2003 Montreal Alouettes season

2003 Montreal Alouettes season
2003 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach	Don Matthews
Home stadium	Molson Stadium
Results
Record	13–5
Division place	1st, East
Playoffs	Lost Grey Cup
Uniform
	← 2002; Alouettes seasons; 2004 →;

The 2003 Montreal Alouettes finished in first place in the East Division with a 13–5 record. For the second year in a row, they defeated the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final, advancing to face Edmonton for the second Grey Cup in a row. The Alouettes lost to the Eskimos 34–22 in the Grey Cup.

Offseason

CFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club team
1	9	Andrew Noel	WR	Acadia
2	14	Richard Karikari	CB	St. Francis Xavier
2	18	Kerry Carter	RB	Stanford
3	27	Mat Brandt	WR	Miami (Ohio)
4	35	Paul Archer	OL	St. Mary's
5	44	Mathieu Bertrand	QB	Laval
6	50	Dave Stala	K	St. Mary's
6	51	Michael Botterill	LB	McMaster
6	53	Ed Becker	K	Wilfrid Laurier

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Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	May 30	at Ottawa Renegades	Frank Clair Stadium	21–19	Loss	22,802	0–1
B	June 7	Ottawa Renegades	PEPS Stadium	54–23	Win	10,358	1–1

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Regular season

Season standings

**East Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	18	13	5	562	409	26
Toronto Argonauts	18	9	9	473	433	18
Ottawa Renegades	18	7	11	467	581	14
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	1	17	293	583	2

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	June 17	at Calgary Stampeders	McMahon Stadium	23–20 (OT)	Win	30,102	1–0
2	June 21	at Edmonton Eskimos	Commonwealth Stadium	34–16	Win	30,109	2–0
3	Bye
4	July 4	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	Taylor Field	32–31	Win	23,295	3–0
5	July 12	BC Lions	Molson Stadium	28–27	Loss	20,202	3–1
6	July 19	Calgary Stampeders	Molson Stadium	36–25	Win	20,202	4–1
7	July 24	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	50–19	Win	28,484	5–1
8	July 29	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Molson Stadium	37–27	Win	20,202	6–1
9	Aug 8	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Molson Stadium	30–17	Win	20,202	7–1
10	Aug 16	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	28–10	Win	14,169	8–1
11	Aug 21	Toronto Argonauts	Molson Stadium	46–22	Win	20,202	9–1
12	Aug 29	at Ottawa Renegades	Frank Clair Stadium	43–38	Loss	24,583	9–2
13	Bye
14	Sept 14	Ottawa Renegades	Molson Stadium	30–10	Win	20,202	10–2
15	Sept 21	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Molson Stadium	28–23	Win	20,202	11–2
16	Sept 27	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	30–17	Win	14,048	12–2
17	Oct 5	Edmonton Eskimos	Molson Stadium	20–19	Loss	20,202	12–3
18	Oct 11	at BC Lions	BC Place Stadium	28–24	Loss	21,046	12–4
19	Oct 17	at Toronto Argonauts	SkyDome	45–13	Loss	14,921	12–5
20	Oct 26	Ottawa Renegades	Molson Stadium	38–7	Win	20,202	13–5

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Roster

2003 Montreal Alouettes final roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

99 Oby Arah DE
78 Adriano Belli DT
54 Marc Megna DE
75 Ed Philion DT
93 Jason Richards DT
96 Teto Simpson DT
58 Anwar Stewart DE

Linebackers

Defensive backs

25 Duane Butler
8 Reggie Durden
35 Stéphane Fortin
34 D. J. Johnson
18 Will Loftus
31 Barron Miles
9 Wayne Shaw
38 Tim Strickland
37 Brandon Williams

Special teams

11 Matt Kellett K/P

Injured list

15 Adrian Archie LB
94 Robert Brown DT
69 Brad Collinson C
17 Patrick Dorvélus LB
24 Omar Evans DB
51 Aaron Fiacconi T
26 Donta Greene WR
64 Sherko Haji-Rasouli G/T
23 Richard Karikari DB
91 Mat Petz DE
12 Mark Thompson LB

Italics indicate American player

Playoffs

Scotiabank East Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Toronto Argonauts	5	14	0	7	26
Montreal Alouettes	3	10	10	7	30

Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	7	17	0	10	34
Montreal Alouettes	0	21	1	0	22

Awards

2003 CFL All-Star Selections

Anthony Calvillo – Quarterback
Jeremaine Copeland – Slotback
Uzooma Okeke – Offensive Tackle
Scott Flory – Offensive Guard
Bryan Chiu – Centre

2003 Intergold CFLPA All-Star Selections

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References

↑ https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=2003 Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine 2003 CFL Canadian Draft
↑ "Ottawa Renegades Official Site". Retrieved 2009-11-20.^{[dead link]}
↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
↑ "Final 2003 Canadian Football League Results". sportsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
↑ "2003 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) 1st place East Division 13-5-0 .722". The Pro Football Archives. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
↑ "CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

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[2] "Ottawa Renegades Official Site". Retrieved 2009-11-20.^{[dead link]}

[3] "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

[4] "Final 2003 Canadian Football League Results". sportsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.

[5] "2003 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) 1st place East Division 13-5-0 .722". The Pro Football Archives. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

[6] "CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

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