1969 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Introduction The '''1969 Ottawa Rough Riders''' finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with an 11–3 record and won the Grey Cup, repeating as Grey Cup Champions. Russ Jackson retired from the Canadian Football League after this game, having won three Grey Cup championships. He retired with the team record for total career passing yards with 24,952.
Preseason  '''Week'''  '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Score'''  '''Result'''  '''Record''' A  July 5  at Montreal Alouettes  26–20  Win  1–0 B  July 14  vs. Edmonton Eskimos  15–13  Loss  1–1 C  July 18  at Saskatchewan Roughriders  6–5  Loss  1–2 D  July 22  vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders  39–8  Win  2–2
Regular season ===Standings===+ '''Eastern Football Conference''' Team  GP  W  L  T  PF  PA  Pts'''Ottawa Rough Riders'''  14  11  3  0  399  298  22'''Toronto Argonauts'''  14  10  4  0  406  280  20'''Hamilton Tiger-Cats'''  14  8  5  1  307  315  17Montreal Alouettes  14  2  10  2  304  395  6===Schedule=== '''Week'''  '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Score'''  '''Result'''  '''Record''' 1  July 30  vs. Montreal Alouettes  47–15  Win  1–0 2  Aug 6  at Calgary Stampeders  35–19  Win  2–0 3  Aug 13  vs. BC Lions  41–24  Win  3–0 4  Aug 20  at Montreal Alouettes  17–15  Win  4–0 5  Sept 1  at Hamilton Tiger-Cats  27–22  Loss  4–1 6  Sept 6  vs. Montreal Alouettes  47–22  Win  5–1 7  Sept 13  vs. Toronto Argonauts  25–23  Win  6–1 8  Sept 20  at Toronto Argonauts  34–27  Win  7–1 9  Sept 27  vs. Edmonton Eskimos  17–0  Win  8–1 10  Oct 4  vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats  28–20  Win  9–1 11  Oct 12  at Saskatchewan Roughriders  38–21  Loss  9–2 11  Oct 15  at Winnipeg Blue Bombers  38–31  Win  10–2 12  Oct 25  vs. Toronto Argonauts  20–9  Win  11–2 13  Nov 1  at Hamilton Tiger-Cats  28–7  Loss  11–3
Postseason ===Playoffs=== '''Round'''  '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Score'''  '''Result'''  '''Record''' East Final #1  Nov 16  at Toronto Argonauts  22–14  Loss  11–4 East Final #2  Nov 22  vs. Toronto Argonauts  32–3  Win  12–4 Grey Cup  Nov 30  Saskatchewan Roughriders  29–11  Win  13–4===Grey Cup=== Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final Saskatchewan Roughriders 9 0 2 0 11 '''Ottawa Roughriders''' 0 14 7 8 '''29'''
Player stats ===Passing=== '''Player'''  '''Games Played'''  '''Attempts'''  '''Completions'''  '''Percentage'''  '''Yards'''  '''Touchdowns''' '''Interceptions'''Russ Jackson14 358  193  53.9%  3641  33  12
Awards and honours * CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Russ Jackson (QB)* CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Russ Jackson (QB)* Grey Cup Most Valuable Player – Russ Jackson* Jeff Russell Memorial Trophy – Russ Jackson* Russ Jackson, QB, Eastern Division All-Star* Russ Jackson, CFL Pass Attempts Leader* Russ Jackson, Lionel Conacher Trophy* Russ Jackson, Lou Marsh Trophy=== CFL All-Stars ===* Russ Jackson, QB* Vic Washington, RB* Margene Adkins, SE* Billy Joe Booth, DE* Ken Lehmann, LB* Jerry "Soupy" Campbell, LB* Don Sutherin, DB
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