1985 Ottawa Rough Riders season

Canadian football team season

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1985 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Joe Moss
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost in East Semi-Final
Uniform

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The 1985 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in third place in the East Division with a 7–9 record. The team lost the East-Semi Final game to the Montreal Concordes.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	1	Nicholas Benjamin	OL	Concordia
2	10	Tom Munroe	WR	British Columbia
3	19	Neri Fratin	RB	Ottawa
4	35	Marty Palazeti	DE	Marshall
6	46	Lance Chomyc	K/P	Toronto
7	55	George Ganas	RB	York
8	64	Morris Elfenbaum	OL	Minot State

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Attendance	Record
June 8	at Montreal Concordes	34–10	Loss	11,196	0–1
June 13	vs. Montreal Concordes	37–22	Loss	11,918	0–2
June 24	vs. Toronto Argonauts	23–22	Win	12,695	1–2
June 29	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33–14	Loss	16,753	1–3

Regular season

Standings

**East Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	8	8	377	315	16
Montreal Concordes	16	8	8	284	332	16
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	7	9	272	402	14
Toronto Argonauts	16	6	10	344	397	12

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 7	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	46–22	Loss	20,785	0–1
2	Bye
3	July 18	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	41–19	Win	20,425	1–1
4	July 28	vs. Calgary Stampeders	14–12	Win	20,153	2–1
5	Aug 2	at Edmonton Eskimos	49–14	Loss	41,493	2–2
6	Aug 8	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	58–15	Loss	27,709	2–3
7	Aug 15	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	17–4	Win	20,348	3–3
8	Aug 22	at Toronto Argonauts	18–8	Win	29,637	4–3
9	Aug 30	vs. BC Lions	18–13	Loss	23,611	4–4
10	Sept 7	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	42–14	Loss	19,165	4–5
11	Sept 14	at Calgary Stampeders	32–7	Loss	12,076	4–6
12	Sept 22	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	32–11	Loss	16,101	4–7
13	Sept 29	vs. Montreal Concordes	23–7	Win	24,909	5–7
14	Oct 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	19–15	Win	18,363	6–7
15	Bye
16	Oct 19	at Montreal Concordes	30–7	Win	15,951	7–7
17	Oct 26	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34–4	Loss	23,692	7–8
18	Nov 1	at BC Lions	17–10	Loss	38,661	7–9

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Nov 10	at Montreal Concordes	30–20	Loss	11,372

Awards and honours

CFL Awards

None

CFL All-Stars

P – Ken Clark

References

"1985 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)". Profootballarchives.com. Retrieved 2010-06-26.

v t e 1985 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	1985 CFL Draft 73rd Grey Cup

v t e Ottawa Rough Riders
Founded in 1876 Folded in 1996 Based in Ottawa, Ontario
Franchise	Franchise Rough Riders records Ottawa records Players Seasons Head coaches
Stadiums	Frank Clair Stadium
Lore	Ottawa Trojans Labour Day Classic
Important figures	Frank Clair Tom Clements Tony Gabriel Russ Jackson Rudy Phillips
Retired numbers	11 12 26 40 60 62 70 71 72 77
Dominion Championships (3)	1898 1900 1902
Grey Cup Championships (9)	1925 1926 1940 1951 1960 1968 1969 1973 1976
Eastern Division Championships (15)	1925 1926 1936 1939 1940 1941 1948 1951 1960 1966 1968 1969 1973 1976 1981
See also	Ottawa Renegades Ottawa Redblacks Jeff Hunt

v t e Ottawa Rough Riders seasons
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

Ottawa Rough Riders seasons

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

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