# 2018 Montreal Alouettes season

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. 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.

## Offseason
### CFL draft

The 2018 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2018. 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. 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. The Alouettes traded their second-round pick to Saskatchewan for Darian Durant. They also upgraded their fifth-round pick to a third-round pick in the Vernon Adams trade for Tevaughn Campbell.
| 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 | Results | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| A | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 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 |
    # 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.

### Standings

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| 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 | Results | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| Week | Game | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| 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 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 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 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 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 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 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 |
    # Games played with colour uniforms.
    # Games played with white uniforms.
    # Games played with alternate uniforms.