1969 Ottawa Rough Riders season explained

Team:	Ottawa Rough Riders
Year:	1969
Record:	11–3
Division Place:	1st, East
Coach:	Frank Clair
Stadium:	Lansdowne Park
Playoffs:	Won Grey Cup
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The 1969 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with an 11–3 record and won the Grey Cup, repeating as Grey Cup Champions. Russ Jackson retired from the Canadian Football League after this game, having won three Grey Cup championships. He retired with the team record for total career passing yards with 24,952.^[1]

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	July 5	at Montreal Alouettes	26–20	Win	1–0
B	July 14	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	15–13	Loss	1–1
C	July 18	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	6–5	Loss	1–2
D	July 22	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	39–8	Win	2–2

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts

Ottawa Rough Riders	14	11	3	0	399	298	22
Toronto Argonauts	14	10	4	0	406	280	20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	8	5	1	307	315	17
	14	2	10	2	304	395	6

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 30	vs. Montreal Alouettes	47–15	Win	1–0
2	Aug 6	at Calgary Stampeders	35–19	Win	2–0
3	Aug 13	vs. BC Lions	41–24	Win	3–0
4	Aug 20	at Montreal Alouettes	17–15	Win	4–0
5	Sept 1	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	27–22	Loss	4–1
6	Sept 6	vs. Montreal Alouettes	47–22	Win	5–1
7	Sept 13	vs. Toronto Argonauts	25–23	Win	6–1
8	Sept 20	at Toronto Argonauts	34–27	Win	7–1
9	Sept 27	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	17–0	Win	8–1
10	Oct 4	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28–20	Win	9–1
11	Oct 12	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	38–21	Loss	9–2
11	Oct 15	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38–31	Win	10–2
12	Oct 25	vs. Toronto Argonauts	20–9	Win	11–2
13	Nov 1	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28–7	Loss	11–3

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Postseason

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
East Final #1	Nov 16	at Toronto Argonauts	22–14	Loss	11–4
East Final #2	Nov 22	vs. Toronto Argonauts	32–3	Win	12–4
Grey Cup	Nov 30	Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–11	Win	13–4

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Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Saskatchewan Roughriders	9	0	2	0	11
Ottawa Roughriders	0	14	7	8	29

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Player stats

Passing

Player	Games Played	Attempts	Completions	Percentage	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions
Russ Jackson	14	358	193	53.9%	3641	33	12

Awards and honours

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Russ Jackson (QB)
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Russ Jackson (QB)
• Grey Cup Most Valuable Player – Russ Jackson
• Jeff Russell Memorial Trophy – Russ Jackson^[4]
• Russ Jackson, QB, Eastern Division All-Star
• Russ Jackson, CFL Pass Attempts Leader
• Russ Jackson, Lionel Conacher Trophy^[5]
• Russ Jackson, Lou Marsh Trophy^[5]

CFL All-Stars

• Russ Jackson, QB
• Vic Washington, RB
• Margene Adkins, SE
• Billy Joe Booth, DE
• Ken Lehmann, LB
• Jerry "Soupy" Campbell, LB
• Don Sutherin, DB

Notes and References

1. Weird Facts about Canadian Football, p.130, Overtime Books, First Printing 2009,
2. http://www.profootballarchives.com/1969irfuott.html
3. https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1969 CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League
4. https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_legends_jackson CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League
5. http://www.sportshall.ca/accessible/hm_profile.php?i=417