The 2013 Montreal Alouettes season was the 47th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 59th overall. The Alouettes finished in third place in the East Division with an 8–10 record and struggled to make the playoffs after losing Anthony Calvillo to a career ending concussion, but made the playoffs for an 18th straight season, but lost in the East Division Semi-Final to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 19–16 in overtime.
Offseason
CFL draft The 2013 CFL draft took place on May 6, 2013. The Alouettes had nine selections in the seven-round draft, after acquiring additional first and fourth round selections for placekicker Brody McKnight.
Round Pick Player Position School/Club team 1 3 Mike Edem LB Calgary 1 5 Steven Lumbala RB Calgary 2 14 Hosam Shahin DT Rice 3 23 Jesse Joseph DE Connecticut 4 30 Nicolas Boulay LB Sherbrooke 4 32 Michael Klassen DL Calgary 5 41 Jake Piotrowski OL Guelph 6 47 Simon Legare OL Montreal 7 57 Damone Blackman WR Saint Mary's
Preseason Week Date Opponent Venue Score Result Attendance RecordA Thurs, June 13 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Molson Stadium 33–26 Loss 20,514 0–1B Thurs, June 20 at Toronto Argonauts Varsity Stadium 24–20 Loss 6,204 0–2
Games played with colour uniforms.
Regular season
Season standings
Season schedule Week Date Opponent Venue Score Result Attendance Record TV1 Thurs, June 27 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers Investors Group Field 38–33 Win 33,500 1–0 TSN/RDS/NBCSN2 Thurs, July 4 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Molson Stadium 19–11 Loss 22,134 1–1 TSN/RDS/ESPN23 Fri, July 12 Calgary Stampeders Molson Stadium 22–14 Loss 23,184 1–2 TSN/RDS/ESPN34 Sat, July 20 at Calgary Stampeders McMahon Stadium 38–27 Loss 27,378 1–3 TSN/RDS/ESPN25 Thurs, July 25 Edmonton Eskimos Molson Stadium 32–27 Win 23,021 2–3 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 6 Bye7 Thurs, Aug 8 Toronto Argonauts Molson Stadium 38–13 Loss 22,068 2–4 TSN/RDS/ESPN38 Sat, Aug 17 at Saskatchewan Roughriders Mosaic Stadium 24–21 Loss 40,637 2–5 TSN/RDS/ESPN39 Thurs, Aug 22 BC Lions Molson Stadium 39–38 Win 22,456 3–5 TSN/RDS/NBCSN10 Tues, Sept 3 at Toronto Argonauts Rogers Centre 20–9 Win 18,863 4–5 TSN/RDS/NBCSN11 Sun, Sept 8 Toronto Argonauts Molson Stadium 37–30 Loss 23,911 4–6 TSN/RDS/ESPN312 Sun, Sept 15 at BC Lions BC Place Stadium 36–14 Loss 27,213 4–7 TSN/RDS/ESPN313 Sat, Sept 21 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats Moncton Stadium 28–26 Loss 15,123 4–8 TSN/RDS/ESPN314 Sun, Sept 29 Saskatchewan Roughriders Molson Stadium 17–12 Win 24,016 5–8 TSN/RDS/ESPN315 Sat, Oct 5 at Edmonton Eskimos Commonwealth Stadium 47–24 Win 28,455 6–8 TSN/RDS/ESPN316 Mon, Oct 14 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Molson Stadium 34–27 Loss 22,853 6–9 TSN/RDS/ESPN317 Sun, Oct 20 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Molson Stadium 36–5 Win 23,390 7–9 TSN/RDS/ESPN318 Sat, Oct 26 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats Alumni Stadium 27–24 Loss 13,012 7–10 TSN/RDS/ESPN319 Fri, Nov 1 at Toronto Argonauts Rogers Centre 23–20 Win 22,589 8–10TSN/RDS/NBCSN
Games played with colour uniforms. Games played with white uniforms. Games played with alternate uniforms.
Playoffs
Schedule Game Date Time Opponent Venue Score Result AttendanceEast Semi-Final Nov 10 1:00 PM EST at Hamilton Tiger-Cats Alumni Stadium 19–16 (OT) Loss 13,320
Game played with white uniforms.
East Semi-Final
Roster 2013 Montreal Alouettes final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
Offensive linemen G T C G/C G/T T
Defensive linemen DE DE DT DT DT DE DT Linebackers MLB OLB OLB OLB MLB OLB OLB
Defensive backs DH S CB/DH DH CB S CB
Special teams P K/P LS Reserve list CB LB
Practice roster WR LB QB DE CB S DT DE WR CB/DH CB T/G DE Injured list G LS DT QB WR WR WR RB G CB RB CB LB SB LB DE LB G
Suspended list DT T G QB Italics indicate American players
Coaching staff 2013 Montreal Alouettes staff Front office Owner – Bob Wetenhall CEO – Mark Weightman VP, General Manager and Director of Football Operations and Player Personnel – Jim Popp Assistant director of football operations and player personnel – Joey Abrams Assistant director of pro/college scouting – Uzooma Okeke Senior Player Personnel Executive/Salary Cap Analyst - Justin Casey Coordinator of Football Administration/Salary Cap/Scout - Patrick Pion Pro/College Scout – Jean-Marc Edme Director of US College Scouting - Russ Lande
Head coaches Head coach – Jim Popp Assistant head coach – Mike Miller Offensive coordinator – Doug Berry
Offensive coaches Quarterbacks coach – Mike Miller Running backs – Mark Speckman Receivers – Erik Campbell Offensive line – Frank Verducci Offensive quality control – Ryan Dinwiddie Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Noel Thorpe Defensive line – Keith Willis Linebackers – Mark Nelson
Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Ray Rychleski
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References