The 1997 Montreal Alouettes finished in second place in the East Division with a 13–5 record. Their season came to a close as the Doug Flutie-led Toronto Argonauts defeated the Alouettes in the Eastern Final. The 1997 team saw major head office changes as Jim Speros sold the team to Bob Wetenhall and Larry Smith assumed the role of president and chief executive officer after resigning as CFL commissioner.

Offseason CFL draft Round Pick Player Position School/Club team 1 6 Steve Charbonneau DL New Hampshire 2 11 Jerome Pathon WR Washington 2 14 Ryan Coughlin OL McGill 3 21 Bruno Heppell RB Western Michigan 4 29 Derek Krete LB Western Ontario 4 30 Ryan Carruthers SB Calgary 5 38 Andy Brereton SB Western Michigan 6 45 Francis Bellefroid LB Bishop's https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=1997 1997 CFL Canadian Draft

Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft RoundPickNamePos16Uzooma OkekeG214Swift BurchDT322Michael HendricksLB429Robert StevensonG532David HarperLB

Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A June 8 Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 30–14 1–0 Ivor Wynne Stadium 9,311 C June 18 Toronto Argonauts L 0–40 1–1 Olympic Stadium 6,394

Regular season Season standings

Season schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 June 27 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 27–17 1–0 Olympic Stadium 7,380 2 2 July 3 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 27–24 2–0 Winnipeg Stadium 20,497 3 3 July 9 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 34–28 3–0 Olympic Stadium 7,669 4 4 July 17 at Edmonton Eskimos L 0–32 3–1 Commonwealth Stadium 27,811 5 5 July 24 Edmonton Eskimos L 24–34 3–2 Olympic Stadium 10,025 6 6 July 31 at Toronto Argonauts L 8–46 3–3 SkyDome 16,218 7 7 Aug 9 at BC Lions W 45–31 4–3 BC Place Stadium 19,106 8 8 Aug 16 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 36–26 5–3 Olympic Stadium 10,039 9 9 Aug 22 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 26–21 6–3 Winnipeg Stadium 19,930 10 10 Aug 30 vs. BC Lions W 34–33 7–3 Olympic Stadium 11,050 11 11 Sept 6 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 38–18 8–3 Ivor Wynne Stadium 9,253 12 12 Sept 12 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 29–28 9–3 Olympic Stadium 10,259 13 13 Sept 21 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 24–22 10–3 Taylor Field 25,570 14 14 Sept 28 at Calgary Stampeders L 22–43 10–4 McMahon Stadium 27,153 15 15 Oct 3 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 30–29 11–4 Olympic Stadium 12,322 16 16 Oct 11 at Toronto Argonauts L 21–28 11–5 SkyDome 17,355 17 17 Oct 19 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 41–34 12–5 Olympic Stadium 6,721 18 18 Oct 26 at Toronto Argonauts W 43–38 13–5 Olympic Stadium 10,801

Roster 1997 Montreal Alouettes final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

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

Defensive linemen DE DE NT DE NT Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams K/P

Injured list WR LB RB QB DB LB LB LB WR

Italics indicate International player

Playoffs East Semi-Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalBC Lions 2 10 16 7 35Montreal Alouettes 21 21 3 0 45

East Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalMontreal Alouettes 1 8 21 0 30Toronto Argonauts 7 13 3 14 37

Awards 1997 CFL All-Star Selections Neal Fort – Offensive Tackle Uzooma Okeke – Offensive Tackle Elfrid Payton – Defensive End Doug petersen – Defensive Tackle Mike Pringle – Running Back Pierre Vercheval – Offensive Guard

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