Season Summary

  • Finished 4th in the Eastern Conference
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
Ex
Tue Jun 29 8:00 PM
CFLAS 30 @ MTL 13 L  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
A
Thu Jul 8 8:15 PM
MTL 10 @ TOR 29 L  
B
Mon Jul 12 8:00 PM
CGY 25 @ MTL 14 L  
C
Mon Jul 19 8:00 PM
HAM 9 @ MTL 20 W  
D
Thu Jul 22 8:00 PM
MTL 8 @ CGY 41 L  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
2Bye
2
Tue Aug 3 8:00 PM
SSK 16 @ MTL 29 W CTV
3
Thu Aug 12 8:00 PM
TOR 26 @ MTL 14 L CTVE
5Bye
5
Wed Aug 25 8:00 PM
MTL 12 @ HAM 8 W CTVE
6
Tue Aug 31 8:00 PM
HAM 24 @ MTL 25 W  
7
Mon Sep 6 8:00 PM
MTL 17 @ OTT 40 L CTVE
8
Sat Sep 11 8:00 PM
OTT 6 @ MTL 25 W CBCE
9
Sat Sep 18 8:00 PM
MTL 9 @ HAM 10 L CBCE
10
Wed Sep 22 8:00 PM
CGY 11 @ MTL 26 W CTV
11
Wed Sep 29 11:00 PM
MTL 11 @ EDM 12 L CTVW
11
Sat Oct 2 11:00 PM
MTL 0 @ BC 28 L CBC
12
Sun Oct 10 2:00 PM
TOR 32 @ MTL 5 L CTVE
13
Sun Oct 17 2:00 PM
MTL 28 @ TOR 7 W  
14
Sun Oct 24 2:00 PM
WPG 19 @ MTL 18 L CTV
15
Sat Oct 30 2:00 PM
MTL 7 @ OTT 9 L CBCE
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 4 1 3 0 2 52 104 L1 1-3-0
Regular Season 14 6 8 0 12 226 248 L2 1-5-0
    Home 7 4 3 0 8 142 134 L2 3-3-0
    Visitor 7 2 5 0 4 84 114 L1 1-5-0
   Divisional opponent 9 4 5 0 8 142 162 L1 2-4-0
   Non-divisional opponent 5 2 3 0 4 84 86 L3 2-3-0

Full 1971 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 (3-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (1-2-0) 3 (1-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (1-3-0) 7 (4-3-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (2-5-0)
After 2nd 4 (3-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (1-2-0) 4 (2-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 8 (5-3-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (1-5-0)
After 3rd 5 (4-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 2 (0-2-0) 3 (2-1-0) 2 (0-2-0) 2 (0-2-0) 8 (6-2-0) 2 (0-2-0) 4 (0-4-0)
After 4th 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 2 (2-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 6 (6-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 8 (0-8-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.548 2-2-0 (4) 2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional 0.488 2-1-0 (3) 0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3) 0.500
Ottawa RedBlacks (3) 0.429
Toronto Argonauts (3) 0.714
BC Lions (1) 0.406
Calgary Stampeders (1) 0.594
Edmonton Elks (1) 0.375
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1) 0.594
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1) 0.469
19711970 +/-
Average Combined Score 33.86 -3.64
Average Winning Score 24.17 -0.12
Average Losing Score 10.13 +0.46
Average Home Score 20.29 -2.57
Average Visitor Score 12.00 -0.29
Average Margin of Victory 12.17 +6.31
Average Margin of Loss 11.88 -0.46
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Montreal 142 (20.3) 84 (12.0) 226 (16.1)
Opponent 114 (16.3) 134 (19.1) 248 (17.7)
1st Montreal 37 (5.3) 18 (2.6) 55 (3.9)
Opponent 33 (4.7) 36 (5.1) 69 (4.9)
2nd Montreal 39 (5.6) 23 (3.3) 62 (4.4)
Opponent 18 (2.6) 25 (3.6) 43 (3.1)
3rd Montreal 31 (4.4) 18 (2.6) 49 (3.5)
Opponent 11 (1.6) 31 (4.4) 42 (3.0)
4th Montreal 35 (5.0) 25 (3.6) 60 (4.3)
Opponent 52 (7.4) 42 (6.0) 94 (6.7)
Head Coach
1971 Player Awards and Nominations
1971 Most Outstanding
Montreal Alouettes 1971 All-Star Selections
2 All-Canadian Selections
T Ed George
OLB Mark Kosmos
7 All-Division Selections
RB Bruce Van Ness
SE Terry Evanshen
G Justin Canale
T Ed George
MLB Steve Smear
OLB Mark Kosmos
DB Gene Gaines

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1971 Montreal Alouettes Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
4–9 (36)   Tony Proudfoot (LB) New Brunswick
5–9 (45)   Jack Galbraith (T) Manitoba
6–9 (54)   Bob Keating (T) Manitoba
7–9 (62)   Jack Schneider (LB) Bishop's
8–9 (67)   Peter Merrill (QB) New Brunswick
9–9 (70)   Art Strothart (DB) New Brunswick

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