1972 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1972 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Jack Gotta
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	11–3
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Lost Eastern Final
Uniform

The 1972 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 2nd place in the CFL East division with an 11–3 record, with all three losses coming at the hands of the 1st place Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The team lost in the East Final series to those same Tiger-Cats by a total points score of 30–27.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	July 6	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	22–21	Win	1–0
B	July 12	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	19–16	Win	2–0
C	July 19	vs. Toronto Argonauts	51–7	Win	3–0
D	July 25	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29–28	Loss	3–1

Regular season

Standings

**Eastern Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	11	3	372	262	22
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	11	3	298	228	22
Montreal Alouettes	14	4	10	246	353	8
Toronto Argonauts	14	3	11	254	298	6

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 2	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	22–7	Win	1–0
2	Aug 10	at Montreal Alouettes	28–19	Win	2–0
3	Aug 16	at Toronto Argonauts	14–8	Win	3–0
4	Bye
5	Aug 30	vs. Toronto Argonauts	14–13	Win	4–0
5	Sept 4	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	17–16	Loss	4–1
6	Sept 9	vs. Montreal Alouettes	38–23	Win	5–1
7	Sept 16	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–22	Loss	5–2
8	Sept 23	at Edmonton Eskimos	10–9	Win	6–2
9	Sept 26	at BC Lions	20–17	Win	7–2
9	Oct 1	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	25–20	Loss	7–3
10	Oct 9	vs. Calgary Stampeders	45–30	Win	8–3
11	Bye
12	Oct 22	at Montreal Alouettes	17–7	Win	9–3
13	Oct 28	at Toronto Argonauts	21–16	Win	10–3
14	Nov 4	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11–7	Win	11–3

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Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
East Semi-Final	Nov 11	vs. Montreal Alouettes	14–11	Win	12–3
East Final Game 1	Nov 18	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	19–7	Win	13–3
East Final Game 2	Nov 26	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	8–23	Loss	13–4

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Player stats

Passing

Player	Attempts	Completions	Pct.	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions
Rick Cassata	357	179	50.1	2548	13	22

Awards and honors

CFL's Coach of the Year – Jack Gotta
Jerry Campbell, Linebacker, CFL All-Star
Wayne Smith, Defensive End, 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

1972 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1972 CFL Draft 60th Grey Cup

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