# 2012 Montreal Alouettes season

The 2012 Montreal Alouettes season was their 46th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 58th overall. The Alouettes finished in first place in the East Division with an 11–7 record. However, the Alouettes lost the East Final to the Toronto Argonauts 27–20. The Alouettes opened their training camp at Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec on June 3.

## Offseason
### CFL draft

The 2012 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2012 live at 3:00 PM EDT. The Alouettes had six selections in the six-round draft, after trading their first-round pick to the BC Lions for Sean Whyte and trading Dylan Steenbergen for another sixth-round pick.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
| 2 | 11 | Patrick Lavoie | RB | Laval |
| 3 | 18 | Bo Adebayo | DL | Western Kentucky |
| 4 | 26 | Lance Milton | DB | British Columbia |
| 5 | 34 | Bryn Roy | LB | Texas A&M Commerce |
| 6 | 42 | Keynan Parker | DB | Oregon State |
| 6 | 44 | Ryan White | OL | Bishop's |

## Preseason

| Week | Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
| A | Thurs, June 14 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Molson Stadium | 22–10 | Loss | 20,005 | 0–1 |
| B | Tues, June 19 | at Toronto Argonauts | Rogers Centre | 25–20 | Loss | 36,214 | 0–2 |
    # Games played with white uniforms.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | |
| Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 478 | 489 | 22 | Details |
| Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 445 | 491 | 18 | Details |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 376 | 531 | 12 | Details |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 538 | 576 | 12 | Details |

### Season schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Sun, July 1 | at Calgary Stampeders | McMahon Stadium | 38–10 | Loss | 26,387 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Fri, July 6 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Molson Stadium | 41–30 | Win | 21,016 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Thurs, July 12 | Calgary Stampeders | Molson Stadium | 33–32 | Win | 21,074 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Sat, July 21 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 39–24 | Loss | 23,392 | 2–2 |
| 5 | Fri, July 27 | Toronto Argonauts | Molson Stadium | 23–20 | Loss | 22,773 | 2–3 |
| 6 | Fri, Aug 3 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Canad Inns Stadium | 36–26 | Win | 29,533 | 3–3 |
| 7 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 3–3 |
| 8 | Fri, Aug 17 | at Edmonton Eskimos | Commonwealth Stadium | 38–25 | Win | 32,760 | 4–3 |
| 9 | Thurs, Aug 23 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Molson Stadium | 31–29 | Win | 22,140 | 5–3 |
| 10 | Fri, Aug 31 | BC Lions | Molson Stadium | 30–25 | Win | 22,239 | 6–3 |
| 11 | Sat, Sept 8 | at BC Lions | BC Place Stadium | 43–10 | Loss | 29,734 | 6–4 |
| 12 | Sun, Sept 16 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Molson Stadium | 28–17 | Win | 23,147 | 7–4 |
| 13 | Sun, Sept 23 | Toronto Argonauts | Molson Stadium | 31–10 | Win | 23,209 | 8–4 |
| 14 | Fri, Sept 28 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 41–28 | Loss | 23,784 | 8–5 |
| 15 | Mon, Oct 8 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Molson Stadium | 27–22 | Loss | 23,201 | 8–6 |
| 16 | Sun, Oct 14 | at Toronto Argonauts | Rogers Centre | 24–12 | Win | 25,348 | 9–6 |
| 17 | Sat, Oct 20 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | Mosaic Stadium | 34–28 | Win | 32,003 | 10–6 |
| 18 | Sun, Oct 28 | Edmonton Eskimos | Molson Stadium | 27–25 | Win | 23,312 | 11–6 |
| 19 | Sat, Nov 3 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Canad Inns Stadium | 19–11 | Loss | 26,907 | 11–7 |
    # Games played with colour uniforms.
    # Games played with white uniforms.

## Playoffs
### Schedule

| Game | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result | Attendance |
| East Semi-Final | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| East Final | Nov 18 | 1:00 PM EST | Toronto Argonauts | Olympic Stadium | 27–20 | Loss | 50,112 |
    # Games played with colour uniforms.

### East Final

This game would be the last one played at Olympic Stadium by the Alouettes.
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Argonauts | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| Alouettes | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 |