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

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

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

Regular season

Season standings

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Montreal Alouettes (C, Q)	18	13	5	0	562	409	+153	26
2	Toronto Argonauts (Q)	18	9	9	0	473	433	+40	18
3	Ottawa Renegades (Q)	18	7	11	0	467	581	−114	14
4	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	1	17	0	293	583	−290	2

Source: "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

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

Roster

2003 Montreal Alouettes final roster
Quarterbacks  1 Tavares Bolden 13 Anthony Calvillo  7 Ted White Running backs 33 Bruno Heppell  5 Éric Lapointe 21 Deonce Whitaker Receivers 86 Ben Cahoon 82 Kwame Cavil 80 Jeremaine Copeland  3 Sylvain Girard 85 Brian Nugent 88 Dave Stala  6 Keith Stokes 16 Pat Woodcock		Offensive linemen 68 Bryan Chiu C 57 Scott Flory G 66 Neal Fort T 61 Luke Fritz G/T 65 Paul Lambert G 53 Uzooma Okeke T 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 30 Michael Botterill 19 Philippe Girard 44 Kevin Johnson 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

Main article: 91st 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 CFL Eastern All-Star Selections

• Anthony calvillo – Quarterback
• Ben Cahoon – Slotback
• Jeremaine copeland – Slotback
• Kwame Cavil – Wide Receiver
• Neal Fort – Offensive Tackle
• Uzooma okeke – Offensive Tackle
• Scott flory – Offensive Guard
• Bryan chiu – Centre
• Anwar Stewart – Defensive End
• Ed Philion – Defensive Tackle
• Kevin Johnson – Linebacker
• Tim Strickland – Linebacker
• Barron Miles – Defensive Back