2015 Ottawa Redblacks season
2015 Ottawa Redblacks season | |
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General manager | East |
Playoff finish | Lost Grey Cup |
Team MOP | Henry Burris |
Team MOC | Brad Sinopoli |
Team MOR | Forrest Hightower |
Uniform | |
The
The Redblacks posted the fifth best winning percentage posted by a second year expansion team in any established North American professional sports league after the 1951 Cleveland Browns, the 1995 Baltimore Stallions, the 1996 Carolina Panthers and the 1997 Montreal Alouettes – although of those four teams, only the Stallions and Panthers were expansion teams in the same sense as the Redblacks and only the Panthers had a losing record in their inaugural season.
On November 22, 2015, the Redblacks defeated the
Off-season
Trades
On January 15, 2015, the Redblacks traded Jasper Simmons and Dan Buckner to the Calgary Stampeders in exchange for Maurice Price. Ottawa is hoping that Price can provide the offense with some explosiveness which the team lacked during its inaugural season.[2]
Free agency
Within the first two days of the start of the free agency period, the Redblacks made four substantial acquisitions. On February 10, 2015, the Redblacks signed
CFL draft
The
Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
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1 | 1 | Alex Mateas | OL |
UConn |
2 | 10 | Jake Harty | WR | Calgary |
4 | 28 | Tanner Doll | LS |
Calgary |
5 | 37 | Jefferson Court | FB |
Utah State |
6 | 45 | Kienan Lafrance |
RB | Manitoba |
7 | 54 | Alexandre Leganiere | OL |
Montreal |
Training camp
The Redblacks conducted their spring mini-camp at TD Place Stadium on April 27–29. Rookies reported to training camp on May 27, with veterans following a few days later on May 31.
Preseason
Due to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup taking place in June at TD Place Stadium, the Redblacks played their home pre-season game at Telus Stadium in Quebec City, Quebec on the campus of the Université Laval.[9] It was the second game that an Ottawa CFL franchise played in Quebec City, with the first being in 2003, and the second consecutive year that the Redblacks played their home pre-season game away from Ottawa.
Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary | |
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Score | Record | ||||||||
A | Mon, June 8 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 10–37 | 0–1 | None | Tim Hortons Field | N/A | Recap |
B | Sat, June 13 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Montreal Alouettes | L 9–26 | 0–2 | RDS | Telus Stadium (in Quebec City) | 4,778 | Recap |
C | Bye |
- # Games played with colour uniforms.
Regular season
Standings
Team | GP | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | ||
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Ottawa Redblacks | 18 | 12 | 6 | 464 | 454 | 24 | Details | |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 10 | 8 | 530 | 391 | 20 | Details | |
Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 10 | 8 | 438 | 499 | 20 | Details | |
Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 6 | 12 | 388 | 402 | 12 | Details |
Schedule
Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary | |
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Score | Record | ||||||||
1 | Thurs, June 25 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | at Montreal Alouettes | W 20–16 | 1–0 | TSN/RDS/ESPN2 | Molson Stadium
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21,524 | Recap |
2 | Sat, July 4 | 6:00 p.m. EDT | vs. BC Lions | W 27–16 | 2–0 | TSN/RDS2 | TD Place Stadium | 24,376 | Recap |
3 | Thurs, July 9 | 9:00 p.m. EDT | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 17–46 | 2–1 | TSN/RDS2/ESPN2 | Commonwealth Stadium
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29,904 | Recap |
4 | Fri, July 17 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | L 12–23 | 2–2 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 21,078 | Recap |
5 | Fri, July 24 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 29–26 (OT) | 3–2 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 23,018 | Recap |
6 | Bye | ||||||||
7 | Fri, Aug 7 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Montreal Alouettes | W 26–23 | 4–2 | TSN/RDS/ESPN2 | TD Place Stadium | 24,427 | Recap |
8 | Sat, Aug 15 | 10:00 p.m. EDT | at Calgary Stampeders | L 3–48 | 4–3 | TSN/RDS/ESPN2 | McMahon Stadium | 27,566 | Recap |
9 | Sun, Aug 23 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | at Toronto Argonauts | L 24–30 | 4–4 | TSN | Rogers Centre | 14,748 | Recap |
10 | Sun, Aug 30 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 35–13 | 5–4 | TSN/RDS2/ESPN2 | TD Place Stadium | 24,468 | Recap |
11 | Bye | ||||||||
12 | Sun, Sept 13 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | at BC Lions | W 31–18 | 6–4 | TSN | BC Place | 19,833 | Recap |
13 | Sat, Sept 19 | 9:00 p.m. EDT | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 30–27 | 7–4 | TSN/RDS2 | Mosaic Stadium
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30,480 | Recap |
14 | Sat, Sept 26 | 7:00 p.m. EDT | vs. Toronto Argonauts | L 26–35 | 7–5 | TSN/RDS2 | TD Place Stadium | 24,586 | Recap |
15 | Thurs, Oct 1 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Montreal Alouettes | W 39–17 | 8–5 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 21,607 | Recap |
16 | Tues, Oct 6 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | at Toronto Argonauts | L 35–38 | 8–6 | TSN/RDS2 | TD Place Stadium | 15,011 | Recap |
17 | Fri, Oct 16 | 7:30 p.m. EDT | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 27–24 | 9–6 | TSN/RDS2 | TD Place Stadium | 22,867 | Recap |
18 | Sat, Oct 24 | 4:00 p.m. EDT | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 27–20 | 10–6 | TSN/RDS2 | Investors Group Field
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23,773 | Recap |
19 | Sun, Nov 1 | 1:00 p.m. EST | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 12–6 | 11–6 | TSN | Tim Hortons Field | 24,340 | Recap |
20 | Sat, Nov 7 | 4:00 p.m. EST | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 44–28 | 12–6 | TSN/RDS2 | TD Place Stadium | 24,459 | Recap |
- # Games played with colour uniforms.
- # Games played with white uniforms.
- # Games played with alternate uniforms.
Post-season
Schedule
Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | TV | Venue | Attendance | Summary | |
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Score | Record | ||||||||
East Semi-Final | Bye | ||||||||
East Final | Sun, Nov 22 | 1:00 p.m. EST | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 35–28 | 1–0 | TSN/RDS | TD Place Stadium | 25,093 | Recap |
103rd Grey Cup | Sun, Nov 29 | 6:00 p.m. EST | Edmonton Eskimos | L 20–26 | 1–1 | TSN/RDS/ESPN2 | Investors Group Field
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36,634 |
- # Games played with colour uniforms.
- # Games played with white uniforms.
Team
Roster
Coaching staff
2015 Ottawa Redblacks staff | ||||||
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Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
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References
- Canadian Press. October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ Robb, Peter. "Redblacks pick up wide receiver Maurice Price from Stampeders". Ottawa Citizen.
- ^ "Redblacks sign OT Rogers, three receivers". TSN.
- ^ "Redblacks sign WR Williams". TSN. The Canadian Press.
- ^ "Calling Home: Ottawa pegs Alex Mateas first overall". Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
- ^ "Continuing to Deal: Stamps send Phillips to Ottawa". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
- ^ Baines, Tim. "RedBlacks to hold spring minicamp in Ottawa". Ottawa Sun.
- ^ "Redblacks to Hold Training Camp at Carleton University; May 27 to June 19". Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
- ^ "REDBLACKS and Als set to play in Quebec City". Archived from the original on 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
- ^ a b "2015 Schedule". Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2015-02-14.