Ottawa Rough Riders 1979 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 11, 1979 Won 29 – 26 vs Hamilton
Eastern Conference Final
- Nov. 17, 1979 Lost 6 – 17 @ Montreal

Ottawa Rough Riders 1979 Season Resources 1979 OTT Team Roster 1979 OTT Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Tue Jun 12 8:00 PM	OTT 20 @ MTL 36	L	24,920
B	Mon Jun 18 8:00 PM	WPG 12 @ OTT 13	W	18,870
C	Sun Jun 24 4:30 PM	OTT 30 @ EDM 27	W	41,379
D	Wed Jul 4 8:00 PM	TOR 18 @ OTT 13	L	19,450


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Jul 11 8:00 PM	HAM 19 @ OTT 30	W	21,674	CTVE
2	Bye
3	Tue Jul 24 8:00 PM	OTT 31 @ TOR 2	W	42,160	R/C, CBCE
4	Tue Jul 31 8:00 PM	TOR 18 @ OTT 16	L	27,034	CBCE
5	Wed Aug 8 9:30 PM	OTT 17 @ CGY 27	L	32,780	CTV
6	Tue Aug 14 8:00 PM	EDM 24 @ OTT 24	T	27,050
7	Mon Aug 20 8:00 PM	OTT 14 @ MTL 32	L	51,487
8	Wed Aug 29 8:00 PM	MTL 29 @ OTT 31	W	31,672	CTVE
9	Mon Sep 3 8:00 PM	OTT 9 @ HAM 16	L	19,246	CBC
10	Sat Sep 8 2:00 PM	HAM 4 @ OTT 44	W	23,589	R/C, CTVE
11	Sat Sep 15 8:00 PM	OTT 22 @ WPG 19	W	25,644	CTV
12	Bye
13	Sun Sep 30 2:00 PM	MTL 29 @ OTT 29	T	32,669	R/C, CBC
14	Sun Oct 7 4:30 PM	OTT 20 @ SSK 19	W	19,300	CBC
15	Sun Oct 14 2:00 PM	BC 26 @ OTT 28	W	25,708	CTV
16	Sun Oct 21 2:00 PM	OTT 3 @ HAM 21	L	27,211	R/C, CBCE
17	Sat Oct 27 2:00 PM	OTT 8 @ MTL 24	L	47,368	CTVE
18	Sat Nov 3 2:00 PM	TOR 6 @ OTT 23	W	21,490	CTVE, R/C


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 11 2:00 PM	HAM 26 @ OTT 29	W	25,540	CBC
P2	Sat Nov 17 2:00 PM	OTT 6 @ MTL 17	L	35,103	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	76	93	L1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	8	6	2	18	349	315	W1	3-2-1
Home	8	5	1	2	12	225	155	W2	4-0-2
Visitor	8	3	5	0	6	124	160	L2	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	11	5	5	1	11	238	200	W1	2-3-1
Non-divisional opponent	5	3	1	1	7	111	115	W3	3-1-1

Full 1979 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 (3-0-2)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	4 (2-2-0)	5 (3-0-2)	4 (1-3-0)	7 (4-3-0)
After 2nd	5 (3-0-2)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (2-5-0)	6 (4-0-2)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (4-6-0)
After 3rd	4 (3-0-1)	1 (0-0-1)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	5 (4-0-1)	2 (1-0-1)	9 (3-6-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	8 (8-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.483	4-1-1 (6)	1-4-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.506	1-0-1 (2)	2-1-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.375	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.719	1-0-1 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.313	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (1)	0.594	1-0-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.750	--	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.813	0-0-1 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.125	--	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.250	--	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1979	1978 +/-
Average Combined Score	41.50	+0.50
Average Winning Score	28.63	-0.47
Average Losing Score	11.17	-3.83
Average Home Score	28.13	-2.12
Average Visitor Score	15.50	-3.62
Average Margin of Victory	13.13	-3.33
Average Margin of Loss	11.83	+2.43

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	225 (28.1)	124 (15.5)	349 (21.8)
Total	Opponent	160 (20.0)	155 (19.4)	315 (19.7)
1st	Ottawa	32 (4.0)	17 (2.1)	49 (3.1)
1st	Opponent	40 (5.0)	33 (4.1)	73 (4.6)
2nd	Ottawa	80 (10.0)	43 (5.4)	123 (7.7)
2nd	Opponent	49 (6.1)	40 (5.0)	89 (5.6)
3rd	Ottawa	41 (5.1)	35 (4.4)	76 (4.8)
3rd	Opponent	30 (3.8)	34 (4.3)	64 (4.0)
4th	Ottawa	72 (9.0)	29 (3.6)	101 (6.3)
4th	Opponent	41 (5.1)	48 (6.0)	89 (5.6)

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

1979 Player Awards and Nominations

1979 Most Outstanding

Player — Mike Nelms (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Mike Raines (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Val Belcher (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Tony Gabriel (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Martin Cox (Division Finalist)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1979 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

TE	Tony Gabriel
OLB	Ron Foxx
CB	Mike Nelms

6 All-Division Selections

TE	Tony Gabriel
WR	Martin Cox
DT	Mike Raines
OLB	Ron Foxx
DHB	Larry Brune
CB	Mike Nelms

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1979 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–6 (6)		Carm Carteri (LB)	Montana
2–6 (15)		Al Dosant (DB)	Windsor
4–6 (33)		David Green (FB)	Carleton
5–6 (42)		Blaine Shore (WR)	Queen's
6–6 (51)		Scott Spurgeon (DB)	St. Francis Xavier
7–6 (60)		David Behm (RB)	Ottawa