1985 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1985 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Joe Moss
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	7–9–0
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost in East Semi-Final
Uniform

The 1985 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 3rd place in the East Division with a 7–9–0 record. The team lost the East-Semi Final game to the Montreal Concordes.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Pick

Player

Position

School

Nicholas Benjamin

Concordia

Tom Munroe

British Columbia

Neri Fratin

Ottawa

Marty Palazeti

Marshall

Lance Chomyc

K/P

Toronto

George Ganas

York

Morris Elfenbaum

Minot State

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Attendance	Record
June 8	at Montreal Concordes	34–10	Loss	11,196	0–1
June 13	vs. Montreal Concordes	37–22	Loss	11,918	0–2
June 24	vs. Toronto Argonauts	23–22	Win	12,695	1–2
June 29	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33–14	Loss	16,753	1–3

Regular season

Standings

**East Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	8	8	377	315	16
Montreal Concordes	16	8	8	284	332	16
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	7	9	272	402	14
Toronto Argonauts	16	6	10	344	397	12

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 7	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	46–22	Loss	20,785	0–1
2	Bye
3	July 18	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	41–19	Win	20,425	1–1
4	July 28	vs. Calgary Stampeders	14–12	Win	20,153	2–1
5	Aug 2	at Edmonton Eskimos	49–14	Loss	41,493	2–2
6	Aug 8	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	58–15	Loss	27,709	2–3
7	Aug 15	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	17–4	Win	20,348	3–3
8	Aug 22	at Toronto Argonauts	18–8	Win	29,637	4–3
9	Aug 30	vs. BC Lions	18–13	Loss	23,611	4–4
10	Sept 7	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	42–14	Loss	19,165	4–5
11	Sept 14	at Calgary Stampeders	32–7	Loss	12,076	4–6
12	Sept 22	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	32–11	Loss	16,101	4–7
13	Sept 29	vs. Montreal Concordes	23–7	Win	24,909	5–7
14	Oct 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	19–15	Win	18,363	6–7
15	Bye
16	Oct 19	at Montreal Concordes	30–7	Win	15,951	7–7
17	Oct 26	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34–4	Loss	23,692	7–8
18	Nov 1	at BC Lions	17–10	Loss	38,661	7–9

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Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Nov 10	at Montreal Concordes	30–20	Loss	11,372

Awards and honours

CFL Awards

None

CFL All-Stars

P – Ken Clark

References

↑ "1985 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)". Profootballarchives.com. Retrieved 2010-06-26.

1985 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1985 CFL Draft 73rd 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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