1981 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coachGeorge Brancato
Home fieldLansdowne Park
Results
Record5–11
Division place2nd, East
Playoff finishLost Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1981 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in second place in the East Division with a 5–11 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup game, in what would be their last Grey Cup appearance in franchise history, and the last for any Ottawa-based CFL team for 34 years.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd Pick Player Position School
00John ParkTEBowling Green
00Ian BecksteadTERichmond
13Maurice DoyleRBToronto
212Don BurnsWROttawa
430Eric BossDTToronto
539Larry RingDBBishop's
648Anthony RefossoOTToronto
757Rob BallDLQueen's

Preseason

Date Opponent Final Score Result Attendance Record
June 4 at Toronto Argonauts 20–12 Win 28,325 1–0
June 11 vs. Montreal Alouettes 18–17 Win 16,139 2–0
June 21 at Montreal Alouettes 21–17 Loss 21,249 2–1
June 26 vs. Toronto Argonauts 35–25 Win 14,092 3–1

Regular season

Standings

East Division
Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Hamilton Tiger-Cats161141234143356–0W1Details
Ottawa Rough Riders165110103064463–3L1Details
Montreal Alouettes16313062675182–4W1Details
Toronto Argonauts16214042415061–5L2Details

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
1 July 3 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 47–21 Loss 22,023 0–1
2 July 11 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 47–10 Loss 22,345 0–2
3 July 17 vs. Montreal Alouettes 33–31 Win 24,827 1–2
4 July 25 at BC Lions 31–17 Loss 26,661 1–3
5 Bye
6 Aug 7 vs. Toronto Argonauts 38–11 Win 22,658 2–3
7 Aug 15 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 32–16 Loss 18,408 2–4
8 Aug 21 at Calgary Stampeders 30–18 Loss 30,276 2–5
9 Aug 28 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 31–8 Loss 26,031 2–6
10 Sept 4 vs. BC Lions 17–7 Win 18,393 3–6
11 Sept 13 at Toronto Argonauts 23–6 Win 30,340 4–6
12 Sept 20 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 26–23 Loss 28,335 4–7
13 Sept 26 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 30–16 Loss 20,451 4–8
14 Oct 3 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 44–24 Loss 15,523 4–9
15 Oct 12 at Edmonton Eskimos 24–6 Loss 45,805 4–10
16 Oct 18 vs. Calgary Stampeders 21–10 Win 15,002 5–10
17 Bye
18 Nov 1 at Montreal Alouettes 39–15 Loss 20,867 5–11

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Postseason

Round Date Opponent Score Result Attendance
East Semi-Final Nov 8 vs. Montreal Alouettes 20–16 Win 17,554
East Final Nov 15 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 17–13 Win 28,104
Grey Cup Nov 22 Edmonton Eskimos 26–23 Loss 52,478

Grey Cup

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Edmonton Eskimos01141126
Ottawa Rough Riders1370323

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First Quarter

Ottawa – FG – Gerry Organ 34 yards
Ottawa – FG – Gerry Organ 37 yards
Ottawa – TD – Jim Reid 1-yard run (Gerry Organ convert)

Second Quarter

Ottawa – TD – Sam Platt 14-yard run (Gerry Organ convert)
Edmonton – Single – Dave Cutler 24 yards missed Field Goal

Third Quarter

Edmonton – TD – Jim Germany 2-yard run (Dave Cutler convert)
Edmonton – TD – Warren Moon 1-yard run (Dave Cutler convert)

Fourth Quarter

Ottawa – FG – Gerry Organ 28 yards
Edmonton – TD – Warren Moon 1-yard run (Marco Cyncar 2 point convert pass from Moon)
Edmonton – FG – Dave Cutler 27 yards

Awards and honours

References

  1. ↑ "1981 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
  2. ↑ "HISTORY >> Grey Cup >> 1981 | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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