1960 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1960 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Frank Clair
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	9–5
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup

The 1960 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in second place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 9–5 record and won the Grey Cup.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	July 26	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	20–6	Win	1–0
B	Aug 2	at BC Lions	27–26	Loss	1–1
B	Aug 4	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18–14	Loss	1–2
C	Aug 10	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	29–24	Loss	1–3

Regular season

Standings

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	14	10	4	0	370	265	20
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	9	5	0	400	283	18
Montreal Alouettes	14	5	9	0	340	458	10
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	4	10	0	273	377	8

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 16	vs. Toronto Argonauts	21–7	Loss	0–1
2	Aug 20	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35–6	Win	1–1
3	Aug 29	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	29–21	Win	2–1
4	Sept 3	vs. Montreal Alouettes	40–16	Win	3–1
4	Sept 5	at Montreal Alouettes	39–22	Loss	3–2
5	Sept 14	vs. Toronto Argonauts	21–12	Win	4–2
6	Sept 18	at Toronto Argonauts	26–12	Win	5–2
7	Sept 24	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35–21	Win	6–2
8	Oct 1	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	27–18	Loss	6–3
9	Oct 8	vs. Montreal Alouettes	41–23	Win	7–3
9	Oct 10	at Montreal Alouettes	51–21	Win	8–3
10	Oct 16	at Toronto Argonauts	37–13	Loss	8–4
11	Oct 22	vs. Toronto Argonauts	38–1	Win	9–4
12	Oct 29	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	26–24	Loss	9–5

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Postseason

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
East Semi-Final	Nov 5	vs. Montreal Alouettes	30–14	Win	10–5
East Final #1	Nov 12	vs. Toronto Argonauts	33–21	Win	11–5
East Final #2	Nov 20	at Toronto Argonauts	21–20	Win	12–5
Grey Cup	Nov 26	Edmonton Eskimos	16–6	Win	13–5

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Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	0	6	0	0	6
Ottawa Rough Riders	3	6	0	7	16

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Player stats

Passing

Player	Games Played	Attempts	Completions	Percentage	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions
Ron Lancaster	14	201	101	50.2%	1843	16	18
Russ Jackson	14	52	20	38.5%	222	2	3

Awards and honours

• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Ron Stewart (RB)
• Grey Cup Most Valuable Player – Ron Stewart (RB)

References

1. "1960 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU) - Pro Football Archives".
2. "1960 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU) - Pro Football Archives".
3. "CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2017-08-22.