Ottawa Rough Riders 1989 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the East Division

Ottawa Rough Riders 1989 Season Resources 1989 OTT Team Roster 1989 OTT Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jun 28 7:30 PM	OTT 7 @ HAM 41	L	9,172
B	Tue Jul 4 7:30 PM	TOR 23 @ OTT 11	L	13,626


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Jul 14 8:30 PM	OTT 24 @ WPG 29	L	22,337	CFN
2	Wed Jul 19 7:30 PM	TOR 21 @ OTT 17	L	18,818	TSN
3	Tue Jul 25 7:30 PM	WPG 43 @ OTT 32	L	23,695	CFN
4	Tue Aug 1 9:30 PM	OTT 29 @ CGY 35	L	18,553	CFN
5	Mon Aug 7 8:00 PM	OTT 22 @ SSK 58	L	22,194	CBC
6	Thu Aug 17 7:30 PM	EDM 39 @ OTT 4	L	21,413	CBC
7	Mon Aug 21 7:30 PM	OTT 17 @ TOR 22	L	33,060	CFN
8	Thu Aug 31 7:30 PM	BC 39 @ OTT 30	L	18,576	CBC
9	Tue Sep 5 10:30 PM	OTT 32 @ BC 49	L	31,069	CFN
10	Sun Sep 10 1:30 PM	HAM 23 @ OTT 40	W	16,942	CBC
11	Sun Sep 17 1:30 PM	OTT 34 @ HAM 52	L	14,327	TSN
12	Sun Sep 24 3:30 PM	SSK 27 @ OTT 36	W	17,284	TSN
13	Sun Oct 1 1:30 PM	CGY 33 @ OTT 13	L	21,643	TSN
14	Mon Oct 9 3:00 PM	OTT 21 @ TOR 49	L	31,116	CBC
15	Sun Oct 15 3:30 PM	OTT 11 @ EDM 55	L	30,920	TSN
16	Sun Oct 22 1:00 PM	HAM 32 @ OTT 22	L	14,416	CBC
17	Sun Oct 29 2:30 PM	OTT 18 @ WPG 14	W	20,541	TSN
18	Sun Nov 5 1:30 PM	WPG 10 @ OTT 24	W	13,757	TSN

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	0	2	0	0	18	64	L2	0-2-0
Regular Season	18	4	14	0	8	426	630	W2	2-4-0
Home	9	3	6	0	6	218	267	W1	3-3-0
Visitor	9	1	8	0	2	208	363	W1	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	10	3	7	0	6	249	295	W2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	1	7	0	2	177	335	L2	1-5-0

Full 1989 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)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	4 (1-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (3-5-0)	2 (1-1-0)	8 (0-8-0)
After 2nd	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	13 (0-13-0)
After 3rd	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	5 (3-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	13 (1-12-0)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	14 (0-14-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.472	2-3-0 (5)	1-4-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.583	1-3-0 (4)	0-4-0 (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.667	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.389	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)	0.389	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (2)	0.389	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.556	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.889	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1989	1988 +/-
Average Combined Score	58.67	+8.89
Average Winning Score	29.50	+6.00
Average Losing Score	22.00	+7.56
Average Home Score	24.22	+9.44
Average Visitor Score	23.11	+7.00
Average Margin of Victory	11.00	-2.50
Average Margin of Loss	17.71	-5.22

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	218 (24.2)	208 (23.1)	426 (23.7)
Total	Opponent	363 (40.3)	267 (29.7)	630 (35.0)
1st	Ottawa	65 (7.2)	44 (4.9)	109 (6.1)
1st	Opponent	77 (8.6)	69 (7.7)	146 (8.1)
2nd	Ottawa	49 (5.4)	72 (8.0)	121 (6.7)
2nd	Opponent	111 (12.3)	91 (10.1)	202 (11.2)
3rd	Ottawa	26 (2.9)	43 (4.8)	69 (3.8)
3rd	Opponent	54 (6.0)	59 (6.6)	113 (6.3)
4th	Ottawa	78 (8.7)	49 (5.4)	127 (7.1)
4th	Opponent	121 (13.4)	48 (5.3)	169 (9.4)

Head Coach

Steve Goldman (Dec. 14, 1988 – Aug. 3, 1991)

Assistant Coaches

Doug Sams – Running backs
Urban Bowman – Offensive line
Dan Daniel – Defensive secondary
Mike Roach – Defensive line
Scott Spurgeon – Special assistant

Ottawa Rough Riders 1989 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Dean Dorsey

Defensive Star

1 – Bruce Holmes
1 – Paul McGowan
1 – Scott Flagel

Lineman Star

None

1989 Player Awards and Nominations

1989 Most Outstanding

Player — Gerald Alphin (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Loyd Lewis (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Kari Yli-Renko (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Patrick Wayne (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Tyrone Thurman (Team Nominee)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1989 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

S	Scott Flagel

1 All-Division Selections

S	Scott Flagel

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1989 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)		Gerald Wilcox (TE)	Weber State
3–1 (17)		Sean Foudy (HB)	York
4–1 (25)		Tom Schimmer (P)	Boise State
5–1 (33)		Nenad Radulovich (OT)	Western Ontario
6–1 (41)		Trent Brown (DB)	Alberta
7–1 (49)		Gord Weber (LB)	Ottawa
8–1 (57)		Bob Forest (LB)	Carleton