1987 Ottawa Rough Riders season

Canadian football team season

1987 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Fred Glick
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	3–15
Division place	4th, East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

← 1986 Other seasons 1988 →

The 1987 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in fourth place in the East Division with a 3–15 record and failed to qualify for the post-season.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	1	Leo Groenewegen	OL	British Columbia
2	10	Kyle Hall	DB	Western Ontario
2	12	Patrick Wayne	LB	Simon Fraser
4	28	Rae Robirtis	OC	British Columbia
5	37	Brent Lewis	LB	Western Ontario
6	46	Gary Lehmberg	DL	Simon Fraser
7	55	Rick Wolkensperg	WR	Western Ontario
8	64	David Waterhouse	OT	Ottawa

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Attendance	Record
June 9	at Toronto Argonauts	29–14	Win	23,156	2–0
June 15	vs. Montreal Alouettes	18–15	Win		2–0

Regular season

Standings

**East Division**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	12	6	0	554	409	24
Toronto Argonauts	18	11	6	1	484	427	23
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	7	11	0	470	509	14
Ottawa Rough Riders	18	3	15	0	377	598	6

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	June 26	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	36–32	Win	20,129	1–0
2	July 3	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	51–24	Loss	23,121	1–1
3	July 11	vs. Toronto Argonauts	34–27	Win	19,699	2–1
4	July 19	vs. Montreal Alouettes	Canceled
4	July 19	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	27–23	Loss	20,006	2–2
5	July 25	at BC Lions	21–1	Loss	33,771	2–3
6	July 30	at Montreal Alouettes	Canceled
6	Bye
7	Aug 9	vs. Calgary Stampeders	39–38	Loss	21,036	2–4
8	Aug 16	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	36–33	Loss	24,346	2–5
9	Aug 23	at Edmonton Eskimos	45–24	Loss	32,167	2–6
10	Aug 29	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28–23	Loss	17,447	2–7
11	Sept 3	at Montreal Alouettes	Canceled
11	Bye
12	Sept 11	vs. BC Lions	55–16	Loss	19,201	2–8
13	Sept 18	at Calgary Stampeders	41–19	Loss	21,483	2–9
14	Sept 26	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	36–13	Loss	17,101	2–10
15	Oct 2	at Edmonton Eskimos	34–19	Loss	31,331	2–11
16	Oct 9	vs. Toronto Argonauts	30–22	Loss	16,541	2–12
17	Oct 16	at Toronto Argonauts	20–17	Loss	21,127	2–13
18	Oct 24	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	28–2	Loss	16,370	2–14
19	Oct 30	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	12–9	Win	21,773	3–14
20	Nov 7	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	39–21	Loss	15,107	3–15

Awards and honours

CFL Awards

None

CFL All-Stars

None

References

"1987 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".

v t e 1987 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg
See also	1987 CFL Draft 75th 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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