The Montreal Alouettes, colloquially known as the Als, are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal. Founded in 1946, the team has disbanded and been re-established twice. The Alouettes
"Prince" Hal Patterson in a 1958 Alouettes uniform.
Touché, the Alouettes' mascot, in 2025
Blitz (centre), former mascot of the Alouettes, poses for a photo with former Drummondville Voltigeurs mascot Boum-Boum (right) and an unnamed man (left) at Centre Marcel Dionne in April 2002.
The Baltimore Stallions were a Canadian Football League team based in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, which played the 1994 and 1995 seasons. They were the most successful American team in
Montreal Alouettes
…folding in 1987 led to a nine-year hiatus of CFL football in the city. The current Alouettes franchise was established in 1996 by the owner of the Baltimore Stallions. The Stallions were disbanded at the same time as the Alouettes' re-establishment after having been the most successful of the CFL's American expansion…
The Grey Cup on display after the Baltimore Stallions victory with city mayor Kurt Schmoke