2008 Montreal Alouettes season

The 2008 Montreal Alouettes season was the 42nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 56th overall. The Alouettes finished first place in the East Division, won the East Final and advanced to the 96th Grey Cup in Montreal, where they lost to the Calgary Stampeders.

2008 Montreal Alouettes season
Head coach	Marc Trestman
Home field	Molson Stadium
Results
Record	11–7
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
Uniform

Offseason

The CFL announced on Monday, April 28, the Alouettes exceeded last year's $4.05-million cap by $108,285 and have been fined $116,570 as a result.[1] Montreal was more than $100,000 over, therefore, it will also lose the fourth overall selection in Wednesday's Canadian college draft.[1] Montreal will now be relegated to just one selection in the first-round, coming at No. 7.[1]

CFL Draft

In the 2008 CFL Draft, 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players[2] from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN.ca with host Rod Black.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	7	Shea Emry	LB	UBC
2	12	Andrew Woodruff	OL	Boise State
4	28	Terence Firr	REC	Manitoba
4	32 (via Saskatchewan)	Gurminder Thind	OL	South Carolina
5	36	Paul Woldu	DB	Saskatchewan
6	48 (via Saskatchewan)	Luc Brodeur-Jourdain	OL	Laval

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Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 12	vs. Toronto Argonauts	Molson Stadium	37–34	Win	20,202	1–0–0
B	June 19	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	16–19	Loss	29,553	1–1–0

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Regular season

• On October 4, Montreal Alouettes slotback, Ben Cahoon surpassed Ray Elgaard to become the leading Canadian receiver in CFL history, with 831 receptions, against the Hamilton Tiger Cats.[5]

Season standings

East Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	18	11	7	0	610	443	22	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	8	10	0	435	490	16	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	4	14	0	397	627	8	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	3	15	0	441	593	6	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	June 26	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	33–10	Win	20,589	1–0
2	July 4	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Molson Stadium	38–24	Win	20,202	2–0
3	July 10	Calgary Stampeders	Molson Stadium	23–19	Loss	20,202	2–1
4	July 19	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	Mosaic Stadium	41–33	Loss	28,800	2–2
5	July 25	at BC Lions	BC Place Stadium	36–34	Loss	30,132	2–3
6	July 31	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Molson Stadium	40–33	Win	20,202	3–3
7	Aug 8	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Canad Inns Stadium	39–11	Win	27,674	4–3
8	Aug 15	at Toronto Argonauts	Rogers Centre	32–14	Win	30,521	5–3
9	Bye
10	Aug 29	BC Lions	Molson Stadium	30–25	Win	20,202	6–3
11	Sept 7	Toronto Argonauts	Molson Stadium	45–19	Win	20,202	7–3
12	Sept 12	at Calgary Stampeders	McMahon Stadium	41–30	Loss	30,960	7–4
13	Sept 21	Edmonton Eskimos	Molson Stadium	40–4	Win	20,202	8–4
14	Sept 28	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Molson Stadium	37–12	Win	20,202	9–4
15	Oct 4	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Ivor Wynne Stadium	44–36	Loss	20,423	9–5
16	Oct 13	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Molson Stadium	42–11	Win	20,202	10–5
17	Oct 17	at Toronto Argonauts	Rogers Centre	43–34	Win	30,262	11–5
18	Oct 26	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Molson Stadium	24–23	Loss	20,202	11–6
19	Oct 31	at Edmonton Eskimos	Commonwealth Stadium	37–14	Loss	29,911	11–7

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 #  Games played with colour uniforms.

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.

Roster

2008 Montreal Alouettes roster
Quarterbacks 10 Brad Banks  8 Marcus Brady 13 Anthony Calvillo  4 Adrian McPherson Running Backs  7 Kerry Carter FB 30 Dahrran Diedrick 21 Mike Imoh RB Receivers 85 Brian Bratton 86 Ben Cahoon SB 80 Eric Deslauriers SB 82 Danny Desriveaux 18 Jamel Richardson 25 Larry Taylor 81 Kerry Watkins		Offensive Linemen 59 Josh Bourke T 68 Bryan Chiu C 57 Scott Flory G 61 Luke Fritz T 65 Paul Lambert G 67 Dave Mudge T 54 Jeff Perrett T 69 Eric Wilson G Defensive Linemen 48 John Bowman DE 95 Devone Claybrooks DT 99 Jermaine McElveen DE 72 Jeff Robertshaw DE  9 Anwar Stewart DE 90 Kerron Williams DT		Linebackers 41 Shea Emry  0 Shawn Gallant LB 51 Cory Huclack  1 Reggie Hunt 46 Walter Spencer LB 14 Dwayne Taylor LB Defensive Backs  5 Khalil Carter DB 11 Chip Cox 31 Mark Estelle CB 40 Diamond Ferri 12 T. J. Hill 20 Matthieu Proulx  2 Davis Sanchez CB 32 Kiwaukee Thomas DB 45 Paul Woldu CB 16 Joel Wright S Special Teams 15 Damon Duval K 52 Chris Vrantsis LS		Inactive List 22 Étienne Boulay S  6 Avon Cobourne RB 24 Randee Drew DB 17 Jesse Hendrix DB 78 Jeff Keeping DT  3 Chris Leak QB 55 Skip Seagraves T 88 Dave Stala SB 84 Elijah Thurmon SB 35 Mike Vilimek FB 43 Gemara Williams DB Practice Roster 34 Donovan Alexander DB 87 Chris Dunlap WR 19 S. J. Green SB 91 Reggie Hardeway DE 60 Ryan Karhut G 39 Chris Smith DB Italics indicate Import players Roster updated 2008-10-03 Depth Chart • Transactions 46 Active, 11 Inactive, 6 PS

Statistics

Passing

Player	Att	Comp	%	Yards	TD	INT	Rating
Anthony Calvillo	682	472	69.2	5624	43	13	107.2
Marcus Brady	24	19	79.2	199	2	1	113.0
Brad Banks	1	1	100.0	8	0	0	118.8
Adrian McPherson	3	1	33.3	1	1	1	3.5
Damon Duval	1	1	100.0	(−12)	0	0	35.4

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Rushing

Player	No.	Yards	Avg	TD	Fumbles
Avon Cobourne	145	950	6.6	6	3
Mike Imoh	62	398	6.4	3	0
Dahrann Diedrick	42	263	6.3	0	0
Anthony Calvillo	26	189	7.3	2	1
Adrian McPherson	25	86	3.4	5	1
Kerry Carter	12	79	6.6	1	0

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Receiving

Player	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	TD
Jamel Richardson	98	1287	13.1	81	16
Ben Cahoon	107	1226	11.5	29	7
Kerry Watkins	84	1178	14.0	36	10

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Playoffs

Eastern Final

Date and time: Saturday, November 15, 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	7	6	0	13	26
Montreal Alouettes	3	16	10	7	36

Grey Cup

Date and time: Sunday, November 23, 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Calgary Stampeders	0	10	6	6	22
Montreal Alouettes	3	10	1	0	14

Awards and records

• Ben Cahoon, Nominee, Outstanding Canadian Award
• Anthony Calvillo, Led Eastern Division, Passing Yards (5,624)
• Anthony Calvillo, Led CFL, Passing Attempts (682)
• Anthony Calvillo, Led CFL, Passing Completions (472)
• Anthony Calvillo, Led Eastern Division, Passing Completion (69.8%)
• Anthony Calvillo, Led CFL, Passing Touchdowns (43)
• Anthony Calvillo, Led CFL, Passer Rating (107.2) [6]
• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Anthony Calvillo (QB), Montreal Alouettes
• Avon Cobourne, Led CFL Eastern Division, Rushing Yards, (950)[7]
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Scott Flory (OG), Montreal Alouettes
• Terry Evanshen Trophy, Anthony Calvillo

All-Star Selections

• Josh Bourke, Eastern Division All-Star, Offence
• Anthony Calvillo, Eastern Division All-Star, Offence
• Bryan Chiu, Eastern Division All-Star, Offence
• Avon Cobourne, Eastern Division All-Star, Offence
• Damon Duval, CFL Eastern All-Star, Special Teams
• Mark Estelle, CFL Eastern All-Star, Defence
• Scott Flory, Eastern Division All-Star, Offence
• T.J. Hill, CFL Eastern All-Star, Defence
• Paul Lambert, Eastern Division All-Star, Offence
• Jamel Richardson, Eastern Division All-Star, Offence
• Davis Sanchez, CFL Eastern All-Star, Defence
• Kerry Watkins, Eastern Division All-Star, Offence
• Keron Williams, CFL Eastern All-Star, Defence

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References

1. CANOE – SLAM! Sports – CFL – CFL News: Riders, Als surpassed salary cap Archived May 6, 2008, at Archive.today
2. "Draft List for Year 2008" (PDF). Canadian Football League. 2008-01-28.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-25. Retrieved 2009-11-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)2008 CFL Canadian Draft
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5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2008-11-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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