1988 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1988 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Fred Glick Bob Weber
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	2–16–0
Division place	4th, East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 1988 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 4th place in the East Division with a 2–16–0 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]

Offseason

CFL Draft

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

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Attendance	Record
June 29	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30–25	Loss	17,647	0–1
July 6	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	36–34	Win		1–1

Regular season

Standings

**East Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	18	14	4	571	326	28
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	9	9	407	458	18
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	9	9	478	465	18
Ottawa Rough Riders	18	2	16	278	618	4

Schedule

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

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Awards and honours

CFL Awards

CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Orville Lee (RB)

CFL All-Stars

Rod Brown-replacement player

References

↑ http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Eskimos+still+believe/3400613/story.html
↑ "1988 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)". Profootballarchives.com. Retrieved 2010-06-26.

1988 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg

See also	1988 CFL Draft 76th Grey Cup

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

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