1947 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1947 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Owner(s)	{{{owner}}}
Head Coach	Sammy Fox
Home Field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	8–4–0
Place	1st, IRFU
Playoff Finish	Lost in IRFU Final
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1946	1948

The 1947 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 8–4 record but lost the IRFU Finals to the Toronto Argonauts.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	Aug 23	at Toronto Indians	13–1	Win	1–0
B	Aug 30	vs. Regina Roughriders	54–0	Win	2–0

Regular season

Standings

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	12	8	4	0	170	103	16
Toronto Argonauts	12	7	4	1	140	122	15
Montreal Alouettes	12	6	6	0	164	164	12
Hamilton Tigers	12	2	9	1	119	204	5

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Sept 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	23–6	Win	1–0
2	Sept 13	at Hamilton Tigers	8–2	Win	2–0
3	Sept 20	vs. Montreal Alouettes	28–23	Win	3–0
3	Sept 21	at Montreal Alouettes	8–3	Win	4–0
4	Sept 27	vs. Toronto Argonauts	8–0	Loss	4–1
5	Oct 4	at Hamilton Tigers	33–12	Win	5–1
6	Oct 11	vs. Montreal Alouettes	7–1	Loss	5–2
6	Oct 12	at Montreal Alouettes	22–3	Win	6–2
7	Oct 18	vs. Hamilton Tigers	13–8	Win	7–2
8	Oct 26	at Hamilton Tigers	14–8	Loss	7–3
9	Nov 1	at Toronto Argonauts	15–5	Win	8–3
10	Nov 8	vs. Toronto Argonauts	12–11	Loss	8–4

Postseason

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
IRFU Final #1	Nov 11	vs. Toronto Argonauts	3–0	Loss
IRFU Final #2	Nov 15	at Toronto Argonauts	21–0	Loss