Starting quarterbacks by season
Where known, the number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:
- * - Indicates that the number of starts is not known for that year for each quarterback
The following is an incomplete list of starting quarterbacks for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League that have started a regular season game for the team. This list includes postseason appearances since 1986, but does not include preseason games. They are listed in order of most starts with any tiebreaker being the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Alouettes.
Where known, the number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:
Quarterbacks are listed by number of starts for the Montreal Alouettes. [1]
| Name | GS | W–L–T | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | TD | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Calvillo | 237 | 157–80–0 | 5,210 | 8,161 | 63.8 | 69,655 | 398 | 164 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 122 | 64–57–1 | 1,937 | 3,407 | 56.9 | 30,381 | 186 | 213 |
| Sonny Wade | 71 | 26–40–5 | 1,083 | 2,097 | 51.6 | 15,014 | 89 | 169 |
| Tracy Ham | 54 | 37–16–1 | 796 | 1,394 | 57.1 | 17,442 | 83 | 37 |
| Vernon Adams | 29 | 17–12–0 | 504 | 817 | 61.7 | 6,980 | 43 | 26 |
| Jimmy Jones | 28 | 15–12–1 | 355 | 661 | 53.7 | 5,074 | 34 | 38 |
| Turner Gill | 28 | 12–15–1 | 411 | 727 | 56.5 | 4,928 | 32 | 23 |
| Carroll Williams | 23 | 3–18–2 | 282 | 557 | 50.6 | 4,670 | 29 | 48 |
| Bernie Faloney | 23 | 8–15–0 | 202 | 391 | 51.7 | 3,007 | 10 | 40 |
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