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 manager	Danny Maciocia
Head coach	Khari Jones
Home field	Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	7–7
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost East Semi-Final
Team MOP	William Stanback
Team MODP	David Ménard
Team MOC	David Ménard
Team MOOL	Landon Rice
Team MOST	David Côté
Team MOR	David Côté
Uniform
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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

CFL Global Draft

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

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

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

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

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Regular season

Standings

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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

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

^[16][17][18]

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

 #  Games played with blue uniforms.

Post-season

Schedule

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

Roster

Montreal Alouettes roster

Quarterbacks 17 Trevor Harris 14 Shea Patterson Receivers  4 Quan Bray WR/PR 11 Kaion Julien-Grant 87 Geno Lewis 81 Rashaun Simonise 84 Reggie White Jr.  9 Jake Wieneke Running backs 20 Jeshrun Antwi 26 Cameron Artis-Payne RB/KR 31 William Stanback Fullbacks 83 Régis Cibasu 80 Spencer Moore 38 Christophe Normand Offensive linemen 66 David Brown 68 David Foucault LG 50 Mathieu Girard OL/LS 64 Sean Jamieson C 51 Kristian Matte RG 55 Landon Rice RT 67 Tony Washington LT		Defensive linemen 97 Woody Baron DT 99 Jamal Davis II DE 94 Cameron Lawson 52 David Ménard 90 Almondo Sewell DT 10 Nick Usher DE 96 Michael Wakefield Linebackers 21 Chris Ackie  0 Brian Harelimana 40 Paul Kozachuk 33 Tre Watson 43 Ahmad Thomas Defensive backs 30 Ty Cranston 24 Marc-Antoine Dequoy 41 Kerfalla Exumé  1 Monshadrik Hunter  3 Patrick Levels 12 Najee Murray  6 Adarius Pickett 32 Rodney Randle Jr.  5 Greg Reid Special teams 15 David Côté K 34 Alexandre Gagné LS/FB 36 Joseph Zema P				1-Game Injured 19 Dante Absher WR  8 Vernon Adams QB  2 Mario Alford WR/KR 42 Jean-Samuel Blanc DL 35 Pierre-Luc Caron LS 60 Patrick Davis OL 53 Philippe Gagnon OL 22 Tyquan Glass DB 23 Martese Jackson KR 29 Taku Lee RB 44 Frédéric Plesius LB 54 Chris Schleuger OL 18 Matthew Shiltz QB 37 Wes Sutton DB 6-Game Injured 25 Ryan Carter DB 85 B. J. Cunningham WR		Practice squad 82 Manasseh Bailey WR 62 Nick Callender OL 12 Quinten Dormady QB 95 Christopher Favoroso DL 00 Jermaine Gabriel DB 88 Kevin Kaya WR 69 Asare Kwabena OL 59 Junior Luke DL 65 Samuel Thomassin OL 49 Akio Yamagishi LB CFL Practice squad 45 Reshard Cliett LB 89 Fabian Guerra WR 91 Anthony Luke DL 46 Matt Mengel K 61 Taylor Tappin OL Suspended 41 Jason Hall LB 61 Donald Hawkins T -- Prince Charles Iworah WR 47 D. J. Lalama LB 23 Dominique Termansen DB
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

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

References

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4. "Alouettes – finally – begin contract extension negotiations with head coach Khari Jones". 3downnation.com. November 4, 2019.
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6. "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. "Circle your calendars: CFL releases 2021 schedule". Canadian Football League. June 15, 2021.
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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.
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External links

• Official website