1981 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1981 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	George Brancato
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	5–11–0
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1981 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 2nd place in the East Division with a 5–11–0 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup game, in what would be their last Grey Cup appearance in franchise history.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
0	0	John Park	TE	Bowling Green
0	0	Ian Beckstead	TE	Richmond
1	3	Maurice Doyle	RB	Toronto
2	12	Don Burns	WR	Ottawa
4	30	Eric Boss	DT	Toronto
5	39	Larry Ring	DB	Bishop's
6	48	Anthony Refosso	OT	Toronto
7	57	Rob Ball	DL	Queen's

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Attendance	Record
June 4	at Toronto Argonauts	20–12	Win	28,325	1–0
June 11	vs. Montreal Alouettes	18–17	Win	16,139	2–0
June 21	at Montreal Alouettes	21–17	Loss	21,249	2–1
June 26	vs. Toronto Argonauts	35–25	Win	14,092	3–1

Regular season

Standings

**East Division**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	11	4	1	414	335	23
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	5	11	0	306	446	10
Montreal Alouettes	16	3	13	0	267	518	6
Toronto Argonauts	16	2	14	0	241	506	4

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 3	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	47–21	Loss	22,023	0–1
2	July 11	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	47–10	Loss	22,345	0–2
3	July 17	vs. Montreal Alouettes	33–31	Win	24,827	1–2
4	July 25	at BC Lions	31–17	Loss	26,661	1–3
5	Aug 7	vs. Toronto Argonauts	38–11	Win	22,658	2–3
6	Aug 15	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	32–16	Loss	18,408	2–4
7	Aug 21	at Calgary Stampeders	30–18	Loss	30,276	2–5
8	Aug 28	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	31–8	Loss	26,031	2–6
9	Sept 4	vs. BC Lions	17–7	Win	18,393	3–6
10	Sept 13	at Toronto Argonauts	23–6	Win	30,340	4–6
11	Sept 20	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	26–23	Loss	28,335	4–7
12	Sept 26	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–16	Loss	20,451	4–8
13	Oct 3	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	44–24	Loss	15,523	4–9
14	Oct 12	at Edmonton Eskimos	24–6	Loss	45,805	4–10
15	Oct 18	vs. Calgary Stampeders	21–10	Win	15,002	5–10
16	Bye
17	Nov 1	at Montreal Alouettes	39–15	Loss	20,867	5–11

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Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Nov 8	vs. Montreal Alouettes	20–16	Win	17,554
East Final	Nov 15	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	17–13	Win	28,104
Grey Cup	Nov 22	Edmonton Eskimos	26–23	Loss	53,307

Grey Cup

Main article: 69th Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	0	1	14	11	26
Ottawa Rough Riders	13	7	0	3	23

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First Quarter

Ottawa – FG – Gerry Organ 34 yards
Ottawa – FG – Gerry Organ 37 yards
Ottawa – TD – Jim Reid 1-yard run (Gerry Organ convert)

Second Quarter

Ottawa – TD – Sam Platt 14-yard run (Gerry Organ convert)
Edmonton – Single – Dave Cutler 24 yards missed Field Goal

Third Quarter

Edmonton – TD – Jim Germany 2-yard run (Dave Cutler convert)
Edmonton – TD – Warren Moon 1-yard run (Dave Cutler convert)

Fourth Quarter

Ottawa – FG – Gerry Organ 28 yards
Edmonton – TD – Warren Moon 1-yard run (Marco Cyncar 2 point convert pass from Moon)
Edmonton – FG – Dave Cutler 27 yards

References

1981 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1981 CFL Draft 69th Grey Cup

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

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