2016 Montreal Alouettes season

2016 Montreal Alouettes season
General manager	Jim Popp
Head coach	Jim Popp (3–9) Jacques Chapdelaine (4–2)
Home stadium	Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	7–11
Division place	3rd, East
Playoffs	did not qualify
Team MOP	Bear Woods
Team MOC	Samuel Giguere
Team MOR	Jonathon Mincy
Uniform

The 2016 Montreal Alouettes season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 62nd overall. The Alouettes finished the season in third place in the East Division with a 7–11 record. Although this was a slight improvement upon their 6–12 record from 2015, it was still not good enough to get them back into the playoffs, as they lost the season series to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (also 7–11) and thus, having to settle for 3rd place, behind the "crossover" team from the West, the Edmonton Eskimos (10–8). It was the first time the team missed the playoffs in back-to-back years since their reactivation.

Jim Popp returned as head coach for his second full season as head coach (his first being the 2007 season) and again led the Alouettes to another non-winning season.^[1] Popp also remained the team's general manager, a position he had held for the last 21 seasons since the team returned to Montreal in 1996. During the team's week 14 bye, Popp stepped down as head coach, and named receivers coach Jacques Chapdelaine as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[2] Popp remained with the team as their general manager.

Offseason

CFL draft

The 2016 CFL Draft took place on May 10, 2016. The Alouettes had eight selections in the eight-round draft, including the second overall pick, which was their highest pick since returning to the league in 1996.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	2	Philippe Gagnon	OL	Laval
2	11	Wayne Moore	RB	McMaster
3	20	Sean Jamieson	OL	Western Ontario
4	29	George Johnson	WR	Western Ontario
6	47	A'dre Fraser	WR	Guelph
6	50	Emmitt Tims	WR	Saskatchewan
7	56	Maiko Zepeda	DB	Montreal
8	64	Matthew Toppan	OL	Guelph

Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
A	Wed, June 8	8:00 p.m. EDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 13–36	0–1	TSN/RDS	Investors Group Field	23,334	Recap
B	Fri, June 17	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 22–15	1–1	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	14,882	Recap

^[4]

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Ottawa Redblacks	18	8	9	1	17	486	498	5–3	L1	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	7	11	0	14	507	502	5–3	L2	Details
Montreal Alouettes	18	7	11	0	14	383	416	3–5	W3	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	5	13	0	10	383	568	3–5	L7	Details

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
1	Fri, June 24	8:30 p.m. EDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 22–14	1–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Investors Group Field	26,433	Recap
2	Thurs, June 30	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	L 13–28	1–1	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Molson Stadium	21,522	Recap
3	Bye
4	Fri, July 15	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 7–31	1–2	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	20,098	Recap
5	Mon, July 25	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 17–30	1–3	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	BMO Field	16,048	Recap
6	Fri, July 29	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 41–3	2–3	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	20,018	Recap
7	Thurs, Aug 4	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. BC Lions	L 18–38	2–4	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Molson Stadium	19,125	Recap
8	Thurs, Aug 11	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 12–23	2–5	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	26,061	Recap
9	Fri, Aug 19	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	W 43–19	3–5	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	24,907	Recap
10	Fri, Aug 26	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 18–32	3–6	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	19,026	Recap
11	Thurs, Sept 1	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	L 14–19	3–7	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	19,117	Recap
12	Fri, Sept 9	10:00 p.m. EDT	at BC Lions	L 27–38	3–8	TSN/RDS	BC Place	18,107	Recap
13	Fri, Sept 16	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 17–20	3–9	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field	23,612	Recap
14	Bye
15	Sun, Oct 2	1:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 38–11	4–9	TSN2/RDS	Molson Stadium	23,420	Recap
16	Mon, Oct 10	1:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 20–40	4–10	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	20,512	Recap
17	Sat, Oct 15	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Calgary Stampeders	L 8–22	4–11	TSN/RDS	McMahon Stadium	25,351	Recap
18	Sat, Oct 22	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 19–14	5–11	TSN/RDS	Mosaic Stadium	30,223	Recap
19	Sun, Oct 30	1:00 p.m. EST	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 17–8	6–11	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	20,562	Recap
20	Sat, Nov 5	1:00 p.m. EST	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 32–25	7–11	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field	24,113	Recap

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 #  Games played with colour uniforms.

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.

Team

Roster

2016 Montreal Alouettes roster
Quarterbacks  3 Vernon Adams Jr.  5 Shane Carden 12 Rakeem Cato Running backs 46 Jean-Christophe Beaulieu FB  0 Stefan Logan RB 33 Cam McDaniel RB 23 Brandon Rutley RB Receivers 84 Alex Charette WR 85 B. J. Cunningham WR 15 Sam Giguère WR 81 Kyle Graves WR 80 Seydou Junior Haidara WR  8 Nik Lewis SB 88 Tiquan Underwood WR		Offensive linemen 68 Philip Blake G 58 Luc Brodeur-Jourdain C 53 Philippe Gagnon OL 51 Kristian Matte G 54 Jeff Perrett T 62 Jake Piotrowski G 69 Jacob Ruby T 61 Ryan White OL Defensive linemen  7 John Bowman DE 91 Alan-Michael Cash DT 94 DeQuin Evans DL 99 Jesse Joseph DT 55 Gabriel Knapton DE		Linebackers 21 Chris Ackie 42 Jean-Samuel Blanc 52 Nicolas Boulay 11 Chip Cox 34 Kyries Hebert 26 Nicholas Shortill LB 31 Winston Venable 48 Bear Woods Defensive backs 10 Marc-Olivier Brouillette S 22 Anthony Coady S 41 Tyree Hollins DB  2 Jovon Johnson CB 29 Jonathon Mincy DB 43 Dominique Termansen DB 36 Daryl Townsend S Special teams 14 Boris Bede P/K 98 Chad Bushley LS -- Khalid Wooten		Injured List 35 Greg Henderson CB 83 Marcus Henry WR 44 Jared Koster LB  6 Ramon Taylor DB 6-Game Injured List 37 Martin Bédard LS 18 Jonathan Crompton QB 16 Ethan Davis DB 30 Anthony Fera P/K 49 Jeffrey Finley DL 19 S. J. Green SB 90 Michael Klassen DL 97 Aaron Lavarias DE 39 Wayne Moore RB 17 Billy Parker DB 20 Tyrell Sutton RB Practice squad 67 Michael Bamiro OL 95 Ray Drew DL 59 Mathu Gibson OL 25 Martese Jackson RB  1 Greg McGhee QB Italics indicate International players Roster updated 2016-11-29 Depth Chart • Transactions 45 Active, 1 Injured, 11 Six-Game Injured, 5 Practice → More rosters

Coaching staff

2016 Montreal Alouettes staff
	Front office Owner – Bob Wetenhall President/CEO – Mark Weightman VP, General Manager and Director of Football Operations and Player Personnel – Jim Popp Assistant general manager – Joey Abrams Assistant director of pro/college scouting – Uzooma Okeke Senior Player Personnel Executive/Salary Cap Analyst - Justin Casey Director of us college scouting – Russ Lande Football Operations Assistant/Scout –Eric Deslauriers Coordinator of Football Administration - Catherine Raiche Football operations/scouting assistant – Philippe Moreau Head coaches Interim head coach – Jacques Chapdelaine Assistant head coach – Kavis Reed Assistant head coach – Noel Thorpe Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Anthony Calvillo Offensive line – Kris Sweet Receivers – Jacques Chapdelaine Running backs – Paul Charbonneau Offensive quality control – Jason Hogan			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Noel Thorpe Defensive line – Anwar Stewart Linebackers – Greg Quick Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Kavis Reed Special teams assistant – André Bolduc → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs

References

1. "Als announce Popp to return as head coach next season". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
2. Als' Popp relinquishes coaching duties; Chapdelaine named interim head coach
3. "ALOUETTES SELECT PHILIPPE GAGNON WITH THEIR FIRST PICK". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
4. 2016 Schedule
5. "Where to watch: 2016 Broadcast information". Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
6. CFL on TSN Broadcast Schedule