Ottawa Rough Riders 1962 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 10, 1962 Lost 17 – 18 vs Montreal

Ottawa Rough Riders 1962 Season Resources 1962 OTT Team Roster 1962 OTT Attendance 1962 Ottawa Rough Riders Media Guide


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Thu Jul 19 8:00 PM	BC 6 @ OTT 18	W	14,200
Ex	Mon Jul 23 9:30 PM	OTT 14 @ WPG 15	L	13,125
Ex	Wed Jul 25 11:30 PM	OTT 9 @ CGY 8	W	13,000
Ex	Thu Aug 2 8:00 PM	EDM 14 @ OTT 10	L	7,765


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Aug 9 8:00 PM	HAM 28 @ OTT 16	L	16,259
2	Thu Aug 16 8:00 PM	OTT 29 @ MTL 18	W	25,534
3	Fri Aug 24 11:30 PM	OTT 29 @ EDM 21	W	15,002
4	Mon Aug 27 11:30 PM	OTT 18 @ BC 7	W	29,423
4	Sat Sep 1 2:00 PM	TOR 8 @ OTT 26	W	15,799
5	Fri Sep 7 8:00 PM	WPG 31 @ OTT 28	L	21,050
6	Sun Sep 16 2:00 PM	OTT 10 @ TOR 16	L	24,721
7	Fri Sep 21 8:00 PM	CGY 36 @ OTT 32	L	16,265
8	Sat Sep 29 2:00 PM	HAM 0 @ OTT 27	W	17,124
9	Bye
10	Mon Oct 8 2:00 PM	OTT 26 @ MTL 24	W	19,288
10	Sat Oct 13 2:00 PM	SSK 29 @ OTT 21	L	17,246
11	Sat Oct 20 2:00 PM	MTL 21 @ OTT 21	T	20,559
12	Sun Oct 28 2:00 PM	OTT 22 @ TOR 23	L	20,862
13	Sun Nov 4 2:00 PM	OTT 34 @ HAM 40	L	20,461


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 10 2:00 PM	MTL 18 @ OTT 17	L	20,252
32	Bye

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	6	7	1	13	339	302	L2	2-3-1
Home	7	2	4	1	5	171	153	T1	2-3-1
Visitor	7	4	3	0	8	168	149	L2	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	9	4	4	1	9	211	178	L2	2-3-1
Non-divisional opponent	5	2	3	0	4	128	124	L3	2-3-0

Full 1962 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	3 (2-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-2-1)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	6 (4-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	6 (1-4-1)
After 2nd	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-2-1)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	8 (5-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-4-1)
After 3rd	5 (2-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	9 (5-3-1)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	4 (0-4-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	7 (0-7-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.452	2-1-1 (4)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.531	0-3-0 (3)	2-0-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.679	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.393	0-0-1 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.286	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.438	--	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.594	0-1-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.406	--	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.531	0-1-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.688	0-1-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1962	1961 +/-
Average Combined Score	45.79	-0.21
Average Winning Score	25.83	-5.67
Average Losing Score	23.29	+5.45
Average Home Score	24.43	-3.43
Average Visitor Score	24.00	+0.57
Average Margin of Victory	12.83	-5.42
Average Margin of Loss	5.71	-6.29

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	171 (24.4)	168 (24.0)	339 (24.2)
Total	Opponent	149 (21.3)	153 (21.9)	302 (21.6)
1st	Ottawa	23 (3.3)	36 (5.1)	59 (4.2)
1st	Opponent	34 (4.9)	18 (2.6)	52 (3.7)
2nd	Ottawa	48 (6.9)	44 (6.3)	92 (6.6)
2nd	Opponent	42 (6.0)	53 (7.6)	95 (6.8)
3rd	Ottawa	53 (7.6)	45 (6.4)	98 (7.0)
3rd	Opponent	37 (5.3)	31 (4.4)	68 (4.9)
4th	Ottawa	47 (6.7)	43 (6.1)	90 (6.4)
4th	Opponent	36 (5.1)	51 (7.3)	87 (6.2)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

Bill Smyth – Assistant
Don Branby – Training Camp Assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

1962 Player Awards and Nominations

1962 Most Outstanding

Player — Ernie White, II (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Kaye Vaughan (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Russ Jackson (Division Finalist)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1962 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

MG	Kaye Vaughan
CLB	Jim Conroy

7 All-Division Selections

QB	Russ Jackson
HB	Ernie White, II
T	Moe Racine
DE	Mel Semenko
MG	Kaye Vaughan
CLB	Jim Conroy
DHB	Joe Poirier

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1962 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)		Chuck Wood (G)	McGill
2–4 (9)		Whit Tucker (HB)	Western Ontario
3–4 (14)		Bob Winsor (E)	McGill
4–4 (19)		Larry Shaw (E)	Western Ontario
5–4 (24)		Hugh Cooke (E)	Toronto
6–4 (28)		Bill Miklas (T)	Queen's
7–4		Pass
8–4		Pass
9–4		Pass
10–4		Pass
11–4		Pass
12–4		Pass