1980 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1980 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	George Brancato
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost East Semi-Final
Uniform

The 1980 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 7–9 record. They lost the East Semi-Final to the Montreal Alouettes.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
0	0	Gary Cook	SB	Carleton
0	0	Glenn Cook	CB	Richmond
1	6	Pat McBride	OL	North Dakota State
2	11	Mark Philp	RB	Richmond
2	13	Neville Edwards	RB	Western Ontario
4	33	Wesley Woof	WR	Wilfrid Laurier
5	42	Steve Shubat	OT	York
6	51	Mike Szemeredy	TE	Toronto
7	60	Elwin Worobec	OG	Utah

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
June 10	at BC Lions	T 26–26	0–0–1		17,284
June 18	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 13–25	0–1–1		17,231
June 25	at Montreal Alouettes	L 24–34	0–2–1		28,352
July 1	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 29–3	1–2–1		16,765

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	8	7	1	332	377	17
Montreal Alouettes	16	8	8	0	356	375	16
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	7	9	0	353	393	14
Toronto Argonauts	16	6	10	0	334	358	12

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	July 8	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 26–20	1–0		21,064
2	July 15	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 23–41	1–1		23,100
3	July 23	at Toronto Argonauts	W 20–16	2–1		40,112
4	July 29	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 10–18	2–2		28,742
5	Aug 5	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 3–13	2–3		24,181
6	Aug 12	at Montreal Alouettes	W 27–17	3–3		34,426
7	Aug 18	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 33–11	4–3		29,994
8	Aug 26	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 20–45	4–4		42,728
9	Sept 7	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 31–21	5–4		20,681
10	Sept 14	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 19–20	5–5		21,241
11	Sept 21	at Toronto Argonauts	L 17–41	5–6		33,156
12	Sept 28	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 24–49	5–7		18,383
13	Oct 5	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 49–14	6–7		24,971
14	Oct 12	at Montreal Alouettes	L 17–34	6–8		31,919
15	Oct 18	at BC Lions	L 7–27	6–9		17,399
16	Oct 25	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 27–26	7–9		21,788
17	Bye

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Nov 8	at Montreal Alouettes	L 21–25	0–1	17,420

Awards and honours

CFL All-Stars

• TE – Tony Gabriel
• OG – Val Belcher

Eastern All-Stars

• RB – Richard Crump
• TE – Tony Gabriel
• OG – Val Belcher
• DT – Mike Raines
• LB – Ron Foxx
• LB – Rick Sowieta

CFL Awards

• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – Jim Coode (OT)