The 1991 Ottawa Rough Riders finished third place in the East Division with a 7–11 record. They were defeated in the East Semi-Final by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Offseason

CFL draft Round Pick Player Position School 1 7 Brett MacNeil OT Boston University 3 19 Geoff Mitchell RB Weber State 4 27 Gerald Hlady OG/DE Windsor 5 35 Chris Flynn QB Saint Mary's 6 43 Sylvano Turrin OG Bishop's 7 51 Steven Baillargeon WR McGill 8 59 Pat Mahon G Western Ontario

Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A Thu, June 27 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 40–14 1–0 Frank Clair Stadium B Wed, July 3 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 32–45 1–1 Winnipeg Stadium 33,421

Regular season

Season standings

Regular season

Schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 Thu, July 11 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 18–35 0–1 Lansdowne Park 23,254 2 2 Wed, July 17 at Edmonton Eskimos L 33–40 0–2 Commonwealth Stadium 35,511 3 3 Wed, July 24 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 28–42 0–3 Lansdowne Park 18,788 4 4 Fri, Aug 2 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 19–26 0–4 Winnipeg Stadium 24,743 5 5 Thu, Aug 8 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 41–31 1–4 Lansdowne Park 23,414 6 6 Thu, Aug 15 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 36–35 2–4 Lansdowne Park 25,884 7 7 Sat, Aug 24 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 24–19 3–4 Ivor Wynne Stadium 11,027 8 8 Thu, Aug 29 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 38–14 4–4 Lansdowne Park 24,532 9 9 Wed, Sept 4 at BC Lions L 20–24 4–5 BC Place 28,107 9 10 Sun, Sept 8 vs. BC Lions L 29–56 4–6 Lansdowne Park 24,171 10 11 Sat, Sept 14 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 33–26 5–6 Ivor Wynne Stadium 10,402 11 12 Sun, Sept 22 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 8–40 5–7 Winnipeg Stadium 32,675 12 13 Sun, Sept 29 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 24–25 5–8 Lansdowne Park 26,172 13 14 Sun, Oct 6 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 42–25 6–8 Lansdowne Park 22,038 14 15 Sun, Oct 13 at Calgary Stampeders L 24–44 6–9 McMahon Stadium 18,761 15 16 Sun, Oct 20 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 28–41 6–10 Taylor Field 19,478 16 17 Sat, Oct 26 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 46–20 7–10 Lansdowne Park 23,060 17 18 Sun, Nov 3 at Toronto Argonauts L 31–34 7–11 SkyDome 36,001

Postseason Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record East Semi-Final Sun, Nov 10 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 8–26 0–1 Winnipeg Stadium 22,799 Roster 1991 Ottawa Rough Riders final rosterQuarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen C T G G T G T

Defensive linemen DT DE DT DE DT DE DE Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams K/P

Injured list RB

Italics indicate International player

Awards and honours

1991 CFL All-Stars None

References