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Canadian football team season
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 Final Score Result Attendance Record June 10 at BC Lions 26–26 Tie 17,284 0–0–1 June 18 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 25–13 Loss 17,231 0–1–1 June 25 at Montreal Alouettes 34–24 Loss 28,352 0–2–1 July 1 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 29–3 Win 16,765 1–2–1
Regular season Standings Schedule Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record 1 July 8 vs. Calgary Stampeders 26–20 Win 21,064 1–0 2 July 15 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 41–23 Loss 23,100 1–1 3 July 23 at Toronto Argonauts 20–16 Win 40,112 2–1 4 July 29 vs. Toronto Argonauts 18–10 Loss 28,742 2–2 5 Aug 5 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13–3 Loss 24,181 2–3 6 Aug 12 at Montreal Alouettes 27–17 Win 34,426 3–3 7 Aug 18 vs. Montreal Alouettes 33–11 Win 29,994 4–3 8 Aug 26 at Edmonton Eskimos 45–20 Loss 42,728 4–4 9 Sept 7 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 31–21 Win 20,681 5–4 10 Sept 14 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 20–19 Loss 21,241 5–5 11 Sept 21 at Toronto Argonauts 41–17 Loss 33,156 5–6 12 Sept 28 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 49–24 Loss 18,383 5–7 13 Oct 5 vs. Montreal Alouettes 49–14 Win 24,971 6–7 14 Oct 12 at Montreal Alouettes 34–17 Loss 31,919 6–8 15 Oct 18 at BC Lions 27–7 Loss 17,399 6–9 16 Oct 25 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27–26 Win 21,788 7–9 17 Bye
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Postseason Round Date Opponent Score Result Attendance East Semi-Final Nov 8 at Montreal Alouettes 25–21 Loss 17,420
Awards and honours CFL All-Stars Eastern All-Stars CFL Awards References
Franchise Stadiums Lore Important figures Retired numbers Dominion Championships (3) Grey Cup Championships (9) Eastern Division Championships (15) See also