Montreal Alouettes 1997 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 2, 1997 Won 45 – 35 vs BC
East Division Final
- Nov. 9, 1997 Lost 30 – 37 @ Toronto

Montreal Alouettes 1997 Season Resources 1997 MTL Team Roster 1997 MTL Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sun Jun 8 2:00 PM	MTL 30 @ HAM 14	W	9,311
B	Wed Jun 18 7:30 PM	TOR 40 @ MTL 0	L	6,394


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Jun 27 7:30 PM	HAM 17 @ MTL 27	W	7,380
2	Thu Jul 3 8:30 PM	MTL 27 @ WPG 24	W	20,497
3	Wed Jul 9 7:30 PM	CGY 28 @ MTL 34	W	7,669	RDS, TSN
4	Thu Jul 17 9:30 PM	MTL 0 @ EDM 32	L	27,811
5	Thu Jul 24 7:30 PM	EDM 34 @ MTL 24	L	10,025	TSN, RDS, ESPN2
6	Thu Jul 31 7:30 PM	MTL 8 @ TOR 46	L	16,213	TSN
7	Sat Aug 9 10:30 PM	MTL 45 @ BC 31	W	19,106	TSN
8	Sat Aug 16 8:00 PM	HAM 26 @ MTL 36	W	10,039	TSN, RDS
9	Fri Aug 22 8:30 PM	MTL 26 @ WPG 21	W	19,930
10	Sat Aug 30 7:00 PM	BC 33 @ MTL 34	W	11,050	CBC, RDS
11	Sat Sep 6 2:00 PM	MTL 38 @ HAM 18	W	9,253	TSN
12	Fri Sep 12 7:30 PM	WPG 28 @ MTL 29	W	10,259	TSN, RDS
13	Sun Sep 21 4:00 PM	MTL 24 @ SSK 22	W	25,570	TSN
14	Sun Sep 28 4:00 PM	MTL 22 @ CGY 43	L	27,153
15	Fri Oct 3 7:30 PM	SSK 29 @ MTL 30	W	12,322	RDS
16	Sat Oct 11 2:00 PM	MTL 21 @ TOR 28	L	17,355	CBC
17	Sun Oct 19 1:00 PM	WPG 34 @ MTL 41	W	6,721	CBC, RDS
18	Sun Oct 26 1:00 PM	TOR 38 @ MTL 43	W	10,801	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 2 12:45 PM	BC 35 @ MTL 45	W	16,257	CBC
P2	Sun Nov 9 12:45 PM	MTL 30 @ TOR 37	L	32,085	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 %	@ MTL	MTL @
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	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.833	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)	0.222	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
BC Lions (2)	0.444	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.556	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.667	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.444	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1997	1996 +/-
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)
Total	Opponent	265 (29.4)	267 (29.7)	532 (29.6)
1st	Montreal	106 (11.8)	44 (4.9)	150 (8.3)
1st	Opponent	42 (4.7)	61 (6.8)	103 (5.7)
2nd	Montreal	48 (5.3)	58 (6.4)	106 (5.9)
2nd	Opponent	89 (9.9)	69 (7.7)	158 (8.8)
3rd	Montreal	77 (8.6)	45 (5.0)	122 (6.8)
3rd	Opponent	49 (5.4)	64 (7.1)	113 (6.3)
4th	Montreal	67 (7.4)	64 (7.1)	131 (7.3)
4th	Opponent	85 (9.4)	73 (8.1)	158 (8.8)

Head Coaches

Dave Ritchie, II (March 21, 1997 – Nov. 24, 1998)
Bob Price (Feb. 8, 1996 – March 21, 1997)

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

Player — Mike Pringle (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Doug Petersen (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Bruce Beaton (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Jock Climie (Division Finalist)
Rookie — Tom Hipsz (Team Nominee)

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