1959 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU) |
| 5th place • 1-15-0 .063 |
| Head Coach: George Terlep (0-9-0); Frank Tripucka (1-6-0) |
| Bob Maddock | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 7/23/1959 | A | British Columbia Lions | 14-30 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 18915 | |
| Mon | 8/10/1959 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 19-53 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19754 | |
| Wed | 8/12/1959 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 13-53 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 8000 | |
| Fri | 8/14/1959 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 8-28 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13212 | |
| Thu | 8/20/1959 | A | British Columbia Lions | 21-36 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 29131 | |
| Mon | 8/24/1959 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 0-55 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1959 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8-61 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12000 | |
| Mon | 8/31/1959 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 10-28 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 10500 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1959 | H | British Columbia Lions | 17-35 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12566 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1959 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-41 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15962 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1959 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 0-32 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10000 | |
| Mon | 9/28/1959 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 15-18 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 6500 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1959 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 15-44 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17500 | |
| Mon | 10/5/1959 | A | British Columbia Lions | 15-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25778 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1959 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 13-53 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 8500 | |
| Mon | 10/12/1959 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-27 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 8000 | |
| Mon | 10/19/1959 | H | British Columbia Lions | 6-45 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 7500 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1959 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 19-20 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 8000 | |
| Mon | 10/26/1959 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 37-30 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14279 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/26/1959 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Forfeit by Saskatchewan |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ron Adam | 80 | DB-QB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | none | 5 | |
| Don Allard | 83 | QB | 6-0 | 189 | 23 | Boston College | 12 | |
| Ray Ash | 52 | OG-LB | 5-11 | 225 | 23 | none | 10 | |
| Ron Atchison | 54 | MG | 6-3 | 235 | 29 | none | 13 | |
| Danny Banda | 86 | HB | 5-9 | 155 | 21 | none | 16 | |
| Al Benecick | 66 | T | 6-2 | 245 | 22 | Syracuse | 7 | |
| Bob Brodhead | 84 | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 23 | Duke | 8 | |
| Ferdie Burket | 91 | FB | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Texas; Southeastern Oklahoma State | 9 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 70 | E-FB | 6-0 | 195 | 33 | Oregon State | 10 | |
| Bill Clarke | 60 | DT | 6-4 | 235 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Bud Curtis | 82 | HB | 6-0 | 175 | 21 | none | 12 | |
| Ron Dundas | 75 | OE | 6-3 | 212 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| Frank Fraser | 99 | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Tennessee State | 16 | |
| Russ Goings | 58 | G | 6-2 | 226 | 27 | Xavier (Ohio) | 7 | |
| Bob Golic | 67 | OT | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Indiana | 15 | |
| Neil Habig | 44 | C | 6-0 | 225 | 23 | Purdue | 15 | |
| Mike Hagler | 85 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Iowa | 5 | |
| Russ Haines | 69 | T | 6-1 | 237 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| John Harris | 87 | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Santa Monica JC | 3 | |
| Jim Healy | 51 | G | 5-11 | 220 | 22 | Holy Cross | 10 | |
| George Herring | 83 | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Jones County JC; Southern Mississippi | 1 | |
| Jack Hill | 90 | HB | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Utah State | 8 | |
| Harry Javernick | 66 | T | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Colorado | 1 | |
| Kenny Keller | 96 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | North Carolina | 1 | |
| Doug Killoh | 76 | DE | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Ronnie Koes | 57 | G | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | North Carolina | 6 | |
| Len LeGault | 68 | DT | 6-4 | 232 | 27 | Kansas State | 16 | |
| Vic Marks | 88 | FB-HB | 5-10 | 200 | 24 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Marlow | 92 | FB | 6-0 | 202 | 29 | Alabama | 3 | |
| Jim Marshall | 64 | T | 6-3 | 239 | 22 | Ohio State | 9 | |
| Doug McKenzie | 98 | FB | 5-10 | 190 | 21 | Western Ontario | 15 | |
| Bobby Mulgado | 94 | FB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Arizona State | 7 | |
| Dale Parsons | 43 | C | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | 5 | ||
| Bobby Renn | 97 | HB | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | Davidson; Florida State | 10 | |
| Tex Schriewer | 77 | E | 6-4 | 220 | 25 | Texas | 13 | |
| Don Stewart | 79 | DE | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Ken Townsend | 81 | HB | 5-10 | 187 | 22 | St. Francis Xavier | 12 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 24 | QB | 6-2 | 192 | 32 | Notre Dame | 2 | |
| Jack Urness | 93 | FB-HB | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | none | 10 | |
| Vernon Vaughn | 78 | OE | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 16 | |
| Galen Wahlmeier | 42 | C | 6-0 | 212 | 25 | Dodge City CC; Kansas | 6 | |
| Don Walsh | 53 | G | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | McGill; Denver | 13 | |
| Reg Whitehouse | 50 | G | 6-0 | 235 | 27 | none | 15 | |
| Tom Whitehouse | 59 | G | 5-11 | 210 | 21 | none | 9 | |
| Gene Wlasiuk | 96 | HB | 5-9 | 165 | 23 | none | 9 | |
| Neil Worden | 91 | FB | 5-10 | 193 | 28 | Notre Dame | 5 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Doug McKenzie | FB | Western Ontario |
| 2 | 15 | Don Stewart | E | Western Ontario |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 60 | 58 | 26 | 68 | 212 |
| Opponents Totals | 117 | 233 | 71 | 146 | 567 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 240 | 111 | 118 | 11 | 58 | 476 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 403 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reg Whitehouse | 0 | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | - | - | - | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Ron Dundas | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bobby Mulgado | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Tex Schriewer | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Jack Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Frank Fraser | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Golic | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Hagler | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Killoh | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Herring | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Renn | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gene Wlasiuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ferdie Burket | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Don Allard | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ronnie Koes | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 27 | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 8 | 0 | 212 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 79 | 64 | 79 | 81.0 | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 3 | 1 | 567 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferdie Burket | 105 | 423 | 4.0 | 16 | 5 |
| Don Allard | 59 | 287 | 4.9 | 17 | 1 |
| Ken Carpenter | 58 | 270 | 4.7 | 18 | 2 |
| Bobby Mulgado | 32 | 167 | 5.2 | 35 | 2 |
| Neil Worden | 40 | 153 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Hagler | 19 | 147 | 7.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Jack Hill | 32 | 131 | 4.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Brodhead | 30 | 121 | 4.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bobby Renn | 21 | 101 | 4.8 | 47 | 0 |
| Frank Fraser | 18 | 64 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Doug McKenzie | 14 | 58 | 4.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Marlow | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Kenny Keller | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 24 | 0 |
| John Harris | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Adam | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Gene Wlasiuk | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Ken Townsend | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| George Herring | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Bud Curtis | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 |
| Vic Marks | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Frank Tripucka | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Urness | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Danny Banda | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 499 | 2087 | 4.2 | 10 | |
| Opponents Totals | 642 | 3285 | 5.1 | 34 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Allard | 181 | 82 | 45.3 | 78 | 1170 | 6.5 | 14.3 | 59 | 6 | 3.3 | 21 | 11.6 | 118 | 1052 | 38.2 | |
| Bob Brodhead | 129 | 62 | 48.1 | 52 | 762 | 5.9 | 12.3 | 47 | 4 | 3.1 | 15 | 11.6 | 36 | 726 | 37.5 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 45 | 27 | 60.0 | 15 | 311 | 6.9 | 11.5 | 25 | 1 | 2.2 | 3 | 6.7 | 7 | 304 | 60.5 | |
| George Herring | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 5 | 39 | 4.3 | 9.8 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 57.2 |
| Jack Urness | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | 112.5 | |
| Ron Adam | 16 | 1 | 6.3 | 13 | 8 | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12.5 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Ferdie Burket | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Frank Fraser | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Jack Hill | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 11 | -11 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 386 | 177 | 45.9 | 164 | 2301 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 11 | 2.8 | 45 | 11.7 | 35.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 387 | 229 | 59.2 | 133 | 3974 | 10.3 | 17.4 | 42 | 10.9 | 25 | 6.5 | 103.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Vaughn | 39 | 511 | 13.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Ron Dundas | 24 | 506 | 21.1 | 52 | 3 |
| Ken Carpenter | 19 | 220 | 11.6 | 23 | 1 |
| Jack Hill | 16 | 160 | 10.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tex Schriewer | 15 | 243 | 16.2 | 59 | 2 |
| Bobby Mulgado | 14 | 131 | 9.4 | 31 | 0 |
| Frank Fraser | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Hagler | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 20 | 1 |
| Neil Worden | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Marshall | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 24 | 1 |
| John Harris | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Bobby Marlow | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Urness | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Renn | 10 | 212 | 21.2 | 40 | 1 |
| Doug McKenzie | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Gene Wlasiuk | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Ferdie Burket | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Al Benecick | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 177 | 2301 | 13.0 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 229 | 3974 | 17.4 | 42 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Renn | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jack Hill | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 53 | 0 |
| Vernon Vaughn | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Jim Healy | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Danny Banda | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Mulgado | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Frank Fraser | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ron Dundas | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Marlow | 1 | 0 | |||
| Doug McKenzie | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tex Schriewer | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 25 | 258 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 359 | 8.0 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferdie Burket | 85 | 3420 | 40.2 | 66 | 4 | |
| Bobby Mulgado | 48 | 1784 | 37.2 | 59 | 1 | |
| George Herring | 10 | 443 | 44.3 | 59 | 1 | |
| Reg Whitehouse | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Renn | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Don Allard | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 149 | 5842 | 39.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Wlasiuk | 25 | 261 | 10.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Frank Fraser | 22 | 139 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Danny Banda | 37 | 102 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| John Harris | 11 | 87 | 7.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Hagler | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Ferdie Burket | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Townsend | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Doug McKenzie | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Vaughn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 112 | 694 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 143 | 813 | 5.7 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Walsh | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Jack Hill | 14 | 818 | 58.4 | 80 | 1 |
| Bobby Mulgado | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Reg Whitehouse | 16 | 807 | 50.4 | 70 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 11 | 517 | 47.0 | 70 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 2256 | 52.5 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Fraser | 20 | 419 | 21.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Danny Banda | 19 | 351 | 18.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Mike Hagler | 10 | 223 | 22.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Bobby Mulgado | 8 | 179 | 22.4 | 44 | 0 |
| Bobby Renn | 6 | 160 | 26.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Gene Wlasiuk | 9 | 151 | 16.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Ferdie Burket | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Doug McKenzie | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 18 | 0 |
| John Harris | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Kenny Keller | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Doug Killoh | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Neil Worden | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 93 | 1849 | 19.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 1041 | 24.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Atchison | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Danny Banda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Clarke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Dundas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Fraser | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Russ Goings | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bob Golic | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Neil Habig | 1 | 1 | 38 | 0 | |||
| Mike Hagler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Healy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Hill | 1 | 1 | 40 | 1 | |||
| Doug Killoh | 2 | 1 | 23 | 1 | |||
| Ronnie Koes | 2 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |||
| Len LeGault | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doug McKenzie | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Mulgado | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Renn | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Don Stewart | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Vernon Vaughn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Reg Whitehouse | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Gene Wlasiuk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Team Totals | 30 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 155 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 20 | 20 | 2 |
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