2017 Montreal Alouettes season

Canadian football team season

2017 Montreal Alouettes season

General manager| Kavis Reed
Head coach| Jacques Chapdelaine (3–8),
Kavis Reed (0–7)
Home field| Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Results
Record| 3–15
Division place| 4th, East
Playoff finish| did not qualify
Team MOP| Kyries Hebert
Team MOC| Kristian Matte
Team MOR| Branden Dozier
Uniform

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* Alouettes seasons
* 2018 ->

The 2017 Montreal Alouettes season was the 51st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 63rd overall. The Alouettes finished the season in fourth place in the East Division with a disappointing 3–15 record. The 15 losses are a team record, breaking the previous record of 14 set during the 1986 season when the team record was 4–14 and during the 1982 season when they finished 2–14.

The Alouettes failed to improve upon their 7–11 record from 2016 and were eliminated from the playoffs on October 9, 2017 after a loss to the Edmonton Eskimos, making this the third straight season they missed the playoffs (it was the first time the team missed the playoffs for three straight years since their re-activation). This was the first season for head coach Jacques Chapdelaine, until he was fired after a 3–8 start and replaced by general manager Kavis Reed on an interim basis. Chapdelaine served as head coach in an interim capacity for six games during the previous season. This was also the first season under new general manager Kavis Reed.[1]

## Off-season

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### Front office changes

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The 2017 season was the first since the Alouettes returned to Montreal in 1996 that Jim Popp was not be the team's general manager. It was announced on November 7, 2016 that Popp would not return to the Alouettes organization in 2017.[2] In the week following the 104th Grey Cup, the Alouettes interviewed Danny Maciocia (head coach of the University of Montreal), Joey Abrams (Alouettes assistant general manager) and Brock Sunderland (Redblacks assistant general manager) for the vacant general manager position.[3][4] By December 2016, Sunderland was no longer considered a candidate and Maciocia was not in negotiations with the team, having only taken part in one formal meeting.[5] Not long after, Maciocia confirmed that he would remain at the University of Montreal.[6] Two days later, Herb Zurkowsky from the Montreal Gazette reported that Kavis Reed (Alouettes Special Teams coach) was "the dark horse candidate" to win the GM position.[7] By December 12, 2016, Reed had a formal interview with the Alouettes front office, making him the fourth official candidate for the position; prior to that, it had just been informal conversations.[8] On December 14, 2016, the Montreal Alouettes held a press conference to announce Patrick Boivin as President and CEO, Kavis Reed as general manager, and Jacques Chapdelaine's retention as the team's head coach. Chapdelaine had served as the interim head coach for the final six games of the previous season. [9] On December 20, 2016, the Alouettes announced that assistant GM Joey Abrams, who had been with the organization for the past dozen seasons, would be leaving the club.[10]

On January 25, 2017 the Alouettes announced that Catherine Raiche and Joe Mack would become assistant general managers. Raiche was promoted from her previous position with the Alouettes as Coordinator of Football Administration and held the title of Assistant General Manager of Football Operations. Mack, the former Winnipeg Blue Bombers general manager, was the Assistant General Manager of Player Personnel.[11]

### CFL draft

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The 2017 CFL Draft took place on May 7, 2017.[12] The Alouettes traded their first round pick to the BC Lions for the rights to Vernon Adams.[13] The team also acquired another sixth round pick after trading S. J. Green to the Toronto Argonauts.[14]

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | School  | Hometown

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2 | 12 | Fabion Foote | DT | McMaster | North York, ON
3 | 20 | Dondre Wright | DB | Henderson State | North York, ON
4 | 29 | Alexander Morrison | WR | British Columbia | Sault Ste. Marie, ON
5 | 39 | Zach Annen | OL | Carleton | St. Thomas, ON
6 | 45 | Malcolm Carter | WR | Carleton | Toronto, ON
6 | 48 | Denzel Radford | WR | Calgary | Calgary, AB
7 | 56 | Ty Cranston | DB | Ottawa | Winnipeg, MB
8 | 65 | Oumar Toure | TE | Sherbrooke | Montreal, QC

## Preseason

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

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A | Thurs, June 8  | 7:30 p.m. EDT | at Toronto Argonauts | L 20–24  | 0–1  | None  | BMO Field | 5,532  | Recap
B | Thurs, June 15  | 7:30 p.m. EDT  | vs. Ottawa Redblacks | W 38–5  | 1–1  | TSN2 | Molson Stadium | 12,533  | 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 |
Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 482 | 456 | 6–2 | W2 | Details
Ottawa Redblacks | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 495 | 452 | 5–3 | W3 | Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 443 | 545 | 4–4 | W1 | Details
Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 314 | 580 | 1–7 | L11 | Details

### Schedule

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

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1 | Thurs, June 22  | 7:30 p.m. EDT  | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 17–16  | 1–0  | TSN/RDS/ESPNews | Molson Stadium | 20,129  | Recap
2 | Fri, June 30  | 10:00 p.m. EDT  | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 19–23  | 1–1  | TSN/RDS/ESPNews  | Commonwealth Stadium | 31,828  | Recap
3 | Thurs, July 6  | 7:30 p.m. EDT  | vs. BC Lions | L 16–23  | 1–2  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 18,728  | Recap
4 | Fri, July 14  | 7:00 p.m. EDT  | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 30–23  | 2–2  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 18,610  | Recap
5 | Wed, July 19  | 7:30 p.m. EDT  | at Ottawa Redblacks | L 19–24  | 2–3  | TSN/RDS  | TD Place Stadium | 24,756  | Recap
6 | Thurs, July 27  | 8:30 p.m. EDT  | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 40–41  | 2–4  | TSN/RDS/ESPN2 | Investors Group Field | 25,931  | Recap
7 | Bye
8 | Fri, Aug 11  | 7:30 p.m. EDT  | vs. Toronto Argonauts | W 21–9  | 3–4  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 19,712  | Recap
9 | Sat, Aug 19  | 4:00 p.m. EDT  | at Toronto Argonauts  | L 6–38  | 3–5  | TSN/RDS  | BMO Field | 16,326  | Recap
10 | Thurs, Aug 24  | 7:30 p.m. EDT  | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers  | L 31–34 (2OT) | 3–6  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 18,564  | Recap
11 | Thurs, Aug 31 | 7:30 p.m. EDT  | vs. Ottawa Redblacks  | L 4–32  | 3–7  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 18,325  | Recap
12 | Fri, Sept 8  | 10:00 p.m. EDT  | at BC Lions  | L 18–41  | 3–8  | TSN/RDS  | BC Place | 18,029  | Recap
13 | Sun, Sept 17  | 1:00 p.m. EDT  | vs. Ottawa Redblacks  | L 11–29  | 3–9  | TSN/RDS/ESPN2  | Molson Stadium  | 22,596  | Recap
14 | Sat, Sept 23  | 7:00 p.m. EDT  | at Toronto Argonauts  | L 19–33  | 3–10  | TSN/RDS  | BMO Field  | 12,862  | Recap
15 | Fri, Sept 29  | 9:30 p.m. EDT  | at Calgary Stampeders  | L 11–59  | 3–11  | TSN/RDS  | McMahon Stadium | 26,394  | Recap
16 | Mon, Oct 9 | 2:00 p.m. EDT  | vs. Edmonton Eskimos  | L 24–42  | 3–12  | TSN/RDS  | Molson Stadium  | 18,849  | Recap
17 | Bye
18 | Sun, Oct 22  | 1:00 p.m. EDT  | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 16–43  | 3–13  | TSN/RDS/ESPN2  | Molson Stadium  | 20,184  | Recap
19 | Fri, Oct 27  | 9:30 p.m. EDT  | at Saskatchewan Roughriders  | L 12–37  | 3–14  | TSN/RDS  | Mosaic Stadium | 30,083  | Recap
20 | Fri, Nov 3  | 7:00 p.m. EDT  | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats  | L 0–33  | 3–15  | TSN/RDS  | Tim Hortons Field | 23,526  | Recap

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

## Team

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### Roster

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Montreal Alouettes roster

Quarterbacks

* 4 Darian Durant
* 16 Antonio Pipkin
* 18 Matthew Shiltz
* 5 Drew Willy

Running backs

* 46 Jean-Christophe Beaulieu FB
* 42 Jean-Samuel Blanc FB
* 47 D. J. Lalama FB
* 0 Stefan Logan
* 20 Tyrell Sutton
* 45 Oumar Touré FB

Receivers

* 85 B. J. Cunningham
* 15 Sam Giguère
* 89 T. J. Graham
* 80 Seydou Junior Haidara WR
* 9 Ernest Jackson
* 84 George Johnson
* 8 Nik Lewis SB
* 1 Tiquan Underwood WR

|  | Offensive linemen

* 68 Philip Blake G
* 58 Luc Brodeur-Jourdain C
* 59 Xavier Fulton OL
* 64 Sean Jamieson OL
* 51 Kristian Matte G
* 66 Brian Simmons T

Defensive linemen

* 7 John Bowman DE
* 91 Jesse Joseph DE
* 55 Gabriel Knapton DE
* 98 Ivan McLennan DE
* 90 Lawrence Okoye DT
* 93 Don Oramasionwu DT
* 99 Jabar Westerman DE

|  | Linebackers

* 52 Nicolas Boulay
* 11 Chip Cox
* 34 Kyries Hebert
* 48 Reggie Northrup

Defensive backs

* 32 Tevaughn Campbell
* 21 Michael Carter DB
* 44 Branden Dozier
* 22 Greg Henderson
* 26 Tyree Hollins
* 29 Jonathon Mincy
* 17 Brandon Stewart
* 43 Dominique Termansen DB
* 36 Daryl Townsend S
* 25 Dondre Wright

Special teams

* 14 Boris Bede K
* 37 Martin Bédard LS

|  | Injured List

* 23 Brandon Rutley

6-Game Injured List

* 10 Chris Ackie LB
* 88 Alex Carroll WR
* 53 Philippe Gagnon G
* 57 Christopher Greaves G
* 19 Travis Hawkins DB
* 60 Jeremy Lewis
* 65 Jovan Olafioye T
* 82 Alex Pierzchalski WR
* 33 Frédéric Plesius LB
* 54 Anthony Sarao
* 72 Keith Shologan DT
* 49 Dominique Tovell LB
* 50 Matt Vonk

Practice squad

* 83 Stephen Adekolu
* 97 Chad Bushley LS
* 24 Amir Carlisle RB
* 31 Mikaël Charland
* 94 Fabion Foote DT
* 87 Geno Lewis WR
* 39 Robbie Meade LB
* 69 Anthony Morris OL
* 38 Nate O'Halloran FB
* 35 Jalen Rodgers
* 76 Davon Walls DT
* 30 Tyler Williams DB
* 95 Justin Zimmer DT

Suspended

* 6 Raymon Taylor DB

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Italics indicate International players
Roster updated 2017-09-29
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active, 1 Injured, 13 Six-Game Injured,
14 Practice, 1 Suspended

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### Coaching staff

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Montreal Alouettes Staff

| Front office

* Owner – Bob Wetenhall
* President/CEO – Patrick Boivin
* General manager – Kavis Reed
* Assistant general manager of football operations – Catherine Raîche
* Assistant general manager of player personnel – Joe Mack
* Assistant director of pro/college scouting – Uzooma Okeke
* Senior player personnel executive/salary cap analyst – Justin Casey
* Director of us college scouting – Russ Lande
* National scouting analyst – Eric Deslauriers

Head coaches

* Head coach – Kavis Reed
* Assistant head coach –

Offensive coaches

* Offensive coordinator –
* Quarterbacks – Anthony Calvillo
* Offensive line – Paul Charbonneau
* Receivers – Jason Hogan
* Running backs – André Bolduc
* Offensive Consultant - Ken Miller

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Defensive coaches

* Defensive coordinator –
* Linebackers coach – Greg Quick
* Defensive line coach – Kit Lathrop
* Defensive backs coach – Billy Parker

Special teams coaches

* Special teams coordinator – Bruce Read
* Special teams assistant – Derek Wendel

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## References

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1. ^ New era begins in Montreal as Als announce revamped leadership
2. ^ Alouettes announce Jim Popp will not return in 2017
3. ^ "Alouettes interview Maciocia for GM post - Article - TSN". TSN. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
4. ^ "Alouettes interview Abrams for GM post - Article - TSN". TSN. 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
5. ^ "Sunderland told he won't be next Als GM - Article - TSN". TSN. 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
6. ^ "Maciocia not joining Alouettes as GM - Article - TSN". TSN. 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
7. ^ "Reports: Reed darkhorse for Als GM - Article - TSN". TSN. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
8. ^ "Reed interviews for Als GM job - Article - TSN". TSN. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
9. ^ "Als hire Reed as GM; name Boivin president - Article - TSN". TSN. 2016-12-14. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
10. ^ "Assistant GM Abrams leaving Alouettes - Article - TSN". TSN. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
11. ^ "Alouettes name Raiche, Mack assistant GMs - Article - TSN". TSN. 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
12. ^ Marquee moments highlight 2017 CFL schedule in Canada's 150th year
13. ^ Alouettes officially sign Vernon Adams
14. ^ Double Blue acquire SB SJ Green in trade with Als
15. ^ a b 2017 Schedule
16. ^ Marquee moments highlight 2017 CFL schedule in Canada's 150th year
17. ^ 2017 RDS CFL Schedule
18. ^ CFL, ESPN unveil 2017 U.S. broadcast schedule

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2017 CFL season by team

West Division|

* BC
* Calgary
* Edmonton
* Saskatchewan
* Winnipeg

East Division|

* Hamilton
* Montreal
* Ottawa
* Toronto

See also|

* 2017 CFL Draft
* 105th Grey Cup

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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
* 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

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Montreal Alouettes / Montreal Concordes seasons

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* Suspended operations 1987–1995
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* Bold indicates Grey Cup victory.

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*[L]: Losses
*[T]: Ties
*[Pts]: Points
*[PF]: Points For
*[PA]: Points Against (Total points allowed)
*[Div]: Win–Loss record within their division
*[Stk]: Current Winning or Losing Streak
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