Ottawa Rough Riders 1978 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

11 wins, 5 losses, 0 ties
Finished 1st in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Final
- Nov. 19, 1978 Lost 16 – 21 vs Montreal

Ottawa Rough Riders 1978 Season Resources 1978 OTT Team Roster 1978 OTT Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Wed Jun 14 8:00 PM	OTT 24 @ HAM 16	W
B	Wed Jun 21 8:00 PM	BC 21 @ OTT 20	L
C	Wed Jun 28 8:00 PM	MTL 25 @ OTT 4	L
D	Tue Jul 4 8:00 PM	OTT 27 @ WPG 28	L


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Tue Jul 11 8:00 PM	MTL 10 @ OTT 17	W	CTVE
2	Bye
3	Wed Jul 26 8:00 PM	OTT 16 @ TOR 20	L
4	Tue Aug 1 9:30 PM	OTT 24 @ EDM 23	W	CTV
5	Tue Aug 8 8:00 PM	TOR 18 @ OTT 37	W	CTVE
6	Tue Aug 15 8:00 PM	HAM 6 @ OTT 32	W	CBC
7	Wed Aug 23 8:00 PM	OTT 36 @ HAM 8	W	CTVE
8	Wed Aug 30 8:00 PM	CGY 16 @ OTT 27	W	CTV
9	Tue Sep 5 8:00 PM	OTT 23 @ MTL 18	W	CBC
10	Sat Sep 9 2:00 PM	WPG 31 @ OTT 29	L	R/C, CTV
11	Bye
12	Sun Sep 24 2:00 PM	SSK 18 @ OTT 53	W	R/C, CBC
13	Sat Sep 30 8:00 PM	OTT 24 @ TOR 3	W	R/C, CTVE
14	Mon Oct 9 2:00 PM	OTT 5 @ HAM 25	L	R/C, CBC
15	Sun Oct 15 2:00 PM	MTL 10 @ OTT 13	W	R/C, CTVE
16	Sat Oct 21 11:00 PM	OTT 17 @ BC 20	L	CTV
17	Sat Oct 28 2:00 PM	HAM 9 @ OTT 34	W	R/C, CTV
18	Sat Nov 4 2:00 PM	OTT 8 @ MTL 26	L	CTVE


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Final	Sun Nov 19 2:00 PM	MTL 21 @ OTT 16	L	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	75	90	L3	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	11	5	0	22	395	261	L1	3-3-0
Home	8	7	1	0	14	242	118	W3	5-1-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	153	143	L3	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	11	8	3	0	16	245	153	L1	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	3	2	0	6	150	108	L1	3-2-0

Full 1978 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	6 (5-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	10 (9-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)
After 2nd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	9 (9-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 3rd	6 (6-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	9 (9-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	11 (11-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.386	5-0-0 (5)	3-3-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.538	2-1-0 (3)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.344	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.531	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.250	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.500	--	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.656	1-0-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.688	--	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.281	1-0-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1978	1977 +/-
Average Combined Score	41.00	-3.50
Average Winning Score	29.09	-0.66
Average Losing Score	15.00	-1.25
Average Home Score	30.25	+4.25
Average Visitor Score	19.13	-0.88
Average Margin of Victory	16.45	+4.08
Average Margin of Loss	9.40	+0.03

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	242 (30.3)	153 (19.1)	395 (24.7)
Total	Opponent	143 (17.9)	118 (14.8)	261 (16.3)
1st	Ottawa	48 (6.0)	42 (5.3)	90 (5.6)
1st	Opponent	28 (3.5)	13 (1.6)	41 (2.6)
2nd	Ottawa	32 (4.0)	42 (5.3)	74 (4.6)
2nd	Opponent	47 (5.9)	50 (6.3)	97 (6.1)
3rd	Ottawa	86 (10.8)	16 (2.0)	102 (6.4)
3rd	Opponent	30 (3.8)	28 (3.5)	58 (3.6)
4th	Ottawa	76 (9.5)	53 (6.6)	129 (8.1)
4th	Opponent	38 (4.8)	27 (3.4)	65 (4.1)

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

1978 Player Awards and Nominations

1978 Most Outstanding

Player — Tony Gabriel (Winner)
Defensive Player — Kenneth Downing (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Jim Coode (Winner)
Canadian Player — Tony Gabriel (Winner)
Rookie — J.T. Hay (Team Nominee)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1978 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

TE	Tony Gabriel
T	Jim Coode
DE	Mike Fanucci
DB	Larry Brune

11 All-Division Selections

QB	Condredge Holloway, Jr.
RB	Mike Murphy
TE	Tony Gabriel
SB	Art Green
WR	Jeff Avery
C	Donn Smith
G	Charlie Brandon
T	Jim Coode
DT	Mike Raines
DE	Mike Fanucci
DHB	Larry Brune

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1978 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–7 (7)		Don Taylor (RB)	Central (IA)
4–7 (34)		Phil Battaglia (LB)	New Brunswick
5–7 (43)		Linden Davidson (OT)	Ottawa
6–7 (52)		Dave Yurincich (DT)	Wilfrid Laurier
7–7 (61)		Tom Barbeau (RB)	McGill
8–7 (70)		Mike Lyriotokis (DT)	Prince Edward Island