1982 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1982 Ottawa Rough Riders season
OwnerAllan Waters
General managerJake Dunlap
Head coachGeorge Brancato
Home stadiumLansdowne Park
Results
Record5–11
Division place3rd, East
PlayoffsLost in East Final
Uniform

The 1982 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in third place in the East Division with a 5–11 record. After winning the East-Semi Final playoff game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Riders lost to the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final. This season marked the last time an Ottawa football franchise won a playoff game until 2015, when the second-year Redblacks won two playoff games.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd Pick Player Position School
0 0 Mark Seale DT Richmond
0 0 Kevin Dalliday OG/DT Carleton
0 0 Ron St. Poulton DB McGill
3 26 Terry Cahill DB East Stroudsberg State
4 35 Bruce Milks DB South Arkansas
5 44 Terry Elik LB Simon Fraser
6 53 Greg Clarke OT British Columbia

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A June 12 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 5–11 0–1 12,906
B June 17 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 10–26 0–2 15,075
C June 22 at Montreal Concordes W 26–13 1–2 7,665
D June 29 vs. Montreal Concordes W 31–13 2–2 14,997

Regular season

Standings

Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Toronto Argonauts 16 9 6 1 19 426 426 4–2 W2 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 8 7 1 17 396 401 5–1 W1 Details
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 5 11 0 10 267 518 2–4 L1
Montreal Concordes 16 2 14 0 4 241 506 1–5 L7 Details

Schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 July 11 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 7–55 0–1 21,435
2 2 July 17 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 14–20 0–2 15,860
3 Bye
4 3 July 29 vs. Montreal Concordes W 55–5 1–2 18,991
5 4 Aug 6 at Calgary Stampeders L 19–30 1–3 29,038
6 5 Aug 12 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 19–26 1–4 21,455
7 6 Aug 19 at Toronto Argonauts L 25–35 1–5 38,258
8 7 Aug 28 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 20–27 1–6 25,904
9 8 Sept 3 vs. BC Lions L 13–45 1–7 20,609
10 9 Sept 12 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 11–47 1–8 54,622
11 10 Sept 18 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 38–28 2–8 17,227
12 11 Sept 24 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 30–19 3–8 27,601
13 12 Oct 3 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 13–18 3–9 23,670
14 Bye
15 13 Oct 16 at BC Lions L 22–28 3–10 20,068
16 14 Oct 23 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 42–19 4–10 18,748
17 15 Oct 31 at Montreal Concordes W 34–32 5–10 17,179
18 16 Nov 6 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 14–28 5–11 25,868

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Postseason

Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
East Semi-Final Nov 14 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 30–20 1–0 20,087
East Final Nov 21 at Toronto Argonauts L 7–44 1–1 44,432

Awards and honours

CFL All-Stars

Eastern All-Stars

References

  1. ^ "1982 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".