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Canadian football team season
1972 Ottawa Rough Riders season Head coach Jack Gotta Home field Lansdowne Park Record 11–3 Division place 2nd, East Playoff finish Lost Eastern Finals
The 1972 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in second place in the Eastern Conference with an 11–3 record, with all three losses coming at the hands of the 1st place Hamilton Tiger-Cats . The team lost in the Eastern Finals series to those same Tiger-Cats by a total points score of 30–27.
Week
Date
Opponent
Score
Result
Record
A
July 6
at Hamilton Tiger-Cats
22–21
Win
1–0
B
July 12
vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders
19–16
Win
2–0
C
July 19
vs. Toronto Argonauts
51–7
Win
3–0
D
July 25
at Winnipeg Blue Bombers
29–28
Loss
3–1
Week
Date
Opponent
Score
Result
Record
1
Aug 2
vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders
22–7
Win
1–0
2
Aug 10
at Montreal Alouettes
28–19
Win
2–0
3
Aug 16
at Toronto Argonauts
14–8
Win
3–0
4
Bye
5
Aug 30
vs. Toronto Argonauts
14–13
Win
4–0
5
Sept 4
at Hamilton Tiger-Cats
17–16
Loss
4–1
6
Sept 9
vs. Montreal Alouettes
38–23
Win
5–1
7
Sept 16
vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats
30–22
Loss
5–2
8
Sept 23
at Edmonton Eskimos
10–9
Win
6–2
9
Sept 26
at BC Lions
20–17
Win
7–2
9
Oct 1
vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats
25–20
Loss
7–3
10
Oct 9
vs. Calgary Stampeders
45–30
Win
8–3
11
Bye
12
Oct 22
at Montreal Alouettes
17–7
Win
9–3
13
Oct 28
at Toronto Argonauts
21–16
Win
10–3
14
Nov 4
vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers
11–7
Win
11–3
Round
Date
Opponent
Score
Result
Record
East Semi-Final
Nov 11
vs. Montreal Alouettes
14–11
Win
12–3
East Final Game 1
Nov 18
vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats
19–7
Win
13–3
East Final Game 2
Nov 26
at Hamilton Tiger-Cats
8–23
Loss
13–4
Player
Attempts
Completions
Pct.
Yards
Touchdowns
Interceptions
Rick Cassata
357
179
50.1
2548
13
22
Franchise Stadiums Lore Important figures Retired numbers Dominion Championships (3) Grey Cup Championships (9) Eastern Division Championships (15) See also