2021 Montreal Alouettes season

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2021 Montreal Alouettes season
General manager Danny Maciocia
Head coach Khari Jones
Home field Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Results
Record7–7
Division place3rd, East
Playoff finishLost East Semi-Final
Team MOP William Stanback
Team MODP David Ménard
Team MOC David Ménard
Team MOOL Landon Rice
Team MOST David Côté
Team MOR David Côté
Uniform
CFL MTL Jersey 2021.png

The 2021 Montreal Alouettes season was the 54th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 66th overall. The Alouettes qualified for the playoffs on November 5, 2021, after the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the BC Lions in week 14. [1] The team's season was ended by the same Tiger-Cats following a 23–12 East Semi-Final loss in Hamilton. [2]

Contents

The 2021 CFL season was the second season for Khari Jones as the Alouettes' head coach and offensive coordinator as he had the "interim" tag removed after he agreed to a three-year extension on November 26, 2019. [3] This was his first full season as the team's head coach. [4] This was also the first season with Danny Maciocia as the team's general manager. [5]

An 18-game season schedule was originally released on November 20, 2020, but it was announced on April 21, 2021 that the start of the season would likely be delayed until August and feature a 14-game schedule. [6] [7] On June 15, 2021, the league released the revised 14-game schedule with regular season play beginning on August 5, 2021. [8]

Offseason

CFL Global Draft

The 2021 CFL Global Draft took place on April 15, 2021. [9] [10] With the format being a snake draft, the Alouettes selected sixth in the odd-numbered rounds and fourth in the even-numbered rounds. [9]

RoundPickPlayerPositionUniversity/Club TeamNationality
16 Joseph Zema P Incarnate Word Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
213 Akio Yamagishi LB Fujitsu Frontiers Flag of Japan.svg Japan
324 Taku Lee RB Obic Seagulls Flag of Japan.svg Japan
431 William James DB North Dakota Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

CFL National Draft

The 2021 CFL Draft took place on May 4, 2021. [11] [12] The Alouettes had five selections in the six-round draft after the team traded their first-round pick to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the trade for Johnny Manziel. [13] The team had the ninth pick in odd rounds and the first pick in even rounds. [14]

RoundPickPlayerPositionUniversity TeamHometown
210 Pier-Olivier Lestage OL Montreal Saint-Eustache, QC
327 Chris Fournier OL Lehigh Orleans, ON
428 Patrick Davis OL Syracuse Gatineau, QC
545 David Côté K Laval Quebec City, QC
646 Ethan Makonzo DB Montreal Montreal, QC

Preseason

Due to the shortening of the season, the CFL confirmed that pre-season games would not be played in 2021. [8]

Planned schedule

WeekGameDateKickoffOpponentTVVenue
ABye
B1Fri, May 287:30 p.m. EDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks RDS Molson Stadium
C2Fri, June 47:30 p.m. EDTat Ottawa RedblacksRDS TD Place Stadium

[15]

Regular season

Standings

East Division
TeamGPWLTPtsPFPADivStk
Toronto Argonauts 14950183093186–2L1 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14860163122444–4W1 Details
Montreal Alouettes 14770143562955–3L1 Details
Ottawa Redblacks 14311062243841–7W1 Details

Schedule

The Alouettes initially had a schedule that featured 18 regular season games beginning on June 11 and ending on October 30. [6] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the Canadian Football League delayed the start of the regular season to August 5, 2021 and the Alouettes began their 14-game season on August 14, 2021. [8]

WeekGameDateKickoffOpponentResultsTVVenueAttendanceSummary
ScoreRecord
1Bye
21Sat, Aug 147:00 p.m. EDT@ Edmonton Elks W 30–131–0 TSN/RDS Commonwealth Stadium 25,116 Recap
32Fri, Aug 209:30 p.m. EDT@ Calgary Stampeders L 22–281–1TSN/RDS McMahon Stadium 21,199 Recap
43Fri, Aug 277:30 p.m. EDT Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 10–271–2TSN/RDS/ESPNews Molson Stadium 14,753 Recap
54 Fri, Sept 3 7:30 p.m. EDT@ Ottawa Redblacks W 51–292–2TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 15,000 Recap
6Bye
75Sat, Sept 187:00 p.m. EDT BC Lions L 18–242–3TSN/RDSMolson Stadium13,591 Recap
86Fri, Sept 247:30 p.m. EDT@ Toronto Argonauts L 27–302–4TSN/RDS BMO Field 7,758 Recap
97Sat, Oct 24:00 p.m. EDT@ Hamilton Tiger-CatsW 23–20 (OT)3–4TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 18,000 Recap
108 Mon, Oct 11 1:00 p.m. EDTOttawa RedblacksW 20–164–4TSN/RDSMolson Stadium15,236 Recap
119Sat, Oct 164:00 p.m. EDT@ Ottawa RedblacksW 27–165–4TSN/RDSTD Place Stadium16,139 Recap
1210Fri, Oct 227:30 p.m. EDTToronto ArgonautsW 37–166–4TSN/RDSMolson Stadium12,142 Recap
1311Sat, Oct 307:00 p.m. EDT Saskatchewan Roughriders L 14–196–5TSN/RDSMolson Stadium11,817 Recap
1412Sat, Nov 67:00 p.m. EDT@ Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 21–316–6TSN/RDS IG Field 22,933 Recap
1513Sat, Nov 131:00 p.m. EDTWinnipeg Blue BombersW 28–147–6TSN/RDSMolson Stadium12,605 Recap
1614Fri, Nov 197:30 p.m. EDTOttawa RedblacksL 18–197–7TSN/RDSMolson Stadium11,297 Recap

[16] [17] [18]

 #  Games played with white uniforms.
 #  Games played with blue uniforms.

Post-season

Schedule

GameDateKickoffOpponentResultsTVVenueAttendanceSummary
ScoreRecord
East Semi-FinalSun, Nov 281:00 p.m. EST@ Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 12–230–1TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Tim Hortons Field 21,892 Recap

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 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Team

Roster

Montreal Alouettes roster
Quarterbacks

Receivers

Running backs

Fullbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

1-Game Injured

6-Game Injured

Practice squad

CFL Practice squad

Suspended

Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 45 Active, 16 Injured, 15 Practice, 5 Suspended
Roster updated 2021-11-28 • Depth chart • Transactions Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine • More CFL rosters

Coaching staff

Montreal Alouettes staff
Front office

Head coach

Offensive coaches

 

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Staff

  • Equipment manager – Greg McGuire
  • Assistant equipment manager – Ryan Batten
  • Head athletic therapist – Rodney Sassi

→ Coaching Staff Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
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