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1973 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1973 Ottawa Rough Riders season
OwnerDavid Loeb
General managerFrank Clair
Head coachJack Gotta
Home stadiumLansdowne Park
Results
Record9–5
Division place1st, East
PlayoffsWon Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1973 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in first place in the Eastern Conference with a 9–5 record and won the 61st Grey Cup over the Edmonton Eskimos.

Preseason

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Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A Wed, July 4 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers T 10–10 0–0–1 Lansdowne Park 14,917
B Wed, July 11 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 25–16 1–0–1 Lansdowne Park 14,728
C Thur, July 19 at Montreal Alouettes L 14–17 1–1–1 Autostade 14,207
D Tue, July 24 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 13–9 2–1–1 Ivor Wynne Stadium 23,884

Regular season

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Standings

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Eastern Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 9 5 0 275 234 18
Toronto Argonauts 14 7 5 2 265 231 16
Montreal Alouettes 14 7 6 1 273 238 15
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 7 7 0 304 263 14

Schedule

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Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 Tue, July 31 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 9–25 0–1 Lansdowne Park 23,764
2 Wed, Aug 8 at Toronto Argonauts L 6–19 0–2 Exhibition Stadium 33,135
3 Mon, Aug 13 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 16–25 0–3 Lansdowne Park 22,087
4 Mon, Aug 20 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 12–18 0–4 Taylor Field 21,032
5 Sat, Aug 25 at Montreal Alouettes W 30–3 1–4 Autostade 27,205
6 Wed, Sept 5 vs. BC Lions W 26–24 2–4 Lansdowne Park 18,674
7 Wed, Sept 12 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 24–13 3–4 Winnipeg Stadium 24,385
8 Sat, Sept 15 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 21–19 4–4 Ivor Wynne Stadium 33,254
9 Sat, Sept 22 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 32–20 5–4 Lansdowne Park 20,306
10 Sun, Sept 30 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 15–28 5–5 Lansdowne Park 26,316
11 Mon, Oct 8 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 16–13 6–5 Ivor Wynne Stadium 34,050
12 Sun, Oct 14 at Calgary Stampeders W 32–8 7–5 McMahon Stadium 18,450
13 Sun, Oct 21 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 20–19 8–5 Lansdowne Park 25,328
14 Sun, Oct 28 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 16–0 9–5 Lansdowne Park 26,734

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Postseason

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Playoffs

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Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
East Final Sun, Nov 18 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 23–14 1–0 Lansdowne Park 19,793
Grey Cup Nov 25 Edmonton Eskimos W 22–18 2–0 Exhibition Stadium 36,653

Grey Cup

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Edmonton quarterback Tom Wilkinson was accused of using an unnatural head motion to draw the defence offside. Ottawa General Manager Frank Clair lobbied league officials to watch Wilkinson carefully at the line of scrimmage.[2]

Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Edmonton Eskimos 10 0 0 8 18
Ottawa Roughriders 7 5 7 3 22

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Player stats

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Passing

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Player Attempts Completions Pct. Yards Touchdowns Interceptions
Rick Cassata 177 94 53.1 1255 4 6

Rushing

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Player Rushes Yards Average Touchdowns Long
Art Green 54 223 4.1 2 14

Awards and honours

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References

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  1. ^ OttowareMichigan Football Archived 2009-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Weird Facts about Canadian Football, p.161, Overtime Books, First Printing 2009, ISBN 978-1-897277-26-3
  3. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on August 23, 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2017.