# 1982 Ottawa Rough Riders season

The 1982 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in third place in the East Division with a 5–11 record. After winning the East-Semi Final playoff game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Riders lost to the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final. This season marked the last time an Ottawa football franchise won a playoff game until 2015, when the second-year Redblacks won two playoff games.

## Offseason
### CFL Draft

| Rd | Pick | Player | Position | School |
| 0 | 0 | Mark Seale | DT | Richmond |
| 0 | 0 | Kevin Dalliday | OG/DT | Carleton |
| 0 | 0 | Ron St. Poulton | DB | McGill |
| 3 | 26 | Terry Cahill | DB | East Stroudsberg State |
| 4 | 35 | Bruce Milks | DB | South Arkansas |
| 5 | 44 | Terry Elik | LB | Simon Fraser |
| 6 | 53 | Greg Clarke | OT | British Columbia |

### Preseason

| Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| A | June 12 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 5–11 | 0–1 | | 12,906 |
| B | June 17 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | L 10–26 | 0–2 | | 15,075 |
| C | June 22 | at Montreal Concordes | W 26–13 | 1–2 | | 7,665 |
| D | June 29 | vs. Montreal Concordes | W 31–13 | 2–2 | | 14,997 |

## Regular season
### Standings

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | PF | PA | Div | Stk | |
| Toronto Argonauts | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 426 | 426 | 4–2 | W2 | Details |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 396 | 401 | 5–1 | W1 | Details |
| Ottawa Rough Riders | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 267 | 518 | 2–4 | L1 | Details |
| Montreal Concordes | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 241 | 506 | 1–5 | L7 | Details |

### Schedule

| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | 1 | July 11 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | L 7–55 | 0–1 | | 21,435 |
| 2 | 2 | July 17 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 14–20 | 0–2 | | 15,860 |
| 3 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 4 | 3 | July 29 | vs. Montreal Concordes | W 55–5 | 1–2 | | 18,991 |
| 5 | 4 | Aug 6 | at Calgary Stampeders | L 19–30 | 1–3 | | 29,038 |
| 6 | 5 | Aug 12 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 19–26 | 1–4 | | 21,455 |
| 7 | 6 | Aug 19 | at Toronto Argonauts | L 25–35 | 1–5 | | 38,258 |
| 8 | 7 | Aug 28 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 20–27 | 1–6 | | 25,904 |
| 9 | 8 | Sept 3 | vs. BC Lions | L 13–45 | 1–7 | | 20,609 |
| 10 | 9 | Sept 12 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | L 11–47 | 1–8 | | 54,622 |
| 11 | 10 | Sept 18 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 38–28 | 2–8 | | 17,227 |
| 12 | 11 | Sept 24 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 30–19 | 3–8 | | 27,601 |
| 13 | 12 | Oct 3 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 13–18 | 3–9 | | 23,670 |
| 14 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 15 | 13 | Oct 16 | at BC Lions | L 22–28 | 3–10 | | 20,068 |
| 16 | 14 | Oct 23 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 42–19 | 4–10 | | 18,748 |
| 17 | 15 | Oct 31 | at Montreal Concordes | W 34–32 | 5–10 | | 17,179 |
| 18 | 16 | Nov 6 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | L 14–28 | 5–11 | | 25,868 |

## Postseason

| Round | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| East Semi-Final | Nov 14 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 30–20 | 1–0 | | 20,087 |
| East Final | Nov 21 | at Toronto Argonauts | L 7–44 | 1–1 | | 44,432 |

## Awards and honours
### CFL All-Stars

* RB – Alvin "Skip" Walker
* OG – Val Belcher
* OG – Rudy Phillips

### Eastern All-Stars

* RB – Alvin "Skip" Walker
* OG – Val Belcher
* OG – Rudy Phillips
* DT – Gary Dulin
* DE – Greg Marshall
* DB – Carl Brazley
* K – Gerry Organ