1997 Montreal Alouettes Statistics
Team Record: 13-5 26
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's East Division
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Final
Coach: Dave Ritchie (13-5)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1997 Montreal Alouettes Results
The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses for 26 points, finishing second in the CFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Alouettes ran up 509 points, but the defensive squad allowed 532. Tracy Ham directed the offense, slinging for 3,687 yards. Jock Climie grabbed 89 passes, while Chris Armstrong accumulated 1,411 receiving yards.
Mike Pringle carried the ball for a team-best 1,775 yards for Montreal.
The larcenous defense pounced on 59 turnovers, topping in the league. Douglas Craft intercepted 5 opponent throws. Elfrid Payton topped the defensive unit with 14 quarterback sacks.
Dave Ritchie coached the team. The 1997 Montreal Alouettes lost in the Division Final.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tracy Ham | 460 | 261 | 56.7 | 3687 | 8.0 | 23 | 5.0 | 12 | 2.6 | 65 | 88.6 |
Marvin Graves | 72 | 43 | 59.7 | 568 | 7.9 | 3 | 4.2 | 5 | 6.9 | 45 | 69.7 |
Totals | 532 | 304 | 57.1 | 4255 | 8.0 | 26 | 4.9 | 17 | 3.2 | 65 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Pringle | 306 | 1775 | 5.8 | 60 | 12 |
Tracy Ham | 82 | 584 | 7.1 | 41 | 6 |
Thomas Haskins | 18 | 134 | 7.4 | 30 | 0 |
Michael Soles | 34 | 123 | 3.6 | 10 | 1 |
Terry Baker | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
Marvin Graves | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 |
Totals | 451 | 2675 | 5.9 | 60 | 20 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jock Climie | 89 | 1214 | 13.6 | 43 | 6 |
Chris Armstrong | 80 | 1411 | 17.6 | 65 | 12 |
Mike Pringle | 33 | 313 | 9.5 | 35 | 1 |
Millard Coleman | 31 | 427 | 13.8 | 35 | 4 |
Michael Soles | 26 | 299 | 11.5 | 31 | 0 |
Nigel Williams | 25 | 336 | 13.4 | 45 | 2 |
Chris Wright | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 32 | 0 |
Denis Montana | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 15 | 1 |
Marcus Wall | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 34 | 0 |
Thomas Haskins | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
Andy Antoine | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Totals | 304 | 4255 | 14.0 | 65 | 26 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Baker | 50 | 50 | 100.0 | 52 | 34 | 65.4 | 10 | 80 | 4842 | 60.5 | 86 | 1 | 163 |
Totals | 50 | 50 | 100.0 | 52 | 34 | 65.4 | 10 | 80 | 4842 | 60.5 | 86 | 1 | 163 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Wright | 84 | 771 | 9.2 | 62 | 2 |
Millard Coleman | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
Thomas Haskins | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 8 | 0 |
Douglas Craft | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
John Kalin | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 92 | 810 | 8.8 | 62 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Wright | 52 | 1088 | 20.9 | 87 | 0 |
Mike Pringle | 21 | 479 | 22.8 | 74 | 0 |
Thomas Haskins | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 32 | 0 |
Marcus Wall | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 46 | 0 |
Millard Coleman | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 |
Nigel Williams | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 20 | 0 |
Rahsaan Giddings | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
Chris Armstrong | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
Andy Antoine | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Bruno Heppell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 92 | 1862 | 20.2 | 87 | 0 |
Missed Field Goal Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Wright | 4 | 206 | 51.5 | 94 | 0 |
Spencer McLennan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 94 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Douglas Craft | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 |
Harold Nash | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 42 | 2 |
Tommy Europe | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
Torey Hunter | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
Irvin Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Charles Gordon | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 1 |
Spencer McLennan | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
Anthony Drawhorn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Hipsz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Edward Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 24 | 230 | 9.6 | 63 | 3 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Elfrid Payton | 14.0 | 107.0 | 7.6 |
Swift Burch | 7.0 | 24.0 | 3.4 |
Doug Petersen | 4.0 | 22.0 | 5.5 |
Larry McSeed | 3.0 | 22.0 | 7.3 |
Edward Thomas | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
Tommy Europe | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
Tracy Gravely | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
Ray Bernard | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Tom Hipsz | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Totals | 33.0 | 208 | 6.3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Def | ST | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tracy Gravely | 83 | 76 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 1 | |||
Torey Hunter | 65 | 64 | 1 | ||||||
Irvin Smith | 54 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Swift Burch | 49 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 0 | |||
Doug Petersen | 44 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Elfrid Payton | 43 | 42 | 1 | ||||||
Douglas Craft | 42 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
Stefen Reid | 34 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Paul Randolph | 31 | 27 | 4 | ||||||
Alan Wetmore | 29 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rahsaan Giddings | 27 | 14 | 13 | ||||||
Tommy Europe | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 1 | |||
Harold Nash | 26 | 26 | 0 | ||||||
Anthony Drawhorn | 25 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
Steve Charbonneau | 24 | 17 | 7 | ||||||
Charles Gordon | 22 | 21 | 1 | ||||||
Larry McSeed | 21 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 0 | |||
Tom Hipsz | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Edward Thomas | 19 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mark Washington | 13 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
Hency Charles | 13 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
Bruno Heppell | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||
Ken Watson | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
Spencer McLennan | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 0 | |||
Terry Baker | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Michael Soles | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
Andy Antoine | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
Micah Phillips | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Chris Armstrong | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Chris Wright | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Nigel Williams | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Ryan Coughlin | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
Tracy Ham | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Bryan Chiu | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Uzooma Okeke | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Mike Pringle | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Jock Climie | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Millard Coleman | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Mark Dixon | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Marcus Wall | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Henry Newby | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Ray Bernard | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Totals | 786 | 645 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 262 | 4 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Terry Baker | 0 | 34 | 50 | 17 | 169 | |||||||||
Mike Pringle | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 | ||||||
Chris Armstrong | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
Jock Climie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Tracy Ham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Millard Coleman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Harold Nash | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Nigel Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Chris Wright | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
Tommy Europe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Charles Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Marvin Graves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bruno Heppell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Denis Montana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Michael Soles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Ray Bernard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Tracy Gravely | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 20 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 50 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 501 |