Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
A
Sun Jun 8 2:00 PM
MTL 30 @ HAM 14 W  
B
Wed Jun 18 7:30 PM
TOR 40 @ MTL 0 L  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Fri Jun 27 7:30 PM
HAM 17 @ MTL 27 W  
2
Thu Jul 3 8:30 PM
MTL 27 @ WPG 24 W  
3
Wed Jul 9 7:30 PM
CGY 28 @ MTL 34 W RDS, TSN
4
Thu Jul 17 9:30 PM
MTL 0 @ EDM 32 L  
5
Thu Jul 24 7:30 PM
EDM 34 @ MTL 24 L TSN, RDS, ESPN2
6
Thu Jul 31 7:30 PM
MTL 8 @ TOR 46 L TSN
7
Sat Aug 9 10:30 PM
MTL 45 @ BC 31 W TSN
8
Sat Aug 16 8:00 PM
HAM 26 @ MTL 36 W TSN, RDS
9
Fri Aug 22 8:30 PM
MTL 26 @ WPG 21 W  
10
Sat Aug 30 7:00 PM
BC 33 @ MTL 34 W CBC, RDS
11
Sat Sep 6 2:00 PM
MTL 38 @ HAM 18 W TSN
12
Fri Sep 12 7:30 PM
WPG 28 @ MTL 29 W TSN, RDS
13
Sun Sep 21 4:00 PM
MTL 24 @ SSK 22 W TSN
14
Sun Sep 28 4:00 PM
MTL 22 @ CGY 43 L  
15
Fri Oct 3 7:30 PM
SSK 29 @ MTL 30 W RDS
16
Sat Oct 11 2:00 PM
MTL 21 @ TOR 28 L CBC
17
Sun Oct 19 1:00 PM
WPG 34 @ MTL 41 W CBC, RDS
18
Sun Oct 26 1:00 PM
TOR 38 @ MTL 43 W CBC
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result TV
Semi-Final
Sun Nov 2 12:45 PM
BC 35 @ MTL 45 W CBC
Final
Sun Nov 9 12:45 PM
MTL 30 @ TOR 37 L CBC
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 2 1 1 0 2 30 54 L1 1-1-0
Regular Season 18 13 5 0 26 509 532 W2 4-2-0
    Home 9 8 1 0 16 298 267 W6 6-0-0
    Visitor 9 5 4 0 10 211 265 L2 4-2-0
   Divisional opponent 10 8 2 0 16 296 280 W2 5-1-0
   Non-divisional opponent 8 5 3 0 10 213 252 W1 4-2-0

Full 1997 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 6 (5-1-0) 2 (2-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 4 (3-1-0) 1 (1-0-0) 4 (1-3-0) 10 (8-2-0) 3 (3-0-0) 5 (2-3-0)
After 2nd 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (4-1-0) 4 (3-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (2-3-0) 8 (7-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 10 (6-4-0)
After 3rd 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (3-1-0) 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (1-4-0) 9 (9-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 9 (4-5-0)
After 4th 8 (8-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 13 (13-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.372 5-0-0 (5) 3-2-0 (5)
Non-Divisional 0.528 3-1-0 (4) 2-2-0 (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3) 0.111
Toronto Argonauts (3) 0.833
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4) 0.222
BC Lions (2) 0.444
Calgary Stampeders (2) 0.556
Edmonton Elks (2) 0.667
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2) 0.444
19971996 +/-
Average Combined Score 57.83 +2.11
Average Winning Score 33.38 +0.05
Average Losing Score 15.00 -7.33
Average Home Score 33.11 +2.22
Average Visitor Score 23.44 -5.00
Average Margin of Victory 6.54 -4.46
Average Margin of Loss 21.60 +10.43
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Montreal 298 (33.1) 211 (23.4) 509 (28.3)
Opponent 265 (29.4) 267 (29.7) 532 (29.6)
1st Montreal 106 (11.8) 44 (4.9) 150 (8.3)
Opponent 42 (4.7) 61 (6.8) 103 (5.7)
2nd Montreal 48 (5.3) 58 (6.4) 106 (5.9)
Opponent 89 (9.9) 69 (7.7) 158 (8.8)
3rd Montreal 77 (8.6) 45 (5.0) 122 (6.8)
Opponent 49 (5.4) 64 (7.1) 113 (6.3)
4th Montreal 67 (7.4) 64 (7.1) 131 (7.3)
Opponent 85 (9.4) 73 (8.1) 158 (8.8)
Head Coaches
Assistant Coaches
  • Charlie Taffe – Offensive Coordinator
  • Danny Maciocia – Running backs
  • Don Wnek – Offensive line
  • Scott Spurgeon – Receivers
  • Gene Gaines – Defensive backs
  • Rod Rust – Linebackers
Montreal Alouettes 1997 Stars of the Week
Offensive Star
  • 2 – Mike Pringle
  • 1 – Chris Armstrong
Defensive Star
  • None
Lineman Star
  • 2 – Uzooma Okeke
  • 1 – Bruce Beaton
  • 1 – Elfrid Payton
  • 1 – Mark Dixon
1997 Player Awards and Nominations
1997 Most Outstanding
Montreal Alouettes 1997 All-Star Selections
5 All-Canadian Selections
RB Mike Pringle
T Neal Fort
T Uzooma Okeke
DT Doug Petersen
DE Elfrid Payton
8 All-Division Selections
RB Mike Pringle
SB Jock Climie
G Bruce Beaton
T Uzooma Okeke
T Neal Fort
DT Doug Petersen
DE Elfrid Payton
DHB Harold Nash, Jr.

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1997 Montreal Alouettes Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–6 (6)   Steve Charbonneau (DL) New Hampshire
2–2 (11) [BC] Jerome Pathon (WR) Washington
2–5 (14)   Ryan Coughlin (OL) McGill
3–5 (21)   Bruno Heppell (RB) Western Michigan
4–5 (29) [WPG] Derek Krete (LB) Western Ontario
4–6 (30)   Ryan Carruthers (SB) Calgary
5–5 (38)   Andy Bereton (SB) Western Michigan
6–5 (45)   Francis Bellefroid (LB) Bishop's

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