BC Lions 24 @ Ottawa Rough Riders 26

Game Details

  • Week 6
  • 27th Game of Regular Season (45th Overall)
  • Wednesday, Sep 5, 1973 8:00 PM EDT ( )
  • (Local)
  • at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, ON
    • Surface: Natural Grass
    • Attendance: 18,674
    • Capacity: 27,172
1972 and 1973 Ottawa and BC Matchups
1972Week 10OTT 20 @ BC 17
1973Week 6BC 24 @ OTT 26

Rough Riders record vs Lions (Regular Season)

Last decade (1963 to 1972)
  • at Ottawa 5–0–0 (1.000)
  • at BC 2–1–2 (0.600)
  • Ottawa Total 7–1–2 (0.800)
All-time (through 1973)
  • at Ottawa 7–0–0 (1.000)
  • at BC 3–1–2 (0.667)
  • Ottawa Total 10–1–2 (0.846)

Streaks as of Sept. 5, 1973 (Regular Season)

Rough Riders streak at home vs Lions
  • 6W — Aug. 12, 1961 to Oct. 9, 1971
Rough Riders streak overall vs Lions

Boxscore

Linescore
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Lions 7 7 7 3 24
Rough Riders 7 13 3 3 26

Lions coach: Eagle “Buddy” Keys (L)
Rough Riders coach: Jack “Jocko” Gotta (W)

Lions (3-4-0) Next vs Alouettes Sep 12
Rough Riders (2-4-0) Next @ Blue Bombers Sep 13

Game Time Weather in Ottawa, ON

September 5th Hourly Weather Summary for Ottawa
Site Local Time Condition Temp. Wind Humidity Feels Like Pressure
MacDonald Int'l A 8:00 PM Haze 21.7°C Calm 77% 27 99.60 kPa
MacDonald Int'l A 9:00 PM Haze 21.1°C NNE (170°) at 5 km/h 79% 27 99.49 kPa
MacDonald Int'l A 10:00 PM Haze 20.6°C Calm 84% 26 99.50 kPa
MacDonald Int'l A 11:00 PM Thunderstorms,Haze 21.1°C Calm 83% 27 99.40 kPa

Conditions at Ottawa MacDonald Int'l A (8.47 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.

League Records Set and Approached in BC @ OTT
Including known plays over 55 yards

CategoryCurrent
Rank		Original
Rank		ValuePersonRecord Held Span OR

Sources

  • CFL (Game score/boxscore)

Contributors

  • Steve Daniel/CFL

Notices

  • No notices for this game.