# 2016 Montreal Alouettes season

The 2016 Montreal Alouettes season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League 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. 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 | Results | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| A | Wed, June 8 | 8:00 p.m. EDT | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 13–36 | 0–1 | TSN/RDS | Investors Group Field | 23,334 | Recap |
| B | Fri, June 17 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Toronto Argonauts | W 22–15 | 1–1 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 14,882 | Recap |
    # Games played with white uniforms.

## Regular season
### Standings

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | PF | PA | Div | Stk | |
| Ottawa Redblacks | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 486 | 498 | 5–3 | L1 | Details |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 507 | 502 | 5–3 | L2 | Details |
| Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 383 | 416 | 3–5 | W3 | Details |
| Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 383 | 568 | 3–5 | L7 | Details |

### Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| 1 | 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 | Recap |
| 2 | 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 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 4 | Fri, July 15 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 7–31 | 1–2 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 20,098 | Recap |
| 5 | Mon, July 25 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | at Toronto Argonauts | L 17–30 | 1–3 | TSN/RDS/ESPN2 | BMO Field | 16,048 | Recap |
| 6 | Fri, July 29 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 41–3 | 2–3 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 20,018 | Recap |
| 7 | Thurs, Aug 4 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. BC Lions | L 18–38 | 2–4 | TSN/RDS/ESPN2 | Molson Stadium | 19,125 | Recap |
| 8 | Thurs, Aug 11 | 9:00 p.m. EDT | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 12–23 | 2–5 | TSN/RDS/ESPN2 | Commonwealth Stadium | 26,061 | Recap |
| 9 | Fri, Aug 19 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at Ottawa Redblacks | W 43–19 | 3–5 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 24,907 | Recap |
| 10 | Fri, Aug 26 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 18–32 | 3–6 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 19,026 | Recap |
| 11 | Thurs, Sept 1 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Ottawa Redblacks | L 14–19 | 3–7 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 19,117 | Recap |
| 12 | Fri, Sept 9 | 10:00 p.m. EDT | at BC Lions | L 27–38 | 3–8 | TSN/RDS | BC Place | 18,107 | Recap |
| 13 | 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 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 15 | Sun, Oct 2 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Toronto Argonauts | W 38–11 | 4–9 | TSN2/RDS | Molson Stadium | 23,420 | Recap |
| 16 | Mon, Oct 10 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | L 20–40 | 4–10 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 20,512 | Recap |
| 17 | Sat, Oct 15 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at Calgary Stampeders | L 8–22 | 4–11 | TSN/RDS | McMahon Stadium | 25,351 | Recap |
| 18 | Sat, Oct 22 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 19–14 | 5–11 | TSN/RDS | Mosaic Stadium | 30,223 | Recap |
| 19 | Sun, Oct 30 | 1:00 p.m. EST | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 17–8 | 6–11 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 20,562 | Recap |
| 20 | 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 |
    # Games played with colour uniforms.
    # Games played with white uniforms.
    # Games played with alternate uniforms.