The 2021 Montreal Alouettes season was the 54th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 66th overall. The Alouettes qualified for the playoffs on November 5, 2021, after the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the BC Lions in week 14. The team's season was ended by the same Tiger-Cats following a 23–12 East Semi-Final loss in Hamilton.
The 2021 CFL season was 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 was his first full season as the team's head coach. This was also the first season with Danny Maciocia as the team's general manager.
An 18-game season schedule was originally released on November 20, 2020, but it was announced on April 21, 2021 that the start of the season would likely be delayed until August and feature a 14-game schedule. On June 15, 2021, the league released the revised 14-game schedule with regular season play beginning on August 5, 2021.
Offseason
CFL global draft The 2021 CFL global draft took place on April 15, 2021. With the format being a snake draft, the Alouettes selected sixth in the odd-numbered rounds and fourth in the even-numbered rounds.
Round Pick Player Position University/Club Team Nationality 1 6 Joseph Zema P Incarnate Word Australia 2 13 Akio Yamagishi LB Fujitsu Frontiers Japan 3 24 Taku Lee RB Obic Seagulls Japan 4 31 William James DB North Dakota Sweden
CFL national draft The 2021 CFL draft took place on May 4, 2021. The Alouettes had five selections in the six-round draft after the team traded their first-round pick to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the trade for Johnny Manziel. The team had the ninth pick in odd rounds and the first pick in even rounds.
Round Pick Player Position University team Hometown 2 10 Pier-Olivier Lestage OL Montreal Saint-Eustache, QC 3 27 Chris Fournier OL Lehigh Orleans, ON 4 28 Patrick Davis OL Syracuse Gatineau, QC 5 45 David Côté K Laval Quebec City, QC 6 46 Ethan Makonzo DB Montreal Montreal, QC
Preseason Due to the shortening of the season, the CFL confirmed that pre-season games would not be played in 2021.
Planned schedule Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent TV Venue A Bye B 1 Fri, May 28 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks RDS Molson Stadium C 2 Fri, June 4 7:30 p.m. EDT at Ottawa Redblacks RDS TD Place Stadium
Regular season
Standings
Schedule The Alouettes initially had a schedule that featured 18 regular season games beginning on June 11 and ending on October 30. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the Canadian Football League delayed the start of the regular season to August 5, 2021 and the Alouettes began their 14-game season on August 14, 2021.
Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score Record 1 Bye 21 Sat, Aug 14 7:00 p.m. EDT @ Edmonton Elks W 30–13 1–0 TSN/RDS Commonwealth Stadium 25,116 Recap 32 Fri, Aug 20 9:30 p.m. EDT @ Calgary Stampeders L 22–28 1–1 TSN/RDS McMahon Stadium 21,199 Recap 43 Fri, Aug 27 7:30 p.m. EDT Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 10–27 1–2 TSN/RDS/ESPNews Molson Stadium 14,753 Recap 54 Fri, Sept 3 7:30 p.m. EDT @ Ottawa Redblacks W 51–29 2–2 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 15,000 Recap 6 Bye 75 Sat, Sept 18 7:00 p.m. EDT BC Lions L 18–24 2–3 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 13,591 Recap 86 Fri, Sept 24 7:30 p.m. EDT @ Toronto Argonauts L 27–30 2–4 TSN/RDS BMO Field 7,758 Recap 97 Sat, Oct 2 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 23–20 3–4 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 18,000 Recap 108 Mon, Oct 11 1:00 p.m. EDT Ottawa Redblacks W 20–16 4–4 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 15,236 Recap 119 Sat, Oct 16 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Ottawa Redblacks W 27–16 5–4 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 16,139 Recap 1210 Fri, Oct 22 7:30 p.m. EDT Toronto Argonauts W 37–16 6–4 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 12,142 Recap 1311 Sat, Oct 30 7:00 p.m. EDT Saskatchewan Roughriders L 14–19 6–5 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 11,817 Recap 1412 Sat, Nov 6 7:00 p.m. EDT @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 21–31 6–6 TSN/RDS IG Field 22,933 Recap 1513 Sat, Nov 13 1:00 p.m. EDT Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 28–14 7–6 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 12,605 Recap 1614 Fri, Nov 19 7:30 p.m. EDT Ottawa Redblacks L 18–19 7–7 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 11,297 Recap
Games played with white uniforms. Games played with blue uniforms.
Post-season
Schedule Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score RecordEast Semi-Final Sun, Nov 28 1:00 p.m. EST @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 12–23 0–1 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Tim Hortons Field 21,892 Recap
Games played with white uniforms.
Roster 2021 Montreal Alouettes final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
Offensive linemen C/T G C C G/C T/G T
Defensive linemen DT DE DT DT/DE DT DE DT/DELinebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams K LS P
Practice roster G WR T LB QB DE DB WR WR DE DT K/P T G LB Injured list WR QB WR DE LS DB SB C/G G DB RB RB LB T QB DB
Suspended list LB T DB LB DBItalics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player
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 Senior player personnel executive – Brendan Taman Director of player personnel – Byron Archambault Director of football operations – Éric Deslauriers Head video coordinator – Rico Morotti
Head coach Head coach – Khari Jones Assistant head coach – André Bolduc
Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks – Khari Jones Offensive line – Luc Brodeur-Jourdain Receivers – Robert Gordon Running backs – André Bolduc Offensive assistant – Michael Lionello Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator & Defensive Backs – Barron Miles Linebackers – Mickey Donovan Defensive line – Greg Quick
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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