1948 Ottawa Rough Riders season

The 1948 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in first place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 10–2 record but lost the Grey Cup game to the Calgary Stampeders.

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
A	Aug 21	at Hamilton Tigers	W 13–7	1–0

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	1	Tue, Aug 31	at Montreal Alouettes	W 36–18	1–0	Delormier Stadium	11,000
2	2	Sat, Sept 4	vs. Hamilton Wildcats	W 30–5	2–0	Lansdowne Park	11,000
3	3	Sat, Sept 11	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 8–11	2–1	Lansdowne Park	11,000
4	4	Sat, Sept 18	at Toronto Argonauts	W 32–12	3–1	Varsity Stadium	19,500
5	5	Sat, Sept 25	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 12–5	4–1	Lansdowne Park	14,158
6	6	Sat, Oct 2	at Hamilton Wildcats	W 26–6	5–1	Civic Stadium	7,000
7	7	Sat, Oct 9	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 17–7	6–1	Lansdowne Park	11,000
8	8	Sat, Oct 16	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 41–6	7–1	Lansdowne Park	14,000
9	9	Sat, Oct 23	at Hamilton Wildcats	W 17–8	8–1	Civic Stadium	4,000
9	10	Sun, Oct 24	at Montreal Alouettes	L 13–35	8–2	Delorimier Stadium	16,000
10	11	Sat, Oct 30	vs. Hamilton Wildcats	W 18–5	9–2	Lansdowne Park	8,704
11	12	Sat, Nov 6	at Toronto Argonauts	W 14–12	10–2	Varsity Stadium	18,000

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
IRFU Final #1	Nov 11	at Montreal Alouettes	L 19–21	0–1	Delorimier Stadium	15,000
IRFU Final #2	Nov 13	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 15–7	1–1	Lansdowne Park	14,000
Eastern Final	Nov 20	vs. Hamilton Tigers	W 19–0	2–1	Lansdowne Park	15,000
Grey Cup	Nov 27	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 7–12	2–2	Varsity Stadium	20,013

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Calgary Stampeders	0	6	0	6	12
Ottawa Rough Riders	1	0	6	0	7

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 1948 Canadian football season by team
Western Interprovicial Football Union	Calgary Regina Winnipeg
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
Ontario Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Sarnia Toronto Windsor
See also	36th Grey Cup