The 2020 Montreal Alouettes season was scheduled to be the 54th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 66th overall.
The 2020 CFL season would have been the second season for Khari Jones as the Alouettes' head coach and offensive coordinator as he had the "interim" tag removed after he agreed to a three-year extension on November 26, 2019. This also would have been his first full season, including pre-season, as the team's head coach. It would have been the first season under the ownership of S and S Sportsco, which is operated by Sid Spiegel and Gary Stern. The new owners appointed Danny Maciocia as the team's general manager and named local media executive Mario Cecchini as the team's new president.
Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020 that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020. On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. On August 17, 2020 however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.
Offseason
CFL national draft The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. The Alouettes had ten selections in the eight-round draft, including four selections within the first 25 picks. Notably, the Alouettes traded their first-round pick to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the trade for Johnny Manziel.
Round Pick Player Position School Hometown 2 14 Marc-Antoine Dequoy DB Montreal Montreal, QC 2 16 Cameron Lawson DL Queen's Caledon, ON 3 22 Carter O′Donnell OL Alberta Red Deer, AB 3 25 Benoit Marion DL Montreal Montreal, QC 4 33 Brian Harelimana LB Montreal Laval, QC 6 49 Andrew Becker OL Regina Kelowna, BC 6 51 Jersey Henry HB Concordia LaSalle, QC 7 60 Vincent Alessandrini SB Concordia Laval, QC 8 66 Brock Gowanlock DL Manitoba Duncan, BC 8 69 Colton Klassen RB Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK
CFL global draft The 2020 CFL global draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. The Alouettes were scheduled to select fifth in each round with the number of rounds never announced.
Planned schedule
Preseason Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent TV Venue A Bye B 1 Fri, May 29 7:30 p.m. EDT at Ottawa Redblacks TD Place Stadium C 2 Sat, June 6 1:00 p.m. EDT vs. Toronto Argonauts Molson Stadium
Regular season Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent TV Venue 1 1 Fri, June 12 10:00 p.m. EDT at Calgary Stampeders TSN/RDS McMahon Stadium 2 2 Fri, June 19 9:00 p.m. EDT at Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN/RDS Mosaic Stadium 3 Bye 4 3 Thu, July 2 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 5 4 Thu, July 9 8:30 p.m. EDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSN/RDS IG Field 6 5 Fri, July 17 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Calgary Stampeders TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 7 6 Thu, July 23 10:00 p.m. EDT at BC Lions TSN/RDS BC Place 8 7 Sat, Aug 1 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. BC Lions TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 9 8 Fri, Aug 7 7:30 p.m. EDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 10 9 Thu, Aug 13 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 11 10 Fri, Aug 21 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 12 11 Fri, Aug 28 7:00 p.m. EDT at Toronto Argonauts TSN/RDS BMO Field 13 Bye 14 12 Fri, Sept 11 7:30 p.m. EDT at Ottawa Redblacks TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 15 13 Fri, Sept 18 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Edmonton Football Team TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 16 14 Fri, Sept 25 7:00 p.m. EDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 17 15 Sat, Oct 3 4:00 p.m. EDT vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 18 16 Mon, Oct 12 1:00 p.m. EDT vs. Toronto Argonauts TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 19 Bye 20 17 Sat, Oct 24 4:00 p.m. EDT at Edmonton Football Team TSN/RDS Commonwealth Stadium 21 18 Sat, Oct 31 4:00 p.m. EDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSN/RDS Molson Stadium
Team
Roster Montreal Alouettes roster Quarterbacks
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Special teams LS K/P LS K/P PItalics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 85 RosterRoster updated 2020-08-17 • Depth chart • Transactions
Coaching staff Montreal Alouettes staff Front office Owner – S and S Sportsco (Sid Spiegel and Gary Stern) President/CEO – Mario Cecchini General manager – Danny Maciocia Assistant general manager – Tom Gamble Senior player personnel executive – Brendan Taman Director of national scouting – Byron Archambault Director of football operations – Éric Deslauriers Manager of football operations – Cailtin Bell
Head coach Head coach – Khari Jones Assistant head coach – André Bolduc
Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks – Khari Jones Offensive line – Vacant Receivers – Robert Gordon Running backs – André Bolduc Assistant offensive line – Luc Brodeur-Jourdain Offensive assistant – Michael Lionello Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator & Linebackers – Bob Slowik Defensive line – Todd Howard Defensive Backs & Pass Game Coordinator – Barron Miles Defensive assistant – Vincent Nardone
Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Mickey Donovan
Staff Equipment manager – Greg McGuire Assistant equipment manager – Ryan Batten Head athletic therapist – Rodney Sassi
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