The Montreal Alouettes 1996 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Montreal Alouettes’ 1996 Season

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 10, 1996 Won 22 – 11 vs Hamilton
East Division Final
- Nov. 17, 1996 Lost 7 – 43 @ Toronto

Montreal Alouettes 1996 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1995: 67 players
1996 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Montreal Alouettes 1996 Record

	GP	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	2	0	4	81	46	W2	2-0-0
Regular Season	18	12	6	24	534	469	W5	5-1-0
Home	9	7	2	14	278	248	W7	6-0-0
Visitor	9	5	4	10	256	221	W2	4-2-0
Divisional opponent	8	4	4	8	237	229	W3	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	10	8	2	16	297	240	W8	6-0-0

Full 1996 League Standings

Montreal Alouettes 1996 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ MTL	MTL @
Divisional	0.438	3-1-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.478	4-1-0 (5)	4-1-0 (5)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.444	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (3)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.833	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.278	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.722	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.278	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Team Scoring

	1996	1995 +/-
Average Combined Score	55.72	+55.72
Average Winning Score	33.33	+33.33
Average Losing Score	22.33	+22.33
Average Home Score	30.89	+30.89
Average Visitor Score	28.44	+28.44
Average Margin of Victory	11.00	+11.00
Average Margin of Loss	11.17	+11.17

1996 Montreal Alouettes Attendance

Capacity: 56,245
Total: 200,349
High: 32,364
Avg: 22,261 (9 out of 9 games)
Diff from 1995 Avg: +22,261
Low: 15,161
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 39.58
Diff from League Avg: +16

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Coaches

Head Coach

Bob Price (Feb. 8, 1996 – March 21, 1997)

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Assistant Coaches

Peter Vaas – Offensive Coordinator
Don Wnek – Offensive line
Jim Barker – Offensive line
Dave Ritchie – Defensive Coordinator
Gene Gaines – Defensive backs

Stadium

1996 home stadium: Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 56,245
Playing surface: Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)
Previous stadium change: 1996 – Reconfiguration

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Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

469 (26.1)

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Montreal	37	63	100	88	72	160	52	69	121	84	52	136	278 (30.9)	256 (28.4)	534 (29.7)
Opponent	62	25	87	74	93	167	47	31	78	59	72	131	221 (24.6)	248 (27.6)

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	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)	6 (3-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	9 (6-3-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (5-3-0)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)	5 (3-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	9 (7-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (5-4-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	6 (5-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	11 (10-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	10 (10-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)
After OT1	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)

Montreal Alouettes 1996 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Mike Pringle
1 – Norman Bradford
1 – Tracy Ham

Defensive Star

2 – Lamar McGriggs

Lineman Star

2 – Mark Dixon
2 – Grant Carter
2 – Gary Rogers
1 – Bruce Beaton

Montreal Alouettes 1996 Player Awards and Nominations

1996 Most Outstanding

Player — Tracy Ham (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Tracy Gravely (Division Finalist)
Offensive Lineman — Mark Dixon (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Michael Soles (Division Finalist)
Rookie — Gary Harrell (Team Nominee)

Montreal Alouettes 1996 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–9 (9)	Denis Montana (WR)	Concordia
2–9 (18)	Bryan Chiu (DT)	Washington State
3–9 (27)	Adam Cassidy (OL)	Alberta
4–9 (36)	Tom Hipsz (DE)	Toronto
5–9	Forfeited pick for unknown reason
6–9 (53)	Adrian Rainbow (QB)	British Columbia (UBC)
7–9 (61)	Marc Charles (DT)	Morgan State

Montreal Alouettes 1996 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

DE	Grant Carter
LB	Tracy Gravely
DHB	Charles Gordon

11 All-Division Selections

RB	Mike Pringle
SB	Jock Climie
G	Bruce Beaton
T	Neal Fort
DE	Grant Carter
LB	Paul Randolph
LB	Tracy Gravely
DHB	Charles Gordon
CB	Irvin Smith
S	Spencer McLennan
K	Terry Baker

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Montreal Alouettes 1996 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu. June 13 7:30 PM	OTT 7 @ MTL 38	W	11,216
B	Thu. June 20 7:30 PM	MTL 43 @ HAM 39	W	16,346
1	Thu. June 27 7:30 PM	TOR 27 @ MTL 24	L	24,653	RDS, TSN
2	Fri. July 5 9:30 PM	MTL 13 @ EDM 16	L	26,211	TSN, RDS
3	Wed. July 10 7:30 PM	CGY 62 @ MTL 22	L	19,362	RDS, TSN
4	Fri. July 19 10:30 PM	MTL 44 @ BC 24	W	21,855	TSN, RDS
5	Wed. July 24 7:30 PM	WPG 10 @ MTL 36	W	32,364	RDS, ESPN2, TSN
6	Thu. Aug. 1 7:30 PM	MTL 31 @ TOR 40	L	20,302	TSN
7	Wed. Aug. 7 7:30 PM	HAM 22 @ MTL 29	W	25,510	TSN, RDS
7	Sun. Aug. 11 5:30 PM	MTL 32 @ SSK 20	W	21,997
9	Fri. Aug. 23 7:30 PM	SSK 16 @ MTL 23 OT	W	26,511	RDS
10	Fri. Aug. 30 7:30 PM	MTL 6 @ OTT 17	L	28,451	RDS, TSN
11	Sat. Sept. 7 1:00 PM	BC 27 @ MTL 28	W	15,161	CBC
12	Fri. Sept. 13 9:30 PM	MTL 25 @ CGY 23	W	19,196	TSN, RDS
14	Sun. Sept. 29 1:00 PM	MTL 38 @ HAM 39	L	17,740	CBC
15	Fri. Oct. 4 7:30 PM	EDM 18 @ MTL 32	W	17,886	TSN, RDS
16	Mon. Oct. 14 2:00 PM	MTL 25 @ OTT 18	W	14,080	CBC
17	Sat. Oct. 19 1:00 PM	OTT 25 @ MTL 39	W	18,671	CBC, RDS
18	Fri. Oct. 25 7:30 PM	HAM 41 @ MTL 45 OT	W	20,231	TSN, RDS
19	Fri. Nov. 1 8:00 PM	MTL 42 @ WPG 24	W	25,968	TSN, RDS
P1	Sun. Nov. 10 1:00 PM	HAM 11 @ MTL 22	W	20,036	CBC
P2	Sun. Nov. 17 1:00 PM	MTL 7 @ TOR 43	L	28,390	CBC