1947 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1947 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Sammy Fox
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	8–4–0
Division place	1st, IRFU
Playoff finish	Lost in IRFU Final

The 1947 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with an 8–4 record but lost the IRFU Finals to the Toronto Argonauts.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	Aug 23	at Toronto Indians	13–1	Win	1–0
B	Aug 30	vs. Regina Roughriders	54–0	Win	2–0

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Regular season

Standings

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	12	8	4	0	170	103	16
Toronto Argonauts	12	7	4	1	140	122	15
Montreal Alouettes	12	6	6	0	164	164	12
Hamilton Tigers	12	2	9	1	119	204	5

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Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Sept 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	23–6	Win	1–0
2	Sept 13	at Hamilton Tigers	8–2	Win	2–0
3	Sept 20	vs. Montreal Alouettes	28–23	Win	3–0
3	Sept 21	at Montreal Alouettes	8–3	Win	4–0
4	Sept 27	vs. Toronto Argonauts	8–0	Loss	4–1
5	Oct 4	at Hamilton Tigers	33–12	Win	5–1
6	Oct 11	vs. Montreal Alouettes	7–1	Loss	5–2
6	Oct 12	at Montreal Alouettes	22–3	Win	6–2
7	Oct 18	vs. Hamilton Tigers	13–8	Win	7–2
8	Oct 26	at Hamilton Tigers	14–8	Loss	7–3
9	Nov 1	at Toronto Argonauts	15–5	Win	8–3
10	Nov 8	vs. Toronto Argonauts	12–11	Loss	8–4

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Postseason

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
IRFU Final #1	Nov 11	vs. Toronto Argonauts	3–0	Loss
IRFU Final #2	Nov 15	at Toronto Argonauts	21–0	Loss

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References

Ottawa Rough Riders

Founded in 1876 Folded in 1996 Based in Ottawa, Ontario

The 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

1947 Canadian football season by team

Western Interprovicial Football Union	Calgary Regina Winnipeg

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Ontario Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Ottawa Sarnia Toronto Balmy Beach Toronto Indians Windsor

See also	35th Grey Cup

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