Ottawa Rough Riders 1983 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

8 wins, 8 losses, 0 ties
Finished 2nd in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 13, 1983 Lost 31 – 33 vs Hamilton

Ottawa Rough Riders 1983 Season Resources 1983 OTT Team Roster 1983 OTT Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Fri Jun 10 7:30 PM	OTT 4 @ MTL 14	L
B	Thu Jun 16 7:00 PM	MTL 34 @ OTT 13	L
C	Fri Jun 24 8:00 PM	OTT 15 @ TOR 31	L
D	Wed Jun 29 7:00 PM	HAM 30 @ OTT 47	W


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Fri Jul 8 8:30 PM	OTT 26 @ WPG 25	W	CTV
2	Sat Jul 16 7:30 PM	OTT 28 @ MTL 36	L
3	Thu Jul 21 8:00 PM	CGY 27 @ OTT 16	L
4	Thu Jul 28 8:00 PM	EDM 44 @ OTT 4	L
5	Bye
6	Sat Aug 13 7:00 PM	OTT 22 @ HAM 24	L	CBC
7	Fri Aug 19 8:00 PM	TOR 27 @ OTT 17	L	CTV
8	Fri Aug 26 9:30 PM	OTT 17 @ EDM 14	W	CTV
9	Fri Sep 2 8:00 PM	BC 19 @ OTT 49	W	CTV
10	Fri Sep 9 8:00 PM	SSK 29 @ OTT 28	L	CTV
11	Bye
12	Sun Sep 25 1:00 PM	HAM 25 @ OTT 29	W	CTV
13	Sat Oct 1 9:00 PM	OTT 24 @ SSK 23	W
14	Sat Oct 8 9:30 PM	OTT 29 @ CGY 24	W	CBC
15	Sun Oct 16 1:30 PM	WPG 23 @ OTT 42	W	CBC
16	Sun Oct 23 1:30 PM	OTT 20 @ TOR 19	W	CTV
17	Sat Oct 29 1:30 PM	MTL 25 @ OTT 20	L	CBC
18	Sat Nov 5 10:30 PM	OTT 13 @ BC 40	L	CTV


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Semi-Final	Sun Nov 13 12:30 PM	HAM 33 @ OTT 31	L	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	79	109	W1	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	8	8	0	16	384	424	L2	4-2-0
Home	8	3	5	0	6	205	219	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	8	5	3	0	10	179	205	L1	4-2-0
Divisional opponent	6	2	4	0	4	136	156	L1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	10	6	4	0	12	248	268	L1	4-2-0

Full 1983 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)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	4 (2-2-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (4-4-0)	3 (2-1-0)	5 (2-3-0)
After 2nd	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (3-1-0)	7 (4-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (4-5-0)
After 3rd	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)	6 (4-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (4-6-0)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.479	1-2-0 (3)	1-2-0 (3)
Non-Divisional	0.513	2-3-0 (5)	4-1-0 (5)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.344	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.344	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.688	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.313	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.563	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1983	1982 +/-
Average Combined Score	50.50	-1.88
Average Winning Score	29.50	-10.30
Average Losing Score	18.50	+2.41
Average Home Score	25.63	+0.50
Average Visitor Score	22.38	+0.50
Average Margin of Victory	8.00	-11.20
Average Margin of Loss	13.00	-3.55

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	205 (25.6)	179 (22.4)	384 (24.0)
Total	Opponent	205 (25.6)	219 (27.4)	424 (26.5)
1st	Ottawa	21 (2.6)	37 (4.6)	58 (3.6)
1st	Opponent	16 (2.0)	31 (3.9)	47 (2.9)
2nd	Ottawa	62 (7.8)	35 (4.4)	97 (6.1)
2nd	Opponent	76 (9.5)	59 (7.4)	135 (8.4)
3rd	Ottawa	68 (8.5)	41 (5.1)	109 (6.8)
3rd	Opponent	60 (7.5)	56 (7.0)	116 (7.3)
4th	Ottawa	54 (6.8)	66 (8.3)	120 (7.5)
4th	Opponent	53 (6.6)	73 (9.1)	126 (7.9)

Head Coach

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

Ottawa Rough Riders 1983 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Alvin Walker
1 – J.C. Watts

Defensive Star

1 – Ricky Barden

Lineman Star

2 – Greg Marshall
1 – Gary Dulin

1983 Player Awards and Nominations

1983 Most Outstanding

Player — Alvin “Skip” Walker (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Greg Marshall (Winner)
Offensive Lineman — Rudy Phillips (Winner)
Canadian Player — Mark Seale (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Junior Robinson (Team Nominee)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1983 All-Star Selections

5 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Alvin “Skip” Walker
G	Rudy Phillips
T	Kevin Powell
DT	Gary Dulin
DE	Greg Marshall

7 All-Division Selections

RB	Alvin “Skip” Walker
C	Larry Tittley
G	Rudy Phillips
T	Kevin Powell
DT	Gary Dulin
DE	Greg Marshall
OLB	Rick Sowieta (Tie)

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1983 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Steve Harrison (LB)	British Columbia (UBC)
2–2 (11)		Junior Robinson (DB)	Guelph
3–2 (20)		Stan Benincasa (LB)	Guelph
4–2 (29)		John Kane (OL)	Michigan State
5–2 (38)		Courtney Taylor (DB)	Wilfrid Laurier
6–2 (47)		Francois Payer (DE)	Bishop's
7–2 (56)		Chris Rhora (DE)	Acadia
8–2 (65)		Don Clow (WR)	Acadia