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2021 Montreal Alouettes season

The 2021 Montreal Alouettes season was the 54th season for the team in the Canadian Football League 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.[1] The team's season was ended by the same Tiger-Cats following a 23–12 East Semi-Final loss in Hamilton.[2]

2021 Montreal Alouettes season
General managerDanny Maciocia
Head coachKhari Jones
Home fieldPercival Molson Memorial Stadium
Results
Record7–7
Division place3rd, East
Playoff finishLost East Semi-Final
Team MOPWilliam Stanback
Team MODPDavid Ménard
Team MOCDavid Ménard
Team MOOLLandon Rice
Team MOSTDavid Côté
Team MORDavid Côté
Uniform

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.[3] This was his first full season as the team's head coach.[4] This was also the first season with Danny Maciocia as the team's general manager.[5]

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.[6][7] On June 15, 2021, the league released the revised 14-game schedule with regular season play beginning on August 5, 2021.[8]

Offseason

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CFL Global Draft

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The 2021 CFL Global Draft took place on April 15, 2021.[9][10] With the format being a snake draft, the Alouettes selected sixth in the odd-numbered rounds and fourth in the even-numbered rounds.[9]

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

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The 2021 CFL Draft took place on May 4, 2021.[11][12] 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.[13] The team had the ninth pick in odd rounds and the first pick in even rounds.[14]

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

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Due to the shortening of the season, the CFL confirmed that pre-season games would not be played in 2021.[8]

Planned schedule

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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

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Regular season

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Standings

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East Division
Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Toronto Argonauts 14 9 5 0 18 309 318 6–2 L1 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 8 6 0 16 312 244 4–4 W1 Details
Montreal Alouettes 14 7 7 0 14 356 295 5–3 L1 Details
Ottawa Redblacks 14 3 11 0 6 224 384 1–7 W1 Details

Schedule

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The Alouettes initially had a schedule that featured 18 regular season games beginning on June 11 and ending on October 30.[6] 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.[8]

Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary
Score Record
1 Bye
2 1 Sat, Aug 14 7:00 p.m. EDT @ Edmonton Elks W 30–13 1–0 TSN/RDS Commonwealth Stadium 25,116 Recap
3 2 Fri, Aug 20 9:30 p.m. EDT @ Calgary Stampeders L 22–28 1–1 TSN/RDS McMahon Stadium 21,199 Recap
4 3 Fri, Aug 27 7:30 p.m. EDT Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 10–27 1–2 TSN/RDS/ESPNews Molson Stadium 14,753 Recap
5 4 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
7 5 Sat, Sept 18 7:00 p.m. EDT BC Lions L 18–24 2–3 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 13,591 Recap
8 6 Fri, Sept 24 7:30 p.m. EDT @ Toronto Argonauts L 27–30 2–4 TSN/RDS BMO Field 7,758 Recap
9 7 Sat, Oct 2 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 23–20 (OT) 3–4 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 18,000 Recap
10 8 Mon, Oct 11 1:00 p.m. EDT Ottawa Redblacks W 20–16 4–4 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 15,236 Recap
11 9 Sat, Oct 16 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Ottawa Redblacks W 27–16 5–4 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 16,139 Recap
12 10 Fri, Oct 22 7:30 p.m. EDT Toronto Argonauts W 37–16 6–4 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 12,142 Recap
13 11 Sat, Oct 30 7:00 p.m. EDT Saskatchewan Roughriders L 14–19 6–5 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 11,817 Recap
14 12 Sat, Nov 6 7:00 p.m. EDT @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 21–31 6–6 TSN/RDS IG Field 22,933 Recap
15 13 Sat, Nov 13 1:00 p.m. EDT Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 28–14 7–6 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 12,605 Recap
16 14 Fri, Nov 19 7:30 p.m. EDT Ottawa Redblacks L 18–19 7–7 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 11,297 Recap

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 #  Games played with white uniforms.
 #  Games played with blue uniforms.

Post-season

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Schedule

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Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary
Score Record
East 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

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 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Team

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Roster

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Montreal Alouettes roster
Quarterbacks

Receivers

Running backs

Fullbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

1-Game Injured

6-Game Injured

Practice squad

CFL Practice squad

Suspended

Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 45 Active, 16 Injured, 15 Practice, 5 Suspended
Roster updated 2021-11-28 • Depth chart • Transactions Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine • More CFL rosters

Coaching staff

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Montreal Alouettes staff
Front office

Head coach

Offensive coaches

 

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Staff

  • Equipment manager – Greg McGuire
  • Assistant equipment manager – Ryan Batten
  • Head athletic therapist – Rodney Sassi

→ Coaching Staff Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
→ More CFL staffs

References

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  1. ^ "Ticats clinch playoff spot with win over Lions". Canadian Football League. November 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Ticats advance to Eastern Final with win over Alouettes". Canadian Football League. November 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "Alouettes ink HC, OC Khari Jones to three-year extension". CFL.ca. November 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "Alouettes – finally – begin contract extension negotiations with head coach Khari Jones". 3downnation.com. November 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "Mario Cecchini and Danny Maciocia appointed President and General Manager of the Montreal Alouettes". Montreal Alouettes. January 13, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Divisional games take centre stage in unique 2021 schedule". Canadian Football League. November 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "CFL Announces Plans To Return-to-play For 2021 Season". Canadian Football League. April 21, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "Circle your calendars: CFL releases 2021 schedule". Canadian Football League. June 15, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "CFL calendar busy with free agency, virtual combines, drafts". Canadian Football League. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  10. ^ "2021 Global Draft tracker". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  11. ^ "CFL announces date for 2021 CFL National Draft". cfl.ca. Canadian Football League. March 30, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "2021 CFL Draft to feature some significant changes". CFL.ca. November 5, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  13. ^ "Als acquire Johnny Manziel in blockbuster deal - CFL.ca". CFL.ca. July 22, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  14. ^ "Ti-Cats snag first selection as CFL reveals 2021 order". CFL.ca. November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  15. ^ a b "2021 Schedule". Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  16. ^ "2021 Schedule". Canadian Football League. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  17. ^ "Nos émissions" (in French). Réseau des sports. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  18. ^ "ESPN, Upcoming". ESPN. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
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