1982 Ottawa Rough Riders season

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The 1982 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in third place in the East Division with a 5–11 record. After winning the East-Semi Final playoff game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Riders lost to the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final. This season marked the last time an Ottawa football franchise won a playoff game until 2015, when the second-year Redblacks won two playoff games.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
0	0	Mark Seale	DT	Richmond
0	0	Kevin Dalliday	OG/DT	Carleton
0	0	Ron St. Poulton	DB	McGill
3	26	Terry Cahill	DB	East Stroudsberg State
4	35	Bruce Milks	DB	South Arkansas
5	44	Terry Elik	LB	Simon Fraser
6	53	Greg Clarke	OT	British Columbia

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
A	June 12	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 5–11	0–1	12,906
B	June 17	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 10–26	0–2	15,075
C	June 22	at Montreal Concordes	W 26–13	1–2	7,665
D	June 29	vs. Montreal Concordes	W 31–13	2–2	14,997

Regular season

Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Toronto Argonauts	16	9	6	1	19	426	426	4–2	W2	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	8	7	1	17	396	401	5–1	W1	Details
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	5	11	0	10	267	518	2–4	L1	Details
Montreal Concordes	16	2	14	0	4	241	506	1–5	L7	Details

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 11	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	55–7	Loss	21,435	0–1
2	July 17	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20–14	Loss	15,860	0–2
3	Bye
4	July 29	vs. Montreal Concordes	55–5	Win	18,991	1–2
5	Aug 6	at Calgary Stampeders	30–19	Loss	29,038	1–3
6	Aug 12	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	26–19	Loss	21,455	1–4
7	Aug 19	at Toronto Argonauts	35–25	Loss	38,258	1–5
8	Aug 28	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27–20	Loss	25,904	1–6
9	Sept 3	vs. BC Lions	45–13	Loss	20,609	1–7
10	Sept 12	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	47–11	Loss	54,622	1–8
11	Sept 18	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38–28	Win	17,227	2–8
12	Sept 24	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–19	Win	27,601	3–8
13	Oct 3	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18–13	Loss	23,670	3–9
14	Bye
15	Oct 16	at BC Lions	28–22	Loss	20,068	3–10
16	Oct 23	vs. Calgary Stampeders	42–19	Win	18,748	4–10
17	Oct 31	at Montreal Concordes	34–32	Win	17,179	5–10
18	Nov 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	28–14	Loss	25,868	5–11

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Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Nov 14	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–20	Win	20,087
East Final	Nov 21	at Toronto Argonauts	44–7	Loss	44,432

Awards and honours

CFL All-Stars

RB – Alvin "Skip" Walker
OG – Val Belcher
OG – Rudy Phillips

Eastern All-Stars

RB – Alvin "Skip" Walker
OG – Val Belcher
OG – Rudy Phillips
DT – Gary Dulin
DE – Greg Marshall
DB – Carl Brazley
K – Gerry Organ

References

^ "1982 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".

v t e 1982 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	1982 CFL Draft 70th Grey Cup

v t e Ottawa Rough Riders
Founded in 1876 Folded in 1996 Based in Ottawa, Ontario
Franchise	Franchise Rough Riders records Ottawa records Players Seasons Head coaches
Stadiums	Frank Clair Stadium
Lore	Ottawa Trojans Labour Day Classic
Important figures	Frank Clair Tom Clements Tony Gabriel Russ Jackson Rudy Phillips
Retired numbers	11 12 26 40 60 62 70 71 72 77
Dominion Championships (3)	1898 1900 1902
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

v t e Ottawa Rough Riders seasons
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

Ottawa Rough Riders seasons