2023 Ottawa Redblacks season | |
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President | Adrian Sciarra |
General manager | Shawn Burke |
Head coach | Bob Dyce |
Home field | TD Place Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 4–14 |
Division place | 4th, East |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Team MOP | Devonte Williams |
Team MODP | Bryce Carter |
Team MOC | Cleyon Laing |
Team MOOL | Jacob Ruby |
Team MOST | Brandin Dandridge |
Team MOR | Dustin Crum |
Uniform | |
The 2023 Ottawa Redblacks season was the ninth season for the team in the Canadian Football League. The Redblacks were eliminated from playoff contention following their week 18 loss to the Montreal Alouettes. [1] This was the fourth straight season that the Redblacks had failed to qualify for the post-season.
The 2023 CFL season was the second season for Shawn Burke as general manager. [2] After Bob Dyce served as the interim head coach to end the 2022 season, this was his first full season as the team's head coach. [3] [4]
The 2023 CFL Global Draft took place on May 2, 2023. [5] The Redblacks had the first selection in both rounds. [6]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Club/School | Nationality |
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1 | 1 | Blessman Ta’ala | DL | Hawaii | American Samoa |
2 | 10 | Lucas Lavin | OL | Chattanooga | Sweden |
The 2023 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2023. [7] The Redblacks had ten selections in the eight-round draft. [8] The team had the first selection in each round of the draft after finishing last in the 2022 league standings (losing the tie-breaker to the Edmonton Elks), not including traded picks. [9] This was the first time that Ottawa selected first overall since the 2015 CFL Draft.
Notably, the team acquired additional second-round and third-round selections after trading the rights to Woodly Appolon to the Edmonton Elks and Terry Williams to the BC Lions. [10] [11] The Redblacks also traded their fourth-round pick to the Edmonton Elks in exchange for Nick Arbuckle. [12] The team also upgraded their eighth-round selection to another seventh-round selection after trading Llevi Noel to the Elks. [13]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | School | Hometown |
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1 | 1 | Dontae Bull | OL | Fresno State | Victoria, BC |
2 | 10 | Lucas Cormier | DB | Mount Allison | Sackville, NB |
2 | 12 | James Peter | LB | Ottawa | Ottawa, ON |
2 | 17T | Daniel Oladejo | WR | Ottawa | Ottawa, ON |
3 | 19 | Aidan John | DL | St. Mary's | Halifax, NS |
3 | 25 | Josh White | LB | Regina | Regina, SK |
5 | 37 | Daniel Perry | WR | Saskatchewan | Calgary, AB |
6 | 46 | Quintin Seguin | DL | Charleston Southern | Windsor, ON |
7 | 55 | Alexander Fedchun | DL | St. Francis Xavier | Calgary, AB |
7 | 58 | Amlicar Polk | RB | Ottawa | Ottawa, ON |
Week | Game | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary | |
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Score | Record | |||||||||
A | Bye | |||||||||
B | 1 | Fri, May 26 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Montreal Alouettes | L 21–22 | 0–1 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 15,802 | Recap |
C | 2 | Thu, June 1 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | at Toronto Argonauts | W 34–23 | 1–1 | None | Alumni Stadium | N/A | Recap |
Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | PF | PA | Div | Stk | |
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Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 591 | 396 | 10–0 | W4 | Details |
Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 442 | 392 | 7–3 | W5 | Details |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 408 | 461 | 3–7 | L2 | Details |
Ottawa Redblacks | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 415 | 507 | 0–10 | L4 | Details |
Week | Game | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary | |
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Score | Record | |||||||||
1 | 1 | Sat, June 10 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at Montreal Alouettes | L 12–19 | 0–1 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | Molson Stadium | 20,865 | Recap |
2 | 2 | Thu, June 15 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Calgary Stampeders | L 15–26 | 0–2 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 18,251 | Recap |
3 | Bye | |||||||||
4 | 3 | Fri, June 30 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Edmonton Elks | W 26–7 | 1–2 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 18,145 | Recap |
5 | 4 | Sat, July 8 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 13–21 | 1–3 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | Tim Hortons Field | 21,331 | Recap |
6 | 5 | Sat, July 15 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 31–28 (OT) | 2–3 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 18,144 | Recap |
7 | 6 | Sun, July 23 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at Calgary Stampeders | W 43–41 (OT) | 3–3 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | McMahon Stadium | 21,226 | Recap |
8 | 7 | Fri, July 28 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 12–16 | 3–4 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 19,243 | Recap |
9 | 8 | Sun, Aug 6 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 24–26 | 3–5 | TSN/RDS2/CBSSN | Mosaic Stadium | 26,625 | Recap |
10 | 9 | Sun, Aug 13 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at Toronto Argonauts | L 31–44 | 3–6 | TSN/RDS | BMO Field | 12,796 | Recap |
11 | 10 | Sat, Aug 19 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Montreal Alouettes | L 24–25 | 3–7 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | TD Place Stadium | 19,475 | Recap |
12 | 11 | Sun, Aug 27 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at Edmonton Elks | L 20–30 | 3–8 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | Commonwealth Stadium | 23,825 | Recap |
13 | Bye | |||||||||
14 | 12 | Fri, Sept 8 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 24–27 | 3–9 | TSN/RDS2/CBSSN | TD Place Stadium | 18,004 | Recap |
15 | 13 | Sat, Sept 16 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at BC Lions | L 37–41 | 3–10 | TSN/RDS2 | BC Place | 20,403 | Recap |
16 | 14 | Fri, Sept 22 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 36–28 | 4–10 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | TD Place Stadium | 19,647 | Recap |
17 | 15 | Sat, Sept 30 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Montreal Alouettes | L 15–32 | 4–11 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 20,464 | Recap |
18 | 16 | Mon, Oct 9 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | at Montreal Alouettes | L 3–29 | 4–12 | TSN/RDS/CBSSN | Molson Stadium | 20,664 | Recap |
19 | 17 | Sat, Oct 14 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | at Toronto Argonauts | L 27–40 | 4–13 | TSN/RDS2 | BMO Field | 13,888 | Recap |
20 | Bye | |||||||||
21 | 18 | Sat, Oct 28 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Toronto Argonauts | L 22–27 | 4–14 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | Recap |
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