Ottawa Rough Riders 1953 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the IRFU

Ottawa Rough Riders 1953 Season Resources 1953 OTT Team Roster 1953 OTT Attendance

Exhibition
Regular Season

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Sat Aug 15	OTT 11 @ WPG 18	L	15,600
Ex	Mon Aug 17 11:45 PM	OTT 9 @ EDM 12	L	12,000

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Aug 29	OTT 10 @ HAM 14	L	12,000
2	Sat Sep 5	MTL 6 @ OTT 26	W	12,000
3	Sat Sep 12 2:15 PM	OTT 20 @ TOR 16	W	17,459
4	Wed Sep 16	MTL 13 @ OTT 22	W
4	Sun Sep 20 2:00 PM	OTT 21 @ MTL 37	L	16,902
5	Sat Sep 26 2:15 PM	TOR 18 @ OTT 17	L	16,000
6	Sat Oct 3 2:15 PM	HAM 6 @ OTT 31	W	15,500
7	Sat Oct 10	MTL 24 @ OTT 6	L	15,482
7	Sun Oct 11 2:15 PM	OTT 18 @ MTL 26	L	15,462
8	Sat Oct 17 2:15 PM	HAM 33 @ OTT 24	L	13,500
9	Sun Oct 25 2:15 PM	OTT 30 @ MTL 15	W	16,115
10	Sat Oct 31	OTT 20 @ TOR 8	W	20,187
11	Sat Nov 7 2:00 PM	TOR 4 @ OTT 13	W	12,688
12	Sat Nov 14	OTT 8 @ HAM 18	L	18,000

	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

	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)

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)

Summary
By Quarter

	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

	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)

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

Ottawa Rough Riders 1953 Player Awards and Nominations

1953 Most Outstanding

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

1953 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur 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