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Canadian football team season
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.
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
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Week
Game
Date
Opponent
Results
Venue
Attendance
Score
Record
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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Franchise Stadiums Lore Important figures Retired numbers Dominion Championships (3) Grey Cup Championships (9) Eastern Division Championships (15) See also