The Ottawa Rough Riders 1971 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 7, 1971 Lost 4 – 23 @ Hamilton

Ottawa Rough Riders 1971 Season Resources 1971 OTT Team Roster 1971 OTT Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Mon Jul 5	WPG 19 @ OTT 17	L	13,513
A	Fri Jul 9	OTT 5 @ EDM 1	W	14,768
B	Mon Jul 12	OTT 41 @ BC 14	W	23,088
C	Mon Jul 19	BC 22 @ OTT 20	L	15,554

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 27	EDM 11 @ OTT 22	W	19,959
2	Mon Aug 2	OTT 28 @ WPG 22	W	21,851
2	Wed Aug 4	OTT 8 @ CGY 9	L	22,251
3	Wed Aug 11 8:00 PM	HAM 20 @ OTT 17	L	26,385	CTVE
4	Thu Aug 19	OTT 28 @ TOR 30	L	33,135
5	Fri Aug 27 10:00 PM	OTT 21 @ SSK 42	L	16,980	CTV
7	Mon Sep 6	MTL 17 @ OTT 40	W	24,395	CTVE
8	Sat Sep 11	OTT 6 @ MTL 25	L	24,374	CBCE
9	Sun Sep 19	TOR 26 @ OTT 17	L	26,063	CTVE
10	Sun Sep 26	OTT 7 @ HAM 19	L	26,953	CTVE
11	Sun Oct 3 2:00 PM	TOR 12 @ OTT 3	L	21,868	CTV
12	Sat Oct 9	BC 21 @ OTT 45	W	14,758
14	Sat Oct 23 2:00 PM	OTT 40 @ HAM 16	W	21,700	CBCE
15	Sat Oct 30 2:00 PM	MTL 7 @ OTT 9	W	27,137	CBCE

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 7 2:00 PM	OTT 4 @ HAM 23	L	26,471	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	83	56	L1	2-2-0
Regular Season	14	6	8	0	12	291	277	W3	3-3-0
Home	7	4	3	0	8	153	114	W2	3-3-0
Visitor	7	2	5	0	4	138	163	W1	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	9	3	6	0	6	167	172	W2	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	3	2	0	6	124	105	W1	3-2-0

Full 1971 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)	2 (0-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	6 (4-2-0)	3 (1-2-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	2 (0-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	6 (4-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (2-6-0)
After 3rd	3 (3-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (2-3-0)	4 (3-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.548	2-3-0 (5)	1-3-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.488	2-0-0 (2)	1-2-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.429	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.714	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (1)	0.406	1-0-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.594	--	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.594	--	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.469	--	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1971	1970 +/-
Average Combined Score	40.57	+2.43
Average Winning Score	30.67	+5.92
Average Losing Score	13.38	-2.23
Average Home Score	21.86	+8.71
Average Visitor Score	19.71	-3.57
Average Margin of Victory	15.00	+1.00
Average Margin of Loss	9.50	+1.50

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Ottawa	43	34	77	34	23	57	23	17	40	53	64	117	153 (21.9)	138 (19.7)	291 (20.8)
Opponent	28	43	71	57	46	103	11	20	31	18	54	72	163 (23.3)	114 (16.3)	277 (19.8)

Head Coach

Jack “Jocko” Gotta (Dec. 10, 1969 – Feb. 4, 1974)

Player Awards
All Stars

Ottawa Rough Riders 1971 Player Awards and Nominations

1971 Most Outstanding

Player — Marshall Shirk (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Marshall Shirk (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Wayne Giardino (Team Nominee)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1971 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

OLB	Jerry “Soupy” Campbell

3 All-Division Selections

RB	Dennis Duncan
DT	Rudy Sims
DE	Tom Laputka

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1971 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Bob Eccles (LB)	Carleton
2–2 (11)		Bob Folusewych (FB)	Guelph
3–2 (20)		Bob Hapfield (T)	Waterloo
4–2 (29)		Art Lord (DB)	Saskatchewan
5–2 (38)		Steve Derbyshire (T)	Western Ontario
6–2 (47)		Steve Hoffman (T)	Windsor
7–2 (56)		George Hill (LB)	Western Ontario
8–2 (64)		Marshall Caplan (LB)	McMaster
9–2		Pass