1959 Ottawa Rough Riders season
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The 1959
Ottawa Rough Riders
finished in 2nd place in the East division with an 8–6 record but lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
in the East Finals.
1959 CFL season
The 1959 CFL season was the sixth season in modern Canadian professional football, although officially it was the second season of the Canadian Football League.-Final regular season standings:...
Ottawa Rough Riders
Ottawa Rough Riders
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...
finished in 2nd place in the East division with an 8–6 record but lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...
in the East Finals.
Preseason
| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| B | July 30 | vs. BC Lions | 24–22 | Win | 1–0 |
| B | Aug 3 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 20–7 | Loss | 1–1 |
| C | Aug 6 | at BC Lions | 35–14 | Win | 2–1 |
Standings
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium... |
14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 298 | 162 | 20 |
| Ottawa Rough Riders Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a... |
14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 275 | 217 | 16 |
| Montreal Alouettes Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions... |
14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 193 | 305 | 12 |
| Toronto Argonauts Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta... |
14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 192 | 274 | 8 |
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| 1 | Aug 18 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 21–20 | Loss | 0–1 |
| 1 | Aug 21 | at Montreal Alouettes | 23–8 | Loss | 0–2 |
| 2 | Aug 29 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34–10 | Loss | 0–3 |
| 3 | Sept 5 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 22–7 | Loss | 0–4 |
| 4 | Sept 13 | at Toronto Argonauts | 19–6 | Loss | 0–5 |
| 5 | Sept 16 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 28–1 | Win | 1–5 |
| 5 | Sept 19 | at Montreal Alouettes | 43–6 | Win | 2–5 |
| 6 | Sept 26 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 23–14 | Loss | 2–6 |
| 7 | Oct 3 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9–7 | Win | 3–6 |
| 8 | Oct 10 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 36–8 | Win | 4–6 |
| 8 | Oct 12 | at Montreal Alouettes | 28–12 | Win | 5–6 |
| 9 | Oct 17 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17–16 | Win | 6–6 |
| 10 | Oct 24 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 18–4 | Win | 7–6 |
| 11 | Oct 31 | at Toronto Argonauts | 31–21 | Win | 8–6 |
Playoffs
| Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| East Semi-Final | Nov 7 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 43–0 | Win | 9–6 |
| East Final #1 | Nov 14 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17–5 | Win | 10–6 |
| East Final #2 | Nov 21 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21–7 | Loss | 10–7 |