The

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian French, French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the Canadian F ...

finished in second place in the East Division with a 13–5 record. Their season came to a close as the

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-led

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defeated the Alouettes in the Eastern Final. The 1997 team saw major head office changes as

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sold the team to Bob Wetenhall and Larry Smith assumed the role of president and chief executive officer after resigning as CFL commissioner.

Offseason

CFL Draft

https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=1997 1997 CFL Canadian Draft

Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft

Preseason

Regular season

Season Standings

Season Schedule

Roster

Playoffs

East Semi-Final

East Final

Awards

1997 CFL All-Star Selections

Neal Fort Neal Fort (born April 12, 1968) is a former professional American football player. In college, he played for Brigham Young University. He was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams and the Canadian Foo ...

– Offensive Tackle *

Uzooma Okeke Uzooma Okeke (born September 3, 1970) is a former Canadian Football League Offensive tackle, tackle for the Montreal Alouettes. He won a Grey Cup with Montreal in 2002 Grey Cup, 2002. Okeke is currently the Football Operations Assistant/Scout fo ...

– Offensive Tackle * Elfrid Payton – Defensive End *Doug Petersen – Defensive Tackle * Mike Pringle – Running Back *

Pierre Vercheval Pierre Vercheval (born November 22, 1964) is a former all star offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League. Vercheval played his university football at the University of Western Ontario, where he won the J. P. Metras Trophy top lineman in C ...

– Offensive Guard

References

{{Montreal Alouettes seasons 1997 Canadian Football League season by team Montreal Alouettes seasons 1990s in Montreal 1997 in Quebec