Ottawa Rough Riders 1968 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Eastern Conference
Won Eastern Conference Final Total Point Series 47 – 27
- Nov. 17, 1968 Lost 11 – 13 @ Toronto
- Nov. 23, 1968 Won 36 – 14 vs Toronto
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 30, 1968 Won 24 – 21 vs Calgary in Toronto, ON

Ottawa Rough Riders 1968 Season Resources 1968 OTT Team Roster 1968 OTT Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Thu Jul 11 8:00 PM	CGY 15 @ OTT 15	T	13,067
Ex	Wed Jul 17 8:00 PM	BC 15 @ OTT 22	W	17,338
Ex	Mon Jul 22 9:00 PM	OTT 43 @ WPG 35	W	10,700
Ex	Wed Jul 24 10:00 PM	OTT 13 @ SSK 29	L	13,422


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Aug 1 8:00 PM	HAM 13 @ OTT 53	W	23,739
2	Fri Aug 9 8:00 PM	OTT 38 @ TOR 14	W	32,810
3	Wed Aug 14 8:00 PM	SSK 23 @ OTT 37	W	25,254
4	Thu Aug 22 8:00 PM	OTT 24 @ MTL 25	L	16,000
5	Bye
6	Wed Sep 4 8:00 PM	WPG 17 @ OTT 24	W	20,151
7	Wed Sep 11 11:00 PM	OTT 20 @ EDM 25	L	18,600
7	Sat Sep 14 11:00 PM	OTT 22 @ BC 22	T	25,352
8	Sat Sep 21 2:00 PM	CGY 27 @ OTT 24	L	24,283
9	Sat Sep 28 8:00 PM	OTT 30 @ MTL 20	W	15,000
10	Sun Oct 6 2:00 PM	TOR 10 @ OTT 31	W	23,454
11	Sun Oct 13 2:00 PM	OTT 36 @ HAM 23	W	29,960
12	Sat Oct 19 2:00 PM	HAM 24 @ OTT 27	W	25,411
13	Sat Oct 26 2:00 PM	MTL 19 @ OTT 19	T	17,747
14	Sun Nov 3 2:00 PM	OTT 31 @ TOR 9	W	33,135	CTVE


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 17 2:00 PM	OTT 11 @ TOR 13	L	32,304
P2	Sat Nov 23 2:00 PM	TOR 14 @ OTT 36	W	25,085


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sat Nov 30 1:00 PM	CGY 21 vs OTT 24	W	32,655	CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	9	3	2	20	416	271	W1	5-0-1
Home	7	5	1	1	11	215	133	T1	4-1-1
Visitor	7	4	2	1	9	201	138	W3	3-2-1
Divisional opponent	9	7	1	1	15	289	157	W1	5-0-1
Non-divisional opponent	5	2	2	1	5	127	114	L1	2-2-1

Full 1968 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 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-0-1)	4 (3-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (0-0-1)	9 (7-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (1-0-2)
After 2nd	7 (5-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	12 (8-2-2)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)
After 3rd	4 (3-0-1)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	6 (4-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	10 (7-1-2)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	2 (0-2-0)	9 (9-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	3 (0-3-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.464	3-0-1 (4)	4-1-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.481	2-1-0 (3)	0-1-1 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.464	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.286	0-0-1 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.643	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.281	--	0-0-1 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.531	--	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.781	1-0-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.188	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1968	1967 +/-
Average Combined Score	49.07	+10.21
Average Winning Score	34.11	+7.22
Average Losing Score	22.67	+5.92
Average Home Score	30.71	+4.43
Average Visitor Score	28.71	+6.86
Average Margin of Victory	17.11	+0.11
Average Margin of Loss	3.00	-2.75

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	215 (30.7)	201 (28.7)	416 (29.7)
Total	Opponent	138 (19.7)	133 (19.0)	271 (19.4)
1st	Ottawa	51 (7.3)	44 (6.3)	95 (6.8)
1st	Opponent	34 (4.9)	23 (3.3)	57 (4.1)
2nd	Ottawa	83 (11.9)	70 (10.0)	153 (10.9)
2nd	Opponent	45 (6.4)	28 (4.0)	73 (5.2)
3rd	Ottawa	35 (5.0)	55 (7.9)	90 (6.4)
3rd	Opponent	18 (2.6)	48 (6.9)	66 (4.7)
4th	Ottawa	46 (6.6)	32 (4.6)	78 (5.6)
4th	Opponent	41 (5.9)	34 (4.9)	75 (5.4)

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

1968 Player Awards and Nominations

1968 Most Outstanding

Player — Vic Washington (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Ken Lehmann (Winner)
Canadian Player — Whit Tucker (Division Finalist)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1968 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Russ Jackson
RB	Vic Washington
LB	Ken Lehmann

8 All-Division Selections

QB	Russ Jackson^*
RB	Vic Washington^*
RB	Bo Scott
FL	Whit Tucker
DT	Marshall Shirk
LB	Jerry “Soupy” Campbell
LB	Ken Lehmann
DB	Don Sutherin

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1968 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)	[EDM]	Paul Brûlé (HB)	St. Francis Xavier
1–6 (6)	[CGY]	Darryl Burgess (LB)	Saint Mary's
1–7 (7)		Ron Wakelin (G)	Toronto
1–9 (9)	[HAM]	Dan Cooper (C)	Bishop's
2–7 (16)		John Wilson	Alberta
3–7 (25)		Theron Craig (T)	Queen's
4–7 (34)		Brian Fryer (LB)	McMaster
5–7 (42)		Don Shuh	Waterloo
6–7 (50)		Jim Tait	Queen's
7–7 (57)		Ted Abercrombie	Saint Mary's
8–7 (64)		Neill Wyatt	Ottawa
9–7		Pass
10–7		Pass
11–7		Pass