The Ottawa Rough Riders 1947 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Ottawa Rough Riders’ 1947 Season

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Season Summary

Finished 1st in the IRFU
Lost IRFU Final Total Point Series 24 – 0
- Nov. 11, 1947 Lost 0 – 3 vs Toronto
- Nov. 15, 1947 Lost 0 – 21 @ Toronto

Ottawa Rough Riders 1947 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1946: 17 players
1947 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1947 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	12	8	4	0	16	170	103	L1	3-3-0
Home	6	4	2	0	8	109	68	L1	4-2-0
Visitor	6	4	2	0	8	61	35	W1	4-2-0

Full 1947 League Standings

Ottawa Rough Riders 1947 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.444	4-2-0 (6)	4-2-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.500	1-1-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.625	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tigers (4)	0.208	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)

Team Scoring

	1947	1946 +/-
Average Combined Score	22.75	-2.50
Average Winning Score	18.75	+0.75
Average Losing Score	5.00	-4.50
Average Home Score	18.17	+6.83
Average Visitor Score	10.17	-7.67
Average Margin of Victory	11.00	-0.17
Average Margin of Loss	5.25	+0.25

1947 Ottawa Rough Riders Attendance

Capacity: 15,000
Total: 58,175
High: 11,000
Avg: 9,695 (6 out of 6 games)
Diff from 1946 Avg: -304
Low: 8,500
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 64.64
Diff from League Avg: +4,852

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Coaches

Head Coach

Sam Fox (Jan. 1, 1947 – Dec. 31, 1947)

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Stadium

1947 home stadium: Lansdowne Park
Capacity: 15,000
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1908 – Opened 1908

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

103 (8.6)

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Ottawa	34	22	56	31	17	48	12	1	13	32	21	53	109 (18.2)	61 (10.2)	170 (14.2)
Opponent	12	12	24	17	9	26	29	11	40	10	3	13	35 (5.8)	68 (11.3)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	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 (2-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (4-1-0)	5 (3-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)
After 2nd	3 (1-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	7 (5-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 3rd	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1947 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance
1	Sat. Sept. 6 2:30 PM	TOR 6 @ OTT 23	W	10,000
2	Sat. Sept. 13 2:30 PM	OTT 8 @ HAM 2	W	12,000
3	Sat. Sept. 20 2:30 PM	MTL 23 @ OTT 28	W	11,000
3	Sun. Sept. 21 2:30 PM	OTT 8 @ MTL 3	W	19,550
4	Sat. Sept. 27 2:30 PM	OTT 0 @ TOR 8	L	19,000
5	Sat. Oct. 4 2:30 PM	HAM 12 @ OTT 33	W	10,000
6	Sat. Oct. 11 2:15 PM	MTL 7 @ OTT 1	L	9,586
6	Sun. Oct. 12 2:15 PM	OTT 22 @ MTL 3	W	15,000
7	Sat. Oct. 18 2:15 PM	HAM 8 @ OTT 13	W	9,089
8	Sat. Oct. 25 2:15 PM	OTT 8 @ HAM 14	L	7,500
9	Sat. Nov. 1 2:15 PM	OTT 15 @ TOR 5	W	16,000
10	Sat. Nov. 8 2:15 PM	TOR 12 @ OTT 11	L	8,500
P1	Tue. Nov. 11 2:00 PM	TOR 3 @ OTT 0	L	10,363
P1	Sat. Nov. 15 2:15 PM	OTT 0 @ TOR 21	L	19,000