The 1996 Ottawa Rough Riders finished fourth place in the East Division with a 3–15 record and failed to make the playoffs. This was the final season in Ottawa Rough Riders franchise history as they folded after the season ended. Jim Gilstrap was the coach through the second game of the regular season before being fired and replaced with John Payne for the remainder of the season.
Offseason
CFL draft Round Pick Player Position School319Sammie BrennanDBBishop's428Grayson ShillingfordSBUBC537Darcy CurtisDT/OLSimon Fraser538George SavardOLOttawa645Robert McElwainDBWindsor754Micheal HendricksLBOttawa
Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A Thu, June 13 at Montreal Alouettes L 7–38 0–1 Olympic Stadium 11,215 B Wed, June 19 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 6–34 0–2 Frank Clair Stadium 14,024
Final standings
Season standings
Regular season
Schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 Fri, June 28 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 23–35 0–1 Ivor Wynne Stadium 19,149 2 2 Wed, July 3 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 14–29 0–2 Frank Clair Stadium 10,125 3 3 Fri, July 12 vs. BC Lions W 32–21 1–2 Frank Clair Stadium 13,489 4 4 Wed, July 17 at Toronto Argonauts L 4–34 1–3 SkyDome 17,288 5 5 Thu, July 25 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 18–34 1–4 Frank Clair Stadium 13,323 6 6 Sat, Aug 3 at Edmonton Eskimos L 2–30 1–5 Commonwealth Stadium 25,773 7 7 Fri, Aug 9 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 27–31 1–6 Winnipeg Stadium 25,219 8 8 Thu, Aug 15 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 19–42 1–7 Frank Clair Stadium 15,220 9 9 Sat, Aug 24 at Toronto Argonauts L 21–28 1–8 SkyDome 17,182 10 10 Fri, Aug 30 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 17–6 2–8 Frank Clair Stadium 28,451 11 Bye 12 11 Sun, Sept 15 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 18–16 3–8 Taylor Field 19,567 13 12 Sun, Sept 22 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 21–24 3–9 Frank Clair Stadium 26,813 14 13 Fri, Sept 27 at Calgary Stampeders L 17–24 3–10 McMahon Stadium 21,607 15 14 Sat, Oct 5 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 27–31 3–11 Frank Clair Stadium 15,025 16 15 Mon, Oct 14 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 18–25 3–12 Frank Clair Stadium 14,080 17 16 Sat, Oct 19 at Montreal Alouettes L 25–39 3–13 Olympic Stadium 18,671 18 17 Sat, Oct 26 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 29–30 3–14 Frank Clair Stadium 15,095 19 18 Sat, Nov 2 at BC Lions L 24–35 3–15 BC Place 18,308 Roster 1996 Ottawa Rough Riders final rosterQuarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
Offensive linemen G T G/T C T G
Defensive linemen DE DE DE NT NT Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams K/P Injured list T DB DB DB RB LB WR G DB DB
Italics indicate International player
Awards and honours
CFL All-Stars WR – Joseph Rogers, CFL All-Star
Eastern All-Stars WR – Joseph Rogers, CFL Eastern All-Star LB – Lamar McGriggs, CFL Eastern All-Star DB – Kenny Wilhite, CFL Eastern All-Star
References