The Ottawa Rough Riders 1974 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd (in tiebreaker) in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 10, 1974 Won 21 – 19 vs Hamilton
Eastern Conference Final
- Nov. 17, 1974 Lost 4 – 14 @ Montreal

Ottawa Rough Riders 1974 Season Resources 1974 OTT Team Roster 1974 OTT Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Wed Jun 26 8:00 PM	CFLAS 22 @ OTT 25	W	15,102

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jul 3	OTT 29 @ CGY 20	W	18,000
B	Fri Jul 5	OTT 26 @ EDM 25	W
B	Wed Jul 10	BC 27 @ OTT 28	W	12,223
D	Thu Jul 18	WPG 16 @ OTT 27	W	12,424

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jul 25	OTT 3 @ TOR 19	L	21,456
2	Wed Jul 31 8:00 PM	OTT 17 @ MTL 20	L	15,732	CBC
3	Tue Aug 6 8:00 PM	HAM 25 @ OTT 30	W	19,133	CTVE
4	Tue Aug 13 8:00 PM	MTL 14 @ OTT 27	W	24,649	CBC
5	Mon Aug 19 10:00 PM	OTT 6 @ EDM 23	L	21,966
5	Thu Aug 22 10:30 PM	OTT 9 @ BC 4	W	26,803
7	Mon Sep 2	OTT 10 @ HAM 11	L	28,050
8	Sat Sep 7 2:00 PM	HAM 16 @ OTT 10	L	18,612	CBC
9	Sat Sep 14	CGY 16 @ OTT 9	L	14,396
10	Thu Sep 19	OTT 29 @ TOR 12	W	32,081
10	Sun Sep 22	SSK 6 @ OTT 24	W	16,048
11	Sun Sep 29	TOR 19 @ OTT 7	L	18,902
12	Sun Oct 6	OTT 33 @ HAM 21	W	26,055
13	Sat Oct 12 2:00 PM	WPG 10 @ OTT 27	W	15,500	CTVE
14	Sun Oct 20	MTL 28 @ OTT 0	L	24,149
16	Sat Nov 2 2:00 PM	OTT 20 @ MTL 27	L	16,311	CTVE

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 10 1:00 PM	HAM 19 @ OTT 21	W	14,786	CBC
P2	Sun Nov 17 1:00 PM	OTT 4 @ MTL 14	L	20,531	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	4	0	0	8	110	88	W4	4-0-0
Regular Season	16	7	9	0	14	261	271	L2	3-3-0
Home	8	4	4	0	8	134	134	L1	2-4-0
Visitor	8	3	5	0	6	127	137	L1	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	11	4	7	0	8	186	212	L2	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	3	2	0	6	75	59	W2	3-2-0

Full 1974 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	6 (4-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (2-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	11 (6-5-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)
After 2nd	4 (3-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (3-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	9 (6-3-0)	2 (0-2-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 3rd	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	7 (6-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	8 (1-7-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.497	2-3-0 (5)	2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.519	2-1-0 (3)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.438	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.625	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.406	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.500	--	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.375	0-1-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.656	--	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.563	1-0-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1974	1973 +/-
Average Combined Score	33.25	-3.11
Average Winning Score	25.57	+1.46
Average Losing Score	9.11	-2.49
Average Home Score	16.75	-2.39
Average Visitor Score	15.88	-4.27
Average Margin of Victory	12.43	+1.54
Average Margin of Loss	10.78	-0.62

	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	26	66	38	58	96	24	14	38	32	29	61	134 (16.8)	127 (15.9)	261 (16.3)
Opponent	16	29	45	39	28	67	41	38	79	38	42	80	137 (17.1)	134 (16.8)	271 (16.9)

Head Coaches

George Brancato (March 1, 1974 – Nov. 9, 1984)
Jack “Jocko” Gotta (Dec. 10, 1969 – Feb. 4, 1974)

Player Awards
All Stars

Ottawa Rough Riders 1974 Player Awards and Nominations

1974 Most Outstanding

Player — Rhome Nixon (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Wayne Smith (Division Finalist)
Offensive Lineman — Charlie Brandon (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Jim Foley (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Peter Crepin (Team Nominee)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1974 All-Star Selections

5 All-Canadian Selections

WR	Rhome Nixon
DE	Wayne Smith^*
MLB	Jerry “Soupy” Campbell
DB	Al Marcelin
DB	Dick Adams

9 All-Division Selections

RB	Art Green
WR	Rhome Nixon
C	Bob McKeown
DT	Rudy Sims
DE	Wayne Smith
MLB	Jerry “Soupy” Campbell
DB	Rod Woodward (Tie)
DB	Dick Adams
DB	Al Marcelin

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1974 Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–8 (8)	[EDM]	Dave Hadden (RB)	Queen's
1–9 (9)		Bob Rushton (LB)	Otterbein
3–9 (27)		Billy Robinson (QB)	Saint Mary's
5–9 (45)		Tom Balfe (DT)	Wilfrid Laurier
6–9 (54)		Jeff Cope (DB)	Simon Fraser
7–9 (63)		Doug Ridding (LB)	Otterbein
8–9		Pass
9–9		Pass