Alouettes to kick off 2013 CFL season on June 27
Published on March 5, 2013 under Canadian Football League (CFL)
Montreal Alouettes News Release
Montreal, March 5, 2013 - The CFL announced its 2013 schedule on Tuesday and the Alouettes will open the season, and also help open a brand-new stadium, on June 27 in Winnipeg against the Blue Bombers in the first-ever game at Investors Group Field.
The Als will then play their first home game one week later against those same Blue Bombers as new head coach Dan Hawkins makes his Percival Molson Stadium debut on July 4.
The Alouettes will host the Grey Cup Champion Toronto Argonauts on August 8 as they will look to avenge their loss in the 2012 East Final. The longtime rivals will then square-off one month later on Sunday, September 8, also at Percival Molson Stadium.
Anthony Calvillo and the Alouettes will make history on September 21 by playing the franchise's first-ever game in Moncton, NB when they will face the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as the designated visitors in the return of the NAPA Touchdown Atlantic game. With the Ti-Cats awaiting the construction of their new stadium, the Alouettes will also travel to the campus of Guelph University to take on the Tabbies at Alumni Stadium on October 26.
The upcoming season will not be short on intensity as the Alouettes are slated to play in no less than four home-and-home series of games, including back-to-back battles with the Blue Bombers, Stampeders, Argos and Tiger-Cats. The Alouettes will also travel to Edmonton to be a part of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame game against the Eskimos on October 5.
The 2013 season will also mark the first time the Alouettes will host a game during the CFL's Pink initiative during Women's Cancer Awareness Month in October, as the Als and Tiger-Cats will both be wearing pink gear at Percival Molson Stadium on October 20.
The Als will test out their newly-replaced turf at Percival Molson Stadium for the first time in pre-season action on June 13 against Hamilton when GM Jim Popp will also get to see his team's new additions in uniform for the first time.
It would not be an Alouettes season without Calvillo making a few additions to the record books, and this year pro football's passing yards leader enters the season just over 1,500 yards shy of the 80,000 yard mark. The 19-year veteran is also just one touchdown pass away from 450.
All Alouettes regular-season games will be broadcast on TSN and RDS, as well as on CJAD 800. The June 13 pre-season game will also be broadcast on TSN2 as well as on RDS.
Season tickets can be purchased now at = MontrealAlouettes.com or by calling 514-787-2525. Alouettes training camp will get underway on June 2.
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