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

Team Roster and Stats

1972 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

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

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 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Mon Jul 3	WPG 43 @ MTL 10	L	10,170
B	Tue Jul 11	MTL 15 @ EDM 13	W	16,444
C	Wed Jul 19	MTL 9 @ HAM 21	L	20,195
D	Wed Jul 26	TOR 24 @ MTL 15	L	11,368

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Aug 3	MTL 19 @ TOR 8	W	33,135
2	Thu Aug 10	OTT 28 @ MTL 19	L	16,649
3	Sat Aug 19	MTL 25 @ HAM 23	W	32,417
4	Thu Aug 24	HAM 25 @ MTL 12	L	18,388
6	Mon Sep 4	TOR 43 @ MTL 21	L	14,594
7	Sat Sep 9	MTL 23 @ OTT 38	L	22,196
8	Sun Sep 17	BC 17 @ MTL 22	W	11,872
9	Sun Sep 24	MTL 15 @ CGY 34	L	18,903
10	Wed Sep 27	MTL 22 @ WPG 26	L	20,826
11	Tue Oct 3	EDM 13 @ MTL 29	W	11,718
12	Sun Oct 8	MTL 3 @ TOR 21	L	32,571
13	Sat Oct 14	HAM 31 @ MTL 26	L	12,373
14	Sun Oct 22	OTT 17 @ MTL 7	L	13,972
15	Sun Oct 29	MTL 3 @ SSK 29	L	11,958

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 11	MTL 11 @ OTT 14	L	16,548

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)

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1972	1971 +/-
Average Combined Score	42.79	+8.93
Average Winning Score	23.75	-0.42
Average Losing Score	15.10	+4.97
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

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)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

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 All-Star Selections

No Montreal Alouettes Canadian or Division All-Star selections in 1972.

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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