1989 Ottawa Rough Riders season

Canadian football team season

The 1989 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in fourth place in the East Division with a 4–14 record and failed to qualify for the post-season.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd Pick Player Position School
1 1 Gerald Wilcox TE Weber State
3 17 Sean Foudy HB York
4 25 Tom Schimmer P Boise State
5 33 Nenad Radulovich Y Western Ontario
6 41 Trent Brown DB Alberta
7 49 Gord Weber LB Ottawa
8 57 Bob Forest LB Carleton

Preseason

Date Opponent Final Score Result Attendance Record
June 28 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 41–7 Loss 0–1
July 4 vs. Toronto Argonauts 23–11 Loss 13,776 0–2

Regular season

In a game against the Ottawa Rough Riders on October 9, 1989, Pinball Clemons scored his first CFL touchdown.[1]

Standings

East Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 12 6 0 519 517 24
Toronto Argonauts 18 7 11 0 369 428 14
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 7 11 0 408 462 14
Ottawa Rough Riders 18 4 14 0 426 630 8

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
1 July 14 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 29–24 Loss 22,232 0–1
2 July 19 vs. Toronto Argonauts 21–17 Loss 23,016 0–2
3 July 25 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 43–32 Loss 23,695 0–3
4 Aug 1 at Calgary Stampeders 35–29 Loss 18,853 0–4
5 Aug 7 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 58–22 Loss 22,194 0–5
6 Aug 17 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 39–4 Loss 21,413 0–6
7 Aug 21 at Toronto Argonauts 22–17 Loss 33,060 0–7
8 Aug 31 vs. BC Lions 39–30 Loss 18,576 0–8
9 Sept 5 at BC Lions 49–32 Loss 31,069 0–9
10 Sept 10 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 40–23 Win 16,942 1–9
11 Sept 17 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 52–34 Loss 14,327 1–10
12 Sept 24 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 36–27 Win 17,284 2–10
13 Oct 1 vs. Calgary Stampeders 33–13 Loss 21,643 2–11
14 Oct 9 at Toronto Argonauts 49–21 Loss 31,116 2–12
15 Oct 15 at Edmonton Eskimos 55–11 Loss 30,920 2–13
16 Oct 22 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 32–22 Loss 14,416 2–14
17 Oct 29 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18–14 Win 20,541 3–14
18 Nov 5 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24–10 Win 13,757 4–14

[2]

Awards and honours

CFL Awards

  • None

CFL All-Stars

  • DS – Scott Flagel

References

  1. ^ Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.81, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN 1-55041-855-6
  2. ^ "1989 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
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