1971 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1971 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Jack Gotta
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	6–8
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost Eastern Semi-Final
Uniform

The 1971 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 3rd place in the CFL East division with a 6–8 record and lost in the East Semi-Final game to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	July 5	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19–17	Loss	0–1
B	July 9	at Edmonton Eskimos	5–1	Win	1–1
B	July 12	at BC Lions	41–14	Win	2–1
C	July 19	vs. BC Lions	22–20	Loss	2–2

Regular season

Standings

**Eastern Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	14	10	4	289	248	20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	7	7	242	246	14
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	6	8	291	277	12
Montreal Alouettes	14	6	8	226	248	12

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 27	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	22–11	Win	1–0
2	Aug 2	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28–22	Win	2–0
2	Aug 4	at Calgary Stampeders	9–8	Loss	2–1
3	Aug 11	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20–17	Loss	2–2
4	Aug 19	at Toronto Argonauts	30–28	Loss	2–3
5	Aug 27	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	42–21	Loss	2–4
6	Sept 6	vs. Montreal Alouettes	40–17	Win	3–4
7	Sept 11	at Montreal Alouettes	25–6	Loss	3–5
8	Sept 19	vs. Toronto Argonauts	26–17	Loss	3–6
9	Sept 26	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	19–7	Loss	3–7
10	Oct 3	vs. Toronto Argonauts	12–3	Loss	3–8
11	Oct 9	vs. BC Lions	45–21	Win	4–8
12	Bye
13	Oct 23	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	40–16	Win	5–8
14	Oct 30	vs. Montreal Alouettes	9–7	Win	6–8

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Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
East Semi-Final	Nov 7	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	23–4	Loss	6–9

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Player stats

Passing

Player	Attempts	Completions	Pct.	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions
Rick Cassata	181	77	42.5	1100	7	14

Awards and honours

Jerry Campbell, Linebacker, CFL All-Star

References

1 2 http://www.profootballarchives.com/1972cflott.html

Ottawa Rough Riders

Founded in 1876 Folded in 1996 Based in Ottawa, Ontario

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches

Stadiums	Frank Clair Stadium

Lore	Ottawa Trojans Labour Day Classic

Important figures	Frank Clair Less Browne Tom Clements Tony Gabriel Russ Jackson Rudy Phillips

Retired numbers	11 12 26 40 60 62 70 71 72 77

Grey Cup Championships (9)	1925 1926 1940 1951 1960 1968 1969 1973 1976

Eastern Division Championships (15)	1925 1926 1936 1939 1940 1941 1948 1951 1960 1966 1968 1969 1973 1976 1981

See also	Ottawa Renegades Ottawa Redblacks Jeff Hunt

Ottawa Rough Riders seasons

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

1971 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1971 CFL Draft 59th Grey Cup

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