# 2023 Montreal Alouettes season

The 2023 Montreal Alouettes season was the 56th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 68th overall. The Alouettes qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season following their week 17 win over the Ottawa Redblacks. The team defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to win their eighth Grey Cup championship.
The 2023 CFL season was the third season with Danny Maciocia as the team's general manager, and the first season with a new head coach after both Maciocia and the team's president, Mario Cecchini, stated that a new coach would be hired following Maciocia's interim appointment in the position in 2022. On December 8, 2022, the Alouettes had announced that the five candidates that were interviewed were Byron Archambault, André Bolduc, Anthony Calvillo, Jason Maas, and Noel Thorpe. On December 17, 2022, it was announced that Maas had been named the 27th head coach in franchise history.

## Offseason
### CFL Global Draft

The 2023 CFL Global Draft took place on May 2, 2023. The Alouettes had the fifth selection in each round.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Club/School | Hometown |
| 1 | 5 | Simon Lars Sandberg | DL | Oregon State | Sweden |
| 2 | 14 | Rhys Byrns | P | Louisiana-Lafayette | Australia |

### CFL National Draft

The 2023 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2023. The Alouettes had eight selections in the eight-round draft, but acquired an additional first-round pick from the BC Lions following the Vernon Adams trade. The team traded their third-round selection to the Edmonton Elks in the trade for Nafees Lyon and Thomas Costigan.
The Alouettes had the fifth selection in each of the eight rounds of the draft after losing the East Semi-Final and finishing fifth in the 2022 league standings, not including traded picks.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School | Hometown |
| 1 | 5 | Jonathan Sutherland | LB | Penn State | Ottawa, ON |
| 1 | 7 | Lwal Uguak | DL | Texas Christian | Edmonton, AB |
| 2 | 13 | David Dallaire | FB | Laval | Saint-Georges, QC |
| 4 | 32 | Theo Grant | OL | Queen's | Halifax, NS |
| 5 | 39 | Jacob Mason | FB | McMaster | Burlington, ON |
| 5 | 41 | Shedler Fervius | WR | St. Mary's | Toronto, ON |
| 7 | 59 | Chase Brown | RB | Illinois | London, ON |
| 8 | 68 | Maxym Lavallee | DB | Laval | Gatineau, QC |

## Preseason
### Schedule

| Week | Game | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| Week | Game | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| A | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| B | 1 | Fri, May 26 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | at Ottawa Redblacks | W 22–21 | 1–0 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 15,802 | Recap |
| C | 2 | Fri, June 2 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 25–22 | 2–0 | RDS | Molson Stadium | 12,698 | Recap |
    # Games played with blue uniforms.

## Regular season
### Standings

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | PF | PA | Div | Stk | |
| Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 591 | 396 | 10–0 | W4 | Details |
| Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 442 | 392 | 7–3 | W5 | Details |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 408 | 461 | 3–7 | L2 | Details |
| Ottawa Redblacks | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 415 | 507 | 0–10 | L4 | 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 10 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Ottawa Redblacks | W 19–12 | 1–0 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | Molson Stadium | 20,865 | Recap |
| 2 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 3 | 2 | Fri, June 23 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 38–12 | 2–0 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | Tim Hortons Field | 23,180 | Recap |
| 4 | 3 | Sat, July 1 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 3–17 | 2–1 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | Molson Stadium | 15,088 | Recap |
| 5 | 4 | Sun, July 9 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at BC Lions | L 19–35 | 2–2 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | BC Place | 20,106 | Recap |
| 6 | 5 | Fri, July 14 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Toronto Argonauts | L 27–35 | 2–3 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 16,151 | Recap |
| 7 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 8 | 6 | Sun, Jul 30 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 25–18 | 3–3 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 18,098 | Recap |
| 9 | 7 | Sat, Aug 5 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 27–14 | 4–3 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | Tim Hortons Field | 21,467 | Recap |
| 10 | 8 | Fri, Aug 11 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 41–12 | 5–3 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 17,027 | Recap |
| 11 | 9 | Sat, Aug 19 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at Ottawa Redblacks | W 25–24 | 6–3 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | TD Place Stadium | 19,475 | Recap |
| 12 | 10 | Thu, Aug 24 | 8:30 p.m. EDT | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 17–47 | 6–4 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | IG Field | 32,343 | Recap |
| 13 | 11 | Sat, Sept 2 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. BC Lions | L 25–34 | 6–5 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 17,112 | Recap |
| 14 | 12 | Sat, Sept 9 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | at Toronto Argonauts | L 10–39 | 6–6 | TSN/RDS | BMO Field | 14,415 | Recap |
| 15 | 13 | Fri, Sept 15 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Toronto Argonauts | L 20–23 | 6–7 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 17,626 | Recap |
| 16 | 14 | Sat, Sept 23 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | at Calgary Stampeders | W 28–11 | 7–7 | TSN/RDS | McMahon Stadium | 22,321 | Recap |
| 17 | 15 | Sat, Sept 30 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | at Ottawa Redblacks | W 32–15 | 8–7 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 20,464 | Recap |
| 18 | 16 | Mon, Oct 9 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Ottawa Redblacks | W 29–3 | 9–7 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | Molson Stadium | 20,664 | Recap |
| 19 | 17 | Sat, Oct 14 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | at Edmonton Elks | W 35–21 | 10–7 | TSN/RDS | Commonwealth Stadium | 22,822 | Recap |
| 20 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 21 | 18 | Sat, Oct 28 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 22–20 | 11–7 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 16,402 | Recap |
    # Games played with blue uniforms.
    # Games played with white uniforms.
    # Games played with red uniforms.

## Post-season
### Schedule

| Game | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| Game | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| East Semi-Final | Sat, Nov 4 | 3:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 27–12 | 1–0 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 20,127 | Recap |
| East Final | Sat, Nov 11 | 3:00 p.m. EST | at Toronto Argonauts | W 38–17 | 2–0 | TSN/RDS | BMO Field | 26,620 | Recap |
| 110th Grey Cup | Sun, Nov 19 | 6:00 p.m. EST | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 28–24 | 3–0 | TSN/RDS | Tim Hortons Field | 28,808 | Recap |
    # Games played with blue uniforms.
    # Games played with red uniforms.