1968 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1968 Ottawa Rough Riders season
OwnerSam Berger
General managerRed O'Quinn
Head coachFrank Clair
Home stadiumLansdowne Park
Results
Record9–3–2
Division place1st, East
PlayoffsWon Grey Cup

The 1968 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with a 9–3–2 record and won the 56th Grey Cup by defeating the Calgary Stampeders 24–21

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A July 11 vs. Calgary Stampeders T 15–15 0–0–1
B July 17 vs. BC Lions W 22–15 1–0–1
C July 22 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 43–35 2–0–1
C July 24 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 13–29 2–1–1

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 9 3 2 416 271 20
Toronto Argonauts 14 9 5 0 284 266 18
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 6 7 1 262 292 13
Montreal Alouettes 14 3 9 2 234 327 8

Schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 Aug 1 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 53–13 1–0
2 2 Aug 9 at Toronto Argonauts W 38–14 2–0
3 3 Aug 14 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 37–23 3–0
4 4 Aug 22 at Montreal Alouettes L 24–25 3–1
5 5 Sept 4 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 24–17 4–1
6 6 Sept 11 at Edmonton Eskimos L 20–25 4–2
6 7 Sept 14 at BC Lions T 22–22 4–2–1
7 8 Sept 21 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 24–27 4–3–1
8 9 Sept 28 at Montreal Alouettes W 30–20 5–3–1
9 10 Oct 6 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 31–10 6–3–1
10 11 Oct 13 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 36–23 7–3–1
11 12 Oct 19 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 27–24 8–3–1
12 13 Oct 26 vs. Montreal Alouettes T 19–19 8–3–2
13 14 Nov 3 at Toronto Argonauts W 31–9 9–3–2

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Postseason

Playoffs

Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
East Final #1 Nov 17 at Toronto Argonauts L 11–13 9–4–2
East Final #2 Nov 24 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 36–14 10–4–2
Grey Cup Nov 30 vs.Calgary Stampeders W 24–21 11–4–2

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Grey Cup

Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Calgary Stampeders 0 14 0 7 21
Ottawa Roughriders 1 3 7 13 24

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Player stats

Passing

Player Games Played Attempts Completions Percentage Yards Touchdowns Interceptions
Russ Jackson 14 305 171 56.1% 3187 25 16

Awards and honours

CFL All-Stars

  • Russ Jackson, QB

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.profootballarchives.com/1968irfuott.html
  2. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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