1989 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1989 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Steve Goldman
Home stadium	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	4–14
Division place	4th, East
Playoffs	did not qualify
Uniform
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The 1989 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in fourth place in the East Division with a 4–14 record and failed to qualify for the post-season.

Offseason

CFL draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	1	Gerald Wilcox	TE	Weber State
3	17	Sean Foudy	HB	York
4	25	Tom Schimmer	P	Boise State
5	33	Nenad Radulovich	Y	Western Ontario
6	41	Trent Brown	DB	Alberta
7	49	Gord Weber	LB	Ottawa
8	57	Bob Forest	LB	Carleton

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
June 28	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 7–41	0–1
July 4	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 11–23	0–2	13,776

Regular season

In a game against the Ottawa Rough Riders on October 9, 1989, Pinball Clemons scored his first CFL touchdown. ^[1]

Standings

East Division view talk edit
Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	12	6	0	24	519	517	9–1	W4	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	7	11	0	14	369	428	5–5	L2	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	7	11	0	14	408	462	3–7	L7	Details
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	4	14	0	8	426	630	3–7	W2	Details

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	July 14	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 24–29	0–1		22,232
2	July 19	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 17–21	0–2		23,016
3	July 25	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 32–43	0–3		23,695
4	Aug 1	at Calgary Stampeders	L 29–35	0–4		18,853
5	Aug 7	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 22–58	0–5		22,194
6	Aug 17	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 4–39	0–6		21,413
7	Aug 21	at Toronto Argonauts	L 17–22	0–7		33,060
8	Aug 31	vs. BC Lions	L 30–39	0–8		18,576
9	Sept 5	at BC Lions	L 32–49	0–9		31,069
10	Sept 10	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 40–23	1–9		16,942
11	Sept 17	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 34–52	1–10		14,327
12	Sept 24	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 36–27	2–10		17,284
13	Oct 1	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 13–33	2–11		21,643
14	Oct 9	at Toronto Argonauts	L 21–49	2–12		31,116
15	Oct 15	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 11–55	2–13		30,920
16	Oct 22	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 22–32	2–14		14,416
17	Oct 29	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 18–14	3–14		20,541
18	Nov 5	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 24–10	4–14		13,757

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Awards and honours

CFL awards

• None

CFL All-Stars

• DS – Scott Flagel

References

1. Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.81, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN   1-55041-855-6
2. "1989 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".