1960 Ottawa Rough Riders season

The 1960 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in second place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 9–5 record and won the Grey Cup.

1960 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coachFrank Clair
Home fieldLansdowne Park
Results
Record9–5
Division place2nd, East
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup

Preseason

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Week Date Opponent Score Result Record
A July 26 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 20–6 Win 1–0
B Aug 2 at BC Lions 27–26 Loss 1–1
B Aug 4 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18–14 Loss 1–2
C Aug 10 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 29–24 Loss 1–3

Regular season

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Standings

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Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Toronto Argonauts 14 10 4 0 370 265 20
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 9 5 0 400 283 18
Montreal Alouettes 14 5 9 0 340 458 10
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 4 10 0 273 377 8

Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 Aug 16 vs. Toronto Argonauts 21–7 Loss 0–1
2 Aug 20 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35–6 Win 1–1
3 Aug 29 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 29–21 Win 2–1
4 Sept 3 vs. Montreal Alouettes 40–16 Win 3–1
4 Sept 5 at Montreal Alouettes 39–22 Loss 3–2
5 Sept 14 vs. Toronto Argonauts 21–12 Win 4–2
6 Sept 18 at Toronto Argonauts 26–12 Win 5–2
7 Sept 24 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35–21 Win 6–2
8 Oct 1 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27–18 Loss 6–3
9 Oct 8 vs. Montreal Alouettes 41–23 Win 7–3
9 Oct 10 at Montreal Alouettes 51–21 Win 8–3
10 Oct 16 at Toronto Argonauts 37–13 Loss 8–4
11 Oct 22 vs. Toronto Argonauts 38–1 Win 9–4
12 Oct 29 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26–24 Loss 9–5

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Postseason

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Playoffs

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Round Date Opponent Score Result Record
East Semi-Final Nov 5 vs. Montreal Alouettes 30–14 Win 10–5
East Final #1 Nov 12 vs. Toronto Argonauts 33–21 Win 11–5
East Final #2 Nov 20 at Toronto Argonauts 21–20 Win 12–5
Grey Cup Nov 26 Edmonton Eskimos 16–6 Win 13–5

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Grey Cup

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Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Edmonton Eskimos 0 6 0 0 6
Ottawa Rough Riders 3 6 0 7 16

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Player stats

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Passing

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Player Games Played Attempts Completions Percentage Yards Touchdowns Interceptions
Ron Lancaster 14 201 101 50.2% 1843 16 18
Russ Jackson 14 52 20 38.5% 222 2 3

Awards and honours

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References

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  1. ^ "1960 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU) - Pro Football Archives".
  2. ^ "1960 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU) - Pro Football Archives".
  3. ^ "CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2017-08-22.