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1996 Ottawa Rough Riders season

Canadian football team season

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The 1996 Ottawa Rough Riders finished fourth place in the East Division with a 3–15 record and failed to make the playoffs. This was the final season in Ottawa Rough Riders franchise history as they folded after the season ended. Jim Gilstrap was the coach through the second game of the regular season before being fired and replaced with John Payne for the remainder of the season.

Offseason

CFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
3	19	Sammie Brennan	DB	Bishop's
4	28	Grayson Shillingford	SB	UBC
5	37	Darcy Curtis	DT/OL	Simon Fraser
5	38	George Savard	OL	Ottawa
6	45	Robert McElwain	DB	Windsor
7	54	Micheal Hendricks	LB	Ottawa

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
A	Thu, June 13	at Montreal Alouettes	L 7–38	0–1	Olympic Stadium	11,215
B	Wed, June 19	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 6–34	0–2	Frank Clair Stadium	14,024

Final standings

Season standings

**East Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	18	15	3	556	359	30
Montreal Alouettes	18	12	6	536	467	24
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	8	10	426	576	16
Ottawa Rough Riders	18	3	15	352	524	6

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	1	Fri, June 28	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 23–35	0–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium	19,149
2	2	Wed, July 3	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 14–29	0–2	Frank Clair Stadium	10,125
3	3	Fri, July 12	vs. BC Lions	W 32–21	1–2	Frank Clair Stadium	13,489
4	4	Wed, July 17	at Toronto Argonauts	L 4–34	1–3	SkyDome	17,288
5	5	Thu, July 25	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 18–34	1–4	Frank Clair Stadium	13,323
6	6	Sat, Aug 3	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 2–30	1–5	Commonwealth Stadium	25,773
7	7	Fri, Aug 9	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 27–31	1–6	Winnipeg Stadium	25,219
8	8	Thu, Aug 15	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 19–42	1–7	Frank Clair Stadium	15,220
9	9	Sat, Aug 24	at Toronto Argonauts	L 21–28	1–8	SkyDome	17,182
10	10	Fri, Aug 30	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 17–6	2–8	Frank Clair Stadium	28,451
11	Bye
12	11	Sun, Sept 15	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 18–16	3–8	Taylor Field	19,567
13	12	Sun, Sept 22	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 21–24	3–9	Frank Clair Stadium	26,813
14	13	Fri, Sept 27	at Calgary Stampeders	L 17–24	3–10	McMahon Stadium	21,607
15	14	Sat, Oct 5	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 27–31	3–11	Frank Clair Stadium	15,025
16	15	Mon, Oct 14	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 18–25	3–12	Frank Clair Stadium	14,080
17	16	Sat, Oct 19	at Montreal Alouettes	L 25–39	3–13	Olympic Stadium	18,671
18	17	Sat, Oct 26	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 29–30	3–14	Frank Clair Stadium	15,095
19	18	Sat, Nov 2	at BC Lions	L 24–35	3–15	BC Place	18,308

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Awards and honours

CFL All-Stars

WR – Joseph Rogers, CFL All-Star

Eastern All-Stars

WR – Joseph Rogers, CFL Eastern All-Star
LB – Lamar McGriggs, CFL Eastern All-Star
DB – Kenny Wilhite, CFL Eastern All-Star

References

^ "CFL.ca – Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2". Archived from the original on 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
^ "Ottawa Renegades All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2009-07-10.