Ottawa Rough Riders 1996 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the East Division

Ottawa Rough Riders 1996 Season Resources 1996 OTT Team Roster 1996 OTT Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jun 13 7:30 PM	OTT 7 @ MTL 38	L	11,216
B	Wed Jun 19 7:30 PM	TOR 34 @ OTT 6	L	14,024


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Jun 28 7:30 PM	OTT 23 @ HAM 35	L	19,179	TSN
2	Wed Jul 3 7:30 PM	SSK 29 @ OTT 14	L	10,125
3	Fri Jul 12 7:30 PM	BC 31 @ OTT 32	W	13,489	TSN
4	Wed Jul 17 7:30 PM	OTT 4 @ TOR 34	L	17,288	TSN
5	Thu Jul 25 7:30 PM	EDM 34 @ OTT 18	L	13,323
6	Sat Aug 3 9:30 PM	OTT 2 @ EDM 30	L	25,773	TSN
7	Fri Aug 9 8:00 PM	OTT 27 @ WPG 31	L	25,219	TSN
8	Thu Aug 15 8:00 PM	TOR 42 @ OTT 19	L	15,220	TSN, RDS
9	Sat Aug 24 1:00 PM	OTT 21 @ TOR 28	L	17,186	RDS, TSN
10	Fri Aug 30 7:30 PM	MTL 6 @ OTT 17	W	28,451	RDS, TSN
11	Bye
12	Sun Sep 15 2:00 PM	OTT 18 @ SSK 16	W	19,567	CBC
13	Sun Sep 22 1:00 PM	HAM 24 @ OTT 21	L	26,813	CBC
14	Fri Sep 27 9:30 PM	OTT 17 @ CGY 24	L	21,607	TSN
15	Sat Oct 5 7:30 PM	CGY 31 @ OTT 24	L	15,025	RDS, TSN
16	Mon Oct 14 2:00 PM	MTL 25 @ OTT 18	L	14,080	CBC
17	Sat Oct 19 1:00 PM	OTT 25 @ MTL 39	L	18,671	CBC, RDS
18	Sat Oct 26 2:00 PM	WPG 30 @ OTT 29	L	15,095	RDS, TSN
19	Sat Nov 2 10:30 PM	OTT 24 @ BC 35	L	18,308

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	0	2	0	0	13	72	L2	0-2-0
Regular Season	18	3	15	0	6	353	524	L7	0-6-0
Home	9	2	7	0	4	192	252	L4	1-5-0
Visitor	9	1	8	0	2	161	272	L3	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	8	1	7	0	2	148	233	L3	1-5-0
Non-divisional opponent	10	2	8	0	4	205	291	L4	1-5-0

Full 1996 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 (1-5-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	10 (2-8-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)
After 2nd	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (1-7-0)	5 (1-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	13 (2-11-0)
After 3rd	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (1-7-0)	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	15 (2-13-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	15 (0-15-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.674	1-3-0 (4)	0-4-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.478	1-4-0 (5)	1-4-0 (5)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.444	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.667	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.833	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (2)	0.278	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.722	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.611	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.278	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1996	1995 +/-
Average Combined Score	48.72	-8.67
Average Winning Score	22.33	-2.00
Average Losing Score	19.07	+0.73
Average Home Score	21.33	-1.33
Average Visitor Score	17.89	+1.89
Average Margin of Victory	4.67	-6.00
Average Margin of Loss	12.33	-12.27

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Ottawa	192 (21.3)	161 (17.9)	353 (19.6)
Total	Opponent	272 (30.2)	252 (28.0)	524 (29.1)
1st	Ottawa	46 (5.1)	34 (3.8)	80 (4.4)
1st	Opponent	44 (4.9)	38 (4.2)	82 (4.6)
2nd	Ottawa	59 (6.6)	50 (5.6)	109 (6.1)
2nd	Opponent	116 (12.9)	73 (8.1)	189 (10.5)
3rd	Ottawa	31 (3.4)	35 (3.9)	66 (3.7)
3rd	Opponent	69 (7.7)	59 (6.6)	128 (7.1)
4th	Ottawa	56 (6.2)	42 (4.7)	98 (5.4)
4th	Opponent	43 (4.8)	82 (9.1)	125 (6.9)

Head Coaches

John Payne (July 4, 1996 – Feb. 1, 1997)
Jim Gilstrap (March 23, 1995 – July 4, 1996)

Assistant Coaches

Dieter Brock – Offensive Coordinator
Mike Murphy – Receivers
Joe Moss – Defensive Coordinator
Jim Carr – Defensive backs

Ottawa Rough Riders 1996 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – David Archer

Defensive Star

None

Lineman Star

1 – Mike Withycombe

1996 Player Awards and Nominations

1996 Most Outstanding

Player — Kenny Wilhite (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Lamar McGriggs (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Uzooma Okeke (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Dave Dinnall (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Joseph Rogers (Division Finalist)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1996 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

WR	Joseph Rogers

3 All-Division Selections

WR	Joseph Rogers
LB	Lamar McGriggs
DHB	Kenny Wilhite

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1996 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
3–1 (19)		Sammie Brennan (DB)	Bishop's
4–1 (28)		Grayson Shillingford (SB)	British Columbia (UBC)
5–1 (37)		Darcy Curtis (DT)	Simon Fraser
5–2 (38)	[TOR]	George Savard (OL)	Ottawa
6–1 (45)		Robert McElwain (DB)	Windsor
7–1 (54)		Michael Hendricks (LB)	Ottawa