Montreal Alouettes 1996 Season on CFLdb Statistics

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 Season Resources 1996 MTL Team Roster 1996 MTL Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jun 13 7:30 PM	OTT 7 @ MTL 38	W	11,216
B	Thu Jun 20 7:30 PM	MTL 43 @ HAM 39	W	16,346

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jun 27 7:30 PM	TOR 27 @ MTL 24	L	24,653	RDS, TSN
2	Fri Jul 5 9:30 PM	MTL 13 @ EDM 16	L	26,211	TSN, RDS
3	Wed Jul 10 7:30 PM	CGY 62 @ MTL 22	L	19,362	RDS, TSN
4	Fri Jul 19 10:30 PM	MTL 44 @ BC 24	W	21,855	TSN, RDS
5	Wed Jul 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 Sep 7 1:00 PM	BC 27 @ MTL 28	W	15,161	CBC
12	Fri Sep 13 9:30 PM	MTL 25 @ CGY 23	W	19,196	TSN, RDS
14	Sun Sep 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

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
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

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

Full 1996 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	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	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)
After OT2	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)

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 RedBlacks (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 Elks (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)

Summary
By Quarter

	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

	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)	469 (26.1)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

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

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

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 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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1996 Montreal Alouettes Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	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