1968 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1968 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Frank Clair
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	9–3–2
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup

The 1968 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the East division with a 9–3–2 record and won the Grey Cup.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	July 11	vs. Calgary Stampeders	15–15	Tie	0–0–1
B	July 17	vs. BC Lions	22–15	Win	1–0–1
C	July 22	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	43–35	Win	2–0–1
C	July 24	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–13	Loss	2–1–1

Regular season

Standings

**Eastern Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	9	3	2	416	271	20
Toronto Argonauts	14	9	5	0	284	266	18
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	6	7	1	262	292	13
Montreal Alouettes	14	3	9	2	234	327	8

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 1	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	53–13	Win	1–0
2	Aug 9	at Toronto Argonauts	38–14	Win	2–0
3	Aug 14	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	37–23	Win	3–0
4	Aug 22	at Montreal Alouettes	25–24	Loss	3–1
5	Sept 4	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–17	Win	4–1
6	Sept 11	at Edmonton Eskimos	25–20	Loss	4–2
6	Sept 14	at BC Lions	22–22	Tie	4–2–1
7	Sept 21	vs. Calgary Stampeders	27–24	Loss	4–3–1
8	Sept 28	at Montreal Alouettes	30–20	Win	5–3–1
9	Oct 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	31–10	Win	6–3–1
10	Oct 13	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	36–23	Win	7–3–1
11	Oct 19	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	27–24	Win	8–3–1
12	Oct 26	vs. Montreal Alouettes	19–19	Tie	8–3–2
13	Nov 3	at Toronto Argonauts	31–9	Win	9–3–2

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Postseason

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
East Final #1	Nov 17	at Toronto Argonauts	13–11	Loss	9–4–2
East Final #2	Nov 24	vs. Toronto Argonauts	36–14	Win	10–4–2
Grey Cup	Nov 30	Calgary Stampeders	24–21	Win	11–4–2

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Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Calgary Stampeders	0	14	0	7	21
Ottawa Roughriders	1	3	7	13	24

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Player stats

Passing

Player	Games Played	Attempts	Completions	Percentage	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions
Russ Jackson	14	305	171	56.1%	3187	25	16

Awards and honours

CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Ken Lehmann (LB)
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player – Vic Washington (RB)
Russ Jackson, QB, Eastern Division All-Star

CFL All-Stars

Russ Jackson, QB

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

1968 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1968 CFL Draft 56th Grey Cup

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