Ottawa Rough Riders 1958 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the IRFU
IRFU Semi-final
- Nov. 12, 1958 Won 26 – 12 @ Montreal
Lost IRFU Final Total Point Series 54 – 14
- Nov. 15, 1958 Lost 7 – 35 vs Hamilton
- Nov. 22, 1958 Lost 7 – 19 @ Hamilton

Ottawa Rough Riders 1958 Season Resources 1958 OTT Team Roster 1958 OTT Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Fri Aug 1 8:30 PM	SSK 28 @ OTT 29	W	8,576
Ex	Thu Aug 7 8:30 PM	BC 27 @ OTT 33	W	7,687
Ex	Mon Aug 11 8:30 PM	EDM 6 @ OTT 26	W	8,452


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Aug 19 7:45 PM	TOR 7 @ OTT 44	W	18,470
1	Sat Aug 23 8:00 PM	OTT 7 @ HAM 13	L	21,297
2	Sat Aug 30 2:00 PM	OTT 9 @ MTL 11	L	22,943
3	Sat Sep 6 7:45 PM	MTL 1 @ OTT 17	W	17,056
4	Sun Sep 14 2:00 PM	OTT 18 vs HAM 24	L	15,110	CBCE
5	Sat Sep 20 2:00 PM	OTT 17 @ TOR 14	W	20,166
6	Sat Sep 27 2:00 PM	TOR 4 @ OTT 28	W	18,500
7	Sat Oct 4 2:00 PM	HAM 14 @ OTT 1	L	18,000
8	Sat Oct 11 2:00 PM	MTL 7 @ OTT 41	W	15,000
8	Mon Oct 13 1:30 PM	OTT 13 @ MTL 34	L	24,133
9	Sat Oct 18 2:00 PM	TOR 41 @ OTT 0	L	14,313
10	Sat Oct 25 2:00 PM	OTT 24 @ TOR 42	L	23,334
11	Sat Nov 1 2:00 PM	HAM 8 @ OTT 14	W	13,603
12	Sat Nov 8 1:00 PM	OTT 0 @ HAM 23	L	14,874


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Wed Nov 12 1:00 PM	OTT 26 @ MTL 12	W	18,048
P2	Sat Nov 15 1:00 PM	HAM 35 @ OTT 7	L	10,490
P2	Sat Nov 22 1:00 PM	OTT 7 @ HAM 19	L	15,671

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	6	8	0	12	233	243	L1	2-4-0
Home	7	5	2	0	10	145	82	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	7	1	6	0	2	88	161	L3	1-5-0

Full 1958 League Standings

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	2 (2-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	6 (3-3-0)	2 (2-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)
After 2nd	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	9 (6-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (0-4-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (1-7-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.523	5-2-0 (7)	1-6-0 (7)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (5)	0.750	1-1-0 (2)	0-3-0 (3)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.536	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (5)	0.286	2-1-0 (3)	1-1-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

	1958	1957 +/-
Average Combined Score	34.00	-6.21
Average Winning Score	26.83	-0.04
Average Losing Score	9.00	-9.50
Average Home Score	20.71	-1.43
Average Visitor Score	12.57	-11.86
Average Margin of Victory	20.00	+6.00
Average Margin of Loss	16.25	+12.42

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	145 (20.7)	88 (12.6)	233 (16.6)
Total	Opponent	161 (23.0)	82 (11.7)	243 (17.4)
1st	Ottawa	16 (2.3)	43 (6.1)	59 (4.2)
1st	Opponent	31 (4.4)	26 (3.7)	57 (4.1)
2nd	Ottawa	69 (9.9)	11 (1.6)	80 (5.7)
2nd	Opponent	23 (3.3)	5 (0.7)	28 (2.0)
3rd	Ottawa	31 (4.4)	15 (2.1)	46 (3.3)
3rd	Opponent	58 (8.3)	31 (4.4)	89 (6.4)
4th	Ottawa	29 (4.1)	19 (2.7)	48 (3.4)
4th	Opponent	49 (7.0)	20 (2.9)	69 (4.9)

Head Coach

Frank Clair (Dec. 12, 1955 – Dec. 10, 1969)

Player Awards
All Stars

1958 Player Awards and Nominations

1958 Most Outstanding

Player — Bill Sowalski (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Hardiman Cureton (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bill Sowalski (Team Nominee)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1958 All-Star Selections

3 All-Division Selections

G	Hardiman Cureton
DT	Milt Graham
S	Bob Simpson

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1958 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–6 (6)		Russ Jackson (QB)	McMaster
2–6 (15)		John Bennett (E)	McGill
3–6 (23)		Brian Aston (QB)	Toronto
4–6 (28)		John Chisholm (C)	Toronto
5–6 (32)		Dan Nelson (E)	Toronto