1949 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1949 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Wally Masters
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	11–1–0
Division place	1st, IRFU
Playoff finish	Lost IRFU Finals

The 1949 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with an 11–1 record, but lost the IRFU Finals to the eventual Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes. This season was the best in franchise history, in terms of winning percentage, since the undefeated team from the 1905 season. This season also set the franchise record for most wins in a season, which would be matched, but not surpassed, four more times.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	Aug 13	vs. Hamilton Tigers	25–1	Win	1–0

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Regular season

Standings

**Interprovincial Rugby Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	12	11	1	261	170	22
Montreal Alouettes	12	8	4	295	204	16
Toronto Argonauts	12	5	7	209	254	10
Hamilton Wildcats	12	0	12	147	284	0

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Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 27	at Montreal Alouettes	7–6	Win	1–0
2	Sept 3	vs. Montreal Alouettes	22–21	Win	2–0
3	Sept 10	at Toronto Argonauts	33–8	Win	3–0
4	Sept 17	vs. Hamilton Wildcats	11–6	Win	4–0
5	Sept 24	at Hamilton Wildcats	17–10	Win	5–0
6	Oct 1	vs. Toronto Argonauts	20–18	Win	6–0
7	Oct 8	vs. Montreal Alouettes	25–13	Loss	6–1
7	Oct 9	at Montreal Alouettes	12–9	Win	7–1
8	Oct 15	at Hamilton Wildcats	28–19	Win	8–1
9	Oct 22	at Toronto Argonauts	32–16	Win	9–1
10	Oct 29	vs. Toronto Argonauts	13–9	Win	10–1
11	Nov 5	vs. Hamilton Wildcats	23–18	Win	11–1

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Postseason

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
IRFU Final #1	Nov 9	at Montreal Alouettes	22–7	Loss
IRFU Final #2	Nov 12	vs. Montreal Alouettes	14–13	Loss

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References

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

1949 Canadian football season by team

Western Interprovicial Football Union	Calgary Edmonton Regina Winnipeg

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Ontario Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Sarnia Toronto Balmy Beach Windsor

See also	37th Grey Cup

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