Logo of the Canadian Football League Ottawa Rough Riders, used from 1960 until 1965. The Rough Riders, not to be confused with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, another CFL team, were a dominant force in the league in the ’60s and ’70s, winning a total of 5 Grey Cup titles in that era, and 9 overall. The Riders ran into financial problems in the 1990s and ceased operations in 1996. Five years later, a new CFL team, the Renegades, set up shop in Ottawa.