1983 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1983 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coachGeorge Brancato
Home stadiumLansdowne Park
Results
Record8–8
Division place2nd, East
PlayoffsLost in East Semi-Final
Uniform

The 1983 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in second place in the East Division with an 8–8 record. This season marked the last time an Ottawa football team hosted a playoff game until 2015 when the second-year Ottawa Redblacks hosted the East Final, where the Rough Riders lost the East-Semi Final game to Hamilton by a score of 33–31.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd Pick Player Position School
1 2 Steve Harrison LB British Columbia
2 11 Junior Robinson DB Guelph
3 20 Sam Benincasa LB Guelph
4 29 John Kane OL Michigan Tech
5 38 Courtney Taylor DB Wilfrid Laurier
6 47 Francois Payer DE Bishop's
7 56 Chris Rhora DE Acadia
8 65 Don Clow WR Acadia

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A June 10 at Montreal Concordes L 4–14 0–1 10,100
B June 16 vs. Montreal Concordes L 13–34 0–2 12,803
C June 24 at Toronto Argonauts L 15–31 0–3 28,107
D June 29 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 47–40 1–3 13,331

Regular season

Standings

East Division
Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Toronto Argonauts 16 12 4 0 24 452 328 4–2 W2 Details
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 8 8 0 16 384 424 2–4 L2
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 5 10 1 11 389 498 3–2–1 T1 Details
Montreal Concordes 16 5 10 1 11 367 447 2–3–1 T1 Details

Schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 July 8 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 26–25 1–0 18,995
2 2 July 16 at Montreal Concordes L 28–36 1–1 15,621
3 3 July 21 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 16–27 1–2 18,621
4 4 July 28 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 4–44 1–3 18,622
5 Bye
6 5 Aug 13 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 22–24 1–4 14,729
7 6 Aug 19 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 17–27 1–5 30,006
8 7 Aug 26 at Edmonton Eskimos W 17–14 2–5 49,880
9 8 Sept 2 vs. BC Lions W 49–19 3–5 22,234
10 9 Sept 9 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 28–29 3–6 23,475
11 Bye
12 10 Sept 25 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 29–25 4–6 26,014
13 11 Oct 1 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 24–23 5–6 24,404
14 12 Oct 8 at Calgary Stampeders W 29–24 6–6 24,167
15 13 Oct 16 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 42–23 7–6 25,642
16 14 Oct 23 at Toronto Argonauts W 20–19 8–6 36,526
17 15 Oct 29 vs. Montreal Concordes L 20–25 8–7 20,959
18 16 Nov 5 at BC Lions L 13–40 8–8 42,901

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Postseason

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
East Semi-Final Nov 13 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 31–33 0–1 28,524

Awards and honours

CFL Awards

CFL All-Stars

References

  1. ^ "1983 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
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