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1968 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head Coach Frank Clair
Home Field Lansdowne Park
Results
Record 9–3–2
Place 1st, East
Playoff Finish Won Grey Cup
Timeline
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1967 1969

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 All-Stars[]

  • Russ Jackson, QB

References[]

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