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1977 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coachGeorge Brancato
Home fieldLansdowne Park
Results
Record8–8
Division place2nd, East
Playoff finishLost Eastern Final
Uniform

The 1977 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in second place in the Eastern Conference with an 8–8 record. Richard Holmes became the first player in CFL history to rush for 1,000 yards with two different teams. He rushed for 1016 yards while playing for the Argonauts and the Ottawa Rough Riders.[1]

Preseason

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Week Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A June 14 vs. Toronto Argonauts T 7–7 0–0–1
A June 18 at Edmonton Eskimos L 24–27 0–1–1
C June 28 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 36–20 1–1–1
D July 7 at Toronto Argonauts L 6–28 1–2–1

Regular season

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Standings

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Eastern Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Montreal Alouettes 16 11 5 0 311 245 22
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 8 8 0 368 344 16
Toronto Argonauts 16 6 10 0 251 266 12
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 5 11 0 283 394 10

Schedule

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Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 July 13 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 17–27 0–1
2 Bye
3 2 July 27 at Toronto Argonauts L 1–17 0–2
4 3 Aug 3 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 41–11 1–2
5 4 Aug 9 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 17–27 1–3
6 5 Aug 16 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 31–17 2–3
7 6 Aug 23 at Montreal Alouettes L 20–27 2–4
8 7 Aug 31 vs. BC Lions L 24–27 2–5
8 8 Sept 5 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 33–18 3–5
9 9 Sept 11 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 11–16 3–6
10 Bye
11 10 Sept 24 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 24–36 3–7
12 11 Oct 1 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 34–17 4–7
13 12 Oct 8 at Calgary Stampeders W 27–17 5–7
14 13 Oct 15 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 36–26 6–7
15 14 Oct 22 at Montreal Alouettes L 16–28 6–8
16 15 Oct 30 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 14–4 7–8
17 16 Nov 6 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 25–24 8–8

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Postseason

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Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
East Semi-Final Nov 13 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 21–16 1–0
East Final Nov 19 at Montreal Alouettes L 18–21 1–1

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Player stats

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Passing

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Player Attempts Completions Percentage Yards Touchdowns Interceptions
Tom Clements 298 182 61.0 2804 16
Condredge Holloway[3] 102 62 60.8 972 5 5

Receiving

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Player Games Played Receptions Yards Average Long Touchdowns
Jeff Avery 12 34 625 18.4 82 4
Tony Gabriel[4] 16 65 1362 21.0 75 8

Rushing

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Player Games Played Rushes Yards Avg. Touchdowns
Greg Woods 3 4 18 4.5 1

Awards and honours

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References

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  1. ^ Ottawa Sun, August 15, 2012, Ian Busby's CFL Blitz
  2. ^ a b "Ottawa Renegades All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  3. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  4. ^ "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  5. ^ Canadian Football Hall of Fame - Tom Clements
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