1997 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) |
| 2nd place • East Division • 13-5-0 .722 |
| Head Coach: Dave Ritchie |
| Jacques Dussault | Defensive Line |
| Gene Gaines | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs |
| Danny Maciocia | Running Backs |
| Rod Rust | Linebackers |
| Scott Spurgeon | Special Teams/Receivers |
| Charlie Taaffe | Offensive Coordinator |
| Don Wnek | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 6/8/1997 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 30-14 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 9311 | |
| Wed | 6/18/1997 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 0-40 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 6394 | |
| Fri | 6/27/1997 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27-17 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 7380 | |
| Thu | 7/3/1997 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 27-24 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20497 | |
| Wed | 7/9/1997 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 34-28 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 7669 | |
| Thu | 7/17/1997 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 0-32 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 27811 | |
| Thu | 7/24/1997 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 24-34 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 10025 | |
| Thu | 7/31/1997 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 8-46 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 16213 | |
| Sat | 8/9/1997 | A | British Columbia Lions | 45-31 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 19106 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1997 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 36-26 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 10039 | |
| Fri | 8/22/1997 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 26-21 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19930 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1997 | H | British Columbia Lions | 34-33 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 11050 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1997 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 38-18 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 9253 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1997 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 29-28 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 10259 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1997 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-22 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 25570 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1997 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 22-43 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 27153 | |
| Fri | 10/3/1997 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 30-29 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 12322 | |
| Sat | 10/11/1997 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 21-28 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 17355 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1997 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 41-34 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 6721 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1997 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 43-38 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 10801 | |
| Eastern Division Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/2/1997 | H | British Columbia Lions | 45-35 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 16257 | |
| Eastern Division Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/9/1997 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 30-37 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 30085 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Andy Antoine | 83 | WR | 5-7 | 170 | 27 | Northern Illinois | 10 | |
| Chris Armstrong | 81 | SB | 6-3 | 205 | 30 | Fayetteville State | 18 | |
| Terry Baker | 10 | P-K | 6-1 | 200 | 35 | Mount Allison; Acadia | 18 | 0 |
| Bruce Beaton | 62 | OG | 6-5 | 285 | 29 | Acadia | 18 | 18 |
| Ray Bernard | 95 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 30 | Bishop's | 13 | |
| Kai Bjorn | 61 | OL | 6-5 | 290 | 29 | Bishop's | 3 | |
| Swift Burch | 90 | DE | 6-4 | 265 | 28 | Temple | 18 | |
| Steve Charbonneau | 55 | DE | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | New Hampshire | 18 | 3 |
| Hency Charles | 6 | LB | 5-10 | 200 | 27 | 18 | ||
| Bryan Chiu | 68 | OG | 6-2 | 287 | 23 | Pacific; Washington State | 12 | 6 |
| Brian Clark | 5 | LB | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Hofstra | 1 | |
| Jock Climie | 82 | SB | 6-1 | 185 | 29 | Queen's | 18 | |
| Mill Coleman | 3 | WR | 5-9 | 175 | 25 | Michigan State | 11 | |
| Ryan Coughlin | 69 | OT | 6-6 | 295 | 24 | McGill | 17 | |
| Doug Craft | 17 | CB | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Southern University | 18 | |
| Mark Dixon | 64 | OT | 6-4 | 299 | 27 | Virginia | 7 | 7 |
| Anthony Drawhorn | 5 | DH | 5-9 | 175 | 32 | Cerritos JC; Nevada-Las Vegas | 7 | |
| Tom Europe | 1 | S | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Bishop's | 9 | |
| Neal Fort | 66 | OT | 6-5 | 279 | 29 | Brigham Young | 18 | |
| Rahsaan Giddings | 50 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Rutgers | 18 | |
| Charles Gordon | 25 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | |
| Tracy Gravely | 7 | LB | 6-3 | 212 | 29 | Concord | 17 | |
| Marvin Graves | 13 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Syracuse | 13 | |
| Tracy Ham | 8 | QB | 5-10 | 190 | 33 | Georgia Southern | 18 | |
| Thomas Haskins | 4 | RB | 5-8 | 175 | 24 | Virginia Military Institute | 2 | |
| Bruno Heppell | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 215 | 25 | Western Michigan | 13 | |
| Tom Hipsz | 77 | DE | 6-5 | 280 | 25 | Toronto | 18 | |
| Torey Hunter | 23 | CB | 5-9 | 176 | 25 | Washington State | 17 | |
| Larry Jusdanis | 12 | QB-SB | 6-4 | 235 | 27 | Central Florida; Acadia | 6 | |
| John Kalin | 19 | S | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Calgary | 4 | |
| Spencer McLennan | 16 | S | 5-10 | 190 | 31 | Imperial Valley JC | 7 | |
| Larry McSeed | 31 | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 24 | Delaware | 10 | |
| Denis Montana | 80 | WR | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Concordia (Quebec) | 10 | |
| Harold Nash | 0 | DH | 5-8 | 180 | 27 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 15 | |
| Henry Newby | 15 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Fairmont State | 4 | |
| Uzooma Okeke | 53 | OT | 6-2 | 310 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 18 | 18 |
| Roosevelt Patterson | 65 | OL | 6-3 | 310 | 27 | Alabama | 2 | |
| Elfrid Payton | 57 | DE | 6-2 | 235 | 30 | Grambling State | 18 | |
| Doug Petersen | 94 | NT | 6-5 | 290 | 28 | Simon Fraser | 18 | |
| Micah Phillips | 26 | DH | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Southern California | 1 | |
| Mike Pringle | 27 | RB | 5-8 | 186 | 30 | Washington State; Fullerton State | 17 | |
| Paul Randolph | 36 | LB | 6-0 | 235 | 31 | Tennessee-Martin | 7 | |
| Stefen Reid | 47 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Butte JC; Boise State | 14 | |
| Irvin Smith | 21 | CB | 5-10 | 181 | 30 | Maryland | 18 | |
| Kirk Smith | 43 | LB | 6-0 | 218 | 28 | Bishop's | 1 | |
| Michael Soles | 22 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 31 | McGill | 18 | |
| Mike Sutherland | 60 | C | 6-5 | 285 | 26 | Northern Illinois | 18 | |
| Edward Thomas | 97 | LB | 6-1 | 228 | 22 | Georgia Southern | 7 | |
| Marcus Wall | 85 | WR | 5-9 | 165 | 24 | North Carolina | 1 | |
| Mark Washington | 26 | CB | 5-8 | 187 | 24 | Rutgers | 2 | |
| Ken Watson | 33 | DH | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | West Alabama | 3 | |
| Alan Wetmore | 39 | FB | 6-3 | 225 | 27 | Acadia | 18 | |
| Nigel Williams | 88 | WR | 6-4 | 206 | 26 | none | 14 | |
| Chris Wright | 2 | WR | 5-8 | 175 | 25 | Georgia Southern | 18 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 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 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 150 | 106 | 124 | 141 | 509 |
| Opponents Totals | 103 | 158 | 113 | 158 | 532 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 383 | 150 | 197 | 36 | 211 | 1597 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 380 | 118 | 232 | 30 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Baker | 0 | 50 | 50 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 52 | 65.4 | 17 | 0 | 169 | |
| Mike Pringle | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | |||
| Chris Armstrong | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||
| Jock Climie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Tracy Ham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Harold Nash | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Nigel Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Chris Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Charles Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tracy Gravely | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Marvin Graves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Denis Montana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Michael Soles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Mill Coleman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Tom Europe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bruno Heppell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ray Bernard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |||
| Team Totals | 55 | 50 | 50 | 100.0 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 52 | 65.4 | 17 | 4 | 509 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 51 | 51 | 100.0 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 532 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Pringle | 306 | 1775 | 5.8 | 60 | 12 |
| Tracy Ham | 82 | 584 | 7.1 | 41 | 6 |
| Thomas Haskins | 18 | 134 | 7.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Michael Soles | 34 | 123 | 3.6 | 10 | 1 |
| Terry Baker | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Marvin Graves | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 451 | 2675 | 5.9 | 60 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 364 | 1697 | 4.7 | 24 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy Ham | 460 | 261 | 56.7 | 187 | 3687 | 8.0 | 14.1 | 65 | 23 | 5.0 | 12 | 2.6 | 88.6 | |||
| Marvin Graves | 72 | 43 | 59.7 | 24 | 568 | 7.9 | 13.2 | 45 | 3 | 4.2 | 5 | 6.9 | 69.7 | |||
| Team Totals | 532 | 304 | 57.1 | 211 | 4255 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 65 | 26 | 4.9 | 17 | 3.2 | 44 | 86.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 636 | 386 | 60.7 | 226 | 5076 | 8.0 | 13.2 | 30 | 4.7 | 24 | 3.8 | 32 | 85.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jock Climie | 89 | 1214 | 13.6 | 43 | 6 |
| Chris Armstrong | 80 | 1411 | 17.6 | 65 | 12 |
| Mike Pringle | 33 | 313 | 9.5 | 35 | 1 |
| Michael Soles | 26 | 299 | 11.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Nigel Williams | 25 | 336 | 13.4 | 45 | 2 |
| Chris Wright | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Denis Montana | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 15 | 1 |
| Marcus Wall | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Thomas Haskins | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Mill Coleman | 31 | 427 | 13.8 | 35 | 4 |
| Andy Antoine | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 304 | 4255 | 14.0 | 65 | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 386 | 5076 | 13.2 | 30 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Craft | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 |
| Harold Nash | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 42 | 2 |
| Tom Europe | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Torey Hunter | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Irvin Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Gordon | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Spencer McLennan | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Anthony Drawhorn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hipsz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 230 | 9.6 | 63 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Baker | 111 | 4932 | 44.4 | 80 | 6 | |
| Team Totals | 111 | 4932 | 44.4 | 83 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Wright | 84 | 771 | 9.2 | 62 | 2 |
| Mill Coleman | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Thomas Haskins | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Craft | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kalin | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 92 | 810 | 8.8 | 61 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Baker | 80 | 4842 | 60.5 | 86 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 80 | 4842 | 60.5 | 86 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Wright | 52 | 1088 | 20.9 | 87 | 0 |
| Mike Pringle | 21 | 479 | 22.8 | 74 | 0 |
| Thomas Haskins | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Marcus Wall | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Nigel Williams | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Mill Coleman | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Rahsaan Giddings | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Chris Armstrong | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Andy Antoine | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bruno Heppell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 92 | 1862 | 20.2 | 87 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Elfrid Payton | 14.0 | 107.0 |
| Swift Burch | 7.0 | 24.0 |
| Doug Petersen | 4.0 | 22.0 |
| Larry McSeed | 3.0 | 22.0 |
| Edward Thomas | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Tom Europe | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Tracy Gravely | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Ray Bernard | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Tom Hipsz | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Team Totals | 32.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Armstrong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Baker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Bernard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Swift Burch | 0 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Jock Climie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Coughlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Craft | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Europe | 0 | 2 | 2 | 99 | 1 | ||
| Neal Fort | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tracy Gravely | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Marvin Graves | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy Ham | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruno Heppell | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Tom Hipsz | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spencer McLennan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 |
| Larry McSeed | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Harold Nash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elfrid Payton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Petersen | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Pringle | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefen Reid | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Irvin Smith | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Soles | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward Thomas | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Wetmore | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Wright | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 22 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 262 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 22 | 22 |
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