1986 Montreal Alouettes season
The 1986 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in 3rd place in the East Division with a 4–14 record and missed the playoffs. The Montreal Concordes were renamed the Alouettes following the 1985 season to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Alouettes. The Montreal Alouettes were facing severe financial difficulty, having lost close to $15 million, between 1982–86, so having the CFL giving a fourth place team in one division a playoff spot if its record was better than the third-place finisher in the other division, was a disaster, when Calgary got a playoff spot over the Alouettes, and the lost revenue for a playoff game further crippled the franchise, contributing to its demise shortly after the start of the following season. General manager Joe Galat left the team prior to the end of the season to take a position with the B.C. Lions on August 1. President Norm Kimball took over as GM until the end of the season
1986 Montreal Alouettes season | |
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Head coach | Gary Durchik |
Home field | Olympic Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 4–14 |
Division place | 3rd, East |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Uniform | |
Preseason
Week | Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
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A | June 7 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Canada Games Stadium (Saint John, New Brunswick) |
35–10 | Loss | 11,463 | 0–1 |
B | June 12 | Ottawa Rough Riders | Olympic Stadium | 17–16 | Win | 8675 | 1–1 |
C | June 17 | Toronto Argonauts | Exhibition Stadium | 24–13 | Loss | 21,780 | 1–2 |
Regular season
Standings
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 417 | 441 | 20 |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 405 | 366 | 19 |
Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 320 | 500 | 8 |
Ottawa Rough Riders | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 346 | 514 | 7 |
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
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1 | June 27 | Ottawa Rough Riders | Lansdowne Park | 20–11 | Loss | 17,409 | 0–1 |
2 | July 4 | Toronto Argonauts | Olympic Stadium | 20–12 | Loss | 13,281 | 0–2 |
3 | Bye | ||||||
4 | July 19 | BC Lions | BC Place Stadium | 27–20 | Loss | 42,158 | 0–3 |
5 | July 24 | Ottawa Rough Riders | Lansdowne Park | 29–28 | Win | 20,156 | 1–3 |
6 | Aug 1 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Olympic Stadium | 37–10 | Loss | 14,127 | 1–4 |
7 | Aug 7 | Edmonton Eskimos | Olympic Stadium | 17–6 | Win | 11,203 | 2–4 |
8 | Aug 14 | Calgary Stampeders | McMahon Stadium | 21–10 | Loss | 28,063 | 2–5 |
9 | Aug 21 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Olympic Stadium | 28–23 | Loss | 12,158 | 2–6 |
10 | Sept 1 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 42–7 | Loss | 23,185 | 2–7 |
11 | Sept 7 | Edmonton Eskimos | Commonwealth Stadium | 37–22 | Loss | 37,332 | 2–8 |
12 | Sept 12 | Ottawa Rough Riders | Olympic Stadium | 29–28 | Loss | 11,399 | 2–9 |
13 | Sept 18 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Winnipeg Stadium | 39–14 | Loss | 21,899 | 2–10 |
14 | Bye | ||||||
15 | Oct 5 | BC Lions | Olympic Stadium | 28–15 | Win | 5200 | 3–10 |
16 | Oct 12 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Taylor Field | 29–11 | Loss | 17,422 | 3–11 |
17 | Oct 17 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Olympic Stadium | 29–28 | Win | 9204 | 4–11 |
18 | Oct 24 | Calgary Stampeders | Olympic Stadium | 32–12 | Loss | 9665 | 4–12 |
19 | Nov 2 | Toronto Argonauts | Exhibition Stadium | 25–21 | Loss | 23,488 | 4–13 |
20 | Nov 9 | Toronto Argonauts | Olympic Stadium | 37–16 | Loss | 9045 | 4–14 |