Ottawa Rough Riders 1966 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Eastern Conference
Won Eastern Conference Final Total Point Series 72 – 17
- Nov. 13, 1966 Won 30 – 1 @ Hamilton
- Nov. 19, 1966 Won 42 – 16 vs Hamilton
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 26, 1966 Lost 14 – 29 vs Saskatchewan in Vancouver, BC

Ottawa Rough Riders 1966 Season Resources 1966 OTT Team Roster 1966 OTT Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Thu Jul 14	SSK 10 @ OTT 19	W	14,000
Ex	Mon Jul 18	OTT 17 @ WPG 10	W	12,704
Ex	Sat Jul 23 8:00 PM	BC 10 @ OTT 16	W	13,030
Ex	Thu Jul 28 8:00 PM	OTT 20 @ MTL 16	W	19,000

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Aug 3 8:00 PM	MTL 8 @ OTT 10	W	19,599
2	Wed Aug 10 8:00 PM	CGY 6 @ OTT 13	W	20,375	CTV
3	Wed Aug 17 8:00 PM	OTT 15 @ MTL 3	W	22,564
5	Tue Aug 30 8:00 PM	TOR 0 @ OTT 24	W	20,137
6	Mon Sep 5	OTT 12 @ HAM 16	L	29,903
7	Sat Sep 10	HAM 16 @ OTT 27	W	23,664
8	Sat Sep 17 11:00 PM	OTT 21 @ BC 16	W	27,264	CBC
9	Mon Sep 19 11:00 PM	OTT 49 @ EDM 21	W	18,341
10	Mon Sep 26	SSK 8 @ OTT 18	W	22,954
10	Sat Oct 1	OTT 17 @ TOR 8	W	20,786
11	Sat Oct 8	WPG 21 @ OTT 40	W	19,685	CBC
12	Sun Oct 16	HAM 18 @ OTT 20	W	24,002
13	Sun Oct 23	OTT 12 @ TOR 35	L	16,064
14	Sun Oct 30 2:00 PM	OTT 0 @ MTL 1	L	12,000	CTVE

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 13	OTT 30 @ HAM 1	W	22,387
P2	Sat Nov 19	HAM 16 vs OTT 42	W	20,000

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sat Nov 26 4:00 PM	OTT 14 vs SSK 29	L	36,553	CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	11	3	0	22	278	177	L2	4-2-0
Home	7	7	0	0	14	152	77	W7	6-0-0
Visitor	7	4	3	0	8	126	100	L2	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	9	6	3	0	12	137	105	L2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	5	0	0	10	141	72	W5	5-0-0

Full 1966 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	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	9 (7-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)
After 2nd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	9 (9-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	5 (4-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	10 (9-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	11 (11-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.500	4-0-0 (4)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.450	3-0-0 (3)	2-0-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.643	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.357	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.313	--	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.406	1-0-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.406	--	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.594	1-0-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.531	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1966	1965 +/-
Average Combined Score	32.50	-5.64
Average Winning Score	23.09	-6.77
Average Losing Score	8.00	-5.00
Average Home Score	21.71	-4.57
Average Visitor Score	18.00	+1.43
Average Margin of Victory	11.73	-6.99
Average Margin of Loss	9.33	+0.05

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Ottawa	27	36	63	38	35	73	20	34	54	67	21	88	152 (21.7)	126 (18.0)	278 (19.9)
Opponent	11	5	16	21	34	55	28	31	59	17	30	47	100 (14.3)	77 (11.0)	177 (12.6)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coach

Al Bruno – Assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

Ottawa Rough Riders 1966 Player Awards and Nominations

1966 Most Outstanding

Player — Russ Jackson (Winner)
Lineman — Ken Lehmann (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Russ Jackson (Winner)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1966 All-Star Selections

5 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Russ Jackson
CLB	Ken Lehmann (Tie)
CLB	Jim Conroy (Tie)
DHB	Gene Gaines
DHB	Joe Poirier

11 All-Division Selections

QB	Russ Jackson^*
HB	Bo Scott
E	Ted Watkins
FL	Whit Tucker
C	Doug Specht
T	Moe Racine
DE	Billy Joe Booth
MLB	Ken Lehmann
CLB	Jim Conroy
DHB	Gene Gaines^*
DHB	Joe Poirier

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1966 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–7 (7)		Glen Markle (DB)	Toronto
2–6 (15)	[CGY]	Doug Keltcher (LB)	St. Patrick's
2–7 (16)		Jim Dickie (E)	McGill
3–3 (21)	[BC]	Norm Lightfoot (LB)	Mount Allison
3–7 (25)		Tod Scott (FL)	St. Francis Xavier
4–7 (34)		Al Keith (DB)	McMaster
5–3 (38)	[BC]	Allan Grachina (LB)	Toronto
5–7 (42)		Terry Bradley (HB)	Macdonald
6–3 (46)	[BC]	Wayne Houston (LB)	Waterloo Lutheran
6–7		Harold Hermitage (E)	Macdonald
7–7 (55)		Phil Hughes (G)	St. Francis Xavier
8–7 (58)		Donald Holmes (LB)	Toronto
9–7 (61)		John Ball (HB)	Mount Allison
10–7 (62)		Dick Fielder (G)	McGill