Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
A
Tue Jun 14 8:00 PM
TOR 7 @ OTT 7 T  
B
Sat Jun 18 9:30 PM
OTT 24 @ EDM 27 L  
C
Tue Jun 28 8:00 PM
HAM 20 @ OTT 36 W  
D
Thu Jul 7 8:00 PM
OTT 9 @ TOR 28 L  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Wed Jul 13 8:00 PM
MTL 27 @ OTT 17 L CTVE
2Bye
3
Wed Jul 27 8:00 PM
OTT 1 @ TOR 17 L CTVE
4
Wed Aug 3 8:00 PM
TOR 11 @ OTT 41 W CTVE
5
Tue Aug 9 10:00 PM
OTT 17 @ SSK 27 L CBC
6
Tue Aug 16 8:00 PM
HAM 17 @ OTT 31 W CBCE
7
Tue Aug 23 8:00 PM
OTT 20 @ MTL 27 L  
8
Wed Aug 31 8:00 PM
BC 27 @ OTT 24 L CTV
9
Mon Sep 5 8:00 PM
OTT 33 @ HAM 18 W CTV
10
Sun Sep 11 2:00 PM
MTL 16 @ OTT 11 L R/C, CBCE
11Bye
12
Sat Sep 24 9:00 PM
OTT 24 @ WPG 36 L CTV
13
Sat Oct 1 2:00 PM
EDM 17 @ OTT 34 W CTV
14
Sat Oct 8 10:00 PM
OTT 24 @ CGY 20 W CTV
15
Sat Oct 15 2:00 PM
HAM 28 @ OTT 36 W CTV
16
Sat Oct 22 2:00 PM
OTT 16 @ MTL 28 L CTVE
17
Sun Oct 30 2:00 PM
TOR 4 @ OTT 14 W CTVE
18
Sun Nov 6 2:00 PM
OTT 25 @ HAM 24 W CBCE
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result TV
Semi-Final
Sun Nov 13 2:00 PM
TOR 16 @ OTT 21 W CBC
Final
Sat Nov 19 2:00 PM
OTT 18 @ MTL 21 L CTV
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 4 1 2 1 3 76 82 L1 1-2-1
Regular Season 16 8 8 0 16 368 344 W2 5-1-0
    Home 8 5 3 0 10 208 147 W3 4-2-0
    Visitor 8 3 5 0 6 160 197 W1 3-3-0
   Divisional opponent 11 6 5 0 12 245 217 W2 4-2-0
   Non-divisional opponent 5 2 3 0 4 123 127 W2 2-3-0

Full 1977 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 2 (2-0-0) 2 (1-1-0) 4 (2-2-0) 3 (2-1-0) 1 (0-1-0) 4 (1-3-0) 5 (4-1-0) 3 (1-2-0) 8 (3-5-0)
After 2nd 4 (3-1-0) 1 (1-0-0) 3 (1-2-0) 2 (1-1-0) 3 (1-2-0) 3 (1-2-0) 6 (4-2-0) 4 (2-2-0) 6 (2-4-0)
After 3rd 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 2 (1-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (2-4-0) 7 (6-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 9 (2-7-0)
After 4th 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 8 (8-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 8 (0-8-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.466 4-2-0 (6) 2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional 0.525 1-1-0 (2) 1-2-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4) 0.313
Montreal Alouettes (4) 0.688
Toronto Argonauts (3) 0.375
BC Lions (1) 0.625
Calgary Stampeders (1) 0.250
Edmonton Elks (1) 0.625
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1) 0.500
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1) 0.625
19771976 +/-
Average Combined Score 44.50 -2.81
Average Winning Score 29.75 -5.58
Average Losing Score 16.25 +4.08
Average Home Score 26.00 -2.00
Average Visitor Score 20.00 -3.38
Average Margin of Victory 12.38 -3.85
Average Margin of Loss 9.38 -4.12
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Ottawa 208 (26.0) 160 (20.0) 368 (23.0)
Opponent 197 (24.6) 147 (18.4) 344 (21.5)
1st Ottawa 41 (5.1) 24 (3.0) 65 (4.1)
Opponent 37 (4.6) 20 (2.5) 57 (3.6)
2nd Ottawa 68 (8.5) 46 (5.8) 114 (7.1)
Opponent 47 (5.9) 59 (7.4) 106 (6.6)
3rd Ottawa 34 (4.3) 41 (5.1) 75 (4.7)
Opponent 35 (4.4) 31 (3.9) 66 (4.1)
4th Ottawa 65 (8.1) 49 (6.1) 114 (7.1)
Opponent 78 (9.8) 37 (4.6) 115 (7.2)
Head Coach
1977 Player Awards and Nominations
1977 Most Outstanding
Ottawa Rough Riders 1977 All-Star Selections
3 All-Canadian Selections
TE Tony Gabriel
G Jeff Turcotte
OLB Mike Widger
8 All-Division Selections
QB Tom Clements
RB Richard Holmes
TE Tony Gabriel
WR Jeff Avery
C Donn Smith
G Jeff Turcotte
DE Jim Piaskoski
OLB Mike Widger

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1977 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–1 (1) [CGY] Mike Riley (DT) Dalhousie
1–9 (9)   Kirk Defazie (DB) Waterloo
2–9 (18)   Jim Lynn (OT) Windsor
3–9 (27)   Jim McCaffrey (DB) Richmond
4–9 (36)   Rod Bell (TE) New Brunswick
5–9 (45)   Roger Wheller (WR) Acadia
6–9 (54)   Dan Sartor (C) Ottawa
7–9 (63)   Ross Tripp (RB) McMaster
8–9 (72)   John Harrison (QB) McMaster
9–9 (81)   Phil Ridley (FB) St. Francis Xavier
10–9   Pass

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