Season Summary

  • 4 wins, 9 losses, 1 tie
  • Finished 4th in the Eastern Conference
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
Ex
Tue Jul 25 8:00 PM
OTT 28 @ MTL 19 L  
Ex
Mon Jul 31 8:00 PM
HAM 25 @ MTL 16 L  
Ex
Sat Aug 5 8:00 PM
CHI 34 @ MTL 16 L  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Fri Aug 11 8:00 PM
WPG 21 @ MTL 15 L  
2Bye
3
Sat Aug 19 11:30 PM
MTL 0 @ EDM 33 L  
3
Mon Aug 21 11:30 PM
MTL 7 @ BC 7 T  
4
Fri Aug 25 8:00 PM
TOR 15 @ MTL 10 L  
5
Sat Sep 2 2:00 PM
MTL 24 @ OTT 25 L  
6
Fri Sep 8 8:00 PM
SSK 16 @ MTL 15 L  
7
Sat Sep 16 2:00 PM
OTT 12 @ MTL 26 W  
8
Sat Sep 23 8:00 PM
MTL 28 @ HAM 7 W  
9Bye
10
Mon Oct 2 8:00 PM
CGY 6 @ MTL 2 L  
10
Sat Oct 7 2:00 PM
TOR 33 @ MTL 27 L  
11
Sat Oct 14 2:00 PM
MTL 24 @ OTT 14 W  
12
Sat Oct 21 2:00 PM
MTL 5 @ HAM 15 L CTVE
13
Sun Oct 29 2:00 PM
MTL 9 @ TOR 15 L  
14
Sat Nov 4 2:00 PM
HAM 6 @ MTL 21 W  
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Regular Season 14 4 9 1 9 213 225 W1 2-4-0
    Home 7 2 5 0 4 116 109 W1 2-4-0
    Visitor 7 2 4 1 5 97 116 L2 2-3-1
   Divisional opponent 9 4 5 0 8 174 142 W1 3-3-0
   Non-divisional opponent 5 0 4 1 1 39 83 L2 0-4-1

Full 1961 League Standings

Home Visitor Total
Quarter Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record) Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record) Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record)
After 1st 4 (2-2-0) 2 (0-2-0) 1 (0-1-0) 1 (1-0-0) 2 (1-0-1) 4 (0-4-0) 5 (3-2-0) 4 (1-2-1) 5 (0-5-0)
After 2nd 4 (2-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 2 (1-1-0) 3 (1-1-1) 2 (0-2-0) 6 (3-3-0) 3 (1-1-1) 5 (0-5-0)
After 3rd 3 (2-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 3 (2-1-0) 2 (0-1-1) 2 (0-2-0) 6 (4-2-0) 2 (0-1-1) 6 (0-6-0)
After 4th 2 (2-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 2 (2-0-0) 1 (0-0-1) 4 (0-4-0) 4 (4-0-0) 1 (0-0-1) 9 (0-9-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.607 2-2-0 (4) 2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional 0.475 0-3-0 (3) 0-1-1 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3) 0.714
Ottawa RedBlacks (3) 0.571
Toronto Argonauts (3) 0.536
BC Lions (1) 0.125
Calgary Stampeders (1) 0.438
Edmonton Elks (1) 0.656
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1) 0.344
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1) 0.813
19611960 +/-
Average Combined Score 31.29 -25.71
Average Winning Score 24.75 -8.25
Average Losing Score 11.89 -7.56
Average Home Score 16.57 -9.86
Average Visitor Score 13.86 -8.29
Average Margin of Victory 15.00 +2.80
Average Margin of Loss 8.00 -11.89
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Montreal 116 (16.6) 97 (13.9) 213 (15.2)
Opponent 116 (16.6) 109 (15.6) 225 (16.1)
1st Montreal 29 (4.1) 28 (4.0) 57 (4.1)
Opponent 35 (5.0) 3 (0.4) 38 (2.7)
2nd Montreal 18 (2.6) 41 (5.9) 59 (4.2)
Opponent 39 (5.6) 43 (6.1) 82 (5.9)
3rd Montreal 31 (4.4) 8 (1.1) 39 (2.8)
Opponent 9 (1.3) 37 (5.3) 46 (3.3)
4th Montreal 38 (5.4) 20 (2.9) 58 (4.1)
Opponent 33 (4.7) 26 (3.7) 59 (4.2)
Head Coach
1961 Player Awards and Nominations
1961 Most Outstanding
Montreal Alouettes 1961 All-Star Selections
6 All-Division Selections
HB Don Clark
E Marv Luster
T Milt Crain
DT Bobby Jack Oliver
DE Billy Ray Locklin
CLB Ron Brewer

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1961 Montreal Alouettes Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
3–3 (13)   Milt Jewell (G) Toronto (UofT)
4–3 (17)   Bob McAleese (HB) Queen's
5–3 (21)   Al Braekvelt (G) McGill
6–3 (24)   Ed Rush (HB) Toronto (UofT)

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