A two-year research was conducted to investigate the effect of different tillage methods on some soil physical characteristics and crop yield in rapeseed cultivation after rice harvesting. Five tillage treatments including: (i) using rotavator, once to depth of 10–15 cm (T₁), (ii) using rotavator, twice to depth of 10–15 cm (T₂), (iii) using moldboard plow to depth of 25 cm + rotavator, once to depth of 10–15 cm (T₃), (iv) no-till planting through removing rice stubbles from plots (T₄), and (v) no-till planting without removing rice stubbles from plots (T₅), were evaluated under randomized complete block design (RCBD) in three replications. The biannual results revealed that the effect of tillage methods was significant (p<0.01) on soil bulk density, surface residues after tillage, dry mass of weeds, seed germination, and grain yield. T₂ and T₃ made considerable reduction in soil bulk density compared to other treatments for the 15- to 30-cm tillage depths. In T₁, T₂, T₃, and T₄, surface residues after tillage decreased in comparison with T₅ by up to 35.37, 50.71, 69.92, and 75.75%, respectively. Having 71.48 g m^-2, T₅ had the maximum dry mass of weeds while T₃ had the minimum one with 37.50 g m^-2. Means comparison represented that in T₂ and T₃, seed germination reached the shortest length of 6.4 days in average. The highest and lowest grain yields were acquired in T₃ (1,571 kg ha^-1) and T₅ (1,339 kg ha^-1), respectively. Statistically, there was no significant difference between T₁ (1,432 kg ha^-1) and T₂ (1,537 kg ha^-1) compared with T₃ in terms of grain yield.