Ottawa Rough Riders 1988 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

2 wins, 16 losses, 0 ties
Finished 4th in the East Division

Ottawa Rough Riders 1988 Season Resources 1988 OTT Team Roster 1988 OTT Attendance

Notes

Polak made ‘her-story’ while helping Rough Riders stay afloat

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Wed Jun 29 7:30 PM	WPG 30 @ OTT 25 OT	L
B	Wed Jul 6 8:00 PM	OTT 36 @ HAM 34	W


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Fri Jul 15 7:30 PM	SSK 48 @ OTT 21	L	CFN
2	Wed Jul 20 7:00 PM	OTT 11 @ TOR 34	L	CFN
3	Wed Jul 27 7:30 PM	EDM 35 @ OTT 28	L	CFN
4	Tue Aug 2 7:30 PM	TOR 41 @ OTT 7	L	CFN
5	Sat Aug 13 8:00 PM	OTT 28 @ WPG 17	W	CBC
6	Thu Aug 18 7:00 PM	BC 27 @ OTT 20	L	CBC
7	Sat Aug 27 8:00 PM	OTT 24 @ HAM 51	L	CBC
8	Thu Sep 1 7:30 PM	HAM 46 @ OTT 20	L	TSN
9	Tue Sep 6 10:30 PM	OTT 11 @ BC 24	L	TSN
10	Sat Sep 10 8:00 PM	OTT 16 @ CGY 17 OT	L	CBC
11	Sun Sep 18 1:30 PM	OTT 25 @ HAM 35	L	CFN
12	Sat Sep 24 7:30 PM	WPG 31 @ OTT 0	L	TSN
13	Sun Oct 2 4:00 PM	OTT 12 @ EDM 40	L	CFN
14	Sat Oct 8 1:30 PM	TOR 52 @ OTT 3	L	CBC
15	Fri Oct 14 8:00 PM	OTT 7 @ TOR 49	L	TSN
16	Sat Oct 22 1:00 PM	CGY 3 @ OTT 19	W	CBC
17	Sat Oct 29 1:30 PM	HAM 23 @ OTT 15	L
18	Sun Nov 6 3:00 PM	OTT 11 @ SSK 45	L

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	3	61	64	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	2	16	0	4	278	618	L2	1-5-0
Home	9	1	8	0	2	133	306	L1	1-5-0
Visitor	9	1	8	0	2	145	312	L7	0-6-0
Divisional opponent	10	1	9	0	2	140	379	L7	0-6-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	1	7	0	2	138	239	L1	1-5-0

Full 1988 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	3 (0-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (1-4-0)	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	6 (1-5-0)	1 (0-1-0)	11 (1-10-0)
After 2nd	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	15 (0-15-0)
After 3rd	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	16 (0-16-0)
After 4th	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	7 (0-7-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	15 (0-15-0)
After OT1	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.611	0-5-0 (5)	1-4-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.528	1-3-0 (4)	0-4-0 (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.500	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.778	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.556	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.333	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.611	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.611	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1988	1987 +/-
Average Combined Score	49.78	-4.39
Average Winning Score	23.50	-3.83
Average Losing Score	14.44	-5.23
Average Home Score	14.78	-8.00
Average Visitor Score	16.11	-3.00
Average Margin of Victory	13.50	+8.83
Average Margin of Loss	22.94	+7.27

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	133 (14.8)	145 (16.1)	278 (15.4)
Total	Opponent	312 (34.7)	306 (34.0)	618 (34.3)
1st	Ottawa	41 (4.6)	20 (2.2)	61 (3.4)
1st	Opponent	67 (7.4)	71 (7.9)	138 (7.7)
2nd	Ottawa	35 (3.9)	41 (4.6)	76 (4.2)
2nd	Opponent	97 (10.8)	68 (7.6)	165 (9.2)
3rd	Ottawa	27 (3.0)	32 (3.6)	59 (3.3)
3rd	Opponent	41 (4.6)	67 (7.4)	108 (6.0)
4th	Ottawa	30 (3.3)	52 (5.8)	82 (4.6)
4th	Opponent	106 (11.8)	100 (11.1)	206 (11.4)
OT1	Ottawa	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
OT1	Opponent	1 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.0)

Head Coaches

Steve Goldman (Dec. 14, 1988 – Aug. 3, 1991)
Bob Weber (July 28, 1988 – Dec. 6, 1988)
Fred Glick (Feb. 10, 1987 – July 28, 1988)

Assistant Coaches

Pal Sartori – Offensive Coordinator
Bob Weber – Offensive line
Ardell Wiegandt – Linebackers
Larrye Weaver – Defensive secondary
Bob Swift – Special teams

Ottawa Rough Riders 1988 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

None

Defensive Star

None

Lineman Star

None

1988 Player Awards and Nominations

1988 Most Outstanding

Player — Gerald Alphin (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Troy Wilson (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Marv Allemang (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Orville Lee (Division Finalist)
Rookie — Orville Lee (Winner)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1988 All-Star Selections

2 All-Division Selections

RB	Orville Lee^*
SB	Gerald Alphin

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1988 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)		Orville Lee (RB)	Simon Fraser
3–6 (22)	[BC]	Leon Hatziioannou (DL)	Simon Fraser
4–2 (26)	[SSK]	Sheridon Baptiste (WR)	Queen's
5–1 (33)		Sieg Will (OT)	Guelph
5–2 (34)	[SSK]	Chris Rick (LB)	Queen's
6–1 (41)		Brent Matich (K)	Calgary
7–1 (49)		Scott Warr (OT)	McGill
8–1 (57)		Ray Goerke (OT)	Weber State