The 1982 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in third place in the East Division with a 5–11 record. After winning the East-Semi Final playoff game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Riders lost to the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final. This season marked the last time an Ottawa football franchise won a playoff game until 2015, when the second-year Redblacks won two playoff games.

Offseason CFL draft Rd Pick Player Position School 0 0 Mark Seale DT Richmond 0 0 Kevin Dalliday OG/DT Carleton 0 0 Ron St. Poulton DB McGill 3 26 Terry Cahill DB East Stroudsburg State 4 35 Bruce Milks DB South Arkansas 5 44 Terry Elik LB Simon Fraser 6 53 Greg Clarke OT British Columbia

Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A June 12 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 5–11 0–1 12,906 B June 17 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 10–26 0–2 15,075 C June 22 at Montreal Concordes W 26–13 1–2 7,665 D June 29 vs. Montreal Concordes W 31–13 2–2 14,997

Regular season Standings

Schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 July 11 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 7–55 0–1 21,435 2 2 July 17 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 14–20 0–2 15,860 3 Bye 4 3 July 29 vs. Montreal Concordes W 55–5 1–2 18,991 5 4 Aug 6 at Calgary Stampeders L 19–30 1–3 29,038 6 5 Aug 12 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 19–26 1–4 21,455 7 6 Aug 19 at Toronto Argonauts L 25–35 1–5 38,258 8 7 Aug 28 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 20–27 1–6 25,904 9 8 Sept 3 vs. BC Lions L 13–45 1–7 20,609 10 9 Sept 12 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 11–47 1–8 54,622 11 10 Sept 18 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 38–28 2–8 17,227 12 11 Sept 24 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 30–19 3–8 27,601 13 12 Oct 3 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 13–18 3–9 23,670 14 Bye 15 13 Oct 16 at BC Lions L 22–28 3–10 20,068 16 14 Oct 23 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 42–19 4–10 18,748 17 15 Oct 31 at Montreal Concordes W 34–32 5–10 17,179 18 16 Nov 6 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 14–28 5–11 25,868

Postseason Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record East Semi-Final Nov 14 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 30–20 1–0 20,087 East Final Nov 21 at Toronto Argonauts L 7–44 1–1 44,432 Roster 1982 Ottawa Rough Riders final rosterQuarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen T G G G T C/G C

Defensive linemen DT DE DT DE DT/DE DE DT Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams K/P Injured list LB

Reserve list QB

Italics indicate International player

Awards and honours CFL All-Stars

RB – Alvin "Skip" Walker OG – Val Belcher OG – Rudy Phillips

Eastern All-Stars

RB – Alvin "Skip" Walker OG – Val Belcher OG – Rudy Phillips DT – Gary Dulin DE – Greg Marshall DB – Carl Brazley K – Gerry Organ

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