1951 Ottawa Rough Riders season

The 1951 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in first place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 7–5 record and won the Grey Cup.

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
A	Sat, Aug 4	vs. Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers	W 61–0	1–0	Lansdowne Park	4,000
B	Sat, Aug 11	vs. New York Giants	L 18–41	1–1	Lansdowne Park	18,000
C	Sat, Aug 18	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 17–38	1–2	Civic Stadium	11,000

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	1	Sat, Sept 1	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 17–36	0–1	Lansdowne Park	15,000
2	2	Sat, Sept 8	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 13–9	1–1	Lansdowne Park	14,166
2	3	Sun, Sept 9	at Montreal Alouettes	W 33–8	2–1	Delorimier Stadium	21,812
3	4	Sat, Sept 15	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 6–11	2–2	Civic Stadium	15,000
4	5	Sat, Sept 22	at Toronto Argonauts	L 10–17	2–3	Varsity Stadium	16,250
5	5	Sat, Sept 29	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 20–18	3–3	Lansdowne Park	18,000
6	7	Sat, Oct 6	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 25–13	4–3	Lansdowne Park	13,521
6	8	Mon, Oct 8	at Montreal Alouettes	W 12–9	5–3	Delorimier Stadium	15,322
7	9	Sat, Oct 13	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 19–28	5–4	Lansdowne Park	15,000
8	10	Sat, Oct 20	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 32–16	6–4	Lansdowne Park	14,000
9	11	Sat, Oct 27	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 13–9	7–4	Lansdowne Park	14,794
10	12	Sat, Nov 3	at Toronto Argonauts	L 18–23	7–5	Varsity Stadium	21,844

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
IRFU Final #1	Wed, Nov 14	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 17–7	1–0	Civic Stadium	9,000
IRFU Final #2	Sat, Nov 17	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 11–9	2–0	Lansdowne Park	17,000
Eastern Final	Wed, Nov 21	vs. Sarnia Imperials	W 43–17	3–0	Lansdowne Park	17,000
Grey Cup	Sat, Nov 24	Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 21–14	4–0	Varsity Stadium	27,341

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Saskatchewan Roughriders	2	0	0	12	14
Ottawa Rough Riders	0	12	7	2	21

v t e Ottawa Rough Riders
Founded in 1876 Folded in 1996 Based in Ottawa, Ontario
Franchise	Franchise Rough Riders records Ottawa records Players Seasons Head coaches
Stadiums	Frank Clair Stadium
Lore	Ottawa Trojans Labour Day Classic
Important figures	Frank Clair Tom Clements Tony Gabriel Russ Jackson Rudy Phillips
Retired numbers	11 12 26 40 60 62 70 71 72 77
Dominion Championships (3)	1898 1900 1902
Grey Cup Championships (9)	1925 1926 1940 1951 1960 1968 1969 1973 1976
Eastern Division Championships (15)	1925 1926 1936 1939 1940 1941 1948 1951 1960 1966 1968 1969 1973 1976 1981
See also	Ottawa Renegades Ottawa Redblacks Jeff Hunt

v t e 1951 Canadian football season by team
Western Interprovicial Football Union	Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
Ontario Rugby Football Union	Sarnia Toronto Balmy Beach Windsor
See also	39th Grey Cup