The 1969 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with an 11–3 record and won the 57th Grey Cup, repeating as Grey Cup Champions. Russ Jackson retired from the Canadian Football League after this game, having won three Grey Cup championships. He retired with the team record for total career passing yards with 24,952.Weird Facts about Canadian Football, p.130, Overtime Books, First Printing 2009,
Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record A July 5 at Montreal Alouettes W 26–20 1–0 B July 14 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 13–15 1–1 C July 18 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 5–6 1–2 D July 22 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 39–8 2–2
Regular season
Standings + Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsOttawa Rough Riders 14 11 3 0 399 298 22Toronto Argonauts 14 10 4 0 406 280 20Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 8 5 1 307 315 17Montreal Alouettes 14 2 10 2 304 395 6
Schedule WeekGameDateOpponentResultRecord 1 1 July 30 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 47–15 1–0 2 2 Aug 6 at Calgary Stampeders W 35–19 2–0 3 3 Aug 13 vs. BC Lions W 41–24 3–0 4 4 Aug 20 at Montreal Alouettes W 17–15 4–0 5 5 Sept 1 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 22–27 4–1 6 6 Sept 6 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 47–22 5–1 7 7 Sept 13 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 25–23 6–1 8 8 Sept 20 at Toronto Argonauts W 34–27 7–1 9 9 Sept 27 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 17–0 8–1 10 10 Oct 4 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 28–20 9–1 11 11 Oct 12 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 21–38 9–2 11 12 Oct 15 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 38–31 10–2 12 13 Oct 25 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 20–9 11–2 13 14 Nov 1 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 7–28 11–3http://www.profootballarchives.com/1969irfuott.html
Postseason
Playoffs Round Date Opponent Result Record East Final #1 Nov 16 at Toronto Argonauts L 14–22 0–1 East Final #2 Nov 22 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 32–3 1–1 Grey Cup Nov 30 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 29–11 2–1
Grey Cup Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final Saskatchewan Roughriders 9 0 2 0 11 Ottawa Roughriders 0 14 7 8 29CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League
Player stats
Passing Player Games Played Attempts Completions Percentage Yards Touchdowns InterceptionsRuss Jackson14 358 193 53.9% 3641 33 12
Awards and honours CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Russ Jackson (QB) CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Russ Jackson (QB) Grey Cup Most Valuable Player – Russ Jackson Jeff Russell Memorial Trophy – Russ JacksonCFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League Russ Jackson, QB, Eastern Division All-Star Russ Jackson, CFL Pass Attempts Leader Russ Jackson, Lionel Conacher Trophyhttp://www.sportshall.ca/accessible/hm_profile.php?i=417 Russ Jackson, Lou Marsh Trophy
CFL All-Stars Russ Jackson, QB Vic Washington, RB Margene Adkins, SE Billy Joe Booth, DE Ken Lehmann, LB Jerry "Soupy" Campbell, LB Don Sutherin, DB
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