1997 Montreal Alouettes season

1997 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach	Dave Ritchie
Home field	Olympic Stadium
Results
Record	13–5
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Lost East Final
Uniform

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	Jerome 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

Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft

Round	Pick	Name	Pos
1	6	Uzooma Okeke	G
2	14	Swift Burch	DT
3	22	Michael Hendricks	LB
4	29	Robert Stevenson	G
5	32	David Harper	LB

Preseason

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

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

Roster

Montreal Alouettes roster
Quarterbacks 13 Marvin Graves  8 Tracy Ham Running backs 30 Bruno Heppell 27 Mike Pringle 22 Michael Soles Receivers		Offensive linemen Defensive linemen Defensive backs Special teams 10 Terry Baker P/K Practice Roster

Playoffs

East Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	2	10	16	7	35
Montreal Alouettes	21	21	3	0	45

East Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Montreal Alouettes	1	8	21	0	30
Toronto Argonauts	7	13	3	14	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