The Ottawa REDBLACKS seem to not tire of embarrassing themselves of late. They made sure to not squander another opportunity to do so last night in losing 24-07 to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in front of a rain-drenched home crowd, scoring zero points on offence while giving up six when Dominique Davis had an interception returned for a score.
The loss marked 11 in a row at home for the Redblacks. The record for consecutive home losses is held by none other than, naturally, the Ottawa Rough Riders!
The 1987 team started the season 2-1. The defeated Toronto at home 34-27 on July 11th and things were looking up following a 3-14-1 record in 1986. They returned to their old ways though and won only one more game the rest of the way, in Saskatchewan, to end the year 3-15.
Then came...Super Season 88!! The team cranked up the hype, being hosts of the Grey Cup game that year.
Then they promptly crapped their pants (figuratively). They won in Winnipeg early in the season then carrying a 1-14 record into their home contest against Calgary, they finally managed another victory, their first since that game against the Argos in July of the previous year. The summary of that game awaits you below.
I don't know how accurate the Wikipedia entry for CFL team records is, but if that page is to be believed, Ottawa owns the second-longest streak of home losses as well. The 1928 to 1932 Rough Riders lost 12 straight. Next Tuesday, the Redblacks could tie that total as they work their way to the top spot.
Yikes.
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