The Ottawa Rough Riders 1953 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Ottawa Rough Riders’ 1953 Season

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the IRFU

Ottawa Rough Riders 1953 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1952: 17 players
1953 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1953 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	7	7	0	14	266	238	L1	3-3-0
Home	7	4	3	0	8	139	104	W1	3-3-0
Visitor	7	3	4	0	6	127	134	L1	3-3-0

Full 1953 League Standings

Ottawa Rough Riders 1953 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.510	4-3-0 (7)	3-4-0 (7)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.571	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (6)	0.571	2-1-0 (3)	1-2-0 (3)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.357	1-1-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)

Coaches

Head Coach

Clem Crowe (Jan. 1, 1951 – Nov. 18, 1954)

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1953 Ottawa Rough Riders Attendance

Capacity: 15,000
Total: 85,170
High: 16,000
Avg: 14,195 (6 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1952 Avg: -1,440
Low: 12,000
Sellouts: 3
% of Capacity: 94.63
Diff from League Avg: +12,275

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Team Scoring

	1953	1952 +/-
Average Combined Score	36.00	0.50
Average Winning Score	23.14	0.54
Average Losing Score	14.86	2.43
Average Home Score	19.86	7.19
Average Visitor Score	18.14	2.52
Average Margin of Victory	13.43	5.63
Average Margin of Loss	9.43	1.57

Stadium

1953 home stadium: Lansdowne Park
Capacity: 16,372
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1955 – Expansion

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Ottawa	19	19	38	39	38	77	30	39	69	51	31	82	139 (19.9)	127 (18.1)	266 (19.0)
Opponent	28	18	46	38	23	61	19	45	64	19	48	67	134 (19.1)	104 (14.9)	238 (17.0)

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)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	6 (4-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	5 (2-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	8 (5-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1953 Player Awards and Nominations

1953 Most Outstanding

Player — Gene “Choo-Choo” Roberts (Division Finalist)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1953 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Joe Harris (MW)	Toronto
2–2 (6)		Stu Kennedy (MW)	Queen's
3–2 (10)		Tony Arnoldi (E)	Queen's
4–2 (14)		Hank Tamowski (E)	Toronto
5–2 (18)		Ken Atwood (HB)	Queen's
6–2 (22)		Cameron Kenny (HB)	McGill
7–2 (26)		Clive Bynoe (G)	McMaster
8–2 (30)		Pete Johnson (G)	Queen's
9–2 (34)		Bill Gatfield (HB)	Queen's
10–2 (38)		Walter Waddell (G)	Queen's

Ottawa Rough Riders 1953 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sat. Aug. 15	OTT 11 @ WPG 18	L	15,600
B	Mon. Aug. 17	OTT 9 @ EDM 12	L	12,000
1	Sat. Aug. 29	OTT 10 @ HAM 14	L	12,000
2	Sat. Sept. 5	MTL 6 @ OTT 26	W	12,000
3	Sat. Sept. 12 2:15 PM	OTT 20 @ TOR 16	W	17,459
4	Wed. Sept. 16	MTL 13 @ OTT 22	W
4	Sun. Sept. 20	OTT 21 @ MTL 37	L	16,902
5	Sat. Sept. 26	TOR 18 @ OTT 17	L	16,000
6	Sat. Oct. 3	HAM 6 @ OTT 31	W	15,500
7	Sat. Oct. 10	MTL 24 @ OTT 6	L	15,482
7	Sun. Oct. 11	OTT 18 @ MTL 26	L	15,462
8	Sat. Oct. 17	HAM 33 @ OTT 24	L	13,500
9	Sun. Oct. 25	OTT 30 @ MTL 15	W	16,115
10	Sat. Oct. 31	OTT 20 @ TOR 8	W	20,187
11	Sat. Nov. 7	TOR 4 @ OTT 13	W	12,688
12	Sat. Nov. 14	OTT 8 @ HAM 18	L	18,000