1980 Ottawa Rough Riders season explained

Team:Ottawa Rough Riders
Year:1980
Record:7–9
Division Place:3rd, East
Coach:George Brancato
Stadium:Lansdowne Park
Playoffs:Lost East Semi-Final
Uniform:File:CFL OTT Jersey 1980.png
Shortnavlink:Other seasons

The 1980 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 7–9 record. They lost the East Semi-Final to the Montreal Alouettes.

Offseason

CFL Draft

RdPickPlayerPositionSchool
0 0 Gary Cook SB Carleton
0 0 Glenn Cook CB Richmond
1 6 Pat McBride OL North Dakota State
2 11 Mark Philp RB Richmond
2 13 Neville Edwards RB Western Ontario
4 33 Wesley Woof WR Wilfrid Laurier
5 42 Steve Shubat OT York
6 51 Mike Szemeredy TE Toronto
7 60 Elwin Worobec OG Utah

Preseason

DateOpponentFinal ScoreResultAttendanceRecord
June 10at BC Lions26–26Tie17,2840–0–1
June 18vs. Edmonton Eskimos25–13Loss17,2310–1–1
June 25at Montreal Alouettes34–24Loss28,3520–2–1
July 1vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders29–3Win16,7651–2–1

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 8 7 1 332 377 17
Montreal Alouettes 16 8 8 0 356 375 16
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 7 9 0 353 393 14
16 6 10 0 334 358 12

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentScoreResultAttendanceRecord
1July 8vs. Calgary Stampeders26–20Win21,0641–0
2July 15at Hamilton Tiger-Cats41–23Loss23,1001–1
3July 23at Toronto Argonauts20–16Win40,1122–1
4July 29vs. Toronto Argonauts18–10Loss28,7422–2
5Aug 5vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats13–3Loss24,1812–3
6Aug 12at Montreal Alouettes27–17Win34,4263–3
7Aug 18vs. Montreal Alouettes33–11Win29,9944–3
8Aug 26at Edmonton Eskimos45–20Loss42,7284–4
9Sept 7vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders31–21Win20,6815–4
10Sept 14vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers20–19Loss21,2415–5
11Sept 21at Toronto Argonauts41–17Loss33,1565–6
12Sept 28at Hamilton Tiger-Cats49–24Loss18,3835–7
13Oct 5vs. Montreal Alouettes49–14Win24,9716–7
14Oct 12at Montreal Alouettes34–17Loss31,9196–8
15Oct 18at BC Lions27–7Loss17,3996–9
16Oct 25vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats27–26Win21,7887–9
17Bye
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Awards and honours

CFL All-Stars

Eastern All-Stars

CFL Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1980 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives.