1979 Ottawa Rough Riders season

Canadian football team season March 2026 Ottawa Rough Riders 1979 8–6–2 2nd, East Allan Waters Jake Dunlap George Brancato Lansdowne Park Lost Eastern Final File:CFL OTT Jersey 1976.png Other seasons The 1979 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in second place in the Eastern Conference with an 8–6–2 record. Prior to the 2015 season, the 1979 season was the last time that an Ottawa-based CFL team had a winning season. In May 1979, Tom Clements was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Clements-Holloway quarterback combination would be no more. From 1975–78, under Holloway and Clements, the Rough Riders compiled a 38–24–2 record, which included two Eastern Division championships and a Grey Cup win in 1976 over Saskatchewan. This lent to the credence of the "two number-ones" stratagem and both quarterbacks' team-first attitude.https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_legends_holloway HISTORY >> CFL Legends >> Condredge Holloway | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120728224752/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_legends_holloway 2012-07-28 dead Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A June 12 at Montreal Alouettes L 20–36 0–1 B June 18 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 13–12 1–1 C June 24 at Edmonton Eskimos W 30–27 2–1 D July 4 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 13–18 2–2 Regular season Standings + Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsMontreal Alouettes 16 11 4 1 351 284 23 Ottawa Rough Riders 16 8 6 2 349 315 18 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 6 10 0 280 338 12 Toronto Argonauts 16 5 11 0 234 352 10 Schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 July 11 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 30–19 1–0 2 2 July 24 at Toronto Argonauts W 31–2 2–0 3 3 July 31 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 16–18 2–1 4 4 Aug 8 at Calgary Stampeders L 17–27 2–2 5 5 Aug 14 vs. Edmonton Eskimos T 24–24 2–2–1 6 6 Aug 20 at Montreal Alouettes L 14–32 2–3–1 7 7 Aug 29 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 31–29 3–3–1 8 8 Sept 3 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 9–16 3–4–1 9 9 Sept 8 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 44–4 4–4–1 10 10 Sept 15 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 22–19 5–4–1 11 11 Sept 30 vs. Montreal Alouettes T 29–29 5–4–2 12 12 Oct 7 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 20–19 6–4–2 13 13 Oct 14 vs. BC Lions W 28–26 7–4–2 14 14 Oct 21 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 3–21 7–5–2 15 15 Oct 27 at Montreal Alouettes L 8–24 7–6–2 16 16 Nov 3 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 23–6 8–6–2 http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/ottaware.htm Ottawa RedBlacks historical Canadian Football League (CFL) scores, schedules, and analytics 2010-06-29 2009-03-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20090313002822/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/ottaware.htm dead Postseason Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record East Semi-Final Nov 11 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 29–26 9–6–2 East Final Nov 17 at Montreal Alouettes L 6–17 9–7–2 Player stats Passing Player Attempts Completions Completions Percentage Yards Touchdowns Interceptions Condredge Hollowayhttps://www.cfl.ca/page/his_legends_holloway HISTORY >> CFL Legends >> Condredge Holloway | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120728224752/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_legends_holloway 2012-07-28 dead 238128 53.81965178 Receiving Player Games Played Receptions Yards Average Long Touchdowns Jeff Avery1527 40214.9534Tony Gabrielhttps://www.cfl.ca/page/his_legends_gabriel HISTORY >> CFL Legends >> Tony Gabriel | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120728224830/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_legends_gabriel 2012-07-28 dead 16 48 76115.9448 Awards and honours Ron Foxx, Linebacker, CFL All-Star Tony Gabriel, Tight End, CFL All-Star Roster 1979 Ottawa Rough Riders final rosterQuarterbacks  7 I Condredge Holloway  8 I Jimmy Jones  9 I Charlie Weatherbie Running backs 33 I Richard Crump  6 I Emmett King 13 N Ian Mofford 30 N Mike Murphy Wide receivers 18 N Jeff Avery 24 N Ross Clarkson 23 N Pete Stenerson DB 14 N Pat Stoqua  1 N Bruce Walker Tight ends 77 N Tony Gabriel Offensive linemen 55 I Val Belcher G 60 I Jim Coode T 51 N Ray Honey T 59 N Malcolm Inglis T 58 N Doug McGee G 65 I Wes Phillips T 64 I Donn Smith C Defensive linemen 68 I Mike Fanucci DE 53 N Brian Hedges DT 73 N Jim Piaskoski DE 79 I Mike Raines DT Linebackers 41 N Tim Berryman 42 I Brad Carr 78 I Ron Foxx 76 N John Glassford 57 I Ray Nettles 75 N Rick Sowieta Defensive backs 21 I Larry Brune 10 N Peter Crepin 19 I Kenny Downing 22 I Mike Nelms 34 I John Sutton Special teams 71 N Gerry Organ K/P Injured list  2 I Martin Cox WR Italics indicate International player References Category:Ottawa Rough Riders seasons Category:1979 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1979 in sports in Ontario