The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian football club based in Ottawa, Ontario. In 1909 the team participated in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU), the premier senior‑level football league in eastern Canada at the time.
Specific details about the 1909 season—such as the team’s win‑loss record, final standing within the IRFU, roster, coaching staff, and playoff outcomes—are not comprehensively documented in widely available encyclopedic sources. Consequently, reliable season‑by‑season statistics for the 1909 Ottawa Rough Riders are limited.
Contextual notes
- The IRFU, formed in 1907, consisted of four founding clubs: the Ottawa Rough Riders, Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, and Montreal Football Club.
- The Rough Riders were one of the oldest football franchises in Canada, having been founded in 1876.
- Seasons in the early 1900s were generally shorter than modern schedules, with each team playing a small number of games (often between four and six) against league opponents.
Because of the scarcity of detailed records from that era, further specifics about the 1909 campaign remain unavailable in current reference works.
