# 1991 Ottawa Rough Riders season

The 1991 Ottawa Rough Riders finished third place in the East Division with a 7–11 record. They were defeated in the East Semi-Final by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

## Offseason
### CFL draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School |
| 1 | 7 | Brett MacNeil | OT | Boston University |
| 3 | 19 | Geoff Mitchell | RB | Weber State |
| 4 | 27 | Gerald Hlady | OG/DE | Windsor |
| 5 | 35 | Chris Flynn | QB | Saint Mary's |
| 6 | 43 | Sylvano Turrin | OG | Bishop's |
| 7 | 51 | Steven Baillargeon | WR | McGill |
| 8 | 59 | Pat Mahon | G | Western Ontario |

### Preseason

| Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| A | Thu, June 27 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 40–14 | 1–0 | Frank Clair Stadium | |
| B | Wed, July 3 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 32–45 | 1–1 | Winnipeg Stadium | 33,421 |

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | PF | PA | Div | Stk | |
| Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 647 | 526 | 8–2 | W3 | Details |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 516 | 499 | 6–4 | L2 | Details |
| Ottawa Rough Riders | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 522 | 577 | 5–5 | L1 | Details |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 400 | 599 | 1–9 | W1 | Details |

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | 1 | Thu, July 11 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | L 18–35 | 0–1 | Lansdowne Park | 23,254 |
| 2 | 2 | Wed, July 17 | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 33–40 | 0–2 | Commonwealth Stadium | 35,511 |
| 3 | 3 | Wed, July 24 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | L 28–42 | 0–3 | Lansdowne Park | 18,788 |
| 4 | 4 | Fri, Aug 2 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 19–26 | 0–4 | Winnipeg Stadium | 24,743 |
| 5 | 5 | Thu, Aug 8 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 41–31 | 1–4 | Lansdowne Park | 23,414 |
| 6 | 6 | Thu, Aug 15 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 36–35 | 2–4 | Lansdowne Park | 25,884 |
| 7 | 7 | Sat, Aug 24 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 24–19 | 3–4 | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 11,027 |
| 8 | 8 | Thu, Aug 29 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 38–14 | 4–4 | Lansdowne Park | 24,532 |
| 9 | 9 | Wed, Sept 4 | at BC Lions | L 20–24 | 4–5 | BC Place | 28,107 |
| 9 | 10 | Sun, Sept 8 | vs. BC Lions | L 29–56 | 4–6 | Lansdowne Park | 24,171 |
| 10 | 11 | Sat, Sept 14 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 33–26 | 5–6 | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 10,402 |
| 11 | 12 | Sun, Sept 22 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 8–40 | 5–7 | Winnipeg Stadium | 32,675 |
| 12 | 13 | Sun, Sept 29 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | L 24–25 | 5–8 | Lansdowne Park | 26,172 |
| 13 | 14 | Sun, Oct 6 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 42–25 | 6–8 | Lansdowne Park | 22,038 |
| 14 | 15 | Sun, Oct 13 | at Calgary Stampeders | L 24–44 | 6–9 | McMahon Stadium | 18,761 |
| 15 | 16 | Sun, Oct 20 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 28–41 | 6–10 | Taylor Field | 19,478 |
| 16 | 17 | Sat, Oct 26 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 46–20 | 7–10 | Lansdowne Park | 23,060 |
| 17 | 18 | Sun, Nov 3 | at Toronto Argonauts | L 31–34 | 7–11 | SkyDome | 36,001 |

## Postseason

| Round | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| East Semi-Final | Sun, Nov 10 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 8–26 | 0–1 | Winnipeg Stadium | 22,799 |

## Awards and honours
### 1991 CFL All-Stars

* None