The Ottawa Rough Riders 1971 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Ottawa Rough Riders 1971 Season

Season Summary

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

Team Roster and Stats

1971 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Ottawa Rough Riders 1971 Record

	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

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	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)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1971 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Mon. July 5	WPG 19 @ OTT 17	L	13,513
A	Fri. July 9	OTT 5 @ EDM 1	W	14,768
B	Mon. July 12	OTT 41 @ BC 14	W	23,088
C	Mon. July 19	BC 22 @ OTT 20	L	15,554
1	Tue. July 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	HAM 20 @ OTT 17	L	26,385
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. Sept. 6	MTL 17 @ OTT 40	W	24,395
8	Sat. Sept. 11	OTT 6 @ MTL 25	L	24,374
9	Sun. Sept. 19	TOR 26 @ OTT 17	L	26,063
10	Sun. Sept. 26	OTT 7 @ HAM 19	L	26,953
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	OTT 40 @ HAM 16	W	21,700
15	Sat. Oct. 30	MTL 7 @ OTT 9	W	27,137
P1	Sun. Nov. 7	OTT 4 @ HAM 23	L	26,471

Ottawa Rough Riders 1971 Opponent Appearances

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)

Team Scoring

	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

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	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)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

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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Ottawa Rough Riders 1971 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