# 2021 Montreal Alouettes season

The 2021 Montreal Alouettes season was the 54th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 66th overall. The Alouettes qualified for the playoffs on November 5, 2021, after the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the BC Lions in week 14. The team's season was ended by the same Tiger-Cats following a 23–12 East Semi-Final loss in Hamilton.
The 2021 CFL season was the second season for Khari Jones as the Alouettes' head coach and offensive coordinator as he had the "interim" tag removed after he agreed to a three-year extension on November 26, 2019. This was his first full season as the team's head coach. This was also the first season with Danny Maciocia as the team's general manager.
An 18-game season schedule was originally released on November 20, 2020, but it was announced on April 21, 2021 that the start of the season would likely be delayed until August and feature a 14-game schedule. On June 15, 2021, the league released the revised 14-game schedule with regular season play beginning on August 5, 2021.

## Offseason
### CFL Global Draft

The 2021 CFL Global Draft took place on April 15, 2021. With the format being a snake draft, the Alouettes selected sixth in the odd-numbered rounds and fourth in the even-numbered rounds.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | University/Club Team | Nationality |
| 1 | 6 | Joseph Zema | P | Incarnate Word | Australia |
| 2 | 13 | Akio Yamagishi | LB | Fujitsu Frontiers | Japan |
| 3 | 24 | Taku Lee | RB | Obic Seagulls | Japan |
| 4 | 31 | William James | DB | North Dakota | Sweden |

### CFL National Draft

The 2021 CFL Draft took place on May 4, 2021. The Alouettes had five selections in the six-round draft after the team traded their first-round pick to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the trade for Johnny Manziel. The team had the ninth pick in odd rounds and the first pick in even rounds.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | University Team | Hometown |
| 2 | 10 | Pier-Olivier Lestage | OL | Montreal | Saint-Eustache, QC |
| 3 | 27 | Chris Fournier | OL | Lehigh | Orleans, ON |
| 4 | 28 | Patrick Davis | OL | Syracuse | Gatineau, QC |
| 5 | 45 | David Côté | K | Laval | Quebec City, QC |
| 6 | 46 | Ethan Makonzo | DB | Montreal | Montreal, QC |

## Preseason

Due to the shortening of the season, the CFL confirmed that pre-season games would not be played in 2021.

### Planned schedule

| Week | Game | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | TV | Venue |
| A | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| B | 1 | Fri, May 28 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Ottawa Redblacks | RDS | Molson Stadium |
| C | 2 | Fri, June 4 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | at Ottawa Redblacks | RDS | TD Place Stadium |

## Regular season
### Standings

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | PF | PA | Div | Stk | |
| Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 309 | 318 | 6–2 | L1 | Details |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 312 | 244 | 4–4 | W1 | Details |
| Montreal Alouettes | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 356 | 295 | 5–3 | L1 | Details |
| Ottawa Redblacks | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 224 | 384 | 1–7 | W1 | Details |

### Schedule

The Alouettes initially had a schedule that featured 18 regular season games beginning on June 11 and ending on October 30. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the Canadian Football League delayed the start of the regular season to August 5, 2021 and the Alouettes began their 14-game season on August 14, 2021.
| Week | Game | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| Week | Game | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary |
| 1 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 2 | 1 | Sat, Aug 14 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | @ Edmonton Elks | W 30–13 | 1–0 | TSN/RDS | Commonwealth Stadium | 25,116 | Recap |
| 3 | 2 | Fri, Aug 20 | 9:30 p.m. EDT | @ Calgary Stampeders | L 22–28 | 1–1 | TSN/RDS | McMahon Stadium | 21,199 | Recap |
| 4 | 3 | Fri, Aug 27 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 10–27 | 1–2 | TSN/RDS/ESPNews | Molson Stadium | 14,753 | Recap |
| 5 | 4 | Fri, Sept 3 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | @ Ottawa Redblacks | W 51–29 | 2–2 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 15,000 | Recap |
| 6 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 7 | 5 | Sat, Sept 18 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | BC Lions | L 18–24 | 2–3 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 13,591 | Recap |
| 8 | 6 | Fri, Sept 24 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | @ Toronto Argonauts | L 27–30 | 2–4 | TSN/RDS | BMO Field | 7,758 | Recap |
| 9 | 7 | Sat, Oct 2 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 23–20 (OT) | 3–4 | TSN/RDS | Tim Hortons Field | 18,000 | Recap |
| 10 | 8 | Mon, Oct 11 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | Ottawa Redblacks | W 20–16 | 4–4 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 15,236 | Recap |
| 11 | 9 | Sat, Oct 16 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | @ Ottawa Redblacks | W 27–16 | 5–4 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 16,139 | Recap |
| 12 | 10 | Fri, Oct 22 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | Toronto Argonauts | W 37–16 | 6–4 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 12,142 | Recap |
| 13 | 11 | Sat, Oct 30 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 14–19 | 6–5 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 11,817 | Recap |
| 14 | 12 | Sat, Nov 6 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 21–31 | 6–6 | TSN/RDS | IG Field | 22,933 | Recap |
| 15 | 13 | Sat, Nov 13 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 28–14 | 7–6 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 12,605 | Recap |
| 16 | 14 | Fri, Nov 19 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | Ottawa Redblacks | L 18–19 | 7–7 | TSN/RDS | Molson Stadium | 11,297 | Recap |
    # Games played with white uniforms.
    # Games played with blue 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 | Sun, Nov 28 | 1:00 p.m. EST | @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 12–23 | 0–1 | TSN/RDS/ESPN2 | Tim Hortons Field | 21,892 | Recap |
    # Games played with white uniforms.