The 2023 Ottawa Redblacks season was the ninth season for the team in the

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. The Redblacks were eliminated from playoff contention following their week 18 loss to the

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. This was the fourth straight season that the Redblacks had failed to qualify for the post-season. The

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was the second season for Shawn Burke as general manager. After

Bob Dyce Bob Dyce (born December 3, 1965) is the head coach and special teams coordinator for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was formerly the interim head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He is a Grey Cup champion a ...

served as the interim

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to end the 2022 season, this was his first full season as the team's head coach.

Offseason

CFL Global Draft

The 2023 CFL Global Draft took place on May 2, 2023. The Redblacks had the first selection in both rounds.

CFL National Draft

The

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took place on May 2, 2023. The Redblacks had ten selections in the eight-round draft. The team had the first selection in each round of the draft after finishing last in the 2022 league standings (losing the tie-breaker to the

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), not including traded picks. This was the first time that Ottawa selected first overall since the

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. Notably, the team acquired additional second-round and third-round selections after trading the rights to Woodly Appolon to the

and Terry Williams to the

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. The Redblacks also traded their fourth-round pick to the

in exchange for Nick Arbuckle. The team also upgraded their eighth-round selection to another seventh-round selection after trading Llevi Noel to the Elks.

Preseason

Schedule

: Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

Standings

Schedule

: Games played with white uniforms. : Games played with colour uniforms. : Games played with alternate uniforms.

Team

Roster

Coaching staff

References

External links

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