1997 Montreal Alouettes season

1997 Montreal Alouettes season
Head Coach	Dave Ritchie
Home Field	Olympic Stadium
Results
Record	13–5
Place	2nd, East
Playoff Finish	Lost East Final
Uniform
File:CFL MTL Jersey 1996.png
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1996	1998

The 1997 Montreal Alouettes finished in second place in the East Division with a 13–5 record. Their season came to a close as the Doug Flutie-led Toronto Argonauts defeated the Alouettes in the Eastern Final. The 1997 team saw major head office changes as Jim Speros sold the team to Bob Wetenhall and Larry Smith assumed the role of president and chief executive officer after resigning as CFL commissioner.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	6	Steve Charbonneau	DL	New Hampshire
2	11	Jeerom Pathon	WR	Washington
2	14	Ryan Coughlin	OL	McGill
3	21	Bruno Heppell	RB	Western Michigan
4	29	Derek Krete	LB	Western Ontario
4	30	Ryan Carruthers	SB	Calgary
5	38	Andy Brereton	SB	Western Michigan
6	45	Francis Bellefroid	LB	Bishop's

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 8	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	30–14	Win	9,311	1–0
C	June 18	Toronto Argonauts	Olympic Stadium	40–0	Loss	6,394	1–1

Regular season

Season Standings

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	18	15	3	0	660	327	30
Montreal Alouettes	18	13	5	0	509	532	26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	4	14	0	443	548	8
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	2	16	0	362	549	4

Season Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	June 27	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Olympic Stadium	27–17	Win	7,380	1–0
2	July 3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Winnipeg Stadium	27–24	Win	20,497	2–0
3	July 9	Calgary Stampeders	Olympic Stadium	34–28	Win	7,669	3–0
4	July 17	Edmonton Eskimos	Commonwealth Stadium	32–0	Loss	27,811	3–1
5	July 24	Edmonton Eskimos	Olympic Stadium	34–24	Loss	10,025	3–2
6	July 31	Toronto Argonauts	SkyDome	46–8	Loss	16,218	3–3
7	Aug 9	BC Lions	BC Place Stadium	45–31	Win	19,106	4–3
8	Aug 16	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Olympic Stadium	36–26	Win	10,039	5–3
9	Aug 22	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Winnipeg Stadium	26–21	Win	19,930	6–3
10	Aug 30	BC Lions	Olympic Stadium	34–33	Win	11,050	7–3
11	Sept 6	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	38–18	Win	9,253	8–3
12	Sept 12	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Olympic Stadium	29–28	Win	10,259	9–3
13	Sept 21	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Taylor Field	24–22	Win	25,570	10–3
14	Sept 28	Calgary Stampeders	McMahon Stadium	43–22	Loss	27,153	10–4
15	Oct 3	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Olympic Stadium	30–29	Win	12,322	11–4
16	Oct 11	Toronto Argonauts	SkyDome	28–21	Loss	17,355	11–5
17	Oct 19	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Olympic Stadium	41–34	Win	6,721	12–5
18	Oct 26	Toronto Argonauts	Olympic Stadium	43–38	Win	10,801	13–5

Roster

Montreal Alouettes roster
Quarterbacks Running Backs Receivers		Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen Defensive Backs Special Teams Practice Roster

Playoffs

East Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	?	?	?	?	35
Montreal Alouettes	?	?	?	?	45

East Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Montreal Alouettes	?	?	?	?	30
Toronto Argonauts	?	?	?	?	37

Awards

1997 CFL All-Star Selections

• Neal Fort – Offensive Tackle
• Uzooma Okeke – Offensive Tackle
• Elfrid Payton – Defensive End
• Doug Petersen – Defensive Tackle
• Mike Pringle – Running Back
• Pierre Vercheval – Offensive Guard

1997 CFL All-Star Selections

• Neal Fort – Offensive Tackle
• Uzooma Okeke – Offensive Tackle
• Elfrid Payton – Defensive End
• Doug Petersen – Defensive Tackle
• Mike Pringle – Running Back
• Pierre Vercheval – Offensive Guard