The Ottawa Rough Riders 1948 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Ottawa Rough Riders’ 1948 Season

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Season Summary

Finished 1st in the IRFU
Won IRFU Final Total Point Series 34 – 28
- Nov. 11, 1948 Lost 19 – 21 @ Montreal
- Nov. 13, 1948 Won 15 – 7 vs Montreal
CRU Final
- Nov. 20, 1948 Won 19 – 0 vs Hamilton
Grey Cup Championship
- Nov. 27, 1948 Lost 7 – 12 vs Calgary in Toronto, ON

Ottawa Rough Riders 1948 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1947: 17 players
1948 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1948 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	12	10	2	0	20	264	130	W2	5-1-0
Home	6	5	1	0	10	126	39	W4	5-1-0
Visitor	6	5	1	0	10	138	91	W1	5-1-0

Full 1948 League Standings

Ottawa Rough Riders 1948 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.389	5-1-0 (6)	5-1-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.583	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.458	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Hamilton Wildcats (4)	0.125	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)

Team Scoring

	1948	1947 +/-
Average Combined Score	32.83	+10.08
Average Winning Score	24.30	+5.55
Average Losing Score	10.50	+5.50
Average Home Score	21.00	+2.83
Average Visitor Score	23.00	+12.83
Average Margin of Victory	15.90	+4.90
Average Margin of Loss	12.50	+7.25

1948 Ottawa Rough Riders Attendance

Capacity: 15,000
Total: 50,205
High: 11,853
Avg: 10,041 (5 out of 6 games)
Diff from 1947 Avg: +345
Low: 8,704
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 66.94
Diff from League Avg: +7,374

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Coaches

Head Coach

Wally Masters (Jan. 1, 1948 – Dec. 31, 1950)

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Stadium

1948 home stadium: Lansdowne Park
Capacity: 15,000
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1908 – Opened 1908

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

130 (10.8)

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Ottawa	14	14	28	33	45	78	38	30	68	41	49	90	126 (21.0)	138 (23.0)	264 (22.0)
Opponent	6	23	29	15	24	39	0	19	19	18	25	43	91 (15.2)	39 (6.5)

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 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1948 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance
1	Tue. Aug. 31 8:30 PM	OTT 36 @ MTL 18	W	11,000
1	Sat. Sept. 4 2:30 PM	HAMWC 5 @ OTT 30	W	9,212
2	Sat. Sept. 11 2:30 PM	MTL 11 @ OTT 8	L	10,436
3	Sat. Sept. 18 3:00 PM	OTT 32 @ TOR 12	W	19,000
4	Sat. Sept. 25	TOR 5 @ OTT 12	W
5	Sat. Oct. 2 2:30 PM	OTT 26 @ HAMWC 6	W	7,000
6	Sat. Oct. 9 2:30 PM	MTL 7 @ OTT 17	W	10,000
8	Sat. Oct. 16 2:15 PM	TOR 6 @ OTT 41	W	11,853
9	Sat. Oct. 23 2:15 PM	OTT 17 @ HAMWC 8	W	4,000
10	Sun. Oct. 24 2:15 PM	OTT 13 @ MTL 35	L	16,000
11	Sat. Oct. 30 2:15 PM	HAMWC 5 @ OTT 18	W	8,704
12	Sat. Nov. 6 2:15 PM	OTT 14 @ TOR 12	W	18,000
P1	Thu. Nov. 11 2:15 PM	OTT 19 @ MTL 21	L	15,000
P1	Sat. Nov. 13 2:15 PM	MTL 7 @ OTT 15	W	13,777
P2	Sat. Nov. 20 1:45 PM	HAM 0 @ OTT 19	W	14,400
GC	Sat. Nov. 27 1:45 PM	CGY 12 vs OTT 7	L	20,013