1958 Ottawa Rough Riders season

1958 Ottawa Rough Riders season
Head coach	Frank Clair
Home field	Lansdowne Park
Results
Record	6–8
Division place	3rd, IRFU
Playoff finish	Lost East Finals

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

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
B	Aug 1	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–28	Win	1–0
C	Aug 7	vs. BC Lions	33–27	Win	2–0
C	Aug 11	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	26–6	Win	3–0

Regular season

Standings

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	10	3	1	291	235	21
Montreal Alouettes	14	7	6	1	265	269	15
Ottawa Rough Riders	14	6	8	0	233	243	12
Toronto Argonauts	14	4	10	0	266	308	8

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 19	vs. Toronto Argonauts	44–7	Win	1–0
1	Aug 23	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	13–7	Loss	1–1
2	Aug 30	at Montreal Alouettes	11–9	Loss	1–2
3	Sept 6	vs. Montreal Alouettes	17–1	Win	2–2
4	Sept 14	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (at Philadelphia Municipal Stadium)	24–18	Loss	2–3
5	Sept 20	at Toronto Argonauts	17–14	Win	3–3
6	Sept 27	vs. Toronto Argonauts	28–4	Win	4–3
7	Oct 4	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14–1	Loss	4–4
8	Oct 11	vs. Montreal Alouettes	41–7	Win	5–4
8	Oct 13	at Montreal Alouettes	34–13	Loss	5–5
9	Oct 18	vs. Toronto Argonauts	41–0	Loss	5–6
10	Oct 25	at Toronto Argonauts	42–24	Loss	5–7
11	Nov 1	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14–8	Win	6–7
12	Nov 8	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	23–0	Loss	6–8

Postseason

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
East Semi-Final	Nov 12	vs. Montreal Alouettes	26–12	Win	7–8
East Final #1	Nov 15	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35–7	Loss	7–9
East Final #2	Nov 22	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	19–7	Loss	7–10