1982 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1982 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	George Brancato
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	5–11–0
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost in East Final
Uniform

The 1982 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 3rd place in the East Division with a 5–11–0 record. After winning the East-Semi Final playoff game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Riders lost to the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final. This season marked the last time an Ottawa football franchise won a playoff game until 2015, when the second-year Redblacks won two playoff games.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
0	0	Mark Seale	DT	Richmond
0	0	Kevin Dalliday	OG/DT	Carleton
0	0	Ron St. Poulton	DB	McGill
3	26	Terry Cahill	DB	East Stroudsberg State
4	35	Bruce Milks	DB	South Arkansas
5	44	Terry Elik	LB	Simon Fraser
6	53	Greg Clarke	OT	British Columbia

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Attendance	Record
June 12	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	11–5	Loss	12,906	0–1
June 17	vs. Toronto Argonauts	26–10	Loss	15,075	0–2
June 22	at Montreal Concordes	26–13	Win	7,665	1–2
June 29	vs. Montreal Concordes	31–13	Win	14,997	2–2

Regular season

Standings

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	16	9	6	1	426	426	19
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	8	7	1	396	401	17
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	5	11	0	376	462	10
Montreal Concordes	16	2	14	0	267	502	4

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 11	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	55–7	Loss	21,435	0–1
2	July 17	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20–14	Loss	15,860	0–2
3	Bye
4	July 29	vs. Montreal Concordes	55–5	Win	18,991	1–2
5	Aug 6	at Calgary Stampeders	30–19	Loss	29,038	1–3
6	Aug 12	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	26–19	Loss	21,455	1–4
7	Aug 19	at Toronto Argonauts	35–25	Loss	38,258	1–5
8	Aug 28	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27–20	Loss	25,904	1–6
9	Sept 3	vs. BC Lions	45–13	Loss	20,609	1–7
10	Sept 12	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	47–11	Loss	54,622	1–8
11	Sept 18	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38–28	Win	17,227	2–8
12	Sept 24	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–19	Win	27,601	3–8
13	Oct 3	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18–13	Loss	23,670	3–9
14	Bye
15	Oct 16	at BC Lions	28–22	Loss	20,068	3–10
16	Oct 23	vs. Calgary Stampeders	42–19	Win	18,748	4–10
17	Oct 31	at Montreal Concordes	34–32	Win	17,179	5–10
18	Nov 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	28–14	Loss	25,868	5–11

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Nov 14	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–20	Win	20,087
East Final	Nov 21	at Toronto Argonauts	44–7	Loss	44,432

Awards and honours

CFL All-Stars

• RB – Alvin "Skip" Walker
• OG – Val Belcher
• OG – Rudy Phillips

Eastern All-Stars

• RB – Alvin "Skip" Walker
• OG – Val Belcher
• OG – Rudy Phillips
• DT – Gary Dulin
• DE – Greg Marshall
• DB – Carl Brazley
• K – Gerry Organ