1997 Montreal Alouettes season

Canadian football team season March 2026 Montreal Alouettes 1997 13–5 2nd, East Dave Ritchie Olympic Stadium Lost East Final Image:CFL MTL Jersey 1996.png Alouettes seasons The 1997 Montreal Alouettes finished in second place in the East Division with a 13–5 record. Their season came to a close as the Doug Flutie-led Toronto Argonauts defeated the Alouettes in the Eastern Final. The 1997 team saw major head office changes as Jim Speros sold the team to Bob Wetenhall and Larry Smith assumed the role of president and chief executive officer after resigning as CFL commissioner. Offseason CFL draft Round Pick Player Position School/Club team 1 6 Steve Charbonneau DL New Hampshire 2 11 Jerome Pathon WR Washington 2 14 Ryan Coughlin OL McGill 3 21 Bruno Heppell RB Western Michigan 4 29 Derek Krete LB Western Ontario 4 30 Ryan Carruthers SB Calgary 5 38 Andy Brereton SB Western Michigan 6 45 Francis Bellefroid LB Bishop's https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=1997 https://web.archive.org/web/20120829151725/http://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=1997 2012-08-29 1997 CFL Canadian Draft Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft RoundPickNamePos16Uzooma OkekeG214Swift BurchDT322Michael HendricksLB429Robert StevensonG532David HarperLB Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A June 8 Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 30–14 1–0 Ivor Wynne Stadium 9,311 C June 18 Toronto Argonauts L 0–40 1–1 Olympic Stadium 6,394 Regular season Season standings Season schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 June 27 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 27–17 1–0 Olympic Stadium 7,380 2 2 July 3 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 27–24 2–0 Winnipeg Stadium 20,497 3 3 July 9 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 34–28 3–0 Olympic Stadium 7,669 4 4 July 17 at Edmonton Eskimos L 0–32 3–1 Commonwealth Stadium 27,811 5 5 July 24 Edmonton Eskimos L 24–34 3–2 Olympic Stadium 10,025 6 6 July 31 at Toronto Argonauts L 8–46 3–3 SkyDome 16,218 7 7 Aug 9 at BC Lions W 45–31 4–3 BC Place Stadium 19,106 8 8 Aug 16 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 36–26 5–3 Olympic Stadium 10,039 9 9 Aug 22 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 26–21 6–3 Winnipeg Stadium 19,930 10 10 Aug 30 vs. BC Lions W 34–33 7–3 Olympic Stadium 11,050 11 11 Sept 6 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 38–18 8–3 Ivor Wynne Stadium 9,253 12 12 Sept 12 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 29–28 9–3 Olympic Stadium 10,259 13 13 Sept 21 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 24–22 10–3 Taylor Field 25,570 14 14 Sept 28 at Calgary Stampeders L 22–43 10–4 McMahon Stadium 27,153 15 15 Oct 3 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 30–29 11–4 Olympic Stadium 12,322 16 16 Oct 11 at Toronto Argonauts L 21–28 11–5 SkyDome 17,355 17 17 Oct 19 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 41–34 12–5 Olympic Stadium 6,721 18 18 Oct 26 at Toronto Argonauts W 43–38 13–5 Olympic Stadium 10,801 http://www.profootballarchives.com/1997cflmtl.html 1997 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) - Pro Football Archives Roster 1997 Montreal Alouettes final roster Quarterbacks 13 I Marvin Graves  8 I Tracy Ham Running backs 30 N Bruno Heppell 27 I Mike Pringle 22 N Michael Soles 39 N Alan Wetmore Receivers 81 I Chris Armstrong 82 N Jock Climie  3 I Mill Coleman 88 N Nigel Williams  2 I Chris Wright Offensive linemen 62 N Bruce Beaton G 68 N Bryan Chiu C/G 69 N Ryan Coughlin G/T 64 I Mark Dixon G 66 I Neal Fort T 53 I Uzooma Okeke T 65 N Mike Sutherland C Defensive linemen 90 I Swift Burch DE 55 N Steve Charbonneau DE 77 N Tom Hipsz NT 56 I Elfrid Payton DE 94 N Doug Petersen NT Linebackers 95 N Ray Bernard 50 I Rahsaan Giddings 31 I Larry McSeed 47 N Stefen Reid Defensive backs  6 N Hency Charles 17 I Doug Craft  1 N Tom Europe 25 I Charles Gordon 23 N Torey Hunter  0 I Harold Nash 21 I Irvin Smith 26 I Mark WashingtonSpecial teams 10 N Terry Baker K/P Injured list 83 N Andy Antoine WR  7 I Tracy Gravely LB  4 I Thomas Haskins RB 12 N Larry Jusdanis QB 16 N Spencer McLennan DB 15 N Henry Newby LB 36 I Paul Randolph LB 97 I Edward Thomas LB 85 I Marcus Wall WR Italics indicate International player Playoffs East Semi-Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalBC Lions 2 10 16 7 35Montreal Alouettes 21 21 3 0 45http://stats.cfldb.ca/league/cfl/schedule/1997/11/02/bc-at-mtl/ CFL Results Nov. 2, 1997 BC Lions 35 @ Montreal Alouettes 45 on CFLDB Statistics East Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalMontreal Alouettes 1 8 21 0 30Toronto Argonauts 7 13 3 14 37http://stats.cfldb.ca/league/cfl/schedule/1997/11/09/mtl-at-tor/ CFL Results Nov. 9, 1997 Montreal Alouettes 30 @ Toronto Argonauts 37 on CFLDB Statistics Awards 1997 CFL All-Star Selections Neal Fort – Offensive Tackle Uzooma Okeke – Offensive Tackle Elfrid Payton – Defensive End Doug petersen – Defensive Tackle Mike Pringle – Running Back Pierre Vercheval – Offensive Guard https://www.cfl.ca/uploads/assets/CFL/PDF_Docs/2011/CFL_All-Stars.pdf Archived copy 2014-08-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150724180612/http://www.cfl.ca/uploads/assets/CFL/PDF_Docs/2011/CFL_All-Stars.pdf 2015-07-24 References Category:1997 Canadian Football League season by team Category:Montreal Alouettes seasons Category:1997 in Montreal Category:1997 in sports in Quebec