1983 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1983 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	George Brancato
Home stadium	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	2nd, East
Playoffs	Lost in East Semi-Final
Uniform

The 1983 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in second place in the East Division with an 8–8 record. This season marked the last time an Ottawa football team hosted a playoff game until 2015 when the second-year Ottawa Redblacks hosted the East Final, where the Rough Riders lost the East-Semi Final game to Hamilton by a score of 33–31.

Offseason

CFL draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	2	Steve Harrison	LB	British Columbia
2	11	Junior Robinson	DB	Guelph
3	20	Sam Benincasa	LB	Guelph
4	29	John Kane	OL	Michigan Tech
5	38	Courtney Taylor	DB	Wilfrid Laurier
6	47	Francois Payer	DE	Bishop's
7	56	Chris Rhora	DE	Acadia
8	65	Don Clow	WR	Acadia

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
A	June 10	at Montreal Concordes	L 4–14	0–1		10,100
B	June 16	vs. Montreal Concordes	L 13–34	0–2		12,803
C	June 24	at Toronto Argonauts	L 15–31	0–3		28,107
D	June 29	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 47–40	1–3		13,331

Regular season

Standings

East Division
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Div	Stk
1	Toronto Argonauts (C, Q)	16	12	4	0	452	328	124	24	4–2	W2
2	Ottawa Rough Riders (Q)	16	8	8	0	384	424	−40	16	2–4	L2
3	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Q)	16	5	10	1	389	498	−109	11	3–2–1	T1
4	Montreal Concordes	16	5	10	1	367	447	−80	11	2–3–1	T1

Source: "1983 Regular Season Standings". Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	1	July 8	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 26–25	1–0		18,995
2	2	July 16	at Montreal Concordes	L 28–36	1–1		15,621
3	3	July 21	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 16–27	1–2		18,621
4	4	July 28	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 4–44	1–3		18,622
5	Bye
6	5	Aug 13	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 22–24	1–4		14,729
7	6	Aug 19	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 17–27	1–5		30,006
8	7	Aug 26	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 17–14	2–5		49,880
9	8	Sept 2	vs. BC Lions	W 49–19	3–5		22,234
10	9	Sept 9	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 28–29	3–6		23,475
11	Bye
12	10	Sept 25	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 29–25	4–6		26,014
13	11	Oct 1	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 24–23	5–6		24,404
14	12	Oct 8	at Calgary Stampeders	W 29–24	6–6		24,167
15	13	Oct 16	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 42–23	7–6		25,642
16	14	Oct 23	at Toronto Argonauts	W 20–19	8–6		36,526
17	15	Oct 29	vs. Montreal Concordes	L 20–25	8–7		20,959
18	16	Nov 5	at BC Lions	L 13–40	8–8		42,901