2009 Montreal Alouettes season

The 2009 Montreal Alouettes season was the 43rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 55th overall. The Alouettes won their sixth Grey Cup championship, 28–27 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, in a game the Montreal Alouettes trailed throughout, as they came back from trailing 27–11 four minutes into the fourth quarter. It was their first win since 2002, and it ended a streak of four Grey Cup losses in their last four appearances.

2009 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach	Marc Trestman
Home field	Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	15–3
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform

The Alouettes finished in first place in the East Division setting a new franchise record of 15–3. It was the first time a team finished with a 15–3 record since the 1997 Toronto Argonauts.

Off-season

CFL draft

The 2009 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2009. The Alouettes selected Calgary Dinos lineman Dylan Steenbergen in the first round, seventh overall.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	7	Dylan Steenbergen	OL	Calgary
2	14	Martin Bédard	TE	UConn
2	15	Matt Singer	OL	Manitoba
3	23	Nickolas Morin-Soucy	DL	Montreal
4	25	Stan Van Sichem	DL	Regina
4	31	Ivan Brown	DL	Saskatchewan
5	39	Benoît Boulanger	RB	Sherbrooke
6	47	Ryan Mousseau	OL	Ottawa

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 17	at Toronto Argonauts	Rogers Centre	37–24	Win	18,241	1–0
B	June 23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Molson Stadium	31–27	Win	20,202	2–0

 #  Games played with colour uniforms.

Regular season

Season standings

East Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	18	15	3	0	600	324	30	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	9	9	0	449	428	18	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	7	11	0	386	508	14	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	3	15	0	328	502	6	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 1	at Calgary Stampeders	McMahon Stadium	40–27	Win	35,650	1–0
2	July 9	Edmonton Eskimos	Molson Stadium	50–16	Win	20,202	2–0
3	July 18	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	Mosaic Stadium	43–10	Win	30,945	3–0
4	July 23	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Molson Stadium	21–8	Win	20,202	4–0
5	July 30	at Edmonton Eskimos	Commonwealth Stadium	33–19	Loss	33,206	4–1
6	August 7	Toronto Argonauts	Molson Stadium	25–0	Win	20,202	5–1
7	August 15	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	39–12	Win	25,053	6–1
8	August 21	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Molson Stadium	34–25	Win	20,202	7–1
9	Bye						7–1
10	September 4	at BC Lions	BC Place Stadium	19–12	Loss	27,199	7–2
11	September 13	BC Lions	Molson Stadium	28–24	Win	20,202	8–2
12	September 20	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Molson Stadium	33–14	Win	20,202	9–2
13	September 25	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	42–8	Win	22,083	10–2
14	October 3	at Toronto Argonauts	Rogers Centre	27–8	Win	26,828	11–2
15	October 12	Calgary Stampeders	Molson Stadium	32–11	Win	20,202	12–2
16	October 18	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Molson Stadium	41–38	Win	20,202	13–2
17	October 24	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	41–24	Loss	21,378	13–3
18	November 1	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Molson Stadium	48–13	Win	20,202	14–3
19	November 7	at Toronto Argonauts	Rogers Centre	42–17	Win	28,293	15–3

 #  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

2009 Montreal Alouettes roster
Quarterbacks 13 Anthony Calvillo 12 Chris Leak  5 Adrian McPherson Running backs  8 Kerry Carter FB  6 Avon Cobourne 21 Michael Giffin FB Receivers 85 Brian Bratton 10 Andrew Hawkins 25 Larry Taylor 81 Kerry Watkins Slotbacks 86 Ben Cahoon 82 Danny Desriveaux 19 S. J. Green 18 Jamel Richardson		Offensive linemen 59 Josh Bourke T 58 Luc Brodeur-Jourdain C 68 Bryan Chiu C 57 Scott Flory G 54 Jeff Perrett T 62 Dylan Steenbergen T 50 Andrew Woodruff G Defensive linemen 48 John Bowman DE 94 Darrell Campbell DT 98 Jermaine McElveen DE -- Shawn Mayne DE/DT 72 Jeff Robertshaw DE  9 Anwar Stewart DE 90 Keron Williams DT 69 Eric Wilson DT		Linebackers 11 Chip Cox 40 Diamond Ferri 52 Ramon Guzman 46 Walter Spencer Defensive backs 39 Jerald Brown DB 22 Étienne Boulay S 35 De'Audre Dix CB 31 Mark Estelle CB 38 Doug Goldsby S 17 Billy Parker DB 20 Matthieu Proulx S 16 Stanford Samuels DB  2 Davis Sanchez CB 45 Paul Woldu CB Special teams 37 Martin Bédard FB/LS 15 Damon Duval K/P 51 Cory Huclack LS		Inactive List 80 Éric Deslauriers SB 30 Dahrran Diedrick FB 41 Shea Emry LB -- Riall Johnson DE 65 Paul Lambert G 23 John Mohring LB (9-game) 55 Skip Seagraves OT (9-game) 66 Gurminder Thind G (Susp.) 14 Stan Van Sichem LB  0 Joel Wright S Practice Roster 43 Guillaume Allard-Cameus FB -- Jon Banks LB 96 J. P. Bekasiak DL 47 Ivan Brown DE 36 Leon Joe LB  3 Glenn Mackay WR 42 Anthony Maggiacomo LB 87 Chad Owens WR 84 Marco Thomas WR 44 Brandon Whitaker RB Italics indicate Import players Roster updated 2009-10-08 Depth Chart • Transactions 46 Active, 12 Inactive, 10 PR → More rosters

Playoffs

Schedule

Week	Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance
20	Bye
21	November 22	1:00 PM EST	BC Lions	Olympic Stadium	56–18	Win	53,792
22	November 29	6:30 PM EST	Saskatchewan Roughriders	McMahon Stadium	28–27	Win	46,020

 #  Games played with colour uniforms.

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Bracket

November 15: Division Semifinals

November 22: Division Finals

November 29: 97th Grey Cup McMahon Stadium – Calgary

W4

BC Lions

18

East

E1

Montreal Alouettes

56

W4

BC Lions

34*

E2

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

27

E1

Montreal Alouettes

28

W1

Saskatchewan Roughriders

27

W2

Calgary Stampeders

17

West

W1

Saskatchewan Roughriders

27

W3

Edmonton Eskimos

21

W2

Calgary Stampeders

24

*-Team won in Overtime.

East Final

Date and time: Sunday, November 22, 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	3	8	7	0	18
Montreal Alouettes	17	14	14	11	56

Grey Cup

Date and time: Sunday, November 29, 6:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
Venue: McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Montreal Alouettes	0	3	7	18	28
Saskatchewan Roughriders	10	7	3	7	27

Awards

• Avon Cobourne, Most Valuable Player
• Ben Cahoon, Dick Suderman Trophy (Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian)