The 1980 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 7–9 record. They lost the East Semi-Final to the Montreal Alouettes.
Offseason CFL draft Rd Pick Player Position School 0 0 Gary Cook SB Carleton 0 0 Glenn Cook CB Richmond 1 6 Pat McBride OL North Dakota State 2 11 Mark Philp RB Richmond 2 13 Neville Edwards RB Western Ontario 4 33 Wesley Woof WR Wilfrid Laurier 5 42 Steve Shubat OT York 6 51 Mike Szemeredy TE Toronto 7 60 Elwin Worobec OG Utah
Preseason Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance June 10 at BC Lions T 26–26 0–0–1 17,284 June 18 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 13–25 0–1–1 17,231 June 25 at Montreal Alouettes L 24–34 0–2–1 28,352 July 1 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 29–3 1–2–1 16,765
Regular season Standings + Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsHamilton Tiger-Cats 16 8 7 1 332 377 17 Montreal Alouettes 16 8 8 0 356 375 16Ottawa Rough Riders 16 7 9 0 353 393 14 Toronto Argonauts 16 6 10 0 334 358 12
Schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 July 8 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 26–20 1–0 21,064 2 2 July 15 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 23–41 1–1 23,100 3 3 July 23 at Toronto Argonauts W 20–16 2–1 40,112 4 4 July 29 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 10–18 2–2 28,742 5 5 Aug 5 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 3–13 2–3 24,181 6 6 Aug 12 at Montreal Alouettes W 27–17 3–3 34,426 7 7 Aug 18 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 33–11 4–3 29,994 8 8 Aug 26 at Edmonton Eskimos L 20–45 4–4 42,728 9 9 Sept 7 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 31–21 5–4 20,681 10 10 Sept 14 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 19–20 5–5 21,241 11 11 Sept 21 at Toronto Argonauts L 17–41 5–6 33,156 12 12 Sept 28 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 24–49 5–7 18,383 13 13 Oct 5 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 49–14 6–7 24,971 14 14 Oct 12 at Montreal Alouettes L 17–34 6–8 31,919 15 15 Oct 18 at BC Lions L 7–27 6–9 17,399 16 16 Oct 25 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 27–26 7–9 21,788 17 Bye
Postseason Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record East Semi-Final Nov 8 at Montreal Alouettes L 21–25 0–1 17,420 Roster 1980 Ottawa Rough Riders final rosterQuarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends Offensive linemen G T C T T/C G C G/T
Defensive linemen DE DE DT DT DE Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams K/P
Italics indicate International player Awards and honours CFL All-Stars TE – Tony Gabriel OG – Val Belcher
Eastern All-Stars RB – Richard Crump TE – Tony Gabriel OG – Val Belcher DT – Mike Raines LB – Ron Foxx LB – Rick Sowieta
CFL awards CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – Jim Coode (OT)
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