Ottawa Rough Riders 1976 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Final
- Nov. 21, 1976 Won 17 – 15 vs Hamilton
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 28, 1976 Won 23 – 20 vs Saskatchewan in Toronto, ON

Ottawa Rough Riders 1976 Season Resources 1976 OTT Team Roster 1976 OTT Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Mon Jun 28 8:00 PM	EDM 25 @ OTT 40	W	17,420
B	Mon Jul 5 8:00 PM	MTL 26 @ OTT 22	L	22,040
C	Thu Jul 8 10:00 PM	OTT 37 @ CGY 39	L	22,551
D	Wed Jul 14 8:00 PM	OTT 20 @ TOR 9	W	37,851


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Jul 21 8:00 PM	OTT 42 @ HAM 16	W	21,269
2	Tue Jul 27 8:00 PM	WPG 27 @ OTT 38	W	22,541
3	Tue Aug 3 8:00 PM	SSK 29 @ OTT 16	L	24,078	CBC
4	Wed Aug 11 8:00 PM	OTT 27 @ TOR 16	W	50,212
5	Mon Aug 16 8:00 PM	MTL 9 @ OTT 45	W	29,779	R/C
5	Sat Aug 21 9:30 PM	OTT 20 @ EDM 18	W	25,882	CTV
6	Tue Aug 24 11:00 PM	OTT 11 @ BC 23	L	24,797	CBC
7	Wed Sep 1 8:00 PM	TOR 27 @ OTT 40	W	28,060	CTVE
8	Bye
9	Sat Sep 11 2:00 PM	MTL 13 @ OTT 21	W	25,234	CTV
10	Sun Sep 19 2:00 PM	HAM 28 @ OTT 21	L	22,466	R/C, CBCE
11	Sun Sep 26 2:00 PM	OTT 2 @ MTL 23	L	68,505	R/C, CBC
12	Sat Oct 2 2:00 PM	OTT 20 @ TOR 20	T	47,685	CTVE
13	Bye
14	Sat Oct 16 2:00 PM	CGY 36 @ OTT 37	W	21,467	CTV
15	Sun Oct 24 2:00 PM	OTT 48 @ HAM 10	W	21,568
16	Sun Oct 31 2:00 PM	HAM 25 @ OTT 6	L	20,454	CTVE
17	Sat Nov 6 2:00 PM	OTT 17 @ MTL 26	L	61,950	CTVE


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 21 2:00 PM	HAM 15 @ OTT 17	W	28,246	R/C, CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sun Nov 28 1:00 PM	SSK 20 vs OTT 23	W	53,467	R/C, CBC, CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	119	99	W1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	9	6	1	19	411	346	L2	2-3-1
Home	8	5	3	0	10	224	194	L1	4-2-0
Visitor	8	4	3	1	9	187	152	L1	2-3-1
Divisional opponent	11	6	4	1	13	289	213	L2	1-4-1
Non-divisional opponent	5	3	2	0	6	122	133	W1	3-2-0

Full 1976 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 (2-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (1-3-1)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	9 (3-5-1)	2 (2-0-0)	5 (4-1-0)
After 2nd	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (2-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	9 (7-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	4 (3-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	8 (7-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (2-6-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	3 (0-3-0)	9 (9-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.480	3-2-0 (5)	3-2-1 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.494	2-1-0 (3)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.500	0-2-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.469	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.469	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-1 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.375	--	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.188	1-0-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.594	--	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.688	0-1-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1976	1975 +/-
Average Combined Score	47.31	+5.19
Average Winning Score	35.33	+6.33
Average Losing Score	12.17	-3.63
Average Home Score	28.00	-2.50
Average Visitor Score	23.38	+4.62
Average Margin of Victory	16.22	+1.02
Average Margin of Loss	13.50	+5.90

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	224 (28.0)	187 (23.4)	411 (25.7)
Total	Opponent	152 (19.0)	194 (24.3)	346 (21.6)
1st	Ottawa	54 (6.8)	41 (5.1)	95 (5.9)
1st	Opponent	24 (3.0)	40 (5.0)	64 (4.0)
2nd	Ottawa	86 (10.8)	55 (6.9)	141 (8.8)
2nd	Opponent	51 (6.4)	55 (6.9)	106 (6.6)
3rd	Ottawa	18 (2.3)	39 (4.9)	57 (3.6)
3rd	Opponent	18 (2.3)	53 (6.6)	71 (4.4)
4th	Ottawa	66 (8.3)	52 (6.5)	118 (7.4)
4th	Opponent	59 (7.4)	46 (5.8)	105 (6.6)

Head Coach

George Brancato (March 1, 1974 – Nov. 9, 1984)

Player Awards
All Stars

1976 Player Awards and Nominations

1976 Most Outstanding

Player — Tom Clements (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Mark Kosmos (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Donn Smith (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Tony Gabriel (Winner)
Rookie — John Palazeti (Team Nominee)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1976 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Art Green
TE	Tony Gabriel^*
OLB	Mark Kosmos

7 All-Division Selections

QB	Tom Clements
RB	Art Green^*
TE	Tony Gabriel
C	Donn Smith
T	Jim Coode
MLB	Larry Cameron
OLB	Mark Kosmos

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1976 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)	[HAM]	Steve Gelley (OG)	Simon Fraser
1–6 (6)		Bill Hatanaka (RB)	York
4–6 (33)		Drew Allen (OG)	Carleton
5–6 (42)		Doug Kitts (QB)	York
6–6 (51)		Jim Anderson (OT)	Alberta
7–6 (60)		Fred Brown (LB)	Wilfrid Laurier
8–6 (69)		Paul Lojewski (OG)	Windsor
9–6 (78)		Rob Forbes (WR)	New Brunswick
10–6 (86)		Chris Kziezopoloski (WR)	Waterloo