2020 Montreal Alouettes season

Canadian football team season

2020 Montreal Alouettes season

General manager| Danny Maciocia
Head coach| Khari Jones
Home stadium| Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Results
Record| N/A
Division place| N/A, East
Playoffs| 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

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### CFL National Draft

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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

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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

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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

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### Preseason

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Week  | Game  | Date  | Kickoff  | Opponent  | TV  | Venue

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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

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Week  | Game  | Date  | Kickoff  | Opponent  | TV  | Venue

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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

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### Roster

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.
4. ^ a b "Ambrosie issues statement on behalf of CFL". cfl.ca. April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
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.
7. ^ "CFL to hold global player combines in Europe, Mexico and, and Japan". press.cfl.ca. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
8. ^ "2020 CFL Draft". CFL.ca. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
9. ^ "Als acquire Johnny Manziel in blockbuster deal - CFL.ca". CFL.ca. July 22, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
10. ^ a b "Key dates to circle on your calendar in 2020". CFL.ca. January 27, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
11. ^ "CFL Global Draft rescheduled as lead-in event prior to training camp". CFL.ca. March 24, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
12. ^ a b "2020 Schedule". Retrieved December 19, 2019.

## External links

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* Official website

* v
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2020 CFL season by team

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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

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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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