The Ottawa Rough Riders 1978 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Ottawa Rough Riders 1978 Season

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference Final
- Nov. 19, 1978 Lost 16 – 21 vs Montreal

Team Roster and Stats

1978 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Ottawa Rough Riders 1978 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	75	90	L3	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	11	5	0	22	395	261	L1	3-3-0
Home	8	7	1	0	14	242	118	W3	5-1-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	153	143	L3	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	11	8	3	0	16	245	153	L1	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	3	2	0	6	150	108	L1	3-2-0

Full 1978 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	6 (5-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	10 (9-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)
After 2nd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	9 (9-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 3rd	6 (6-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	9 (9-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	11 (11-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1978 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jun 14 8:00 PM	OTT 24 @ HAM 16	W	21,414
B	Wed Jun 21 8:00 PM	BC 21 @ OTT 20	L	16,100
C	Wed Jun 28 8:00 PM	MTL 25 @ OTT 4	L	16,991
D	Tue Jul 4 8:00 PM	OTT 27 @ WPG 28	L	24,931

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 11 8:00 PM	MTL 10 @ OTT 17	W	25,391	CTVE
3	Wed Jul 26 8:00 PM	OTT 16 @ TOR 20	L	48,159
4	Tue Aug 1 9:30 PM	OTT 24 @ EDM 23	W	25,000	CTV
5	Tue Aug 8 8:00 PM	TOR 18 @ OTT 37	W	30,723	CTVE
6	Tue Aug 15 8:00 PM	HAM 6 @ OTT 32	W	25,389	CBC
7	Wed Aug 23 8:00 PM	OTT 36 @ HAM 8	W	24,314	CTVE
8	Wed Aug 30 8:00 PM	CGY 16 @ OTT 27	W	26,665	CTV
9	Tue Sep 5 8:00 PM	OTT 23 @ MTL 18	W	62,197	CBC
10	Sat Sep 9 2:00 PM	WPG 31 @ OTT 29	L	26,282	R/C, CTV
12	Sun Sep 24 2:00 PM	SSK 18 @ OTT 53	W	24,960	R/C, CBC
13	Sat Sep 30 8:00 PM	OTT 24 @ TOR 3	W	45,210	R/C, CTVE
14	Mon Oct 9 2:00 PM	OTT 5 @ HAM 25	L	25,712	R/C, CBC
15	Sun Oct 15 2:00 PM	MTL 10 @ OTT 13	W	33,976	R/C, CTVE
16	Sat Oct 21 11:00 PM	OTT 17 @ BC 20	L	20,971	CTV
17	Sat Oct 28 2:00 PM	HAM 9 @ OTT 34	W	20,775	R/C, CTV
18	Sat Nov 4 2:00 PM	OTT 8 @ MTL 26	L	54,159	CTVE

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 19 2:00 PM	MTL 21 @ OTT 16	L	31,960	CBC

Ottawa Rough Riders 1978 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ OTT	OTT @
Divisional	0.386	5-0-0 (5)	3-3-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.538	2-1-0 (3)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.344	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.531	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.250	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (1)	0.500	--	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.656	1-0-0 (1)	--
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.688	--	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.281	1-0-0 (1)	--
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1978	1977 +/-
Average Combined Score	41.00	-3.50
Average Winning Score	29.09	-0.66
Average Losing Score	15.00	-1.25
Average Home Score	30.25	+4.25
Average Visitor Score	19.13	-0.88
Average Margin of Victory	16.45	+4.08
Average Margin of Loss	9.40	+0.03

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	48	42	90	32	42	74	86	16	102	76	53	129	242 (30.3)	153 (19.1)	395 (24.7)
Opponent	13	28	41	50	47	97	28	30	58	27	38	65	143 (17.9)	118 (14.8)	261 (16.3)

Coaches

Head Coach

George Brancato (March 1, 1974 – Nov. 9, 1984)

Player Awards
All Stars

Ottawa Rough Riders 1978 Player Awards and Nominations

1978 Most Outstanding

Player — Tony Gabriel (Winner)
Defensive Player — Kenneth Downing (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Jim Coode (Winner)
Canadian Player — Tony Gabriel (Winner)
Rookie — J.T. Hay (Team Nominee)

Ottawa Rough Riders 1978 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

TE	Tony Gabriel
T	Jim Coode
DE	Mike Fanucci
DB	Larry Brune

11 All-Division Selections

QB	Condredge Holloway, Jr.
RB	Mike Murphy
TE	Tony Gabriel
SB	Art Green
WR	Jeff Avery
C	Donn Smith
G	Charlie Brandon
T	Jim Coode
DT	Mike Raines
DE	Mike Fanucci
DHB	Larry Brune

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Ottawa Rough Riders 1978 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–7 (7)		Don Taylor (RB)	Central (IA)
4–7 (34)		Phil Battaglia (LB)	New Brunswick
5–7 (43)		Linden Davidson (OT)	Ottawa
6–7 (52)		Dave Yurincich (DT)	Wilfrid Laurier
7–7 (61)		Tom Barbeau (RB)	McGill
8–7 (70)		Mike Lyriotokis (DT)	Prince Edward Island