1979 Saskatchewan Roughriders - Pro Football Archives

1979 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)

5th place Western Conference 2-14-0 .125

Al Ford	Assistant Coach
Mike Murphy	Assistant Coach
Lauri Niskanen	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Fri	6/15/1979	A	Calgary Stampeders	21-18	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	25455
Wed	6/20/1979	H	Montreal Alouettes	7-19	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	18349
Fri	6/29/1979	H	Edmonton Eskimos	20-53	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	17460
Wed	7/4/1979	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10-16	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	21501
Wed	7/11/1979	H	British Columbia Lions	4-28	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19030
Tue	7/17/1979	A	Edmonton Eskimos	20-52	L	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	43321
Wed	7/25/1979	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20-24	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19759
Tue	7/31/1979	A	British Columbia Lions	15-24	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	23308
Wed	8/15/1979	A	Toronto Argonauts	12-21	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	41251
Wed	8/22/1979	H	Calgary Stampeders	5-6	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	20790
Tue	8/28/1979	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1-30	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	25159
Mon	9/3/1979	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11-28	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	22190
Sun	9/9/1979	A	Edmonton Eskimos	0-40	L	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	40231
Sun	9/16/1979	H	Calgary Stampeders	10-52	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	20021
Sun	9/23/1979	A	Montreal Alouettes	3-11	L	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	35240
Sun	10/7/1979	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	19-20	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19300
Sun	10/14/1979	H	Edmonton Eskimos	26-25	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	20042
Sun	10/21/1979	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	14-23	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	23032
Sun	10/28/1979	H	British Columbia Lions	26-12	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	29012
Sun	11/4/1979	A	Calgary Stampeders	8-41	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	306554

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
44	Roger Aldag	OG	6-0	245	26	none	16
	Greg Anderson	DH	5-8	177	26	Montana	1
35	Vickey Ray Anderson	RB	6-0	205	23	Oklahoma	1
28	Reg Boudreau	RB-P	5-10	180	23	none	10
24	Tommy Braden	DB	5-11	175	24	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	7
79	Daria Butler	LB	6-2	215	23	Oklahoma State	5
33	Homer Butler	DB	6-2	190	22	Los Angeles CC; UCLA	6
52	Carm Carteri	LB	6-2	216	23	Montana	12
21	Al Chorney	DB	6-0	186	22	British Columbia	15
	Lou Clare	LB	6-1	225	29	Minnesota	4
2	Tom Clements	QB	5-10	185	26	Notre Dame	7
	Frank Dark	DB	6-0	180	26	Ferrum JC; Virginia Union	6
25	Steve Dennis	CB	6-3	165	28	Grambling State	5
12	Larry Dick	QB	6-2	195	24	Maryland	8
	Al Dosant	DB	5-11	182	23	Windsor	1
	Jim Duncan	RB	6-2	220	22	Queen's	4
	Rick Dundas	LB	6-1	220	25	Whitworth	2
	Doug Falconer	DB	5-11	181	27	Ottawa	2
71	Gerry Fellner	WR	6-2	205	25	none	16
59	Ralph Galloway	OG	6-1	248	33	Southern Illinois	5
	Roger Goree	LB	6-0	203	28	Baylor	9
	Lloyd Henry	WR	6-3	208	24	Indian Hills JC; Truman State	1
54	Tim Hook	OG	6-2	246	22	Simon Fraser; Montana	11
52	Gerry Hornett	OT	6-3	252	23	Simon Fraser	8
	Harlan Huckleby	RB	6-1	199	22	Michigan	8
61	Bryan Illerbrun	DT	6-4	270	22	none	16
29	Freeman Johns	WR	6-1	175	26	Southern Methodist	5
	Craig Juntunen	QB	6-1	195	25	Idaho	3
26	John Kinch	RB	6-1	205	25	Youngstown State	12
74	Kelvin Kirk	WR	5-10	181	25	Dayton	3
50	Blain Lamoureux	LB	6-1	215	29	Washington State	8
51	Bob MacAuley	LB	6-1	215	22	Boise State	5
64	Doug MacIver	DT	6-3	245	26	Manitoba	16
15	Bob Macoritti	K-P	6-0	190	29	Wooster	13	0
75	Bill Manchuk	LB	6-2	212	32	Alberta	16
	Jim Marshall	CB	6-0	187	27	Jackson State	2
	Mel Martin	LB	6-1	220		Ferrum JC; William & Mary	3
70	Steve Mazurak	WR	6-2	195	28	none	11
	Mark McDonald	WR	5-10	170	28	Wenatchee Valley JC; Washington	5
20	Ken McEachern	DB	6-1	187	26	Weber State	14
	Molly McGee	RB	5-10	184	27	Rhode Island	1
67	Joe Miller	OT	6-5	258	27	Villanova	11
	Keith Miller	LB	6-1	220	22	Northeastern State	7
25	Ray Milo	DB	5-11	178	25	New Mexico State	10
	Joe Moreino	DT	6-6	246	24	Idaho State	6
22	Rick Moss	CB	5-11	184	22	Purdue	5
30	Emil Nielsen	DB	5-10	179	26	Simon Fraser	16
16	Brian O'Hara	WR	6-0	185	25	Whitworth	16
77	Anthony Parker	DT	6-3	214	24	Southern Mississippi	9
74	Rodney Parker	WR	6-1	190	26	Tennessee State	5
10	Lloyd Patterson	QB	5-11	175	22	Memphis	9
27	Leroy Paul	CB	5-10	185	22	Texas Southern	10
	Paul Pearson	WR	6-0	180	22	British Columbia	2
57	Bob Poley	C	6-4	255	24	none	16
19	Dave Quehl	WR	6-0	180	25	Holy Cross	3
58	Neil Quilter	OG	6-2	250	23	British Columbia	14
66	Mike Samples	DT	6-2	238	29	Missouri Southern State; Drake	16
	Danny Sanders	QB	6-4	203	24	Carson-Newman	5
	Lawrie Skolrood	TE	6-4	240	27	North Dakota	8
	Wayne Smith	DE	6-4	230	29	none	5
14	Mike Strickland	RB	5-8	180	28	Eastern Michigan	16
76	Tim Tennigkeit	DE	6-5	240	24	UCLA	3
	Cleveland Vann	LB	6-1	215	28	Oklahoma State	3
	Joey Walters	WR	5-11	175	25	Clemson	6
69	Curtis Wester	OG	6-3	255	28	Texas A&M-Commerce	16
	Willie Wilder	WR	6-1	200	24	Florida	8

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College	Notes
Tim Hook	OG	Montana
Al Johns	DT	Pacific

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	2	Al Chorney	DB	British Columbia
1	4	Gerry Hornett	OT	Simon Fraser	from HAM
2	11	Bernie Crump	DB	British Columbia
4	29	Joe Sturby	LB	Saskatchewan
5	38	Lyle Bauer	OG	Weber State
6	47	Paul Krepinski	DT	Utah State
7	56	Lorne DeGroot	DT	Alberta

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	65	50	36	43
Opponents Totals	98	131	105	103

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		264	81	146	37	150	1478
Opponents Totals		335	150	155	30	155	1389

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Bob Macoritti	0	10	10	100.0		14	26	53.8	14	0	66
Mike Strickland	6	0	0			0	0		0	0	36
Joey Walters	5	0	0			0	0		0	0	30
Reg Boudreau	0	3	3	100.0		4	5	80.0	0	0	15
Willie Wilder	2	0	0			0	0		0	0	12
Al Chorney	0	1	1	100.0		1	4	25.0	3	0	7
Frank Dark	1	0	0			0	0		0	0	6
Harlan Huckleby	1	0	0			0	0		0	0	6
Freeman Johns	1	0	0			0	0		0	0	6
Lloyd Patterson	1	0	0			0	0		0	0	6
(Team)	0	0	0			0	0		0	2	4
Team Totals	17	14	14	100.0	3	19	35	54.3	17	2	194
Opponents Totals	47	45				30	42	71.4	18	1	437

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Strickland	176	770	4.4	28	4
Harlan Huckleby	58	259	4.5	23	1
Lloyd Patterson	21	109	5.2	15	1
Tom Clements	22	101	4.6	18	0
John Kinch	23	92	4.0	21	0
Larry Dick	7	46	6.6	20	0
Reg Boudreau	6	30	5.0	12	0
Vickey Ray Anderson	4	17	4.3	6	0
Jim Duncan	11	12	1.1	7	0
Danny Sanders	5	6	1.2	5	0
Craig Juntunen	1	4	4.0	4	0
Willie Wilder	2	-5	-2.5	11	0
Team Totals	336	1441	4.3		6
Opponents Totals	472	2641	5.6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Danny Sanders	133	65	48.9	61	1024	7.7	15.8	52	4	3.0	7	5.3	63.0
Tom Clements	159	81	50.9	67	994	6.3	12.3	49	2	1.3	11	6.9	46.0
Lloyd Patterson	113	40	35.4	61	533	4.7	13.3	70	1	.9.0	12	10.6	14.6
Larry Dick	68	39	57.4	24	523	7.7	13.4	65	1	1.5	5	7.4	56.2
Craig Juntunen	20	8	40.0	9	191	9.6	23.9	96	1	5.0	3	15.0	52.3
Team Totals	493	233	47.3	222	3265	6.6	14.0		9	1.8	38	7.7	43.0
Opponents Totals	446	253	56.7	178	3473	7.8	13.7				15	3.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Strickland	43	406	9.4	30	2
Joey Walters	40	772	19.3	52	4
Steve Mazurak	29	358	12.3	32	0
Gerry Fellner	19	260	13.7	32	0
Willie Wilder	14	397	28.4	96	2
Lawrie Skolrood	14	189	13.5	42	0
Freeman Johns	13	213	16.4	49	1
Rodney Parker	10	232	23.2	65	0
Dave Quehl	10	126	12.6	21	0
Harlan Huckleby	10	37	3.7	11	0
Kelvin Kirk	9	85	9.4	16	0
John Kinch	6	69	11.5	21	0
Brian O'Hara	5	34	6.8	9	0
Mark McDonald	3	36	12.0	18	0
Reg Boudreau	3	20	6.7	12	0
Molly McGee	3	5	1.7	5	0
Lloyd Henry	1	18	18.0	18	0
Jim Duncan	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	233	3265	14.0		9
Opponents Totals	253	3473	13.7

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Dark	3	128	42.7	102	1
Ken McEachern	3	69	23.0	33	0
Emil Nielsen	3	14	4.7	14	0
Homer Butler	2	41	20.5	36	0
Rick Moss	1	66	66.0	66	0
Roger Goree	1	54	54.0	54	0
Steve Dennis	1	23	23.0	23	0
Leroy Paul	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	15	395	26.3		1
Opponents Totals	38	507	13.3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bob Macoritti	112	4999	44.6	82	4
Emil Nielsen	1	40	40.0	40	0
Al Chorney	18	606	33.7	50	1
Team Totals	131	5645	43.1		-
Opponents Totals	137	6010	43.9		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Chorney	48	425	8.9	38	0
Kelvin Kirk	14	205	14.6	26	0
Joey Walters	5	62	12.4	16	0
Rodney Parker	9	62	6.9	15	0
Leroy Paul	5	36	7.2	15	0
Frank Dark	7	33	4.7	14	0
Ken McEachern	8	32	4.0	10	0
Homer Butler	1	25	25.0	25	0
Dave Quehl	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	98	888	9.1		0
Opponents Totals	106	866	8.2

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Reg Boudreau	28	1591	56.8	90	0
Al Chorney	9	500	55.6	72	0
Bob Macoritti	6	291	48.5	67	0
Team Totals	43	2382	55.4
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Chorney	15	352	23.5	33	0
Rodney Parker	11	275	25.0	41	0
Harlan Huckleby	11	212	19.3	30	0
Willie Wilder	8	185	23.1	36	0
Greg Anderson	4	78	19.5	26	0
Rick Moss	3	59	19.7	28	0
Brian O'Hara	2	50	25.0	25	0
Kelvin Kirk	2	39	19.5	29	0
Joey Walters	0	13		13L	0
John Kinch	1	9	9.0	9	0
Tommy Braden	3	6	2.0	8	0
Lawrie Skolrood	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	61	1278	21.0		0
Opponents Totals	40	825	20.6

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Roger Aldag	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tommy Braden	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Homer Butler	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Al Chorney	2	2	1	1	2	0	0
Tom Clements	3	1	1	0	1	0	0
Frank Dark	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Duncan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Goree	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Harlan Huckleby	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Craig Juntunen	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Kinch	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Kelvin Kirk	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Blain Lamoureux	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Miller	0	0	2	1	3	0	0
Keith Miller	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Anthony Parker	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rodney Parker	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leroy Paul	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Neil Quilter	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Danny Sanders	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Strickland	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joey Walters	0	0	0	1	1	3	1
Willie Wilder	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	20	13	7	14	21	5	1
Opponents Totals		14		13	13