1957 Ottawa Rough Riders season
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The 1957
Ottawa Rough Riders
finished in 2nd place in the IRFU with an 8–6 record but lost to the Montreal Alouettes
in the East Semi-Final.
1957 in Canadian football
-Canadian Football News in 1957:The Canadian Football Council allowed interference to be legal up to third 5-yard stripe by eligible blockers.The 45th annual Grey Cup game was televised live from coast to coast in Canada for the first time...
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 IRFU with an 8–6 record but lost to the 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...
in the East Semi-Final.
Preseason
| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| B | Aug 2 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | 23–14 | Win | 1–0 |
| C | Aug 8 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14–7 | Win | 2–0 |
| C | Aug 10 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 36–6 | Loss | 2–1 |
| C | Aug 12 | at Calgary Stampeders | 26–7 | Loss | 2–2 |
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 | 250 | 189 | 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 | 326 | 237 | 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 | 287 | 301 | 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 | 274 | 410 | 8 |
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| 1 | Aug 20 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 20–7 | Win | 1–0 |
| 1 | Aug 23 | at Toronto Argonauts | 22–17 | Win | 2–0 |
| 2 | Aug 31 | at Montreal Alouettes | 22–21 | Loss | 2–1 |
| 3 | Sept 7 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 17–16 | Win | 3–1 |
| 4 | Sept 14 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18–14 | Loss | 3–2 |
| 5 | Sept 21 | at Toronto Argonauts | 55–14 | Win | 4–2 |
| 6 | Sept 28 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 40–21 | Win | 5–2 |
| 7 | Oct 5 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18–17 | Loss | 5–3 |
| 8 | Oct 12 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 27–17 | Win | 6–3 |
| 8 | Oct 14 | at Montreal Alouettes | 32–24 | Loss | 6–4 |
| 9 | Oct 19 | at Toronto Argonauts | 31–23 | Loss | 6–5 |
| 10 | Oct 26 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 25–7 | Win | 7–5 |
| 11 | Nov 2 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9–4 | Win | 8–5 |
| 12 | Nov 9 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13–12 | Loss | 8–6 |
Playoffs
| Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| East Semi-Final | Nov 13 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 24–15 | Loss | 8–7 |