Edmonton Eskimos 24 @ Ottawa Rough Riders 24

Game Details

  • Week 6
  • 21st Game of Regular Season (39th Overall)
  • Tuesday, Aug 14, 1979 8:00 PM EDT ( )
  • (Local)
  • at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, ON
    • Surface: Natural Grass
    • Attendance: 27,050
    • Capacity: 34,972
1978 and 1979 Ottawa and Edmonton Matchups
1978Week 4OTT 24 @ EDM 23
1979Week COTT 30 @ EDM 27
Week 6EDM 24 @ OTT 24

Rough Riders record vs Eskimos (Regular Season)

Last decade (1969 to 1978)
  • at Ottawa 4–0–1 (0.900)
  • at Edmonton 4–1–0 (0.800)
  • Ottawa Total 8–1–1 (0.850)
All-time (through 1979)
  • at Ottawa 8–1–1 (0.850)
  • at Edmonton 6–3–0 (0.667)
  • Ottawa Total 14–4–1 (0.763)

Streaks as of Aug. 14, 1979 (Regular Season)

Rough Riders streak at home vs Eskimos
Rough Riders streak overall vs Eskimos

Boxscore

Linescore
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Eskimos 0 0 10 14 24
Rough Riders 3 7 7 7 24

Eskimos coach: Hugh Campbell (T)
Rough Riders coach: George Brancato (T)

Eskimos (3-0-2) Next vs Blue Bombers Aug 22
Rough Riders (2-2-1) Next @ Alouettes Aug 21

Game Time Weather in Ottawa, ON

August 14th Hourly Weather Summary for Ottawa
Site Local Time Condition Temp. Wind Humidity Pressure
MacDonald Int'l A 8:00 PM Cloudy 13.0°C NNE (280°) at 19 km/h 67% 99.63 kPa
MacDonald Int'l A 9:00 PM Cloudy 12.9°C NNE (250°) at 9 km/h 66% 99.66 kPa
MacDonald Int'l A 10:00 PM Cloudy 12.7°C NNE (260°) at 19 km/h 64% 99.66 kPa
MacDonald Int'l A 11:00 PM Rain Showers 12.4°C NNE (270°) at 15 km/h 75% 99.66 kPa

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

League Records Set and Approached in EDM @ 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

  • Data is verified (Data Complete)