1958 Ottawa Rough Riders season

Canadian football team season

The 1958 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in third place in the IRFU with a 6–8 record but lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Finals. This was also the Rough Riders' first season in the Canadian Football League as the league was formed in this year.

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
B	Fri, Aug 1	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 29–28	1–0	Lansdowne Park	10,000
C	Thu, Aug 7	vs. BC Lions	W 33–27	2–0	Lansdowne Park	7,000
C	Mon, Aug 11	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 26–6	3–0	Lansdowne Park	9,000

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	1	Tue, Aug 19	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 44–7	1–0	Lansdowne Park	18,470
1	2	Sat, Aug 23	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 7–13	1–1	Civic Stadium	21,297
2	3	Sat, Aug 30	at Montreal Alouettes	L 9–11	1–2	McGill Stadium	22,943
3	4	Sat, Sept. 6	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 17–1	2–2	Lansdowne Park	17,056
4	5	Sun, Sept 14	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 18–24	2–3	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium	15,110
5	6	Sat, Sept 20	at Toronto Argonauts	W 17–14	3–3	Varsity Stadium	20,166
6	7	Sat, Sept 27	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 28–4	4–3	Lansdowne Park	18,500
7	8	Sat, Oct 4	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 1–14	4–4	Lansdowne Park	18,000
8	9	Sat, Oct 11	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 41–7	5–4	Lansdowne Park	15,000
8	10	Mon, Oct 13	at Montreal Alouettes	L 13–34	5–5	McGill Stadium	24,133
9	11	Sat, Oct 18	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 0–41	5–6	Lansdowne Park	14,313
10	12	Sat, Oct 25	at Toronto Argonauts	L 24–42	5–7	Varsity Stadium	23,334
11	13	Sat, Nov 1	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 14–8	6–7	Lansdowne Park	13,603
12	14	Sat, Nov 8	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 0–23	6–8	Civic Stadium	14,874

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
East Semi-Final	Wed, Nov 12	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 26–12	1–0	McGill Stadium	18,048
East Final #1	Sat, Nov 15	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 7–35	1–1	Lansdowne Park	10,490
East Final #2	Sat, Nov 22	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 7–19	1–2	Civic Stadium	15,671

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 Ottawa Rough Riders seasons
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

v t e 1958 CFL season by team
Western Interprovicial Football Union	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	1958 CFL Draft 46th Grey Cup