2018 Montreal Alouettes season
General managerKavis Reed
Head coachMike Sherman
Home fieldPercival Molson Memorial Stadium
Results
Record5–13
Division place3rd, East
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Team MOPHénoc Muamba
Team MOCHénoc Muamba
Team MORWilliam Stanback
Uniform

The 2018 Montreal Alouettes season was the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 64th overall. The Alouettes improved upon their disappointing 3–15 record from 2017, but still failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth straight season, finishing with a 5–13 record.

This was the first season under former NFL head coach Mike Sherman and the second season under general manager Kavis Reed.[1] The Alouettes hosted their training camp for the first time at Olympic Stadium with rookies reporting on May 16 and main camp beginning on May 20.[2][3]

Offseason

CFL draft

The 2018 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2018.[4] The Alouettes held the first overall draft pick by virtue of finishing in last place in 2017, but traded it to Hamilton in exchange for the second overall pick and several other picks and players.[5] The Alouettes held ten selections in total, after acquiring another fourth-round pick for Andrew Lue and another sixth-round pick for S. J. Green.[6][7] The Alouettes traded their second-round pick to Saskatchewan for Darian Durant.[8] They also upgraded their fifth-round pick to a third-round pick in the Vernon Adams trade for Tevaughn Campbell.[9]

Round Pick Player Position School Hometown
1 2 Trey Rutherford OL UConn Markham, ON
3 19 Bo Banner DL Central Washington Bellingham, WA
3 23 Jean-Gabriel Poulin LB Western Saint-Nicolas, QC
4 27 K. C. Bakker OT Carleton London, ON
5 38 Ryder Stone RB Dartmouth Calgary, AB
6 46 Paul Kozachuk LB Toronto London, ON
6 51 Étienne Moisan WR Laval Saint-Eustache, QC
7 52 Khadim Mbaye LB Ottawa Montreal, QC
7 56 Richmond Nketiah WR Waterloo Brampton, ON
8 61 Lekan Idowu DB Waterloo Houston, TX

Preseason

Schedule

Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary
Score Record
A Bye
B Thurs, May 31 7:30 p.m. EDT at Ottawa Redblacks L 7–27 0–1 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 20,539 Recap
C Sat, June 9 12:00 p.m. EDT vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 15–30 0–2 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 12,325 Recap

[10][11]

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

In recognition of the Alouettes' storied history, the team featured a different helmet logo, drawn in red and white only, for each of the first three months of the season. Helmets worn in June featured the team logo from 1949 to 1969, July featured the team logo from 1970 to 1973 and August featured the team logo from 1974 to 1986. Helmets worn from Week 14 to the end of the season had the team's then-current logo, from 1996 to 2018.[12]

Standings

East Division
Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Ottawa Redblacks 18 11 7 0 22 464 420 6–2 W3 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 8 10 0 16 513 456 4–4 L3 Details
Montreal Alouettes 18 5 13 0 10 345 512 4–4 W2 Details
Toronto Argonauts 18 4 14 0 8 369 560 2–6 L2 Details

Schedule

Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary
Score Record
1 1 Sat, June 16 10:00 p.m. EDT @ BC Lions L 10–22 0–1 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 BC Place 20,182 Recap
2 2 Fri, June 22 7:00 p.m. EDT Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 10–56 0–2 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 19,498 Recap
3 3 Sat, June 30 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Saskatchewan Roughriders W 23–17 1–2 TSN/RDS Mosaic Stadium 33,308 Recap
4 4 Fri, July 6 7:30 p.m. EDT Ottawa Redblacks L 18–28 1–3 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 16,718 Recap
5 Bye
6 5 Sat, July 21 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Calgary Stampeders L 8–25 1–4 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 McMahon Stadium 26,440 Recap
7 6 Thurs, July 26 7:30 p.m. EDT Edmonton Eskimos L 23–44 1–5 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 16,654 Recap
8 7 Fri, Aug 3 7:30 p.m. EDT Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 11–50 1–6 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 18,576 Recap
9 8 Sat, Aug 11 8:00 p.m. EDT @ Ottawa Redblacks L 17–24 1–7 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 25,161 Recap
10 9 Sat, Aug 18 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Edmonton Eskimos L 24–40 1–8 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Commonwealth Stadium 29,702 Recap
11 10 Fri, Aug 24 7:30 p.m. EDT Toronto Argonauts W 25–22 2–8 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 16,480 Recap
12 11 Fri, Aug 31 7:30 p.m. EDT @ Ottawa Redblacks W 21–11 3–8 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 25,132 Recap
13 Bye
14 12 Fri, Sept 14 7:30 p.m. EDT BC Lions L 14–32 3–9 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 15,346 Recap
15 13 Fri, Sept 21 8:30 p.m. EDT @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 14–31 3–10 TSN/RDS Investors Group Field 24,349 Recap
16 14 Sun, Sept 30 1:00 p.m. EDT Saskatchewan Roughriders L 29–34 3–11 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 18,370 Recap
17 15 Mon, Oct 8 1:00 p.m. EDT Calgary Stampeders L 6–12 3–12 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 16,764 Recap
18 Bye
19 16 Sat, Oct 20 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Toronto Argonauts L 22–26 3–13 TSN/RDS BMO Field Recap
20 17 Sun, Oct 28 1:00 p.m. EDT Toronto Argonauts W 40–10 4–13 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 17,583 Recap
21 18 Sat, Nov 3 7:00 p.m. EDT @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 30–28 5–13 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 23,381 Recap

[10]

 #  Games played with colour uniforms.
 #  Games played with white uniforms.
 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.

Team

Roster

Montreal Alouettes roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

1-Game Injured List
  •  3 Dominique Ellis HB

6-Game Injured List

Practice squad

  • 88 Malcolm Carter WR
  • 44 Kevin Haynes LB
  • 95 Khadim MBaye LB
  • 65 Devonte McClain OL

Suspended

Italics indicate International players
Roster updated 2018-11-03
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Roster, 1 one-game injured,
13 six-game injured, 4 practice roster,
0 suspended

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Coaching staff

Montreal Alouettes Staff
Front office
  • Owner – Bob Wetenhall
  • President/CEO – Patrick Boivin
  • General manager – Kavis Reed
  • Assistant general manager of player personnel – Joe Mack
  • Director of national scouting – Miles Gorrell
  • Director of college scouting – Russ Lande
  • Director of research – Charles Raizenne
  • National scout – Eric Deslauriers

Head coach

  • Head coach – Mike Sherman
  • Special Assistant to the Head Coach - Ben Sherman

Offensive coaches

 

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Mickey Donovan
  • Special teams assistant – Anthony Ierullo

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References

  1. ^ Alouettes name Mike Sherman new head coach
  2. ^ Als to move training camp to 'Big O' for first time
  3. ^ 2018 Canadian Football League key dates
  4. ^ CFL draft date announced
  5. ^ Ticats acquire first overall pick in major trade with Als
  6. ^ Riders acquire Andrew Lue from Als
  7. ^ Double Blue acquire SB SJ Green in trade with Als
  8. ^ Alouettes acquire rights to Riders QB Darian Durant
  9. ^ Riders acquire QB Vernon Adams in trade with Als
  10. ^ a b 2018 Schedule
  11. ^ 2018 Pre-season schedule
  12. ^ Costabile, Kristina (July 4, 2018). "Check out the new logos on Montreal's helmets". CFL.ca. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
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