1981 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 3-13-0 .188 |
| Head Coach: Joe Scannella (1-9-0); Jim Eddy (2-4-0) |
| Jim Eddy | Linebackers |
| Jim Erkenbeck | Offensive Line |
| Gene Gaines | Defensive Backfield |
| Fred O'Connor | Offensive Coordinator |
| Joe Pascale | Defensive Coordinator |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 6/7/1981 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-27 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 21742 | |
| Thu | 6/11/1981 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17-18 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16139 | |
| Sun | 6/21/1981 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 21-17 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 21249 | |
| Sat | 6/27/1981 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 38-24 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16604 | |
| Sat | 7/4/1981 | A | British Columbia Lions | 8-48 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 26627 | |
| Fri | 7/10/1981 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 23-22 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 35281 | |
| Fri | 7/17/1981 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 31-33 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 24827 | |
| Sun | 7/26/1981 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 17-33 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 45385 | |
| Sun | 8/2/1981 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23-43 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 33209 | |
| Sat | 8/8/1981 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2-58 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 32896 | |
| Sun | 8/23/1981 | H | British Columbia Lions | 14-29 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 28932 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1981 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 11-16 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 27180 | |
| Sun | 9/6/1981 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 26-35 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 28526 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1981 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10-26 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 27720 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1981 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 11-62 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 48422 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1981 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 22-16 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 22222 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1981 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 3-29 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 29986 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1981 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 14-20 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 31038 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1981 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13-33 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 20487 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1981 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 39-15 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 20867 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/8/1981 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16-20 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17554 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Junior Ah You | 77 | DE | 6-2 | 233 | 33 | Arizona State | 15 | |
| Nick Arakgi | 79 | TE | 6-6 | 250 | 26 | Concordia (Quebec); Bishop's | 16 | |
| Bill Banks | 50 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Penn State | 2 | |
| Gene Belliveau | DT | 6-4 | 235 | 23 | St. Francis Xavier | 8 | ||
| Carl Brazley | 3 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | Western Kentucky | 10 | |
| Wally Buono | 39 | LB | 5-11 | 214 | 31 | Idaho State | 16 | |
| Maurice Burton | RCB | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Morgan State | 3 | ||
| Gregg Butler | 1 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | Howard | 7 | |
| Lou Clare | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 31 | Minnesota | 12 | ||
| Charles Cornelius | 5 | DB | 5-9 | 178 | 29 | Bethune-Cookman | 8 | |
| Tom Cousineau | 45 | MLB | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Ohio State | 4 | |
| Keith Credit | 88 | WR | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | Kent State | 7 | |
| Peter Dalla Riva | 74 | TE | 6-3 | 222 | 35 | none | 16 | |
| Gerry Dattilio | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Northern Colorado | 16 | |
| Al Dosant | 12 | DB | 5-11 | 182 | 25 | Windsor | 13 | |
| David Dumars | 14 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Louisiana-Monroe | 16 | |
| Vince Ferragamo | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 27 | California; Nebraska | 13 | |
| Ron Foxx | LB | 6-3 | 220 | 30 | Alabama A&M | 1 | ||
| Jeff Gabrielson | LB | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Ripon | 6 | ||
| Keith Gary | 75 | DE | 6-3 | 269 | 22 | Ferrum JC; Oklahoma | 13 | |
| Steve Gelley | 27 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 11 | |
| Mike Hameluck | 44 | C | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | none | 15 | |
| Bill Hampton | 62 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Arkansas | 16 | |
| Donnie Harris | DB | 6-2 | 185 | 27 | Northland; Rutgers | 1 | ||
| Joe Hawco | 10 | RB | 5-10 | 188 | 24 | Toronto | 6 | |
| Jim Heighton | DT | 6-3 | 252 | 37 | none | 3 | ||
| Ray Honey | 52 | OG | 6-4 | 255 | 27 | Drake | 5 | |
| Billy Johnson | 24 | WR | 5-9 | 170 | 29 | Widener | 16 | |
| Ken Johnson | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 30 | Colorado | 3 | ||
| Glenn Keeble | 41 | C | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| Tim Kist | 42 | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Manitoba | 4 | |
| Joe Kuklo | 22 | DB | 6-2 | 175 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 13 | |
| Marc Lacelle | 26 | RB | 5-11 | 205 | 23 | McGill | 16 | |
| Roland Mangold | 58 | OG | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Truman State | 16 | |
| Jim Marshall | DB | 6-0 | 187 | 29 | Jackson State | 5 | ||
| Gerry McGrath | 19 | P-K | 5-10 | 195 | 22 | none | 7 | 0 |
| Chuck McMann | 33 | TE | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Ken Miller | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | ||
| Ian Mofford | SB | 5-9 | 180 | 27 | none | 3 | ||
| Bill Norton | 69 | OT | 6-2 | 244 | 27 | Weber State | 14 | |
| David Overstreet | 20 | RB | 5-11 | 208 | 23 | Oklahoma | 15 | |
| Walt Passaglia | WR | 5-11 | 183 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 3 | ||
| Doug Payton | 61 | OG | 6-4 | 255 | 29 | Colorado | 15 | |
| Larry Pfohl | OT | 6-3 | 270 | 23 | Penn State; Miami (Florida) | 2 | ||
| Harold Randolph | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | East Carolina | 3 | |
| Doug Scott | 70 | DE-DT | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Boise State | 16 | |
| James Scott | 89 | WR | 6-1 | 192 | 29 | Trinity Valley CC | 15 | 15 |
| Joe Silipo | 67 | OT | 6-3 | 295 | 24 | Tulane | 2 | |
| Ron Singleton | 65 | OT | 6-7 | 245 | 29 | Grambling State | 13 | |
| Vince Skillings | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Ohio State | 1 | ||
| Shafer Suggs | 25 | DB | 6-1 | 204 | 28 | Ball State | 2 | |
| Jon Sutton | 6 | CB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | New Mexico | 2 | |
| Don Sweet | 11 | K | 6-0 | 189 | 33 | Washington State | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Taylor | 71 | SB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Northern Arizona | 1 | |
| Dom Vetro | 37 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Wilfrid Laurier | 15 | |
| Chris Walby | 68 | DT | 6-7 | 275 | 25 | Dickinson State | 5 | |
| Skip Walker | 32 | RB | 5-9 | 191 | 27 | Texas A&M | 9 | |
| Glen Weir | 64 | DT | 6-2 | 242 | 30 | none | 16 | |
| Woodrow Wilson | 2 | LCB | 5-10 | 182 | 25 | North Carolina State | 6 | |
| James Zachery | 55 | DE | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Texas A&M | 5 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Marc Lacelle | RB | McGill |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Chris Walby | DT | Dickinson State |
| 2 | 13 | Sam Marshall | DB | Simon Fraser |
| 2 | 15 | Fred Prinzen | LB | Queen's |
| 3 | 22 | Joe Kuklo | DB | Simon Fraser |
| 4 | 31 | Dean Claridge | DE | British Columbia |
| 5 | 40 | Murray Wenhardt | TE | Saskatchewan |
| 6 | 49 | Dom Vetro | WR | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 7 | 58 | David Ridgway | K | Toledo |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 64 | 49 | 53 | 101 | 267 |
| Opponents Totals | 93 | 197 | 99 | 129 | 518 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 291 | 93 | 172 | 26 | 150 | 1079 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 338 | 102 | 212 | 24 | 128 | 1040 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Scott | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |||
| Gerry McGrath | 0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 0 | - | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 8 | 0 | 32 | |
| Billy Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Peter Dalla Riva | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Junior Ah You | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Nick Arakgi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Hawco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Chuck McMann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Wally Buono | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Don Sweet | 0 | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 13 | 20 | 65.0 | 4 | 0 | 56 | |
| David Overstreet | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||
| Marc Lacelle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jim Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 29 | 22 | 23 | 95.7 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 13 | 0 | 267 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 56 | 0 | 33 | 57 | 57.9 | 25 | 1 | 518 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Overstreet | 203 | 952 | 4.7 | 37 | 8 |
| Marc Lacelle | 34 | 146 | 4.3 | 16 | 1 |
| Vince Ferragamo | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Skip Walker | 17 | 54 | 3.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Gerry Dattilio | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Hawco | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 18 | 1 |
| Ken Johnson | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 18 | 0 |
| James Scott | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 300 | 1317 | 4.4 | 10 | |
| Opponents Totals | 383 | 1890 | 4.9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Ferragamo | 342 | 175 | 51.2 | 142 | 2182 | 6.4 | 12.5 | 67 | 7 | 2.0 | 25 | 7.3 | 47.7 | |||
| Gerry Dattilio | 122 | 69 | 56.6 | 46 | 1095 | 9.0 | 15.9 | 77 | 4 | 3.3 | 7 | 5.7 | 73.6 | |||
| Ken Johnson | 109 | 64 | 58.7 | 42 | 935 | 8.6 | 14.6 | 54 | 5 | 4.6 | 3 | 2.8 | 90.6 | |||
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 156.3 | |||
| James Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Wally Buono | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 576 | 309 | 53.6 | 231 | 4224 | 7.3 | 13.7 | 17 | 3.0 | 36 | 6.3 | 61.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 522 | 307 | 58.8 | 200 | 4657 | 8.9 | 15.2 | 15 | 2.9 | 35 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Scott | 81 | 1422 | 17.6 | 77 | 6 |
| Billy Johnson | 65 | 1060 | 16.3 | 54 | 5 |
| Nick Arakgi | 25 | 368 | 14.7 | 30 | 1 |
| Peter Dalla Riva | 25 | 277 | 11.1 | 22 | 3 |
| Keith Credit | 13 | 198 | 15.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Chuck McMann | 13 | 192 | 14.8 | 33 | 1 |
| Skip Walker | 11 | 116 | 10.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Joe Hawco | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Taylor | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| David Overstreet | 48 | 356 | 7.4 | 26 | 1 |
| Marc Lacelle | 15 | 119 | 7.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Dom Vetro | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Ian Mofford | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 309 | 4224 | 13.7 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 307 | 4657 | 15.2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Cornelius | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Bill Hampton | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Gelley | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Marshall | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Al Dosant | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| David Dumars | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Lou Clare | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodrow Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 115 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 507 | 14.1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry McGrath | 59 | 2546 | 43.2 | 60 | 3 | |
| Wally Buono | 65 | 2626 | 40.4 | 65 | 1 | |
| Don Sweet | 11 | 434 | 39.5 | 52 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 135 | 5606 | 41.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 142 | 6428 | 45.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Johnson | 59 | 597 | 10.1 | 92 | 0 |
| Carl Brazley | 40 | 266 | 6.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Gregg Butler | 8 | 158 | 19.8 | 41 | 0 |
| David Dumars | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 41 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 116 | 1140 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 122 | 1073 | 8.8 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sweet | 23 | 1239 | 53.9 | 71 | 1 |
| Gerry McGrath | 22 | 1136 | 51.6 | 65 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 2375 | 52.8 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Brazley | 17 | 379 | 22.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Dom Vetro | 16 | 354 | 22.1 | 39 | 0 |
| Marc Lacelle | 11 | 222 | 20.2 | 29 | 0 |
| David Overstreet | 9 | 185 | 20.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Skip Walker | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Jeff Gabrielson | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Woodrow Wilson | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Ken Miller | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Al Dosant | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 |
| James Zachery | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| David Dumars | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Wally Buono | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| Junior Ah You | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 70 | 1438 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 922 | 22.0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Doug Scott | 7.5 | |
| Glen Weir | 6.0 | |
| Keith Gary | 5.5 | |
| Junior Ah You | 5.5 | |
| Bill Hampton | 3.0 | |
| Tom Cousineau | 3.0 | |
| James Zachery | 2.0 | |
| Jeff Gabrielson | 1.0 | |
| Wally Buono | 1.0 | |
| Gregg Butler | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 35.0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Ah You | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Arakgi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Brazley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gregg Butler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Clare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Credit | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Dattilio | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Dosant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Dumars | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Ferragamo | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Gabrielson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hampton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hawco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Keeble | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Lacelle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry McGrath | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck McMann | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Overstreet | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Payton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Scott | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Sutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Dom Vetro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Skip Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Weir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodrow Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Zachery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 26 | 26 |
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