1989 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1989 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coachSteve Goldman
Home stadiumLansdowne Park
Results
Record4–14
Division place4th, East
Playoffsdid not qualify
Uniform

The 1989 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in fourth place in the East Division with a 4–14 record and failed to qualify for the post-season.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd Pick Player Position School
1 1 Gerald Wilcox TE Weber State
3 17 Sean Foudy HB York
4 25 Tom Schimmer P Boise State
5 33 Nenad Radulovich Y Western Ontario
6 41 Trent Brown DB Alberta
7 49 Gord Weber LB Ottawa
8 57 Bob Forest LB Carleton

Preseason

Date Opponent Result Record Attendance
June 28 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 7–41 0–1
July 4 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 11–23 0–2 13,776

Regular season

In a game against the Ottawa Rough Riders on October 9, 1989, Pinball Clemons scored his first CFL touchdown.[1]

Standings

Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 12 6 0 24 519 517 9–1 W4 Details
Toronto Argonauts 18 7 11 0 14 369 428 5–5 L2 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 7 11 0 14 408 462 3–7 L7 Details
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 4 14 0 8 426 630 3–7 W2

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 July 14 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 24–29 0–1 22,232
2 July 19 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 17–21 0–2 23,016
3 July 25 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 32–43 0–3 23,695
4 Aug 1 at Calgary Stampeders L 29–35 0–4 18,853
5 Aug 7 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 22–58 0–5 22,194
6 Aug 17 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 4–39 0–6 21,413
7 Aug 21 at Toronto Argonauts L 17–22 0–7 33,060
8 Aug 31 vs. BC Lions L 30–39 0–8 18,576
9 Sept 5 at BC Lions L 32–49 0–9 31,069
10 Sept 10 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 40–23 1–9 16,942
11 Sept 17 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 34–52 1–10 14,327
12 Sept 24 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 36–27 2–10 17,284
13 Oct 1 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 13–33 2–11 21,643
14 Oct 9 at Toronto Argonauts L 21–49 2–12 31,116
15 Oct 15 at Edmonton Eskimos L 11–55 2–13 30,920
16 Oct 22 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 22–32 2–14 14,416
17 Oct 29 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 18–14 3–14 20,541
18 Nov 5 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 24–10 4–14 13,757

[2]

Awards and honours

CFL Awards

  • None

CFL All-Stars

References

  1. ^ Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.81, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN 1-55041-855-6
  2. ^ "1989 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".