2010 Montreal Alouettes season

2010 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach	Marc Trestman
Home field	Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	12–6
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform

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

East Division
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						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.

Roster

2010 Montreal Alouettes roster
Quarterbacks 13 Anthony Calvillo 12 Chris Leak  5 Adrian McPherson Running backs  8 Kerry Carter FB  6 Avon Cobourne 30 Dahrran Diedrick FB 21 Michael Giffin FB Receivers 85 Brian Bratton 80 Éric Deslauriers 82 Danny Desriveaux  0 Andrew Hawkins  3 Tim Maypray 81 Kerry Watkins Slotbacks 86 Ben Cahoon 19 S. J. Green 18 Jamel Richardson		Offensive linemen 59 Josh Bourke T 58 Luc Brodeur-Jourdain G 57 Scott Flory G 65 Paul Lambert C 54 Jeff Perrett T 55 Skip Seagraves T 60 Andrew Woodruff G Defensive linemen  7 John Bowman DE 90 Chima Ihekwoaba DE 98 Jermaine McElveen DT 88 Nickolas Morin-Soucy DE 72 Jeff Robertshaw DE  9 Anwar Stewart DE 69 Eric Wilson DT		Linebackers  1 Jon Banks 10 Marc-Olivier Brouillette 11 Chip Cox 41 Shea Emry 40 Diamond Ferri 52 Ramon Guzman Defensive backs 39 Jerald Brown DB 22 Étienne Boulay S 35 De'Audre Dix CB 31 Mark Estelle CB 17 Billy Parker DB 20 Matthieu Proulx S 45 Paul Woldu CB Special teams 15 Damon Duval K/P 24 Colt David K/P 37 Martin Bédard FB/LS		Inactive List 96 J. P. Bekasiak DT (1 Game) 64 Ryan Bomben G (9 Game) 93 Pat MacDonald DE (9 Game) 91 Shawn Mayne DE (9 Game)  4 Ricky Santos QB (1 Game) 46 Walter Spencer LB (9 Game) 62 Dylan Steenbergen T (1 Game) 89 Gavin Walls DE (9 Game) 51 Kristian Matte T (9 Game) Practice Roster 36 Steven Holness DB 16 Raymond Fontaine LB 34 Emmanuel Marc RB 23 Leroy Vann DB  2 Brandon Whitaker RB Italics indicate Import players Roster updated 2010-09-20 Depth Chart • Transactions 46 Active, 9 Inactive, 5 PR → More rosters

Coaching staff

2010 Montreal Alouettes staff
	Front office Owner – Bob Wetenhall President and ceo – Larry Smith VP, General Manager and Director of Football Operations and Player Personnel – Jim Popp Assistant general manager – Marcel Desjardins Football operations assistant/scout – Joey Abrams Football operations assistant/scout – Uzooma Okeke Head coaches Head coach – Marc Trestman Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks & Assistant Head Coach – Scott Milanovich Running Backs & Assistant Offensive Line –[Andy Bischoff Receivers – Marcus Brady Offensive line – Jonathan Himebauch			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator & Defensive Backs – Tim Burke Defensive line – Mike Sinclair Linebackers – Tim Tibesar Defensive Assistant & Football Operations Assistant – Jean-Marc Edme Special teams coaches Special teams assistant – Carson Walch → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs

Awards and records

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
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 21: Division Finals

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

Toronto at Montreal

1 2 3 4 Total Argonauts 0 6 3 8 17 • Alouettes 17 10 7 14 48 Date: November 21 Location: Olympic Stadium Montreal, QC Game start: 1:00 PM EST Game attendance: 58,021 Game weather: None (Closed Stadium) Referee: Jake Ireland TV announcers (TSN): Rod Black, Duane Forde, Sara Orlesky

98th Grey Cup Final

Montreal vs. Saskatchewan

1 2 3 4 Total • Alouettes 8 0 3 10 21 Roughriders 7 4 0 7 18 Date: November 28 Location: Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton, AB Game start: 6:00 PM EST Game attendance: 63,317 TV announcers (TSN): Chris Cuthbert (Play by play), Glen Suitor (Colour)