1969 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1969 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Frank Clair
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	11–3
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup

The 1969 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the East division with an 11–3 record and won the Grey Cup, repeating as Grey Cup Champions. Russ Jackson retired from the Canadian Football League after this game, having won three Grey Cup championships. He retired with the team record for total career passing yards with 24,952.^[1]

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	July 5	at Montreal Alouettes	26–20	Win	1–0
B	July 14	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	15–13	Loss	1–1
C	July 18	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	6–5	Loss	1–2
D	July 22	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	39–8	Win	2–2

Regular season

Standings

**Eastern Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	11	3	0	399	298	22
Toronto Argonauts	14	10	4	0	406	280	20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	8	5	1	307	315	17
Montreal Alouettes	14	2	10	2	304	395	6

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 30	vs. Montreal Alouettes	47–15	Win	1–0
2	Aug 6	at Calgary Stampeders	35–19	Win	2–0
3	Aug 13	vs. BC Lions	41–24	Win	3–0
4	Aug 20	at Montreal Alouettes	17–15	Win	4–0
5	Sept 1	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	27–22	Loss	4–1
6	Sept 6	vs. Montreal Alouettes	47–22	Win	5–1
7	Sept 13	vs. Toronto Argonauts	25–23	Win	6–1
8	Sept 20	at Toronto Argonauts	34–27	Win	7–1
9	Sept 27	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	17–0	Win	8–1
10	Oct 4	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28–20	Win	9–1
11	Oct 12	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	38–21	Loss	9–2
11	Oct 15	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38–31	Win	10–2
12	Oct 25	vs. Toronto Argonauts	20–9	Win	11–2
13	Nov 1	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28–7	Loss	11–3

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Postseason

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
East Final #1	Nov 16	at Toronto Argonauts	22–14	Loss	11–4
East Final #2	Nov 22	vs. Toronto Argonauts	32–3	Win	12–4
Grey Cup	Nov 30	Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–11	Win	13–4

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Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Saskatchewan Roughriders	9	0	2	0	11
Ottawa Roughriders	0	14	7	8	29

^[3]

Player stats

Passing

Player	Games Played	Attempts	Completions	Percentage	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions
Russ Jackson	14	358	193	53.9%	3641	33	12

Awards and honours

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Russ Jackson (QB)
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Russ Jackson (QB)
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player – Russ Jackson
Jeff Russell Memorial Trophy – Russ Jackson^[4]
Russ Jackson, QB, Eastern Division All-Star
Russ Jackson, CFL Pass Attempts Leader
Russ Jackson, Lionel Conacher Trophy^[5]
Russ Jackson, Lou Marsh Trophy^[5]

CFL All-Stars

Russ Jackson, QB
Vic Washington, RB
Margene Adkins, SE
Billy Joe Booth, DE
Ken Lehmann, LB
Jerry "Soupy" Campbell, LB
Don Sutherin, DB

References

↑ Weird Facts about Canadian Football, p.130, Overtime Books, First Printing 2009, ISBN 978-1-897277-26-3
1 2 http://www.profootballarchives.com/1969irfuott.html
↑ CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League
↑ CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League
1 2 http://www.sportshall.ca/accessible/hm_profile.php?i=417

Ottawa Rough Riders

Founded in 1876 Folded in 1996 Based in Ottawa, Ontario

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches

Stadiums	Frank Clair Stadium

Lore	Ottawa Trojans Labour Day Classic

Important figures	Frank Clair Less Browne Tom Clements Tony Gabriel Russ Jackson Rudy Phillips

Retired numbers	11 12 26 40 60 62 70 71 72 77

Grey Cup Championships (9)	1925 1926 1940 1951 1960 1968 1969 1973 1976

Eastern Division Championships (15)	1925 1926 1936 1939 1940 1941 1948 1951 1960 1966 1968 1969 1973 1976 1981

See also	Ottawa Renegades Ottawa Redblacks Jeff Hunt

Ottawa Rough Riders seasons

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

1969 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1969 CFL Draft 57th Grey Cup

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