured List

* 37 Martin Bédard LS
* 18 Jonathan Crompton QB
* 16 Ethan Davis DB
* 30 Anthony Fera P/K
* 49 Jeffrey Finley DL
* 19 S. J. Green SB
* 90 Michael Klassen DL
* 97 Aaron Lavarias DE
* 39 Wayne Moore RB
* 17 Billy Parker DB
* 20 Tyrell Sutton RB

Practice squad

* 67 Michael Bamiro OL
* 95 Ray Drew DL
* 59 Mathu Gibson OL
* 25 Martese Jackson RB
*  1 Greg McGhee QB

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Italics indicate International players
Roster updated 2016-11-29
Depth Chart • Transactions
45 Active, 1 Injured, 11 Six-Game Injured,
5 Practice

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### Coaching staff

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2016 Montreal Alouettes staff

| Front office

* Owner – Bob Wetenhall
* President/CEO – Mark Weightman
* VP, General Manager and Director of Football Operations and Player Personnel – Jim Popp
* Assistant general manager – Joey Abrams
* Assistant director of pro/college scouting – Uzooma Okeke
* Senior Player Personnel Executive/Salary Cap Analyst - Justin Casey
* Director of us college scouting – Russ Lande
* Football Operations Assistant/Scout –Eric Deslauriers
* Coordinator of Football Administration - Catherine Raiche
* Football operations/scouting assistant – Philippe Moreau

Head coaches

* Interim head coach – Jacques Chapdelaine
* Assistant head coach – Kavis Reed
* Assistant head coach – Noel Thorpe

Offensive coaches

* Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Anthony Calvillo
* Offensive line – Kris Sweet
* Receivers – Jacques Chapdelaine
* Running backs – Paul Charbonneau
* Offensive quality control – Jason Hogan

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Defensive coaches

* Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Noel Thorpe
* Defensive line – Anwar Stewart
* Linebackers – Greg Quick

Special teams coaches

* Special teams coordinator – Kavis Reed
* Special teams assistant – André Bolduc

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## References

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1. ^ "Als announce Popp to return as head coach next season". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
2. ^ Als' Popp relinquishes coaching duties; Chapdelaine named interim head coach
3. ^ "ALOUETTES SELECT PHILIPPE GAGNON WITH THEIR FIRST PICK". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
4. ^ a b 2016 Schedule
5. ^ "Where to watch: 2016 Broadcast information". Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
6. ^ CFL on TSN Broadcast Schedule

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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
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* 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)|

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* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1970
* 1974
* 1975
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 2000
* 2002
* 2003
* 2005
* 2006
* 2008
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* 2010
* 2023

Current league
affiliations|

* League: Canadian Football League
* Division: East

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2016 CFL season by team

West Division|

* BC
* Calgary
* Edmonton
* Saskatchewan
* Winnipeg

East Division|

* Hamilton
* Montreal
* Ottawa
* Toronto

See also|

* 2016 CFL Draft
* 104th Grey Cup

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*[W]: Wins
*[L]: Losses
*[T]: Ties
*[Pts]: Points
*[PF]: Points For
*[PA]: Points Against (Total points allowed)
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