1980 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1980 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	George Brancato
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost East Semi-Final
Uniform

The 1980 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 7–9 record. They lost the East Semi-Final to the Montreal Alouettes.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
0	0	Gary Cook	SB	Carleton
0	0	Glenn Cook	CB	Richmond
1	6	Pat McBride	OL	North Dakota State
2	11	Mark Philp	RB	Richmond
2	13	Neville Edwards	RB	Western Ontario
4	33	Wesley Woof	WR	Wilfrid Laurier
5	42	Steve Shubat	OT	York
6	51	Mike Szemeredy	TE	Toronto
7	60	Elwin Worobec	OG	Utah

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Attendance	Record
June 10	at BC Lions	26–26	Tie	17,284	0–0–1
June 18	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	25–13	Loss	17,231	0–1–1
June 25	at Montreal Alouettes	34–24	Loss	28,352	0–2–1
July 1	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–3	Win	16,765	1–2–1

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	8	7	1	332	377	17
Montreal Alouettes	16	8	8	0	356	375	16
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	7	9	0	353	393	14
Toronto Argonauts	16	6	10	0	334	358	12

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 8	vs. Calgary Stampeders	26–20	Win	21,064	1–0
2	July 15	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	41–23	Loss	23,100	1–1
3	July 23	at Toronto Argonauts	20–16	Win	40,112	2–1
4	July 29	vs. Toronto Argonauts	18–10	Loss	28,742	2–2
5	Aug 5	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	13–3	Loss	24,181	2–3
6	Aug 12	at Montreal Alouettes	27–17	Win	34,426	3–3
7	Aug 18	vs. Montreal Alouettes	33–11	Win	29,994	4–3
8	Aug 26	at Edmonton Eskimos	45–20	Loss	42,728	4–4
9	Sept 7	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	31–21	Win	20,681	5–4
10	Sept 14	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	20–19	Loss	21,241	5–5
11	Sept 21	at Toronto Argonauts	41–17	Loss	33,156	5–6
12	Sept 28	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	49–24	Loss	18,383	5–7
13	Oct 5	vs. Montreal Alouettes	49–14	Win	24,971	6–7
14	Oct 12	at Montreal Alouettes	34–17	Loss	31,919	6–8
15	Oct 18	at BC Lions	27–7	Loss	17,399	6–9
16	Oct 25	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	27–26	Win	21,788	7–9
17	Bye

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Nov 8	at Montreal Alouettes	25–21	Loss	17,420

Awards and honours

CFL All-Stars

• TE – Tony Gabriel
• OG – Val Belcher

Eastern All-Stars

• RB – Richard Crump
• TE – Tony Gabriel
• OG – Val Belcher
• DT – Mike Raines
• LB – Ron Foxx
• LB – Rick Sowieta

CFL Awards

• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – Jim Coode (OT)