1985 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1985 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Joe Moss
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	Lost in East Semi-Final
Uniform

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

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16	8	8	0	377	315	16
Montreal Concordes	16	8	8	0	284	332	16
Ottawa Rough Riders	16	7	9	0	272	402	14
Toronto Argonauts	16	6	10	0	344	397	12

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