2006 Montreal Alouettes season

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2006 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach Don Matthews
Jim Popp (Interim)
Home field Molson Stadium
Results
Record10–8
Division place1st, East
Playoff finishLost Grey Cup
Uniform
CFL MTL Jersey 2006.png

The 2006 Montreal Alouettes finished in first place in the East Division with a 10–8 record. They won their first seven games, only to lose the next six in a row. After ending the losing streak against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, head coach Don Matthews resigned, expressing undisclosed health issues that were "affecting his ability to perform". [1] General Manager Jim Popp took over on an interim basis finishing the season 2–2. The Alouettes finished first in the East division and defeated the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final before losing the 94th Grey Cup to the BC Lions 25–14.

Contents

Offseason

CFL draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team
17 Éric Deslauriers WR Eastern Michigan
216 Étienne Boulay DB New Hampshire
324 Jeff Perret OT Tulsa
432 Ivan Birungi WR Acadia
433 Adrian Davis DL Marshall
541 Joel Wright DB Wilfrid Laurier
643 Danny Desriveaux WRRichmond

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Preseason

WeekDateOpponentVenueScoreResultAttendanceRecord
AJune 2at Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium 25–24Win27,5731–0
BJune 8Winnipeg Blue Bombers Molson Stadium 30–15Win20,2022–0

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Regular season

Season Standings

East Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Montreal Alouettes 18108045143120 Details
Toronto Argonauts 18108035934320 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1899036240818 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1841402924958 Details

Season schedule

WeekDateOpponentVenueScoreResultAttendanceRecord
1June 16 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Molson Stadium 27–17Win20,2021–0
2June 24at Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium 32–14Win27,9112–0
3Bye
4July 6Hamilton Tiger-CatsMolson Stadium32–29Win20,2023–0
5July 15at Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium 44–16Win28,1314–0
6July 20Hamilton Tiger-CatsMolson Stadium41–38Win20,2025–0
7July 28at Edmonton Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium 21–13Win32,4116–0
8Aug 3 Toronto Argonauts Molson Stadium31–7Win20,2027–0
9Aug 12at Calgary Stampeders McMahon Stadium 27–24Loss29,4527–1
10Aug 19at Toronto Argonauts Rogers Centre 31–6Loss30,7867–2
11Aug 24Calgary StampedersMolson Stadium41–23Loss20,2027–3
12Sept 1 BC Lions Molson Stadium48–13Loss20,2027–4
13Bye
14Sept 16at BC Lions BC Place Stadium 36–20Loss35,9717–5
15Sept 24Winnipeg Blue BombersMolson Stadium17–14Loss20,2027–6
16Sept 29at Winnipeg Blue BombersCanad Inns Stadium30–23Win28,0288–6
17Oct 9 Saskatchewan Roughriders Molson Stadium35–8Win20,2029–6
18Oct 13at Saskatchewan Roughriders Mosaic Stadium 27–26Loss25,3299–7
19Oct 21Edmonton Eskimos Olympic Stadium 30–20Loss45,6079–8
20Oct 28at Toronto ArgonautsRogers Centre24–20Win38,12310–8

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 #  Games played with colour uniforms.
 #  Games played with white uniforms.
 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.
 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.

Roster

Montreal Alouettes roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Defensive backs

Special teams

Practice Roster

Playoffs

Schedule

WeekGameDateOpponentVenueScoreResultAttendance
21Bye
22East FinalNov 12 Toronto Argonauts Olympic Stadium 33–24Win35,607
23 Grey Cup Nov 19 BC Lions Canad Inns Stadium 25–14Loss44,786

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 #  Games played with white uniforms.
 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.

Scotiabank East Final

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Toronto Argonauts 3071424
Montreal Alouettes 31314333

Grey Cup

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Montreal Alouettes 039214
BC Lions 9100625

Awards

2006 CFL All-Star Selections

2006 CFL Eastern All-Star Selections

2006 Intergold CFLPA All-Star Selections

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References

  1. ↑ "Als coach Matthews resigns". CBC Sports. 2006-10-04. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  2. ↑ "Draft Tracker | Prospect Central | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-08-25. Retrieved 2009-11-19. 2006 CFL Canadian Draft
  3. 1 2 3 2006 Montreal Alouettes Schedule
  4. ↑ https://www.cfl.ca/page/players_allstars06 Archived 2015-10-14 at the Wayback Machine 2006 All-Stars
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