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1953 Ottawa Rough Riders season

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1953 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coachClem Crowe
Home fieldLansdowne Park
Results
Record7–7
Division place3rd, IRFU
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1953 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in third place in the IRFU with a 7–7 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Preseason

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Week Date Opponent Result Record
A Aug 15 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 11–18 0–1
A Aug 17 at Edmonton Eskimos L 9–12 0–2

Regular season

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Standings

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Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Montreal Alouettes 14 8 6 0 292 229 16
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 8 6 0 229 243 16
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 7 7 0 266 238 14
Toronto Argonauts 14 5 9 0 172 249 10

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Schedule

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Week Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 1 Aug 29 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 10–14 0–1
2 2 Sept 5 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 26–6 1–1
3 3 Sept 12 at Toronto Argonauts W 20–16 2–1
4 4 Sept 16 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 22–13 3–1
4 4 Sept 20 at Montreal Alouettes L 21–37 3–2
5 6 Sept 26 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 17–18 3–3
6 7 Oct 3 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 31–6 4–3
7 8 Oct 10 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 6–24 4–4
7 9 Oct 11 at Montreal Alouettes L 18–26 4–5
8 10 Oct 17 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 24–33 4–6
9 11 Oct 25 at Montreal Alouettes W 30–15 5–6
10 12 Oct 31 at Toronto Argonauts W 20–8 6–6
11 13 Nov 7 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 13–4 7–6
12 14 Nov 14 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 8–18 7–7

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References

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  1. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  2. ^ "1953 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU) - Pro Football Archives".