Ottawa Rough Riders
| Ottawa Rough Riders | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Founded | 1876 | ||||||||||
| Folded | 1996 | ||||||||||
| Stadium | Frank Clair Stadium | ||||||||||
| Headquartered | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||
| Colours | Red, white, and black | ||||||||||
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| Canadian Football League East Division | |||||||||||
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| Grey Cup wins: 9 (1925, 1926, 1940, 1951, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1976) | |||||||||||
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The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded on September 19, 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, in which they won five Grey Cups. The team's fortunes waned in the 1980s and 1990s, and they ultimately ceased operations following the 1996 season. Five years later, a new CFL team known as the Ottawa Renegades was founded, though they suspended operations in 2006. The Ottawa Redblacks, which own the Rough Riders and Renegades intellectual properties, joined the league in 2014.