The Ottawa Rough Riders 1954 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Ottawa Rough Riders’ 1954 Season

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the IRFU

Ottawa Rough Riders 1954 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1953: 19 players
1954 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1954 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	25	47	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	14	2	12	0	4	129	337	W1	1-5-0
Home	7	1	6	0	2	74	186	W1	1-5-0
Visitor	7	1	6	0	2	55	151	L4	1-5-0

Full 1954 League Standings

Ottawa Rough Riders 1954 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.617	1-6-0 (7)	1-6-0 (7)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.643	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (5)	0.786	1-2-0 (3)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (5)	0.429	0-2-0 (2)	1-2-0 (3)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

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1954 Ottawa Rough Riders Attendance

Capacity: 15,000
Total: 69,667
High: 13,000
Avg: 9,952 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1953 Avg: -4,543
Low: 8,422
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 66.35
Diff from League Avg: +7,122

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Team Scoring

	1954	1953 +/-
Average Combined Score	33.29	2.71
Average Winning Score	13.00	10.14
Average Losing Score	8.58	6.27
Average Home Score	10.57	9.29
Average Visitor Score	7.86	10.29
Average Margin of Victory	4.50	8.93
Average Margin of Loss	18.08	8.65

Stadium

1954 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	6	17	23	30	24	54	21	11	32	17	3	20	74 (10.6)	55 (7.9)	129 (9.2)
Opponent	50	35	85	44	38	82	39	60	99	53	18	71	151 (21.6)	186 (26.6)	337 (24.1)

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	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (1-5-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (0-5-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	11 (1-10-0)
After 2nd	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	12 (1-11-0)
After 3rd	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	12 (0-12-0)
After 4th	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	12 (0-12-0)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1954 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		George Klein (HB)	McGill
2–2 (6)		Len Shaw (FB)	McGill
3–2 (10)		Vince Capogreco (G)	McGill
4–2 (14)		Jack Wyatt (HB)	Western Ontario
5–2 (18)		John McCombe (G)	Queen's
6–2 (22)		Murray Hadlow (HB)	Toronto
7–2 (26)		Mark Hatt (G)	McGill
8–2 (30)		Jack Roberts (QB)	Queen's

Ottawa Rough Riders 1954 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	1	Fri. Aug. 13	WPG 29 @ OTT 6	L	12,000
B	3	Mon. Aug. 16	EDM 18 @ OTT 19	W	6,635
1	6	Sat. Aug. 28	OTT 6 @ TOR 13	L	16,702
2	7	Sat. Sept. 4	OTT 2 @ MTL 21	L	20,563
	10	Mon. Sept. 6	MTL 20 @ OTT 11	L	13,000
3	12	Sat. Sept. 11 2:00 PM	OTT 12 @ TOR 5	W	13,910	CBCE
4	14	Sat. Sept. 18	TOR 34 @ OTT 6	L	11,500
5	16	Sat. Sept. 25	HAM 38 @ OTT 12	L	9,220
6	17	Sat. Oct. 2	OTT 0 @ HAM 45	L	9,300
7	20	Sat. Oct. 9	MTL 25 @ OTT 11	L	9,155
	21	Mon. Oct. 11	OTT 6 @ MTL 24	L	12,865
8	24	Sat. Oct. 16	TOR 27 @ OTT 11	L	9,000
9	25	Sat. Oct. 23	OTT 17 @ HAM 25	L	9,300
10	28	Sat. Oct. 30 2:00 PM	HAM 30 @ OTT 9	L	8,422
11	30	Sat. Nov. 6	OTT 12 @ TOR 18	L	11,273
12	32	Sat. Nov. 13	MTL 12 @ OTT 14	W	9,370