Ottawa Rough Riders 1985 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

7 wins, 9 losses, 0 ties
Finished 3rd in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 10, 1985 Lost 20 – 30 @ Montreal

Ottawa Rough Riders 1985 Season Resources 1985 OTT Team Roster 1985 OTT Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Sat Jun 8 7:30 PM	OTT 10 @ MTL 34	L
A	Thu Jun 13 7:30 PM	MTL 37 @ OTT 22	L
C	Mon Jun 24 7:30 PM	TOR 22 @ OTT 23	W
D	Sat Jun 29 7:30 PM	OTT 14 @ HAM 33	L


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Sun Jul 7 3:30 PM	OTT 22 @ SSK 46	L	CTV, R/C
2	Bye
3	Thu Jul 18 7:30 PM	EDM 19 @ OTT 41	W	CBC
4	Sun Jul 28 1:30 PM	CGY 12 @ OTT 14	W	CBC, R/C
5	Fri Aug 2 9:30 PM	OTT 14 @ EDM 49	L
6	Thu Aug 8 8:30 PM	OTT 15 @ WPG 58	L	CBC
7	Thu Aug 15 7:30 PM	SSK 4 @ OTT 17	W	CBC
8	Thu Aug 22 7:30 PM	OTT 18 @ TOR 8	W	CBC
9	Fri Aug 30 7:30 PM	BC 18 @ OTT 13	L	CTV
10	Sat Sep 7 1:30 PM	WPG 42 @ OTT 14	L	CTV, R/C
11	Sat Sep 14 9:30 PM	OTT 7 @ CGY 32	L	CTV
12	Sun Sep 22 1:30 PM	OTT 11 @ HAM 32	L	CTV, R/C
13	Sun Sep 29 1:30 PM	MTL 7 @ OTT 23	W	CBC, R/C
14	Sun Oct 6 1:30 PM	TOR 15 @ OTT 19	W	CBC
15	Bye
16	Sat Oct 19 1:00 PM	OTT 30 @ MTL 7	W	CBC
17	Sat Oct 26 1:30 PM	HAM 36 @ OTT 4	L	CBC
18	Fri Nov 1 10:00 PM	OTT 10 @ BC 17	L	CTV


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Semi-Final	Sun Nov 10 12:30 PM	OTT 20 @ MTL 30	L	CBC, R/C

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	69	126	L1	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	7	9	0	14	272	402	L2	3-3-0
Home	8	5	3	0	10	145	153	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	8	2	6	0	4	127	249	L1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	6	4	2	0	8	105	105	L1	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	10	3	7	0	6	167	297	L4	1-5-0

Full 1985 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)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	8 (7-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	7 (6-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (1-9-0)
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	0.458	2-1-0 (3)	2-1-0 (3)
Non-Divisional	0.538	3-2-0 (5)	0-5-0 (5)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.813	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.188	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1985	1984 +/-
Average Combined Score	42.13	-11.69
Average Winning Score	23.14	-4.61
Average Losing Score	12.22	-8.03
Average Home Score	18.13	-4.62
Average Visitor Score	15.88	-5.62
Average Margin of Victory	12.86	+4.11
Average Margin of Loss	24.44	+8.78

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	145 (18.1)	127 (15.9)	272 (17.0)
Total	Opponent	249 (31.1)	153 (19.1)	402 (25.1)
1st	Ottawa	52 (6.5)	16 (2.0)	68 (4.3)
1st	Opponent	70 (8.8)	34 (4.3)	104 (6.5)
2nd	Ottawa	40 (5.0)	60 (7.5)	100 (6.3)
2nd	Opponent	60 (7.5)	71 (8.9)	131 (8.2)
3rd	Ottawa	13 (1.6)	13 (1.6)	26 (1.6)
3rd	Opponent	74 (9.3)	24 (3.0)	98 (6.1)
4th	Ottawa	40 (5.0)	38 (4.8)	78 (4.9)
4th	Opponent	45 (5.6)	24 (3.0)	69 (4.3)

Head Coach

Joe Moss (Dec. 18, 1984 – Sept. 29, 1986)

Assistant Coaches

Bob Swift – Offensive line
Kevin Gilbride – Receivers
Dick Adams – Defensive secondary
Ted Heath – Defensive line

Ottawa Rough Riders 1985 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Daric Zeno
1 – J.C. Watts

Defensive Star

None

Lineman Star

1 – Greg Marshall

1985 Player Awards and Nominations

1985 Most Outstanding

Player — Loyd Lewis (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Loyd Lewis (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Kevin Powell (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Jim Reid (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Nick Benjamin (Division Finalist)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1985 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

P	Ken Clark

8 All-Division Selections

RB	Lester Brown
T	Kevin Powell
T	Roger Cattelan
DE	Loyd Lewis
OLB	Rick Sowieta
DB	Ricky Barden
P	Ken Clark
K	Dean Dorsey (Tie)

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1985 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)		Nick Benjamin (OL)	Concordia
2–1 (10)		Tom Monroe (WR)	British Columbia (UBC)
3–1 (19)		Neri Fratin (RB)	Ottawa
4–8 (35)	[HAM]	Marty Palazeti (DE)	Marshall
6–1 (46)		Lance Chomyc (K)	Toronto (UofT)
7–1 (55)		George Ganas (RB)	York
8–1 (64)		Morris Elfenbaum (OL)	Minot State
9–1 (73)		Craig Keenan (QB)	Colorado