Ottawa Rough Riders 1959 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the IRFU
IRFU Semi-final
- Nov. 7, 1959 Won 43 – 0 vs Montreal
Lost IRFU Final Total Point Series 26 – 24
- Nov. 14, 1959 Won 17 – 5 vs Hamilton
- Nov. 21, 1959 Lost 7 – 21 @ Hamilton

Ottawa Rough Riders 1959 Season Resources 1959 OTT Team Roster 1959 OTT Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Thu Jul 30 8:30 PM	BC 22 @ OTT 24	W	10,000
Ex	Mon Aug 3 11:30 PM	OTT 7 @ EDM 20	L	10,000
Ex	Thu Aug 6 11:30 PM	OTT 35 @ BC 14	W	18,147


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Aug 18 8:00 PM	TOR 21 @ OTT 20	L	20,675
1	Fri Aug 21 8:00 PM	OTT 8 @ MTL 23	L	22,813
2	Sat Aug 29 2:00 PM	OTT 10 @ HAM 34	L	17,266
3	Sat Sep 5 2:00 PM	MTL 22 @ OTT 7	L	16,698
4	Sun Sep 13 2:00 PM	OTT 6 @ TOR 19	L	25,849
5	Wed Sep 16 8:00 PM	TOR 1 @ OTT 28	W	13,097	CBCE
5	Sat Sep 19 2:00 PM	OTT 43 @ MTL 6	W	23,811
6	Sat Sep 26 2:00 PM	HAM 23 @ OTT 14	L	19,837
7	Sat Oct 3 2:00 PM	OTT 9 @ HAM 7	W	20,012
8	Sat Oct 10 2:00 PM	MTL 8 @ OTT 36	W	17,203
8	Mon Oct 12 2:00 PM	OTT 28 @ MTL 12	W	21,817	R/C
9	Sat Oct 17 2:00 PM	HAM 16 @ OTT 17	W	16,000
10	Sat Oct 24 2:00 PM	TOR 4 @ OTT 18	W	14,698
11	Sat Oct 31 1:00 PM	OTT 31 @ TOR 21	W	19,465
12	Bye


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 7 1:00 PM	MTL 0 @ OTT 43	W	19,060	CBC
P2	Sat Nov 14 1:00 PM	HAM 5 @ OTT 17	W	18,926	CBCE
P2	Sat Nov 21 1:00 PM	OTT 7 @ HAM 21	L	20,000	CBC
33	Bye

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	8	6	0	16	275	217	W6	6-0-0
Home	7	4	3	0	8	140	95	W3	4-2-0
Visitor	7	4	3	0	8	135	122	W4	4-2-0

Full 1959 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	5 (3-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (3-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	9 (6-3-0)	3 (2-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)
After 2nd	4 (3-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	7 (6-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 3rd	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.459	4-3-0 (7)	4-3-0 (7)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.714	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (5)	0.429	1-1-0 (2)	2-1-0 (3)
Toronto Argonauts (5)	0.286	2-1-0 (3)	1-1-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

	1959	1958 +/-
Average Combined Score	35.14	+1.14
Average Winning Score	26.25	-0.58
Average Losing Score	10.83	+1.83
Average Home Score	20.00	-0.71
Average Visitor Score	19.29	+6.71
Average Margin of Victory	16.88	-3.12
Average Margin of Loss	12.83	-3.42

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	140 (20.0)	135 (19.3)	275 (19.6)
Total	Opponent	122 (17.4)	95 (13.6)	217 (15.5)
1st	Ottawa	33 (4.7)	41 (5.9)	74 (5.3)
1st	Opponent	27 (3.9)	4 (0.6)	31 (2.2)
2nd	Ottawa	21 (3.0)	10 (1.4)	31 (2.2)
2nd	Opponent	54 (7.7)	34 (4.9)	88 (6.3)
3rd	Ottawa	42 (6.0)	37 (5.3)	79 (5.6)
3rd	Opponent	29 (4.1)	33 (4.7)	62 (4.4)
4th	Ottawa	44 (6.3)	47 (6.7)	91 (6.5)
4th	Opponent	12 (1.7)	24 (3.4)	36 (2.6)

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

1959 Player Awards and Nominations

1959 Most Outstanding

Player — Dave Thelen (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Larry Hayes, Sr. (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Russ Jackson (Winner)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1959 All-Star Selections

6 All-Division Selections

HB	Dave Thelen^*
E	Bob Simpson
G	Kaye Vaughan
DT	Kaye Vaughan
ILB	Larry Hayes, Sr.
CLB	Bill Sowalski

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1959 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)	[BC, CGY]	John “Jocko” Thompson (HB)	Queen's
2–5 (14)		Bob Dann (HB)	Toronto
3–5 (20)		Steve O'Farrell (HB)	McGill
4–5		Pass