Ottawa Rough Riders 1962 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 10, 1962 Lost 17 – 18 vs Montreal

Ottawa Rough Riders 1962 Season Resources 1962 OTT Team Roster 1962 OTT Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Thu Jul 19 8:00 PM	BC 6 @ OTT 18	W	14,200
Ex	Mon Jul 23	OTT 14 @ WPG 15	L	13,125
Ex	Wed Jul 25 11:30 PM	OTT 9 @ CGY 8	W	13,000
Ex	Thu Aug 2 8:00 PM	EDM 14 @ OTT 10	L	7,765

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Aug 9 8:00 PM	HAM 28 @ OTT 16	L	16,259
2	Thu Aug 16 8:00 PM	OTT 29 @ MTL 18	W	25,534
3	Fri Aug 24	OTT 29 @ EDM 21	W	15,002
4	Mon Aug 27	OTT 18 @ BC 7	W	29,423
5	Sat Sep 1 2:00 PM	TOR 8 @ OTT 26	W	15,799
6	Fri Sep 7	WPG 31 @ OTT 28	L	21,050
7	Sun Sep 16	OTT 10 @ TOR 16	L	24,721
8	Fri Sep 21 8:00 PM	CGY 36 @ OTT 32	L	16,265
9	Sat Sep 29 2:00 PM	HAM 0 @ OTT 27	W	17,124
11	Mon Oct 8 2:00 PM	OTT 26 @ MTL 24	W	19,288
11	Sat Oct 13 2:00 PM	SSK 29 @ OTT 21	L	17,246
12	Sat Oct 20	MTL 21 @ OTT 21	T	20,559
13	Sun Oct 28	OTT 22 @ TOR 23	L	20,862
14	Sun Nov 4	OTT 34 @ HAM 40	L	20,461

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 10	MTL 18 @ OTT 17	L	20,252

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	6	7	1	13	339	302	L2	2-3-1
Home	7	2	4	1	5	171	153	T1	2-3-1
Visitor	7	4	3	0	8	168	149	L2	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	9	4	4	1	9	211	178	L2	2-3-1
Non-divisional opponent	5	2	3	0	4	128	124	L3	2-3-0

Full 1962 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 (2-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-2-1)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	6 (4-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	6 (1-4-1)
After 2nd	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-2-1)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	8 (5-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-4-1)
After 3rd	5 (2-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	9 (5-3-1)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	4 (0-4-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	7 (0-7-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.452	2-1-1 (4)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.531	0-3-0 (3)	2-0-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.679	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.393	0-0-1 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.286	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.438	--	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.594	0-1-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.406	--	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.531	0-1-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.688	0-1-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1962	1961 +/-
Average Combined Score	45.79	-0.21
Average Winning Score	25.83	-5.67
Average Losing Score	23.29	+5.45
Average Home Score	24.43	-3.43
Average Visitor Score	24.00	+0.57
Average Margin of Victory	12.83	-5.42
Average Margin of Loss	5.71	-6.29

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Ottawa	23	36	59	48	44	92	53	45	98	47	43	90	171 (24.4)	168 (24.0)	339 (24.2)
Opponent	18	34	52	53	42	95	31	37	68	51	36	87	149 (21.3)	153 (21.9)	302 (21.6)

Head Coach

Frank Clair (Dec. 12, 1955 – Dec. 10, 1969)

Player Awards
All Stars

Ottawa Rough Riders 1962 Player Awards and Nominations

1962 Most Outstanding

Player — Ernie White, II (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Kaye Vaughan (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Russ Jackson (Division Finalist)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1962 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

MG	Kaye Vaughan
CLB	Jim Conroy

7 All-Division Selections

QB	Russ Jackson
HB	Ernie White, II
T	Moe Racine
DE	Mel Semenko
MG	Kaye Vaughan
CLB	Jim Conroy
DHB	Joe Poirier

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1962 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)		Chuck Wood (G)	McGill
2–4 (9)		Whit Tucker (HB)	Western Ontario
3–4 (14)		Bob Windsor (E)	McGill
4–4 (19)		Larry Shaw (E)	Western Ontario
5–4 (24)		Hugh Cook (E)	Toronto
6–4 (28)		Doug Niklas (T)	Queen's
7–4		Pass
8–4		Pass
9–4		Pass
10–4		Pass
11–4		Pass
12–4		Pass