The 2016 Montreal Alouettes season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 62nd overall. The Alouettes finished the season in third place in the East Division with a 7–11 record. Although this was a slight improvement upon their 6–12 record from 2015, it was still not good enough to get them back into the playoffs, as they lost the season series to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (also 7–11) and thus, having to settle for 3rd place, behind the "crossover" team from the West, the Edmonton Eskimos (10–8). It was the first time the team missed the playoffs in back-to-back years since their reactivation.

Jim Popp returned as head coach for his second full season as head coach (his first being the 2007 season) and again led the Alouettes to another non-winning season. Popp also remained the team's general manager, a position he had held for the last 21 seasons since the team returned to Montreal in 1996. During the team's week 14 bye, Popp stepped down as head coach, and named receivers coach Jacques Chapdelaine as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.Als' Popp relinquishes coaching duties; Chapdelaine named interim head coach Popp remained with the team as their general manager.

Offseason

CFL draft The 2016 CFL draft took place on May 10, 2016. The Alouettes had eight selections in the eight-round draft, including the second overall pick, which was their highest pick since returning to the league in 1996.

Round Pick Player Position School/Club team 1 2 Philippe Gagnon OL Laval 2 11 Wayne Moore RB McMaster 3 20 Sean Jamieson OL Western Ontario 4 29 George Johnson WR Western Ontario 6 47 A'dre Fraser WR Guelph 6 50 Emmitt Tims WR Saskatchewan 7 56 Maiko Zepeda DB Montreal 8 64 Matthew Toppan OL Guelph

Preseason

Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score RecordA Wed, June 8 8:00 p.m. EDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 13–36 0–1 TSN/RDS Investors Group Field 23,334 RecapB Fri, June 17 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Toronto Argonauts W 22–15 1–1 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 14,882 Recap 2016 Schedule

Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season Standings

Schedule Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score Record1 Fri, June 24 8:30 p.m. EDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 22–14 1–0 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Investors Group Field 26,433 Recap2 Thurs, June 30 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks L 13–28 1–1 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 21,522 Recap 3 Bye4 Fri, July 15 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 7–31 1–2 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 20,098 Recap5 Mon, July 25 7:30 p.m. EDT at Toronto Argonauts L 17–30 1–3 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 BMO Field 16,048 Recap6 Fri, July 29 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 41–3 2–3 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 20,018 Recap7 Thurs, Aug 4 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. BC Lions L 18–38 2–4 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 19,125 Recap8 Thurs, Aug 11 9:00 p.m. EDT at Edmonton Eskimos L 12–23 2–5 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Commonwealth Stadium 26,061 Recap9 Fri, Aug 19 7:00 p.m. EDT at Ottawa Redblacks W 43–19 3–5 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 24,907 Recap10 Fri, Aug 26 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 18–32 3–6 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 19,026 Recap11 Thurs, Sept 1 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks L 14–19 3–7 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 19,117 Recap12 Fri, Sept 9 10:00 p.m. EDT at BC Lions L 27–38 3–8 TSN/RDS BC Place 18,107 Recap13 Fri, Sept 16 7:00 p.m. EDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 17–20 3–9 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 23,612 Recap 14 Bye15 Sun, Oct 2 1:00 p.m. EDT vs. Toronto Argonauts W 38–11 4–9 TSN2/RDS Molson Stadium 23,420 Recap16 Mon, Oct 10 1:00 p.m. EDT vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 20–40 4–10 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 20,512 Recap17 Sat, Oct 15 7:00 p.m. EDT at Calgary Stampeders L 8–22 4–11 TSN/RDS McMahon Stadium 25,351 Recap18 Sat, Oct 22 4:00 p.m. EDT at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 19–14 5–11 TSN/RDS Mosaic Stadium 30,223 Recap19 Sun, Oct 30 1:00 p.m. EST vs. Calgary Stampeders W 17–8 6–11 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 20,562 Recap20 Sat, Nov 5 1:00 p.m. EST at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 32–25 7–11 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 24,113 Recap CFL on TSN Broadcast Schedule

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

Roster 2015 Montreal Alouettes final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen G C T C T G T T/G

Defensive linemen DE DT DT DE DT DE

Special teams K/P LS Linebackers

Defensive backs

Practice roster T G RB QB T WR

Injured list LS QB DB K/P DT SB DB SB DT LB DE RB DB RB DB Italics indicate International players

Coaching staff 2016 Montreal Alouettes staff Front office Owner – Bob Wetenhall President/CEO – Mark Weightman VP, General Manager and Director of Football Operations and Player Personnel – Jim Popp Assistant general manager – Joey Abrams Assistant director of pro/college scouting – Uzooma Okeke Senior Player Personnel Executive/Salary Cap Analyst - Justin Casey Director of us college scouting – Russ Lande Football Operations Assistant/Scout –Eric Deslauriers Coordinator of Football Administration - Catherine Raiche Football operations/scouting assistant – Philippe Moreau

Head coaches Interim head coach – Jacques Chapdelaine Assistant head coach – Kavis Reed Assistant head coach – Noel Thorpe

Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Anthony Calvillo Offensive line – Kris Sweet Receivers – Jacques Chapdelaine Running backs – Paul Charbonneau Offensive quality control – Jason Hogan Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Noel Thorpe Defensive line – Anwar Stewart Linebackers – Greg Quick

Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Kavis Reed Special teams assistant – André Bolduc

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