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1985 Ottawa Rough Riders season

Canadian football team season

Field	Value
team	Ottawa Rough Riders
year	1985
record	7–9
division_place	3rd, East
coach	Joe Moss
stadium	Lansdowne Park
playoffs	Lost in East Semi-Final
uniform	File:CFL OTT Jersey 1984.png
shortnavlink	Rough Riders seasons

The 1985 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in third place in the East Division with a 7–9 record. The team lost the East-Semi Final game to the Montreal Concordes.

Offseason

CFL draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	1	Nicholas Benjamin	OL	Concordia
2	10	Tom Munroe	WR	British Columbia
3	19	Neri Fratin	RB	Ottawa
4	35	Marty Palazeti	DE	Marshall
6	46	Lance Chomyc	K/P	Toronto
7	55	George Ganas	RB	York
8	64	Morris Elfenbaum	OL	Minot State

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Attendance	Record
June 8	at Montreal Concordes	34–10	Loss	11,196	0–1
June 13	vs. Montreal Concordes	37–22	Loss	11,918	0–2
June 24	vs. Toronto Argonauts	23–22	Win	12,695	1–2
June 29	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33–14	Loss	16,753	1–3

Regular season

Standings

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 7	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	46–22	Loss	20,785	0–1
2	Bye
3	July 18	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	41–19	Win	20,425	1–1
4	July 28	vs. Calgary Stampeders	14–12	Win	20,153	2–1
5	Aug 2	at Edmonton Eskimos	49–14	Loss	41,493	2–2
6	Aug 8	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	58–15	Loss	27,709	2–3
7	Aug 15	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	17–4	Win	20,348	3–3
8	Aug 22	at Toronto Argonauts	18–8	Win	29,637	4–3
9	Aug 30	vs. BC Lions	18–13	Loss	23,611	4–4
10	Sept 7	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	42–14	Loss	19,165	4–5
11	Sept 14	at Calgary Stampeders	32–7	Loss	12,076	4–6
12	Sept 22	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	32–11	Loss	16,101	4–7
13	Sept 29	vs. Montreal Concordes	23–7	Win	24,909	5–7
14	Oct 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	19–15	Win	18,363	6–7
15	Bye
16	Oct 19	at Montreal Concordes	30–7	Win	15,951	7–7
17	Oct 26	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34–4	Loss	23,692	7–8
18	Nov 1	at BC Lions	17–10	Loss	38,661	7–9

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Nov 10	at Montreal Concordes	30–20	Loss	11,372

Awards and honours

CFL awards

None

CFL All-Stars

P – Ken Clark

References

"1985 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)". Profootballarchives.com.

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