Ottawa Rough Riders 1969 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Eastern Conference
Won Eastern Conference Final Total Point Series 46 – 25
- Nov. 16, 1969 Lost 14 – 22 @ Toronto
- Nov. 22, 1969 Won 32 – 3 vs Toronto
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 30, 1969 Won 29 – 11 vs Saskatchewan in Montreal, QC

Ottawa Rough Riders 1969 Season Resources 1969 OTT Team Roster 1969 OTT Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Sat Jul 5 8:00 PM	OTT 26 @ MTL 20	W	8,000
Ex	Mon Jul 14 8:00 PM	EDM 15 @ OTT 13	L	12,000
Ex	Fri Jul 18 10:00 PM	OTT 5 @ SSK 6	L	12,890
Ex	Tue Jul 22 8:00 PM	SSK 8 @ OTT 39	W	16,487


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Jul 30 8:00 PM	MTL 15 @ OTT 47	W	18,104
2	Wed Aug 6 11:00 PM	OTT 35 @ CGY 19	W	23,532
3	Wed Aug 13 8:00 PM	BC 24 @ OTT 41	W	20,315
4	Wed Aug 20 8:00 PM	OTT 17 @ MTL 15	W	18,592
5	Bye
6	Mon Sep 1 2:00 PM	OTT 22 @ HAM 27	L	30,296
7	Sat Sep 6 2:00 PM	MTL 22 @ OTT 47	W	19,362
8	Sat Sep 13 2:00 PM	TOR 23 @ OTT 25	W	26,989
9	Sat Sep 20 8:00 PM	OTT 34 @ TOR 27	W	33,135
10	Sat Sep 27 2:00 PM	EDM 0 @ OTT 17	W	16,975
11	Sat Oct 4 2:00 PM	HAM 20 @ OTT 28	W	27,003
12	Sun Oct 12 4:00 PM	OTT 21 @ SSK 38	L	21,957
13	Wed Oct 15 9:00 PM	OTT 38 @ WPG 31	W	12,520
14	Sat Oct 25 2:00 PM	TOR 9 @ OTT 20	W	27,115
15	Sat Nov 1 2:00 PM	OTT 7 @ HAM 28	L	23,012


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 16 2:00 PM	OTT 14 @ TOR 22	L	33,135	CTV
P2	Sat Nov 22 2:00 PM	TOR 3 @ OTT 32	W	24,354


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sun Nov 30 1:00 PM	SSK 11 vs OTT 29	W	33,172	R/C, CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	11	3	0	22	399	298	L1	4-2-0
Home	7	7	0	0	14	225	113	W7	6-0-0
Visitor	7	4	3	0	8	174	185	L1	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	9	7	2	0	14	247	186	L1	5-1-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	4	1	0	8	152	112	W1	4-1-0

Full 1969 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)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	7 (7-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)
After 2nd	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)
After 3rd	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	10 (10-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)
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	0.512	5-0-0 (5)	2-2-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.444	2-0-0 (2)	2-1-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.607	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.214	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.714	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (1)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.563	--	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.813	--	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.219	--	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1969	1968 +/-
Average Combined Score	49.79	+0.71
Average Winning Score	31.73	-2.38
Average Losing Score	16.67	-6.00
Average Home Score	32.14	+1.43
Average Visitor Score	24.86	-3.86
Average Margin of Victory	13.09	-4.02
Average Margin of Loss	14.33	+11.33

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	225 (32.1)	174 (24.9)	399 (28.5)
Total	Opponent	185 (26.4)	113 (16.1)	298 (21.3)
1st	Ottawa	61 (8.7)	27 (3.9)	88 (6.3)
1st	Opponent	29 (4.1)	9 (1.3)	38 (2.7)
2nd	Ottawa	75 (10.7)	55 (7.9)	130 (9.3)
2nd	Opponent	46 (6.6)	30 (4.3)	76 (5.4)
3rd	Ottawa	56 (8.0)	52 (7.4)	108 (7.7)
3rd	Opponent	50 (7.1)	16 (2.3)	66 (4.7)
4th	Ottawa	33 (4.7)	40 (5.7)	73 (5.2)
4th	Opponent	60 (8.6)	58 (8.3)	118 (8.4)

Head Coaches

Jack “Jocko” Gotta (Dec. 10, 1969 – Feb. 4, 1974)
Frank Clair (Dec. 12, 1955 – Dec. 10, 1969)

Player Awards
All Stars

1969 Player Awards and Nominations

1969 Most Outstanding

Player — Russ Jackson (Winner)
Lineman — Billy Joe Booth (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Russ Jackson (Winner)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1969 All-Star Selections

7 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Russ Jackson
RB	Vic Washington
SE	Margene Adkins
DE	Billy Joe Booth
ILB	Ken Lehmann
OLB	Jerry “Soupy” Campbell
DB	Don Sutherin

8 All-Division Selections

QB	Russ Jackson^*
RB	Vic Washington
SE	Margene Adkins (Tie)
DT	Marshall Shirk
DE	Billy Joe Booth
ILB	Ken Lehmann
OLB	Jerry “Soupy” Campbell
DB	Don Sutherin

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1969 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–9 (9)		Jim Foley (QB)	Saint Dunstan's
2–9 (17)		Norm Lukey (QB)	Saint Mary's
3–9 (26)		Brian Donnelly (FL)	Queen's
4–9 (35)		Wayne Powell (OG)	Ottawa
5–9 (42)		Dan Croteau (HB)	Laurentian
6–9 (49)		Bruce McGregor (FL)	Carleton
7–9		Pass
8–9		Pass