1974 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1974 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	George Brancato
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Lost Eastern Final
Uniform

The 1974 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 2nd place in the CFL East division with a 7–9 record. Head coach Jack Gotta left the Rough Riders to become the head coach of the Birmingham Americans in the World Football League.^[1]

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	July 3	at Calgary Stampeders	29–20	Win	1–0
A	July 5	at Edmonton Eskimos	26–25	Win	2–0
B	July 10	vs. BC Lions	28–27	Win	3–0
C	July 18	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27–16	Win	4–0

Regular season

Standings

**Eastern Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	16	9	5	2	339	271	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	7	9	0	261	271	14
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	7	9	0	279	313	14
Toronto Argonauts	16	6	9	1	281	314	13

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 25	at Toronto Argonauts	19–3	Loss	0–1
2	July 31	at Montreal Alouettes	20–17	Loss	0–2
3	Aug 6	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–25	Win	1–2
4	Aug 13	vs. Montreal Alouettes	27–14	Win	2–2
4	Aug 19	at Edmonton Eskimos	23–6	Loss	2–3
5	Aug 22	at BC Lions	9–4	Win	3–3
6	Sept 2	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	11–10	Loss	3–4
7	Sept 7	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16–10	Loss	3–5
8	Sept 14	vs. Calgary Stampeders	16–9	Loss	3–6
9	Sept 19	at Toronto Argonauts	29–12	Win	4–6
9	Sept 22	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–6	Win	5–6
10	Sept 29	vs. Toronto Argonauts	19–7	Loss	5–7
11	Oct 6	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33–21	Win	6–7
12	Oct 12	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27–10	Win	7–7
13	Oct 20	vs. Montreal Alouettes	28–0	Loss	7–8
14	Bye
15	Nov 2	at Montreal Alouettes	27–20	Loss	7–9

^[2]

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
East Semi-Final	Nov 10	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21–19	Win	8–9
East Final	Nov 17	at Montreal Alouettes	14–4	Loss	8–10

^[2]

Player stats

Passing

Player	Attempts	Completions	Pct.	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions
Rick Cassata	210	88	41.9	1254	4	13

Rushing

Player	Rushes	Yards	Average	Touchdowns	Long
Art Green	141	680	4.8	3	34

Awards and honours

Dick Adams, Defensive Back, CFL All-Star
Jerry Campbell, Linebacker, CFL All-Star
Al Marcelin, Defensive Back, CFL All-Star
Rudy Sims, Defensive Tackle, CFL All-Star
Legendary Rough Riders quarterback Russ Jackson was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame^[3]

References

↑ Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.170, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN 978-1-55041-855-2
1 2 http://www.profootballarchives.com/1974cflott.html
↑ Weird Facts about Canadian Football, p.130, Overtime Books, First Printing 2009, ISBN 978-1-897277-26-3

Ottawa Rough Riders

Founded in 1876 Folded in 1996 Based in Ottawa, Ontario

The 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

1974 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1974 CFL Draft 62nd Grey Cup

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