Ottawa Rough Riders 1966 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

11 wins, 3 losses, 0 ties
Finished 1st in the Eastern Conference
Won Eastern Conference Final Total Point Series 72 – 17
- Nov. 13, 1966 Won 30 – 1 @ Hamilton
- Nov. 19, 1966 Won 42 – 16 vs Hamilton
CFL Grey Cup
- Nov. 26, 1966 Lost 14 – 29 vs Saskatchewan in Vancouver, BC

Ottawa Rough Riders 1966 Season Resources 1966 OTT Team Roster 1966 OTT Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
Ex	Thu Jul 14 8:00 PM	SSK 10 @ OTT 19	W
Ex	Mon Jul 18 9:00 PM	OTT 17 @ WPG 10	W
Ex	Sat Jul 23 8:00 PM	BC 10 @ OTT 16	W
Ex	Thu Jul 28 8:00 PM	OTT 20 @ MTL 16	W


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Wed Aug 3 8:00 PM	MTL 8 @ OTT 10	W
2	Wed Aug 10 8:00 PM	CGY 6 @ OTT 13	W	CTV
3	Wed Aug 17 8:00 PM	OTT 15 @ MTL 3	W
4	Bye
5	Tue Aug 30 8:00 PM	TOR 0 @ OTT 24	W
6	Mon Sep 5 2:00 PM	OTT 12 @ HAM 16	L
7	Sat Sep 10 2:00 PM	HAM 16 @ OTT 27	W
8	Sat Sep 17 11:00 PM	OTT 21 @ BC 16	W	CBC
8	Mon Sep 19 11:00 PM	OTT 49 @ EDM 21	W
9	Bye
10	Mon Sep 26 8:00 PM	SSK 8 @ OTT 18	W
10	Sat Oct 1 2:00 PM	OTT 17 @ TOR 8	W
11	Sat Oct 8 2:00 PM	WPG 21 @ OTT 40	W	CBC
12	Sun Oct 16 2:00 PM	HAM 18 @ OTT 20	W
13	Sun Oct 23 2:00 PM	OTT 12 @ TOR 35	L
14	Sun Oct 30 2:00 PM	OTT 0 @ MTL 1	L	CTVE


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Final	Sun Nov 13 2:00 PM	OTT 30 @ HAM 1	W
P2	Sat Nov 19 2:00 PM	HAM 16 vs OTT 42	W


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Grey Cup	Sat Nov 26 4:00 PM	OTT 14 vs SSK 29	L	CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	11	3	0	22	278	177	L2	4-2-0
Home	7	7	0	0	14	152	77	W7	6-0-0
Visitor	7	4	3	0	8	126	100	L2	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	9	6	3	0	12	137	105	L2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	5	0	0	10	141	72	W5	5-0-0

Full 1966 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	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	9 (7-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)
After 2nd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	9 (9-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	5 (4-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	10 (9-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	11 (11-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.500	4-0-0 (4)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.450	3-0-0 (3)	2-0-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.643	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.357	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.313	--	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.406	1-0-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.406	--	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.594	1-0-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.531	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1966	1965 +/-
Average Combined Score	32.50	-5.64
Average Winning Score	23.09	-6.77
Average Losing Score	8.00	-5.00
Average Home Score	21.71	-4.57
Average Visitor Score	18.00	+1.43
Average Margin of Victory	11.73	-6.99
Average Margin of Loss	9.33	+0.05

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	152 (21.7)	126 (18.0)	278 (19.9)
Total	Opponent	100 (14.3)	77 (11.0)	177 (12.6)
1st	Ottawa	27 (3.9)	36 (5.1)	63 (4.5)
1st	Opponent	5 (0.7)	11 (1.6)	16 (1.1)
2nd	Ottawa	38 (5.4)	35 (5.0)	73 (5.2)
2nd	Opponent	34 (4.9)	21 (3.0)	55 (3.9)
3rd	Ottawa	20 (2.9)	34 (4.9)	54 (3.9)
3rd	Opponent	31 (4.4)	28 (4.0)	59 (4.2)
4th	Ottawa	67 (9.6)	21 (3.0)	88 (6.3)
4th	Opponent	30 (4.3)	17 (2.4)	47 (3.4)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coach

Al Bruno – Assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

1966 Player Awards and Nominations

1966 Most Outstanding

Player — Russ Jackson (Winner)
Lineman — Ken Lehmann (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Russ Jackson (Winner)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1966 All-Star Selections

5 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Russ Jackson
CLB	Ken Lehmann (Tie)
CLB	Jim Conroy (Tie)
DHB	Gene Gaines
DHB	Joe Poirier

11 All-Division Selections

QB	Russ Jackson^*
HB	Bo Scott
E	Ted Watkins
FL	Whit Tucker
C	Doug Specht
T	Moe Racine
DE	Billy Joe Booth
MLB	Ken Lehmann
CLB	Jim Conroy
DHB	Gene Gaines^*
DHB	Joe Poirier

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1966 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–7 (7)		Glen Markle (DB)	Toronto (UofT)
2–6 (15)	[CGY]	Doug Keltcher (LB)	St. Patrick's
2–7 (16)		Jim Dickie (E)	McGill
3–3 (21)	[BC]	Norm Lightfoot (LB)	Mount Allison
3–7 (25)		Tod Scott (FL)	St. Francis Xavier
4–7 (34)		Al Keith (DB)	McMaster
5–3 (38)	[BC]	Allan Grachina (LB)	Toronto (UofT)
5–7 (42)		Terry Bradley (HB)	Macdonald
6–3 (46)	[BC]	Paul Huston (LB)	Waterloo Lutheran
6–7		Harold Hermitage (E)	Macdonald
7–7 (55)		Phil Hughes (G)	St. Francis Xavier
8–7 (58)		Donald Holmes (LB)	Toronto (UofT)
9–7 (61)		John Ball (HB)	Mount Allison
10–7 (62)		Dick Feidler (G)	McGill