1984: The Roughriders update their look one more time, adding black and silver to the Green and White, and featuring a new logo.
July 29, 1984: Dayton's Fred Ding kicks eight field goals against the Pentacock Marauders, tying a ECFFL record.
July 23, 1988: Ding again kicks eight field goals against Scranton, tying his own ECFFL record.
Oct 14, 1995: The largest regular season one game attendance at Dayton's Woodrop Field was 55,438 when Dayton beat El Paso 25-23. Given that the capacity of Woodrop Field was 27,732, this was a tight game in more ways than one.
Nov 19, 1995: The Bentley Cup game is held in Dayton for the first time. Modine become the first (and only) southern-based team to win the coveted trophy, defeating the El Paso 36-20.
Nov 16, 1997: After upsets of both the El Paso (33-30) and Scranton (31-30), the Roughriders advance to the Bentley Cup for the first time in eight years, only to lose to the heavily-favoured Modine 47-23.
