1984 Ottawa Rough Riders season

Canadian football team season

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1984 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	George Brancato
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	4–12
Division place	4th, East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

← 1983 Other seasons 1985 →

The 1984 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in fourth place in the East Division with a 4–12 record. As such, the Rough Riders missed the playoffs for the first time since 1970.

Offseason

CFL draft

Main article: 1984 CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
Territorial	5	Michel Bourgeau	DT	Boise State
1	4	Maurice Martin	DB	Toronto
2	13	Dan Rashovich	LB	Simon Fraser
3	22	Damir Dupin	DL	Nevada-Las Vegas
6	49	Dave Maganja	OL	York
7	58	Mike White	DB	Waterloo
8	67	Barry Armstrong	DB	Ottawa

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Results		Attendance
Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Attendance
June 6	vs. Montreal Concordes	L 18–38	0–1	16,208
June 11	at Montreal Concordes	W 18–0	1–1	11,042
June 18	at Toronto Argonauts	W 37–11	2–1	27,005
June 22	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 27–39	2–2	16,129

Regular season

Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Toronto Argonauts	16	9	6	1	19	461	361	5–1	L1	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	6	9	1	13	353	439	4–2	W3	Details
Montreal Concordes	16	6	9	1	13	386	404	1–5	W1	Details
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	4	12	0	8	354	507	2–4	L1	Details

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Attendance
Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Attendance
1	1	June 30	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 31–32	0–1	32,441
2	2	July 7	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 17–16	1–1	20,042
3	3	July 14	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 31–9	2–1	22,405
4	4	July 21	at Montreal Concordes	W 31–28	3–1	19,758
5	5	July 29	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 24–46	3–2	23,575
6	6	August 5	at Toronto Argonauts	L 14–49	3–3	33,077
7	7	August 11	at BC Lions	L 21–34	3–4	37,560
8	8	August 17	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 17–46	3–5	24,204
9	Bye
10	9	August 31	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 20–23	3–6	25,708
11	10	September 7	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 25–65	3–7	26,187
12	11	September 14	at Calgary Stampeders	L 21–23	3–8	20,120
13	12	September 21	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 32–23	4–8	19,387
14	13	September 30	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 15–31	4–9	24,747
15	Bye
16	14	October 13	vs. BC Lions	L 17–33	4–10	21,280
17	15	October 20	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 14–20	4–11	18,101
18	16	October 28	vs. Montreal Concordes	L 24–29	4–12	17,162

Awards and honours

CFL awards

CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – Bruce Walker (OT)

CFL All-Stars

None

References

"1984 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".

v t e 1984 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	1984 CFL Draft 72nd Grey Cup

v t e Ottawa Rough Riders
Founded in 1876 Folded in 1996 Based in Ottawa, Ontario
Franchise	Franchise Rough Riders records Ottawa records Players Seasons Head coaches
Stadiums	Frank Clair Stadium
Lore	Ottawa Trojans Labour Day Classic
Important figures	Frank Clair Tom Clements Tony Gabriel Russ Jackson Rudy Phillips
Retired numbers	11 12 26 40 60 62 70 71 72 77
Dominion Championships (3)	1898 1900 1902
Grey Cup Championships (9)	1925 1926 1940 1951 1960 1968 1969 1973 1976
Eastern Division Championships (15)	1925 1926 1936 1939 1940 1941 1948 1951 1960 1966 1968 1969 1973 1976 1981
See also	Ottawa Renegades Ottawa Redblacks Jeff Hunt

v t e Ottawa Rough Riders seasons
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

Ottawa Rough Riders seasons

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

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