# 2010 Montreal Alouettes season

The 2010 Montreal Alouettes season was the 44th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 56th overall. The Alouettes won their seventh Grey Cup championship, 21–18 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, becoming the first team to repeat as Grey Cup champions since the 1997 Toronto Argonauts.

## Offseason
### CFL draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
| 1 | 7 | Kristian Matte | OL | Concordia |
| 2 | 14 | Chima Ihekwoaba | DL | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 2 | 15 | Curtis Dublanko | LB | North Dakota |
| 3 | 23 | Marc-Olivier Brouillette | QB | Montréal |
| 4 | 31 | Ryan Bomben | OL | Guelph |
| 5 | 39 | Brian Ridgeway | LB | Simon Fraser |
| 6 | 47 | Justin Conn | LB | Bishop's |

## Preseason

| Week | Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
| A | Sun, June 13 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Canad Inns Stadium | 34–10 | Loss | 28,792 | 0–1 |
| B | Sat, June 19 | Toronto Argonauts | Molson Stadium | 31–23 | Win | 23,112 | 1–1 |
    # Games played with colour uniforms.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | |
| Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 521 | 475 | 24 | Details |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 481 | 450 | 18 | Details |
| Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 373 | 442 | 18 | Details |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 464 | 485 | 8 | Details |

### Season schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Thurs, July 1 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | Mosaic Stadium | 54–51 (2OT) | Loss | 30,048 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Sun, July 11 | at Edmonton Eskimos | Commonwealth Stadium | 33–23 | Win | 30,442 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Fri, July 16 | at BC Lions | Empire Field | 16–12 | Win | 25,162 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Thurs, July 22 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Molson Stadium | 37–14 | Win | 25,012 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Thurs, July 29 | Toronto Argonauts | Molson Stadium | 41–10 | Win | 25,012 | 4–1 |
| 6 | Fri, Aug 6 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Molson Stadium | 30–26 | Win | 25,012 | 5–1 |
| 7 | Sat, Aug 14 | at Toronto Argonauts | Rogers Centre | 37–22 | Loss | 22,311 | 5–2 |
| 8 | Thurs, Aug 19 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Molson Stadium | 39–17 | Win | 25,012 | 6–2 |
| 9 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 6–2 |
| 10 | Fri, Sept 3 | BC Lions | Molson Stadium | 38–17 | Loss | 25,012 | 6–3 |
| 11 | Sat, Sept 11 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 27–6 | Win | 23,452 | 7–3 |
| 12 | Sun, Sept 19 | Edmonton Eskimos | Molson Stadium | 31–14 | Win | 25,012 | 8–3 |
| 13 | Fri, Sept 24 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Canad Inns Stadium | 44–40 | Win | 26,154 | 9–3 |
| 14 | Fri, Oct 1 | at Calgary Stampeders | McMahon Stadium | 46–21 | Loss | 31,167 | 9–4 |
| 15 | Mon, Oct 11 | Calgary Stampeders | Molson Stadium | 46–19 | Win | 25,012 | 10–4 |
| 16 | Sun, Oct 17 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Molson Stadium | 22–19 | Win | 25,012 | 11–4 |
| 17 | Fri, Oct 22 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 40–3 | Loss | 23,118 | 11–5 |
| 18 | Fri, Oct 29 | at Toronto Argonauts | Rogers Centre | 37–30 | Win | 22,427 | 12–5 |
| 19 | Sun, Nov 7 | Toronto Argonauts | Molson Stadium | 30–4 | Loss | 25,012 | 12–6 |
    # Games played with colour uniforms.
    # Games played with white uniforms.
    # Games played with alternate uniforms.
    # Games played with alternate uniforms.
    # Games played with retro uniforms.

## Awards and records
### 2010 CFL All-Stars
### CFL Eastern All-Stars

* QB – Anthony Calvillo, CFL Eastern All-Star
* WR – Jamel Richardson, CFL Eastern All-Star
* OT – Josh Bourke, CFL Eastern All-Star
* OG – Scott Flory, CFL Eastern All-Star
* DE – John Bowman, CFL Eastern All-Star
* LB – Chip Cox, CFL Eastern All-Star
* CB – Mark Estelle, CFL Eastern All-Star
* DB – Jerald Brown, CFL Eastern All-Star
* K – Damon Duval, CFL Eastern All-Star

### Milestones

On October 11, in the Alouettes home game against Calgary, Ben Cahoon became the CFL's all-time leader in pass receptions, surpassing Terry Vaughn's previous record of 1,006.

## Playoffs
### Schedule

| Week | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result | Attendance |
| 20 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 21 | Nov 21 | 1:00 PM EST | Toronto Argonauts | Olympic Stadium | 48–17 | Win | 58,021 |
| 22 | Nov 28 | 6:00 PM EST | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Commonwealth Stadium | 21–18 | Win | 63,317 |
    # Games played with colour uniforms.
    # Games played with white uniforms.

### Bracket

| November 14: Division Semi-Finals | November 14: Division Semi-Finals | November 14: Division Semi-Finals | November 21: Division Finals | November 21: Division Finals | November 21: Division Finals | November 28: 98th Grey Cup Commonwealth Stadium – Edmonton | November 28: 98th Grey Cup Commonwealth Stadium – Edmonton | November 28: 98th Grey Cup Commonwealth Stadium – Edmonton |
| | | | E3 | Toronto Argonauts | 17 | | | |
| E3 | Toronto Argonauts | 16 | E1 | Montreal Alouettes | 48 | | | |
| E2 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13 | | | | E1 | Montreal Alouettes | 21 |
| | | | | | | W2 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 |
| | | | W2 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20 | | | |
| W3 | BC Lions | 38 | W1 | Calgary Stampeders | 16 | | | |
| W2 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 41* | | | | | | |
*-Team won in Overtime.

### East Final

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Argonauts | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| • Alouettes | 17 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 48 |

### 98th Grey Cup Final

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Alouettes | 8 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| Roughriders | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 18 |