The 2005 Montreal Alouettes finished second place in the East Division with a 10–8 record. This was a disappointing season, by Alouettes standards, but they made it to the Grey Cup the hard way. They hosted the East Semi-Final and defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Olympic Stadium, 30–14. They then traveled to Toronto to face the Argonauts at the Skydome, and they won 33–17, to advance to the Grey Cup. After a hard fought game they lost to the Edmonton Eskimos, 38–35 in what was only the second ever Grey Cup to be won in overtime.

Offseason CFL draft Round Pick Player Position School/Club team 1 5 Matthieu Proulx DB Laval 2 12 Jeff Piercy RB Saskatchewan 2 13 Thomas Whitfield DB Syracuse 2 19 Philip Gauthier DB Laval 3 24 Victor Cabral LB Georgia Southern 4 33 Mike Ray K/P McMaster 5 42 Curt Hundeby OL Saskatchewan 6 49 Adam Eckert WR Dickinson State 6 51 Oliver Manigat OL Columbia https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=2005 2005 CFL Canadian Draft

Preseason Week Date Opponent Venue Score Result Attendance Record A June 9 Ottawa Renegades Molson Stadium 27–16 Loss 20,202 0–1 B June 16 at Ottawa Renegades Frank Clair Stadium 30–10 Win 12,660 1–1 https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2005/9 2005 Montreal Alouettes Schedule

Regular season Season standings

Season schedule Week Date Opponent Venue Score Result Attendance Record 1 June 22 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Molson Stadium 31–21 Win 20,202 1–0 2 July 1 at Ottawa Renegades Frank Clair Stadium 39–36 Loss 18,899 1–1 3 July 8 Edmonton Eskimos Molson Stadium 32–29 Win 20,202 2–1 4 Bye 5 July 22 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canad Inns Stadium 51–46 Loss 24,550 2–2 6 July 28 Toronto Argonauts Molson Stadium 36–24 Loss 20,202 2–3 7 Aug 4 Saskatchewan Roughriders Molson Stadium 42–13 Win 20,202 3–3 8 Aug 12 at Toronto Argonauts Rogers Centre 18–10 Win 31,621 4–3 9 Aug 18 Calgary Stampeders Molson Stadium 40–37 Loss 20,202 4–4 10 Aug 26 at Edmonton Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium 36–26 Loss 44,624 4–5 11 Sept 2 Ottawa Renegades Molson Stadium 41–18 Win 20,202 5–5 12 Bye 13 Sept 17 at BC Lions BC Place Stadium 27–26 Loss 36,066 5–6 14 Sept 25 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Molson Stadium 42–23 Win 20,202 6–6 15 Oct 1 at Calgary Stampeders McMahon Stadium 32–11 Win 28,304 7–6 16 Oct 8 at Saskatchewan Roughriders Taylor Field 38–34 Win 26,900 8–6 17 Oct 16 BC Lions Molson Stadium 46–44 Win 20,202 9–6 18 Oct 22 Toronto Argonauts Olympic Stadium 49–23 Loss 51,269 9–7 19 Oct 29 at Ottawa Renegades Frank Clair Stadium 43–23 Win 20,833 10–7 20 Nov 4 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ivor Wynne Stadium 15–9 Loss 27,114 10–8

Playoffs Scotiabank East Semi-Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalSaskatchewan Roughriders 0 0 7 7 14Montreal Alouettes 7 17 3 3 30

Scotiabank East Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalMontreal Alouettes 0 6 14 13 33Toronto Argonauts 14 0 3 0 17

Grey Cup

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT TotalMontreal Alouettes 1 0 17 10 7 35Edmonton Eskimos 3 7 10 8 10 38 Roster 2005 Montreal Alouettes final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen C G G T/G G/C T T

Defensive linemen DT DE DT DT DE DE Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams K/P LS

Injured list C DB RB DT SB

Italics indicate International player Awards 2005 CFL All-Star Selections Kerry Watkins – Wide Receiver Uzooma Okeke – Offensive Tackle Scott Flory – Offensive Guard Bryan Chiu – Centre Richard Karikari – Safety

2005 CFL Eastern All-Star Selections Ben Cahoon – Slotback Kerry Watkins – Wide Receiver Robert Edwards – Running Back Uzooma Okeke – Offensive Tackle Scott Flory – Offensive Guard Bryan Chiu – Centre Ed Philion – Defensive Tackle Duane Butler – Linebacker Richard Karikari – Safety

2005 Intergold CFLPA All-Star Selections

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