The

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season was the 52nd season for the team in the

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and their 64th overall. The Alouettes improved upon their disappointing 3–15 record from 2017, but still failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth straight season, finishing with a 5–13 record. This was the first season under former

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and the second season under

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. The Alouettes hosted their training camp for the first time at

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with rookies reporting on May 16 and main camp beginning on May 20.

Offseason

CFL draft

The

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took place on May 3, 2018. The Alouettes held the first overall draft pick by virtue of finishing in last place in

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, but traded it to

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in exchange for the second overall pick and several other picks and players.Ticats acquire first overall pick in major trade with Als
/ref> The Alouettes held ten selections in total, after acquiring another fourth-round pick for

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and another sixth-round pick for

S. J. Green Solomon H. Green III (born June 20, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes through the negotiation list process in 2007 and played with the Alouettes for 10 seasons (f ...

.Riders acquire Andrew Lue from Als
/ref>Double Blue acquire SB SJ Green in trade with Als
/ref> The Alouettes traded their second-round pick to Saskatchewan for

Darian Durant Darian Bernard Durant (born August 19, 1982) is a former professional Canadian football quarterback. He played college football at the University of North Carolina. By the end of his college career, he held school records for completion percentag ...

.Alouettes acquire rights to Riders QB Darian Durant
/ref> They also upgraded their fifth-round pick to a third-round pick in the

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trade for

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.Riders acquire QB Vernon Adams in trade with Als
/ref>

Preseason

Schedule

2018 Schedule
/ref> : Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

In recognition of the Alouettes' storied history, the team featured a different helmet logo, drawn in red and white only, for each of the first three months of the season. Helmets worn in June featured the team logo from 1949 to 1969, July featured the team logo from 1970 to 1973 and August featured the team logo from 1974 to 1986. Helmets worn from Week 14 to the end of the season had the team's then-current logo, from 1996 to 2018.

Standings

Schedule

: Games played with colour uniforms. : Games played with white uniforms. : Games played with alternate uniforms.

Team

Roster

Coaching staff

References

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