1956 Ottawa Rough Riders season
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The 1956
Ottawa Rough Riders
finished in 3rd place in the IRFU with an 7–7 record but lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
in the East Semi-Final.
1956 in Canadian football
-Canadian Football News in 1956:On Sunday, January 22, the Canadian Football Council was formed in Winnipeg and the national negotiation list was introduced. G. Sydney Halter, QC was named as the Canadian Football Council Commissioner....
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 3rd place in the IRFU with an 7–7 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 Semi-Final.
Preseason
| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| A | Aug 3 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13–1 | Win | 1–0 |
| B | Aug 10 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 33–13 | Win | 2–0 |
Standings
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 478 | 361 | 20 |
| 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 383 | 385 | 14 |
| 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 326 | 359 | 14 |
| 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 | 331 | 413 | 8 |
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| 1 | Aug 22 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 29–21 | Win | 1–0 |
| 2 | Aug 31 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 42–10 | Loss | 1–1 |
| 2 | Sept 3 | at Montreal Alouettes | 22–20 | Loss | 1–2 |
| 3 | Sept 8 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21–0 | Loss | 1–3 |
| 4 | Sept 12 | at Montreal Alouettes | 36–21 | Loss | 1–4 |
| 4 | Sept 15 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 20–9 | Win | 2–4 |
| 5 | Sept 22 | at Toronto Argonauts | 31–20 | Win | 3–4 |
| 6 | Sept 29 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 43–22 | Win | 4–4 |
| 7 | Oct 6 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 42–35 | Loss | 4–5 |
| 7 | Oct 8 | at Montreal Alouettes | 24–9 | Loss | 4–6 |
| 8 | Oct 13 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 40–24 | Loss | 4–7 |
| 9 | Oct 20 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 37–26 | Win | 5–7 |
| 10 | Oct 27 | at Toronto Argonauts | 17–15 | Win | 6–7 |
| 11 | Nov 3 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17–15 | Win | 7–7 |
Playoffs
| Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| East Semi-Final | Nov 7 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 46–21 | Loss | 7–8 |