1988 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1988 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Fred Glick Bob Weber
Home stadium	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	2–16
Division place	4th, East
Playoffs	did not qualify
Uniform

The 1988 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in fourth place in the East Division with a 2–16 record and failed to qualify for the post-season. In terms of winning percentage (0.111), this was the worst season the franchise had endured since the formation of the Canadian Football League. Additionally, it was the worst record for a Grey Cup host city team as Ottawa hosted the 76th Grey Cup this year. The Rough Riders, which prior to the start of the season promised their fans good things for the coming year, had dubbed the 1988 season "Super season '88".

Offseason

CFL draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	1	Orville Lee	RB	Simon Fraser
3	22	Leon Hatziioannou	DL	Simon Fraser
4	26	Sheridon Baptiste	WR/HB	Queen's
5	33	Sieg Will	OT/DE	Guelph
5	34	Christopher Rick	OLB	Queen's
6	41	Brent Matich	P/K	Calgary
7	49	Scott Warr	OT	McGill
8	57	Ray Goerke	OT	Weber State

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
A	June 29	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 25–30	0–1		17,647
B	July 6	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 36–34	1–1

Regular season

Standings

East Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Div	Stk
1	Toronto Argonauts (C, Q)	18	14	4	0	571	326	245	28	8–2	W7
2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Q)	18	9	9	0	407	458	−51	18	3–3	L3
3	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Q)	18	9	9	0	478	465	13	18	6–4	L1
4	Ottawa Rough Riders	18	2	16	0	278	618	−340	4	1–9	L2

Source: "1988 Regular Season Standings". Archived from the original on 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
(C) First round bye; (Q) Qualified for playoffs

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
1	July 15	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 21–48	0–1		22,565
2	July 20	at Toronto Argonauts	L 11–34	0–2		20,114
3	July 27	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 28–35	0–3		19,947
4	Aug 2	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 7–41	0–4		24,322
5	Aug 13	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 28–17	1–4		23,293
6	Aug 18	vs. BC Lions	L 20–27	1–5		24,598
7	Aug 27	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 24–51	1–6		15,067
8	Sept 1	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 20–46	1–7		22,535
9	Sept 6	at BC Lions	L 11–24	1–8		25,504
10	Sept 10	at Calgary Stampeders	L 16–17	1–9		16,969
11	Sept 18	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 25–35	1–10		13,024
12	Sept 24	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 0–31	1–11		18,523
13	Oct 2	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 12–40	1–12		28,052
14	Oct 8	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 3–52	1–13		18,527
15	Oct 14	at Toronto Argonauts	L 7–49	1–14		21,513
16	Oct 22	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 19–3	2–14		16,237
17	Oct 29	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 15–23	2–15		16,402
18	Nov 6	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 11–45	2–16		25,615

Roster

1988 Ottawa Rough Riders final roster
Quarterbacks  9 Roy Dewalt  8 Mike Greenfield  7 Jeff Wickersham Running backs 22 Orville Lee 33 Larry Mohr 32 Jim Reid 19 Robert Reid Wide receivers 86 Gerald Alphin 29 Jerome Erdman DB 17 Ken Evraire 84 Darnell Graham 88 Reggie Ward 82 Louis Watson 81 Remi Watson Tight ends 73 Mike Hudson		Offensive linemen 63 Marv Allemang C 68 Nick Benjamin G 54 Irv Daymond T 57 Brad Fawcett T 53 Leo Groenewegen G 51 Mark Moors G 52 Rae Robirtis C 69 Kari Yli-Renko T Defensive linemen 61 Hasson Arbubakrr DE 83 Michel Bourgeau DT 89 Mike Cline DE 43 Johnny Lewis DT 76 Loyd Lewis DE 75 Lynn Madsen DE 24 Dan Sellers DE 78 Robert Weir DT		Linebackers 41 Ken Braden 25 Zeke Gadson 20 Ben Hummel 38 Rob Paven 23 Alex Troop 35 Pat Wayne 28 Anthony Woodson Defensive backs 27 Rod Brown 30 Kyle Hall 21 Will Lewis  6 Tyrone Pope 31 Derrick White 26 Troy Wilson Special teams  3 Tom Dixon Injured list 79 Rick Wolkensperg SB Italics indicate International player

Awards and honours

CFL awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Orville Lee (RB)

CFL All-Stars

• Rod Brown-replacement player