Ottawa Rough Riders 1980 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

7 wins, 9 losses, 0 ties
Finished 3rd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 8, 1980 Lost 21 – 25 @ Montreal

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Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Tue Jun 10 11:00 PM	OTT 26 @ BC 26	T
B	Wed Jun 18 8:00 PM	EDM 25 @ OTT 13	L
C	Wed Jun 25 8:00 PM	OTT 24 @ MTL 34	L
D	Tue Jul 1 2:00 PM	SSK 3 @ OTT 29	W


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Tue Jul 8 8:00 PM	CGY 20 @ OTT 26	W	CBC
2	Tue Jul 15 8:00 PM	OTT 23 @ HAM 41	L
3	Wed Jul 23 8:00 PM	OTT 20 @ TOR 16	W	CTVE
4	Tue Jul 29 8:00 PM	TOR 18 @ OTT 10	L	R/C, CBCE
5	Tue Aug 5 8:00 PM	HAM 13 @ OTT 3	L	CBCE
6	Tue Aug 12 8:00 PM	OTT 27 @ MTL 17	W	CBCE
7	Mon Aug 18 8:00 PM	MTL 11 @ OTT 33	W	CTVE
8	Tue Aug 26 9:30 PM	OTT 20 @ EDM 45	L	CBCW
9	Bye
10	Sun Sep 7 2:00 PM	SSK 21 @ OTT 31	W	CTV
11	Sun Sep 14 2:00 PM	WPG 20 @ OTT 19	L	CBC
12	Sun Sep 21 2:00 PM	OTT 17 @ TOR 41	L
13	Sun Sep 28 2:00 PM	OTT 24 @ HAM 29	L	CBCE
14	Sun Oct 5 2:00 PM	MTL 14 @ OTT 49	W	CBCE
15	Sun Oct 12 2:00 PM	OTT 17 @ MTL 34	L	CBCE
16	Sat Oct 18 11:00 PM	OTT 7 @ BC 27	L	CTV
17	Sat Oct 25 2:00 PM	HAM 26 @ OTT 27	W	CTVE
18	Bye


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Semi-Final	Sat Nov 8 2:00 PM	OTT 21 @ MTL 25	L	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	2	1	3	92	88	W1	1-2-1
Regular Season	16	7	9	0	14	353	393	W1	2-4-0
Home	8	5	3	0	10	198	143	W2	4-2-0
Visitor	8	2	6	0	4	155	250	L5	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	11	5	6	0	10	250	260	W1	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	2	3	0	4	103	133	L2	2-3-0

Full 1980 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)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	7 (5-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (2-7-0)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (2-9-0)
After 3rd	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	4 (3-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	11 (3-8-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.477	3-2-0 (5)	2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.531	2-1-0 (3)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.531	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.500	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.375	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.531	--	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.563	1-0-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Elks (1)	0.813	--	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.125	1-0-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1980	1979 +/-
Average Combined Score	46.63	+5.12
Average Winning Score	30.43	+1.80
Average Losing Score	15.56	+4.39
Average Home Score	24.75	-3.38
Average Visitor Score	19.38	+3.88
Average Margin of Victory	12.57	-0.55
Average Margin of Loss	14.22	+2.39

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	198 (24.8)	155 (19.4)	353 (22.1)
Total	Opponent	250 (31.3)	143 (17.9)	393 (24.6)
1st	Ottawa	55 (6.9)	25 (3.1)	80 (5.0)
1st	Opponent	62 (7.8)	26 (3.3)	88 (5.5)
2nd	Ottawa	53 (6.6)	43 (5.4)	96 (6.0)
2nd	Opponent	92 (11.5)	54 (6.8)	146 (9.1)
3rd	Ottawa	27 (3.4)	34 (4.3)	61 (3.8)
3rd	Opponent	55 (6.9)	35 (4.4)	90 (5.6)
4th	Ottawa	63 (7.9)	53 (6.6)	116 (7.3)
4th	Opponent	41 (5.1)	28 (3.5)	69 (4.3)

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

1980 Player Awards and Nominations

1980 Most Outstanding

Player — Richard Crump (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Mike Raines (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Val Belcher (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Rick Sowieta (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Jordan Case (Team Nominee)

1980 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — Jim Coode (Winner)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1980 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

TE	Tony Gabriel
G	Val Belcher

6 All-Division Selections

RB	Richard Crump
TE	Tony Gabriel
G	Val Belcher
DT	Mike Raines
OLB	Ron Foxx (Tie)
OLB	Rick Sowieta (Tie)

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1980 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–6 (6)		Pat McBride (C)	North Dakota State
2–2 (11)	[SSK]	Mark Philp (RB)	Richmond
2–4 (13)	[HAM]	Neville Edwards (RB)	Western Ontario
3–6 (24)		Ed McMillan (DB)	Carleton
4–6 (33)		Wesley Woof (WR)	Wilfrid Laurier
5–6 (42)		Steve Shubat (OT)	York
6–6 (51)		Mike Szemeredy (TE)	Toronto (UofT)
7–6 (60)		Elwin Worobec (OG)	Utah