Ottawa Rough Riders (Ottawa,ON) were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa,Ontario,founded in 1876 as the Ottawa Football Club (1876-1897) and known as the Ottawa Senators from 1925 to 1930. Formerly one of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America,along with fellow CFL teams Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto Argonauts.
They won their final Grey Cup in 1976,and their fortunes waned in the 1980s and 1990s,and they ultimately ceased operations following the 1996 season. It was 5 years later that the Ottawa Renegades joined in 2002 but failed to bring any Grey Cup wins and suspended operations in 2006. The Ottawa Redblacks,who own the Rough Riders intellectual properties,joined the league in 2014.
NAMES
| Ottawa Rough Riders | 1876-1996 |
AFFILIATIONS
| CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE | 1958- |
| Eastern Football Conference | 1960-1980 |
| East Division | 1981-1994/1996- |
| North Division | 1995 |
GREY CUP CHAMPIONS
| 9 | 1925,1926,1940,1951,1960,1968,1969,1973,1976 |
GREY CUP APPEARANCES
A - Played as the Ottawa Senators
B - Played as a two game series which the Rough Riders won 20-7.
| # | SEASON | W/L | OPPONENT | SCORE | HOST CITY | VICTORY # | APP |
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| 1925 | 13TH (A) | W | WINNIPEG TAMMANY TIGERS | 24-1 | OTTAWA | 1 | 1 |
| 1926 | 14TH (A) | W |  TORONTO VARSITY BLUES |
10-7 | TORONTO | 2 | 2 |
| 1936 | 24TH | L | SARNIA IMPERIALS | 26-20 | TORONTO | - | 3 |
| 1939 | 27TH | L |  WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS |
8-7 | OTTAWA | - | 4 |
| 1940 | 28TH (B) | W | TORONTO BALMY BEACH | 12-5 | OTTAWA | 3 | 5 |
| 1940 | 28TH (B) | W | TORONTO BALMY BEACH | 8-2 | TORONTO | 4 | 6 |
| 1941 | 29TH | L | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS |
18-16 | TORONTO | - | 7 |
| 1948 | 36TH | L |  CALGARY STAMPEDERS |
12-7 | TORONTO | - | 8 |
| 1951 | 39TH | W |  SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS |
21-14 | TORONTO | 5 | 9 |
| 1960 | 48TH | W |  EDMONTON ESKIMOS |
16-6 | VANCOUVER | 6 | 10 |
| 1966 | 54TH | L | SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS |
29-14 | VANCOUVER | - | 11 |
| 1968 | 56TH | W | CALGARY STAMPEDERS |
24-21 | TORONTO | 7 | 12 |
| 1969 | 57TH | W | SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS |
29-11 | MONTREAL | 8 | 13 |
| 1973 | 61ST | W | EDMONTON ESKIMOS |
22-18 | TORONTO | 9 | 14 |
| 1976 | 64TH | W | SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS |
23-20 | TORONTO | 10 | 15 |
| 1981 | 69TH | L | EDMONTON ESKIMOS |
26-23 | MONTREAL | - | 16 |
DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS
| EAST | 8 | 1960,1968-1969,1972-1973,1976,1981 |
DIVISION TITLES
| EAST | 19 | 1960,1968-1969,1972-1973,1976,1981 |
PLAYOFFS APPEARANCES (SINCE 1958)
| 31 | 1958-1969,1971-1983,1985,1990-1994 |
LOGOS
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(1950-1960) |
(1961-1974) |
(1975-1985) |
(1986-1991) |
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(1992-1993) |
(1994) |
(1995-1996) |
HELMETS
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(1960) |
(1961) |
(1962) |
(1963-1965) |
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(1966-?) |
(?-1983) |
(1984-1987) |
(1988-1991) |
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(1992-1993) |
(1994) |
(1995-1996) |
STADIUMS
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TD BANK STADIUM (OTTAWA,ON) (1876-1996) |