1988 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1988 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head Coach	Fred Glick Bob Weber
Home Field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	2–16–0
Place	4th, East
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Uniform
File:CFL OTT Jersey 1988.png
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1987	1989

The 1988 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 4th place in the East Division with a 2–16–0 record and failed to qualify for the post-season. In terms of winning percentage (0.111), this was the worst season the franchise had endured since the formation of the Canadian Football League. Additionally, it was the worst record for a Grey Cup host city team as Ottawa hosted the 76th Grey Cup this year.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	1	Orville Lee	RB	Simon Fraser
3	22	Leon Hatziioannou	DL	Simon Fraser
4	26	Sheridon Baptiste	WR/HB	Queen's
5	33	Sieg Will	OT/DE	Guelph
5	34	Christopher Rick	OLB	Queen's
6	41	Brent Matich	P/K	Calgary
7	49	Scott Warr	OT	McGill
8	57	Ray Goerke	OT	Weber State

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Attendance	Record
June 29	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30–25	Loss	17,647	0–1
July 6	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	36–34	Win		1–1

Regular season

Standings

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	18	14	4	0	571	326	28
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	9	9	0	407	458	18
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	9	9	0	478	465	18
Ottawa Rough Riders	18	2	16	0	278	618	4

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 15	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	48–21	Loss	22,565	0–1
2	July 20	at Toronto Argonauts	34–11	Loss	20,114	0–2
3	July 27	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	35–28	Loss	19,947	0–3
4	Aug 2	vs. Toronto Argonauts	41–7	Loss	24,322	0–4
5	Aug 13	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28–17	Win	23,293	1–4
6	Aug 18	vs. BC Lions	27–20	Loss	24,598	1–5
7	Aug 27	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	51–24	Loss	15,067	1–6
8	Sept 1	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	46–20	Loss	22,535	1–7
9	Sept 6	at BC Lions	24–11	Loss	25,504	1–8
10	Sept 10	at Calgary Stampeders	17–16	Loss	16,969	1–9
11	Sept 18	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35–25	Loss	13,024	1–10
12	Sept 24	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	31–0	Loss	18,523	1–11
13	Oct 2	at Edmonton Eskimos	40–12	Loss	28,052	1–12
14	Oct 8	vs. Toronto Argonauts	52–3	Loss	18,527	1–13
15	Oct 14	at Toronto Argonauts	49–7	Loss	21,513	1–14
16	Oct 22	vs. Calgary Stampeders	19–3	Win	16,237	2–14
17	Oct 29	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	23–15	Loss	16,402	2–15
18	Nov 6	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	45–11	Loss	25,615	2–16

Awards and honours

CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Orville Lee (RB)

CFL All-Stars

• Rod Brown-replacement player

References

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