1949 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1949 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Wally Masters
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	11–1
Division place	1st, IRFU
Playoff finish	Lost IRFU Finals

The 1949 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with an 11–1 record, but lost the IRFU Finals to the eventual Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes. This season was the best in franchise history, in terms of winning percentage, since the undefeated team from the 1905 season. This season also set the franchise record for most wins in a season, which would be matched, but not surpassed, four more times.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	Aug 13	vs. Hamilton Tigers	25–1	Win	1–0

Regular season

Standings

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders	12	11	1	0	261	170	22
Montreal Alouettes	12	8	4	0	295	204	16
Toronto Argonauts	12	5	7	0	209	254	10
Hamilton Wildcats	12	0	12	0	147	284	0

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 27	at Montreal Alouettes	7–6	Win	1–0
2	Sept 3	vs. Montreal Alouettes	22–21	Win	2–0
3	Sept 10	at Toronto Argonauts	33–8	Win	3–0
4	Sept 17	vs. Hamilton Wildcats	11–6	Win	4–0
5	Sept 24	at Hamilton Wildcats	17–10	Win	5–0
6	Oct 1	vs. Toronto Argonauts	20–18	Win	6–0
7	Oct 8	vs. Montreal Alouettes	25–13	Loss	6–1
7	Oct 9	at Montreal Alouettes	12–9	Win	7–1
8	Oct 15	at Hamilton Wildcats	28–19	Win	8–1
9	Oct 22	at Toronto Argonauts	32–16	Win	9–1
10	Oct 29	vs. Toronto Argonauts	13–9	Win	10–1
11	Nov 5	vs. Hamilton Wildcats	23–18	Win	11–1

Postseason

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
IRFU Final #1	Nov 9	at Montreal Alouettes	22–7	Loss
IRFU Final #2	Nov 12	vs. Montreal Alouettes	14–13	Loss