1978 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1978 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	George Brancato
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	11–5
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Lost Eastern Final
Uniform

The 1978 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the East division with an 11–5 record.

In 1978, Tony Garbriel was named the Outstanding Player in the CFL. He was the first Canadian to win that honour since Russ Jackson in 1969. No other Canadian has won the award since Gabriel. By 1978, Condredge Holloway's interception totals had dropped from 9, 6 and 5 in his first three years to just 2 on 214 attempts in 1978.^[1] Holloway's share of Ottawa's passing yards was between 25.7 – 32.8 percent over the first three years. In 1978, it soared to 49.7 percent. Holloway's higher profile and obvious improvement would be factors in Clements' May, 1979 trade to Saskatchewan.^[2]

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	June 14	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	24–16	Win	1–0
B	June 21	vs. BC Lions	21–20	Loss	1–1
C	June 28	vs. Montreal Alouettes	25–4	Loss	1–2
D	July 4	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28–27	Loss	1–3

Regular season

Standings

**Eastern Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	11	5	0	395	261	22
Montreal Alouettes	16	8	7	1	331	295	17
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	5	10	1	225	403	11
Toronto Argonauts	16	4	12	0	234	389	8

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 11	vs. Montreal Alouettes	17–10	Win	1–0
2	July 26	at Toronto Argonauts	20–16	Loss	1–1
3	Aug 1	at Edmonton Eskimos	24–23	Win	2–1
4	Aug 8	vs. Toronto Argonauts	37–18	Win	3–1
5	Aug 15	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	32–6	Win	4–1
6	Aug 23	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	36–8	Win	5–1
7	Aug 30	vs. Calgary Stampeders	27–16	Win	6–1
8	Sept 5	at Montreal Alouettes	23–18	Win	7–1
8	Sept 9	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	31–29	Loss	7–2
9	Bye
10	Sept 24	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	53–18	Win	8–2
11	Sept 30	at Toronto Argonauts	24–3	Win	9–2
12	Oct 9	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	25–5	Loss	9–3
13	Oct 15	vs. Montreal Alouettes	13–10	Win	10–3
14	Oct 21	at BC Lions	20–17	Loss	10–4
15	Oct 28	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34–9	Win	11–4
16	Nov 4	at Montreal Alouettes	34–9	Win	12–4

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Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
East Final	Nov 19	vs. Montreal Alouettes	21–16	Loss	12–5

Player stats

Passing

Player	Attempts	Completions	Percentage	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions
Tom Clements	239	152	63.6	1990	17	12
Condredge Holloway^[4]	214	132	61.7	1970	12	2

Receiving

Player	Games Played	Receptions	Yards	Average	Long	Touchdowns
Jeff Avery	16	50	767	15.3	68	3
Tony Gabriel^[5]	16	67	1070	16.0	80	11
Art Green	16	40	580	14.5	47	6

Rushing

Player	Rushes	Yards	Average	Touchdowns	Long
Art Green	58	238	4.1	3	64

Awards and honours

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Tony Gabriel (TE)
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Tony Gabriel (TE)
CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Jim Coode (OT)

References

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

1978 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1978 CFL Draft 66th Grey Cup

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