The Ottawa Rough Riders 1972 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 11, 1972 Won 14 – 11 vs Montreal
Lost Eastern Conference Final Total Point Series 30 – 27
- Nov. 18, 1972 Won 19 – 7 vs Hamilton
- Nov. 26, 1972 Lost 8 – 23 @ Hamilton

Ottawa Rough Riders 1972 Season Resources 1972 OTT Team Roster 1972 OTT Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jul 6 8:00 PM	OTT 22 @ HAM 21	W	20,000
B	Wed Jul 12 8:00 PM	SSK 16 @ OTT 19	W	16,444
C	Wed Jul 19 8:00 PM	TOR 7 @ OTT 51	W	19,508
D	Tue Jul 25 9:00 PM	OTT 28 @ WPG 29	L	17,610

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Aug 2 8:00 PM	SSK 7 @ OTT 22	W	21,662	CTV
2	Thu Aug 10 8:00 PM	OTT 28 @ MTL 19	W	16,649
3	Wed Aug 16 8:00 PM	OTT 14 @ TOR 8	W	33,135	CTVE
5	Wed Aug 30 8:00 PM	TOR 13 @ OTT 14	W	27,472	CTVE
6	Mon Sep 4 8:00 PM	OTT 16 @ HAM 17	L	34,772
7	Sat Sep 9 8:00 PM	MTL 23 @ OTT 38	W	22,196	CBC
8	Sat Sep 16 2:00 PM	HAM 30 @ OTT 22	L	25,537	CBCE
9	Sat Sep 23 10:00 PM	OTT 10 @ EDM 9	W	21,632	CBC
10	Tue Sep 26 10:30 PM	OTT 20 @ BC 17	W	22,108	CTV
10	Sun Oct 1 2:00 PM	HAM 25 @ OTT 20	L	25,068	CTVE
12	Mon Oct 9 2:00 PM	CGY 30 @ OTT 45	W	19,606	CTV
14	Sun Oct 22 2:00 PM	OTT 17 @ MTL 7	W	13,972
15	Sat Oct 28 2:00 PM	OTT 21 @ TOR 16	W	33,135	CBCE
16	Sat Nov 4 2:00 PM	WPG 7 @ OTT 11	W	22,780	CBC

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 11 2:30 PM	MTL 11 @ OTT 14	W	16,548	CBC
P2	Sat Nov 18 2:00 PM	HAM 7 @ OTT 19	W	21,800	CTV
P2	Sun Nov 26 2:00 PM	OTT 8 @ HAM 23	L	30,721	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	3	1	0	6	120	73	L1	3-1-0
Regular Season	14	11	3	0	22	298	228	W4	5-1-0
Home	7	5	2	0	10	172	135	W2	4-2-0
Visitor	7	6	1	0	12	126	93	W4	5-1-0
Divisional opponent	9	6	3	0	12	190	158	W2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	5	0	0	10	108	70	W5	5-0-0

Full 1972 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 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	9 (7-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (4-1-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	7 (6-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (5-1-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	9 (8-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	11 (11-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.429	2-2-0 (4)	4-1-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.488	3-0-0 (3)	2-0-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.786	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.286	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.214	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.313	--	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.625	--	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1972	1971 +/-
Average Combined Score	37.57	-3.00
Average Winning Score	21.82	-8.85
Average Losing Score	19.33	+5.96
Average Home Score	24.57	+2.71
Average Visitor Score	18.00	-1.71
Average Margin of Victory	7.64	-7.36
Average Margin of Loss	4.67	-4.83

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Ottawa	40	47	87	32	31	63	37	17	54	63	31	94	172 (24.6)	126 (18.0)	298 (21.3)
Opponent	31	17	48	46	38	84	22	23	45	36	15	51	93 (13.3)	135 (19.3)	228 (16.3)

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

Ottawa Rough Riders 1972 Player Awards and Nominations

1972 Most Outstanding

Player — Dick Adams (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Wayne Smith (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Gerry Organ (Division Finalist)
Rookie — Dick Adams (Team Nominee)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1972 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

DE	Wayne Smith
MLB	Jerry “Soupy” Campbell
DB	Dick Adams

5 All-Division Selections

DT	Rudy Sims
DE	Wayne Smith
MLB	Jerry “Soupy” Campbell
DB	Rod Woodward
DB	Dick Adams

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1972 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
3–4 (22)		Doug Chihocki (E)	Western Ontario
4–4 (31)		Stew MacSween (DB)	Toronto
5–4 (40)		Ron Perowne (RB)	Bishop's
6–4 (48)		Gordon Ladbrook (LB)	Dalhousie
7–4 (57)		Fred Tokoryk (DT)	Dalhousie
8–4		Pass
9–4		Pass