The Montreal Alouettes 1972 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Montreal Alouettes’ 1972 Season

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 11, 1972 Lost 11 – 14 @ Ottawa

Montreal Alouettes 1972 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1971: 25 players
1972 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Montreal Alouettes 1972 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	49	101	L2	1-3-0
Regular Season	14	4	10	0	8	246	353	L4	1-5-0
Home	7	2	5	0	4	136	174	L2	2-4-0
Visitor	7	2	5	0	4	110	179	L5	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	9	2	7	0	4	155	234	L6	0-6-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	2	3	0	4	91	119	L1	2-3-0

Full 1972 League Standings

Montreal Alouettes 1972 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ MTL	MTL @
Divisional	0.595	0-5-0 (5)	2-2-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.488	2-0-0 (2)	0-3-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.786	0-2-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (3)	0.786	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.214	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.375	--	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.500	--	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.625	--	0-1-0 (1)

Coaches

Head Coach

Sam “The Rifle” Etcheverry (Dec. 9, 1969 – Nov. 24, 1972)

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1972 Montreal Alouettes Attendance

Capacity: 33,172
Total: 99,566
High: 18,388
Avg: 14,223 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1971 Avg: -9,972
Low: 11,718
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 42.88
Diff from League Avg: -8,972

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Team Scoring

	1972	1971 +/-
Average Combined Score	42.79	8.93
Average Winning Score	23.75	0.42
Average Losing Score	15.10	4.98
Average Home Score	19.43	0.86
Average Visitor Score	15.71	3.71
Average Margin of Victory	8.50	3.67
Average Margin of Loss	14.10	2.22

Stadium

1972 home stadium: Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 27,000
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1958 – Expansion

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	47	16	63	20	41	61	20	9	29	49	44	93	136 (19.4)	110 (15.7)	246 (17.6)
Opponent	45	48	93	43	35	78	37	45	82	49	51	100	179 (25.6)	174 (24.9)	353 (25.2)

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	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	7 (3-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 2nd	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (0-10-0)
After 3rd	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	10 (0-10-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (0-10-0)

Montreal Alouettes 1972 Player Awards and Nominations

1972 Most Outstanding

Player — Ed George (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Ed George (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Gord Judges (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Dickie Harris (Team Nominee)

Montreal Alouettes 1972 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)		Larry Smith (RB)	Bishop's
1–5 (5)	[WPG]	Pete Paliotti (WR)	Loyola
2–1 (10)		Alexander Baptiste (LB)	Bishop's
3–1 (19)		Rick Kaupp (DB)	New Brunswick
4–1 (28)		Jim Leone (G)	St. Francis Xavier
5–1 (37)		Mike Tanner (DB)	Dalhousie
6–1 (45)		Dave Scharman (G)	Waterloo Lutheran
7–1 (54)		John Danaher (DE)	New Brunswick
8–1 (62)		Ian Purcell (DB)	Simon Fraser
9–1 (67)		Larry Rodenbush (C)	Brandon
9–3 (68)	[BC]	Will Beaton (G)	Carleton

Montreal Alouettes 1972 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

TE	Peter Dalla Riva (Tie)
T	Ed George

5 All-Division Selections

RB	Ike Brown
RB	Moses Denson
TE	Peter Dalla Riva (Tie)
T	Ed George
OLB	Mike Widger

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Montreal Alouettes 1972 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	2	Mon. July 3	WPG 43 @ MTL 10	L	10,170
B	7	Tue. July 11	MTL 15 @ EDM 13	W	16,444
C	13	Wed. July 19	MTL 9 @ HAM 21	L	20,195
D	19	Wed. July 26	TOR 24 @ MTL 15	L	11,368
1	24	Thu. Aug. 3	MTL 19 @ TOR 8	W	33,135
2	28	Thu. Aug. 10	OTT 28 @ MTL 19	L	16,649
3	34	Sat. Aug. 19	MTL 25 @ HAM 23	W	32,417
4	37	Thu. Aug. 24	HAM 25 @ MTL 12	L	18,388
6	44	Mon. Sept. 4	TOR 43 @ MTL 21	L	14,594
7	47	Sat. Sept. 9	MTL 23 @ OTT 38	L	22,196
8	53	Sun. Sept. 17	BC 17 @ MTL 22	W	11,872
9	57	Sun. Sept. 24	MTL 15 @ CGY 34	L	18,903
10	61	Wed. Sept. 27	MTL 22 @ WPG 26	L	20,826
11	66	Tue. Oct. 3	EDM 13 @ MTL 29	W	11,718
12	69	Sun. Oct. 8	MTL 3 @ TOR 21	L	32,571
13	73	Sat. Oct. 14	HAM 31 @ MTL 26	L	12,373
14	79	Sun. Oct. 22	OTT 17 @ MTL 7	L	13,972
15	82	Sun. Oct. 29	MTL 3 @ SSK 29	L	11,958
P1	88	Sat. Nov. 11	MTL 11 @ OTT 14	L	16,548