The Ottawa Rough Riders 1962 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Ottawa Rough Riders’ 1962 Season

Season Summary

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

Ottawa Rough Riders 1962 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1961: 13 players
1962 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1962 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	51	43	L1	2-2-0
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

Ottawa Rough Riders 1962 Opponent Appearances

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)	--

Coaches

Head Coach

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

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1962 Ottawa Rough Riders Attendance

Capacity: 22,000
Total: 124,302
High: 21,050
Avg: 17,757 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1961 Avg: -1,163
Low: 15,799
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 80.72
Diff from League Avg: -1,326

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Team Scoring

	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

Stadium

1962 home stadium: Lansdowne Park
Capacity: 22,000
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1960 – 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	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)

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 (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)

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 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

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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Ottawa Rough Riders 1962 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	3	Thu. July 19	BC 6 @ OTT 18	W	14,200
	5	Mon. July 23	OTT 14 @ WPG 15	L	13,125
B	6	Wed. July 25	OTT 9 @ CGY 8	W	13,000
D	13	Thu. Aug. 2	EDM 14 @ OTT 10	L	7,765
1	16	Thu. Aug. 9	HAM 28 @ OTT 16	L	16,259
2	22	Thu. Aug. 16	OTT 29 @ MTL 18	W	25,534
3	27	Fri. Aug. 24	OTT 29 @ EDM 21	W	15,002
4	29	Mon. Aug. 27	OTT 18 @ BC 7	W	29,423
5	33	Sat. Sept. 1	TOR 8 @ OTT 26	W	15,799
6	38	Fri. Sept. 7	WPG 31 @ OTT 28	L	21,050
7	45	Sun. Sept. 16	OTT 10 @ TOR 16	L	24,721
8	48	Fri. Sept. 21 8:00 PM	CGY 36 @ OTT 32	L	16,265
9	56	Sat. Sept. 29	HAM 0 @ OTT 27	W	17,124
11	62	Mon. Oct. 8	OTT 26 @ MTL 24	W	19,288
	65	Sat. Oct. 13	SSK 29 @ OTT 21	L	17,246
12	71	Sat. Oct. 20	MTL 21 @ OTT 21	T	20,559
13	77	Sun. Oct. 28	OTT 22 @ TOR 23	L	20,862
14	78	Sun. Nov. 4	OTT 34 @ HAM 40	L	20,461
P1	83	Sat. Nov. 10	MTL 18 @ OTT 17	L	20,252