1988 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1988 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coachFred Glick
Bob Weber
Home fieldLansdowne Park
Results
Record2–16
Division place4th, East
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

The 1988 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in fourth place in the East Division with a 2–16 record and failed to qualify for the post-season. In terms of winning percentage (0.111), this was the worst season the franchise had endured since the formation of the Canadian Football League. Additionally, it was the worst record for a Grey Cup host city team as Ottawa hosted the 76th Grey Cup this year.[1] The Rough Riders, which prior to the start of the season promised their fans good things for the coming year, had dubbed the 1988 season "Super season '88".

Offseason

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CFL Draft

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Rd Pick Player Position School
1 1 Orville Lee RB Simon Fraser
3 22 Leon Hatziioannou DL Simon Fraser
4 26 Sheridon Baptiste WR/HB Queen's
5 33 Sieg Will OT/DE Guelph
5 34 Christopher Rick OLB Queen's
6 41 Brent Matich P/K Calgary
7 49 Scott Warr OT McGill
8 57 Ray Goerke OT Weber State

Preseason

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Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A June 29 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 25–30 0–1 17,647
B July 6 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 36–34 1–1

Regular season

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Standings

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East Division
Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Toronto Argonauts 18 14 4 0 28 571 326 8–2 W7 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 9 9 0 18 407 458 3–3 L3 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 9 9 0 18 478 465 6–4 L1 Details
Ottawa Rough Riders 18 2 16 0 4 278 618 1–9 L2 Details

Schedule

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Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 July 15 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 21–48 0–1 22,565
2 July 20 at Toronto Argonauts L 11–34 0–2 20,114
3 July 27 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 28–35 0–3 19,947
4 Aug 2 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 7–41 0–4 24,322
5 Aug 13 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 28–17 1–4 23,293
6 Aug 18 vs. BC Lions L 20–27 1–5 24,598
7 Aug 27 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 24–51 1–6 15,067
8 Sept 1 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 20–46 1–7 22,535
9 Sept 6 at BC Lions L 11–24 1–8 25,504
10 Sept 10 at Calgary Stampeders L 16–17 1–9 16,969
11 Sept 18 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 25–35 1–10 13,024
12 Sept 24 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 0–31 1–11 18,523
13 Oct 2 at Edmonton Eskimos L 12–40 1–12 28,052
14 Oct 8 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 3–52 1–13 18,527
15 Oct 14 at Toronto Argonauts L 7–49 1–14 21,513
16 Oct 22 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 19–3 2–14 16,237
17 Oct 29 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 15–23 2–15 16,402
18 Nov 6 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 11–45 2–16 25,615

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Awards and honours

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CFL Awards

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CFL All-Stars

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  • Rod Brown-replacement player

References

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  1. ^ "Eskimos still believe". Archived from the original on 2010-09-02.
  2. ^ "1988 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)". Profootballarchives.com. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
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