The Montreal Alouettes 1969 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Montreal Alouettes’ 1969 Season

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the Eastern Conference

Montreal Alouettes 1969 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1968: 26 players
1969 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Montreal Alouettes 1969 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	5	1	4	0	2	77	99	W1	1-4-0
Regular Season	14	2	10	2	6	304	395	L1	1-5-0
Home	7	1	5	1	3	160	181	W1	1-4-1
Visitor	7	1	5	1	3	144	214	L3	1-4-1
Divisional opponent	9	2	6	1	5	217	268	L1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	0	4	1	1	87	127	L4	0-4-1

Full 1969 League Standings

Montreal Alouettes 1969 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ MTL	MTL @
Divisional	0.702	1-3-0 (4)	1-3-1 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.444	0-2-1 (3)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.607	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-1 (2)
Ottawa Rough Riders (3)	0.786	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.714	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (1)	0.313	--	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.313	--	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.813	0-1-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.219	0-0-1 (1)	--

Coaches

Head Coaches

Sam “The Rifle” Etcheverry (Dec. 9, 1969 – Nov. 24, 1972)
Kay Dalton (Jan. 18, 1967 – Dec. 9, 1969)

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1969 Montreal Alouettes Attendance

Capacity: 33,172
Total: 85,180
High: 18,592
Avg: 12,168 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1968 Avg: -4,290
Low: 8,590
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 36.68
Diff from League Avg: -8,989

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Team Scoring

	1969	1968 +/-
Average Combined Score	49.93	9.86
Average Winning Score	33.00	10.00
Average Losing Score	19.20	5.31
Average Home Score	22.86	7.00
Average Visitor Score	20.57	3.00
Average Margin of Victory	11.00	8.00
Average Margin of Loss	11.30	0.03

Stadium

1969 home stadium: Autostade
Capacity: 33,172
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1968 – Opened 1967

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Montreal	42	13	55	37	39	76	49	23	72	32	69	101	160 (22.9)	144 (20.6)	304 (21.7)
Opponent	55	30	85	37	74	111	57	63	120	32	47	79	214 (30.6)	181 (25.9)	395 (28.2)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	2 (1-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (0-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (0-2-1)	4 (1-2-1)	2 (1-1-0)	8 (0-7-1)
After 2nd	2 (1-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-4-1)	4 (2-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (0-9-1)
After 3rd	2 (1-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-5-1)	3 (2-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (0-10-1)
After 4th	1 (1-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (0-5-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	10 (0-10-0)

Montreal Alouettes 1969 Player Awards and Nominations

1969 Most Outstanding

Player — Jesse “Sonny” Wade (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Harry Olszewski (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Larry Fairholm (Team Nominee)

Montreal Alouettes 1969 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–2 (11)		Jack Robinson (DE)	Windsor
3–2 (19)		John Kruspe (HB)	Waterloo Lutheran
4–2 (28)		Mike Bukovac (LB)	Toronto
5–2 (37)		Doug Sheffield (OG)	Simon Fraser
6–2 (44)		Terry Haggerty (T)	Simon Fraser
7–2 (51)		Rod Smith (E)	British Columbia (UBC)
8–2 (57)		Matt Chaorneyko (HB)	Windsor
9–1 (61)		Walter Langley (HB)	New Brunswick
9–2 (62)		Eric Debbis (DHB)	Saint Mary's
9–3 (63)		Bill Balfo (T)	Laurentian

Montreal Alouettes 1969 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

DB	Larry Fairholm (Tie)

3 All-Division Selections

RB	Dennis Duncan
C	Basil Bark
G	Charlie Parker

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Montreal Alouettes 1969 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	1	Sat. July 5	OTT 26 @ MTL 20	L	8,000
	3	Tue. July 8	MTL 0 @ WPG 18	L	14,000
B	5	Thu. July 10	MTL 12 @ BC 14	L	21,220
C	10	Wed. July 16	EDM 20 @ MTL 18	L	6,500
D	18	Thu. July 24	SSK 21 @ MTL 27	W	6,000
1	21	Wed. July 30	MTL 15 @ OTT 47	L	18,104
2	25	Tue. Aug. 5	TOR 33 @ MTL 26	L	9,500
	27	Sat. Aug. 9	MTL 22 @ HAM 22	T	23,213
4	33	Wed. Aug. 20	OTT 17 @ MTL 15	L	18,592
6	42	Mon. Sept. 1	WPG 24 @ MTL 24	T	15,259
7	46	Sat. Sept. 6	MTL 22 @ OTT 47	L	19,362
8	48	Wed. Sept. 10	SSK 27 @ MTL 8	L	9,030
9	57	Sun. Sept. 21	MTL 41 @ HAM 35	W	23,338
10	61	Sun. Sept. 28	TOR 36 @ MTL 33	L	14,057
11	66	Sun. Oct. 5	CGY 35 @ MTL 29	L	10,152
12	69	Sat. Oct. 11	MTL 12 @ BC 21	L	22,444
	72	Mon. Oct. 13	MTL 14 @ EDM 20	L	12,500
14	80	Sun. Oct. 26	HAM 9 @ MTL 25	W	8,590
15	86	Sun. Nov. 2	MTL 18 @ TOR 22	L	28,916