1969 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1969 Ottawa Rough Riders season
OwnerDavid Loeb
General managerRed O'Quinn
Head coachFrank Clair
Home stadiumLansdowne Park
Results
Record11–3
Division place1st, East
PlayoffsWon Grey Cup

The 1969 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with an 11–3 record and won the 57th 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 Result Record
A July 5 at Montreal Alouettes W 26–20 1–0
B July 14 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 13–15 1–1
C July 18 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 5–6 1–2
D July 22 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 39–8 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
Montreal Alouettes 14 2 10 2 304 395 6

Schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 1 July 30 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 47–15 1–0
2 2 Aug 6 at Calgary Stampeders W 35–19 2–0
3 3 Aug 13 vs. BC Lions W 41–24 3–0
4 4 Aug 20 at Montreal Alouettes W 17–15 4–0
5 5 Sept 1 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 22–27 4–1
6 6 Sept 6 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 47–22 5–1
7 7 Sept 13 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 25–23 6–1
8 8 Sept 20 at Toronto Argonauts W 34–27 7–1
9 9 Sept 27 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 17–0 8–1
10 10 Oct 4 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 28–20 9–1
11 11 Oct 12 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 21–38 9–2
11 12 Oct 15 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 38–31 10–2
12 13 Oct 25 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 20–9 11–2
13 14 Nov 1 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 7–28 11–3

[2]

Postseason

Playoffs

Round Date Opponent Result Record
East Final #1 Nov 16 at Toronto Argonauts L 14–22 0–1
East Final #2 Nov 22 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 32–3 1–1
Grey Cup Nov 30 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 29–11 2–1

[2]

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

[3]

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 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

References

  1. ^ Weird Facts about Canadian Football, p.130, Overtime Books, First Printing 2009, ISBN 978-1-897277-26-3
  2. ^ a b http://www.profootballarchives.com/1969irfuott.html
  3. ^ CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League Archived 2010-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b http://www.sportshall.ca/accessible/hm_profile.php?i=417
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