1960 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1960 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Frank Clair
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	9–5–0
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup

The 1960 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 2nd place in the East division with a 9–5 record and won the Grey Cup.

Preseason

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

Standings

**CFL East Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	14	10	4	370	265	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	9	5	400	283	18
Montreal Alouettes	14	5	9	340	458	10
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	4	10	273	377	8

Schedule

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

Playoffs

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

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

Passing

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

CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Ron Stewart (RB)
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player – Ron Stewart (RB)

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

1960 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1960 CFL Draft 48th Grey Cup

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