1969
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:22 pm
1969
After 11 games, with a 1-10 record, Coach Champion was replaced by assistant Jackie Parker. The team responded by winning four of their last five games, and with a 5-11 record took third place and made the playoffs. They lost to Calgary, but individually Dave Easley won Rookie of the Year honours, and Jim Young was a Schenley Finalist, losing out to Russ Jackson for Canadian Player of the Year honours.
Western Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 13 3 0 392 261 26
Calgary Stampeders 16 9 7 0 327 314 18
British Columbia Lions 16 5 11 0 235 335 10
Edmonton Eskimos 16 5 11 0 241 246 10
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 3 12 1 192 359 7
Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 11 3 0 399 298 22
Toronto Argonauts 14 10 4 0 406 280 20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 8 5 1 307 315 17
Montreal Alouettes 14 2 10 2 304 395 6
Western Semi-Finals British Columbia Lions 21 Calgary Stampeders 35
Eastern Semi-Finals Hamilton Tiger-Cats 9 Toronto Argonauts 15
Western Finals - Calgary Stampeders 11 Saskatchewan Roughriders 17
Western Finals - Saskatchewan Roughriders 36 Calgary Stampeders 13
Saskatchewan wins the best of three series 2-0. The Roughriders will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.
Eastern Finals - Ottawa Rough Riders 14 Toronto Argonauts 22
Eastern Finals - Toronto Argonauts 3 Ottawa Rough Riders 32
Ottawa won 2 game total-point series by 46-25. The Rough Riders will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.
Grey Cup Championship
November 30
57th Annual Grey Cup Game: Autostade - Montreal, Quebec
Western Champion Eastern Champion
Saskatchewan Roughriders 11 Ottawa Rough Riders 29
The Ottawa Rough Riders are the 1969 Grey Cup Champions
Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders - Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player.
After 11 games, with a 1-10 record, Coach Champion was replaced by assistant Jackie Parker. The team responded by winning four of their last five games, and with a 5-11 record took third place and made the playoffs. They lost to Calgary, but individually Dave Easley won Rookie of the Year honours, and Jim Young was a Schenley Finalist, losing out to Russ Jackson for Canadian Player of the Year honours.
Western Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 13 3 0 392 261 26
Calgary Stampeders 16 9 7 0 327 314 18
British Columbia Lions 16 5 11 0 235 335 10
Edmonton Eskimos 16 5 11 0 241 246 10
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 3 12 1 192 359 7
Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 11 3 0 399 298 22
Toronto Argonauts 14 10 4 0 406 280 20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 8 5 1 307 315 17
Montreal Alouettes 14 2 10 2 304 395 6
Western Semi-Finals British Columbia Lions 21 Calgary Stampeders 35
Eastern Semi-Finals Hamilton Tiger-Cats 9 Toronto Argonauts 15
Western Finals - Calgary Stampeders 11 Saskatchewan Roughriders 17
Western Finals - Saskatchewan Roughriders 36 Calgary Stampeders 13
Saskatchewan wins the best of three series 2-0. The Roughriders will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.
Eastern Finals - Ottawa Rough Riders 14 Toronto Argonauts 22
Eastern Finals - Toronto Argonauts 3 Ottawa Rough Riders 32
Ottawa won 2 game total-point series by 46-25. The Rough Riders will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.
Grey Cup Championship
November 30
57th Annual Grey Cup Game: Autostade - Montreal, Quebec
Western Champion Eastern Champion
Saskatchewan Roughriders 11 Ottawa Rough Riders 29
The Ottawa Rough Riders are the 1969 Grey Cup Champions
Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders - Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player.