1973 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1973 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach Jack Gotta
Home field Lansdowne Park
Results
Record 9–5
Division place 1st, East
Playoff finish Won Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1973 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 1st place in the Eastern Conference with a 9–5 record and won the Grey Cup.

Preseason

WeekDateOpponentScoreResultRecord
AJuly 4vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers10–10Tie0–0–1
BJuly 11vs. Edmonton Eskimos25–16Win1–0–1
CJuly 19at Montreal Alouettes17–14Loss1–1–1
DJuly 24at Hamilton Tiger-Cats13–9Win2–1–1

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Ottawa Rough Riders1495027523418
Toronto Argonauts1475226523116
Montreal Alouettes1476127323815
Hamilton Tiger-Cats1477030426314

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentScoreResultRecord
1July 31vs. Toronto Argonauts25–9Loss0–1
2Aug 8at Toronto Argonauts19–6Loss0–2
3Aug 13vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats25–16Loss0–3
4Aug 20at Saskatchewan Roughriders18–12Loss0–4
5Aug 25at Montreal Alouettes30–3Win1–4
6Sept 5vs. BC Lions26–24Win2–4
7Sept 12at Winnipeg Blue Bombers24–13Win3–4
8Sept 15at Hamilton Tiger-Cats21–19Win4–4
9Sept 22vs. Edmonton Eskimos32–20Win5–4
10Sept 30vs. Montreal Alouettes28–15Loss5–5
11Oct 8at Hamilton Tiger-Cats16–13Win6–5
12Oct 14at Calgary Stampeders32–8Win7–5
13Oct 21vs. Toronto Argonauts20–19Win8–5
14Oct 28vs. Montreal Alouettes16–0Win9–5

[1]

Postseason

Playoffs

RoundDateOpponentScoreResultRecord
East FinalNov 18vs. Montreal Alouettes23–14Win10–5
Grey CupNov 25Edmonton Eskimos22–18Win11–5

Grey Cup

Edmonton quarterback Tom Wilkinson was accused of using an unnatural head motion to draw the defence offside. Ottawa General Manager Frank Clair lobbied league officials to watch Wilkinson carefully at the line of scrimmage.[2]

Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Edmonton Eskimos 10 0 0 8 18
Ottawa Roughriders 7 5 7 3 22

[3]

Player stats

Passing

PlayerAttemptsCompletionsPct.YardsTouchdownsInterceptions
Rick Cassata1779453.1125546

Rushing

PlayerRushesYardsAverageTouchdownsLong
Art Green542234.1214

Awards and honours

References

  1. ↑ http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/ottaware.htm
  2. ↑ Weird Facts about Canadian Football, p.161, Overtime Books, First Printing 2009, ISBN 978-1-897277-26-3
  3. ↑ https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1973
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