1983 Ottawa Rough Riders season

Canadian football team season March 2026 Ottawa Rough Riders 1983 8–8 2nd, East George Brancato Lansdowne Park Lost in East Semi-Final File:CFL OTT Jersey 1980.png Rough Riders seasons The 1983 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in second place in the East Division with an 8–8 record. This season marked the last time an Ottawa football team hosted a playoff game until 2015 when the second-year Ottawa Redblacks hosted the East Final, where the Rough Riders lost the East-Semi Final game to Hamilton by a score of 33–31. Offseason CFL draft Rd Pick Player Position School 1 2 Steve Harrison LB British Columbia 2 11 Junior Robinson DB Guelph 3 20 Sam Benincasa LB Guelph 4 29 John Kane OL Michigan Tech 5 38 Courtney Taylor DB Wilfrid Laurier 6 47 Francois Payer DE Bishop's 7 56 Chris Rhora DE Acadia 8 65 Don Clow WR Acadia Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A June 10 at Montreal Concordes L 4–14 0–1 10,100 B June 16 vs. Montreal Concordes L 13–34 0–2 12,803 C June 24 at Toronto Argonauts L 15–31 0–3 28,107 D June 29 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 47–40 1–3 13,331 Regular season Standings OTT Schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 July 8 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 26–25 1–0 18,995 2 2 July 16 at Montreal Concordes L 28–36 1–1 15,621 3 3 July 21 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 16–27 1–2 18,621 4 4 July 28 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 4–44 1–3 18,622 5 Bye 6 5 Aug 13 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 22–24 1–4 14,729 7 6 Aug 19 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 17–27 1–5 30,006 8 7 Aug 26 at Edmonton Eskimos W 17–14 2–5 49,880 9 8 Sept 2 vs. BC Lions W 49–19 3–5 22,234 10 9 Sept 9 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 28–29 3–6 23,475 11 Bye 12 10 Sept 25 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 29–25 4–6 26,014 13 11 Oct 1 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 24–23 5–6 24,404 14 12 Oct 8 at Calgary Stampeders W 29–24 6–6 24,167 15 13 Oct 16 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 42–23 7–6 25,642 16 14 Oct 23 at Toronto Argonauts W 20–19 8–6 36,526 17 15 Oct 29 vs. Montreal Concordes L 20–25 8–7 20,959 18 16 Nov 5 at BC Lions L 13–40 8–8 42,901 http://www.profootballarchives.com/1983cflott.html 1983 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives Postseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record East Semi-Final Nov 13 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 31–33 0–1 28,524 Roster 1983 Ottawa Rough Riders final rosterQuarterbacks 16 I Chris Isaac  4 I Prince McJunkins  6 I J. C. Watts Running backs 39 N Maurice Doyle 32 N Jim Reid 33 I Skip Walker Wide receivers  8 N Phil Charron 31 N Mike Collymore  5 I Mariet Ford 21 I Ty Gray 19 I Dave Newman  3 I Carl Powell 14 N Pat Stoqua Tight ends 23 N Mike Hudson Offensive linemen 65 N Roger Cattelan T 52 N Kevin Dalliday T 64 N Tim Hook G 67 I Rudy Phillips G 50 N Kevin Powell T 56 N Bob Stephen C/G 55 N Larry Tittley C Defensive linemen 69 I Gary Dulin DT 78 N Ron Engleson DT 63 N Randy Fournier DE 66 I Greg Marshall DE 74 N Mark Seale DT 61 N Doug Seymour DE 59 I Jack Williams DE Linebackers 42 N Mike Graffi 34 N Steve Harrison 75 N Rick Sowieta 17 I Al Washington Defensive backs 25 I Ricky Barden 22 I Charles Cornelius 27 I Ivory Curry 38 I Charles Johnson 29 N John Lynch  7 I Ken Miller 28 N Junior Robinson Special teams 13 N Ken Clark P 71 N Gerry Organ K/P Injured list  3 I Kelvin Kirk WR  1 N Bruce Walker WR Italics indicate International player Awards and honours CFL awards CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Greg Marshall (DE) CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Rudy Phillips (OG) CFL All-Stars RB – Alvin "Skip" Walker OG – Rudy Phillips OT – Kevin Powell DT – Gary Dulin DE – Greg Marshall References Category:Ottawa Rough Riders seasons Category:1983 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1983 in sports in Ontario