2016 Montreal Alouettes season

The 2016 Montreal Alouettes season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 62nd overall. The Alouettes finished the season in third place in the East Division with a 7–11 record. Although this was a slight improvement upon their 6–12 record from 2015, it was still not good enough to get them back into the playoffs, as they lost the season series to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (also 7–11) and thus, having to settle for 3rd place, behind the "crossover" team from the West, the Edmonton Eskimos (10–8). It was the first time the team missed the playoffs in back-to-back years since their reactivation.

Jim Popp returned as head coach for his second full season as head coach (his first being the 2007 season) and again led the Alouettes to another non-winning season. Popp also remained the team's general manager, a position he had held for the last 21 seasons since the team returned to Montreal in 1996. During the team's week 14 bye, Popp stepped down as head coach, and named receivers coach Jacques Chapdelaine as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Popp remained with the team as their general manager.

The 2016 CFL draft took place on May 10, 2016. The Alouettes had eight selections in the eight-round draft, including the second overall pick, which was their highest pick since returning to the league in 1996.

#  Games played with colour uniforms.  #  Games played with white uniforms.  #  Games played with alternate uniforms.

46 Jean-Christophe Beaulieu FB  0 Stefan Logan RB 33 Cam McDaniel RB 23 Brandon Rutley RB Receivers

84 Alex Charette WR 85 B. J. Cunningham WR 15 Sam Giguère WR 81 Kyle Graves WR 80 Seydou Junior Haidara WR  8 Nik Lewis SB 88 Tiquan Underwood WR | | Offensive linemen 68 Philip Blake G 58 Luc Brodeur-Jourdain C 53 Philippe Gagnon OL 51 Kristian Matte G 54 Jeff Perrett T 62 Jake Piotrowski G 69 Jacob Ruby T 61 Ryan White OL Defensive linemen

 7 John Bowman DE 91 Alan-Michael Cash DT 94 DeQuin Evans DL 99 Jesse Joseph DT 55 Gabriel Knapton DE | | Linebackers 21 Chris Ackie 42 Jean-Samuel Blanc 52 Nicolas Boulay 11 Chip Cox 34 Kyries Hebert 26 Nicholas Shortill LB 31 Winston Venable 48 Bear Woods Defensive backs

10 Marc-Olivier Brouillette S 22 Anthony Coady S 41 Tyree Hollins DB  2 Jovon Johnson CB 29 Jonathon Mincy DB 43 Dominique Termansen DB 36 Daryl Townsend S Special teams

14 Boris Bede P/K 98 Chad Bushley LS -- Khalid Wooten | | Injured List 35 Greg Henderson CB 83 Marcus Henry WR 44 Jared Koster LB  6 Ramon Taylor DB 6-Game Injured List

37 Martin Bédard LS 18 Jonathan Crompton QB 16 Ethan Davis DB 30 Anthony Fera P/K 49 Jeffrey Finley DL 19 S. J. Green SB 90 Michael Klassen DL 97 Aaron Lavarias DE 39 Wayne Moore RB 17 Billy Parker DB 20 Tyrell Sutton RB Practice squad

67 Michael Bamiro OL 95 Ray Drew DL 59 Mathu Gibson OL 25 Martese Jackson RB  1 Greg McGhee QB

Italics indicate International players Roster updated 2016-11-29 Depth Chart • Transactions 45 Active, 1 Injured, 11 Six-Game Injured,5 Practice → More rosters |

Interim head coach – Jacques Chapdelaine Assistant head coach – Kavis Reed Assistant head coach – Noel Thorpe Offensive coaches

Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Anthony Calvillo Offensive line – Kris Sweet Receivers – Jacques Chapdelaine Running backs – Paul Charbonneau Offensive quality control – Jason Hogan | | | Defensive coaches

Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Noel Thorpe Defensive line – Anwar Stewart Linebackers – Greg Quick Special teams coaches

Special teams coordinator – Kavis Reed Special teams assistant – André Bolduc → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs |