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1996 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coachJim Gilstrap (fired)
John Payne
Home fieldFrank Clair Stadium
Results
Record3–15
Division place4th, East
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

The 1996 Ottawa Rough Riders finished 4th place in the East Division with a 3–15 record and failed to make the playoffs. This was the final season in Ottawa Rough Riders franchise history as they folded after the season ended. Jim Gilstrap was the coach through the second game of the regular season before being fired and replaced with John Payne for the remainder of the season.

Offseason

CFL draft

Rd Pick Player Position School
3 19 Sammie Brennan DB Bishop's
4 28 Grayson Shillingford SB British Columbia
5 37 Darcy Curtis DT/OL Simon Fraser
5 38 George Savard OL Ottawa
6 45 Robert McElwain DB Windsor
7 54 Micheal Hendricks LB Ottawa

Preseason

Date Opponent Final Score Result Attendance Record
June 13 Montreal Alouettes 38–7 Loss 11,215 0–1
June 19 Toronto Argonauts 34–6 Loss 14,024 0–2

Final standings

Season standings

East Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Toronto Argonauts 18 15 3 0 556 359 30
Montreal Alouettes 18 12 6 0 536 467 24
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 8 10 0 426 576 16
Ottawa Rough Riders 18 3 15 0 352 524 6

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Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Final score Result Attendance Record
1 June 28 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35–23 Loss 19,149 0–1
2 July 3 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 29–14 Loss 10,125 0–2
3 July 12 vs. BC Lions 32–21 Win 13,489 1–2
4 July 17 at Toronto Argonauts 34–4 Loss 17,288 1–3
5 July 25 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 34–18 Loss 13,323 1–4
6 Aug 3 at Edmonton Eskimos 30–2 Loss 25,773 1–5
7 Aug 9 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 31–27 Loss 25,219 1–6
8 Aug 15 vs. Toronto Argonauts 42–19 Loss 15,220 1–7
9 Aug 24 at Toronto Argonauts 28–21 Loss 17,182 1–8
10 Aug 30 vs. Montreal Alouettes 17–6 Win 28,451 2–8
11 Bye
12 Sept 15 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 18–16 Win 19,567 3–8
13 Sept 22 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24–21 Loss 26,813 3–9
14 Sept 27 at Calgary Stampeders 24–17 Loss 21,607 3–10
15 Oct 5 vs. Calgary Stampeders 31–27 Loss 15,025 3–11
16 Oct 14 vs. Montreal Alouettes 25–18 Loss 14,080 3–12
17 Oct 19 at Montreal Alouettes 39–25 Loss 18,671 3–13
18 Oct 26 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 30–29 Loss 15,095 3–14
19 Nov 2 at BC Lions 35–24 Loss 18,308 3–15

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Awards and honours

CFL All-Stars

Eastern All-Stars

References

  1. ^ "CFL.ca – Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2". Archived from the original on 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  2. ^ "Ottawa Renegades All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
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