1979 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) |
5th place Western Conference 2-14-0 .125 |
Head Coach: Ron Lancaster |
Al Ford | Defensive Backs |
Mike Murphy | Defensive Line/Linebackers |
Lauri Niskanen | Offensive Line |
Walt Posadowski | Offensive Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
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 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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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 | |
31 | Lou Clare | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 29 | Minnesota | 4 | |
2 | Tom Clements | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Notre Dame | 7 | |
28 | Frank Dark | CB | 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 | |
24 | Al Dosant | DB | 5-11 | 182 | 23 | Windsor | 1 | |
35 | Jim Duncan | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Queen's | 4 | |
51 | 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 | |
37 | 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 | |
53 | Gerry Hornett | OT | 6-3 | 252 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 8 | |
32 | 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 | S | 6-1 | 187 | 26 | Weber State | 14 | |
32 | 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 | DH | 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 | |
29 | 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 | |
13 | 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 | |
72 | Cleveland Vann | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 3 | |
17 | 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 - OPEN | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 2 | Al Chorney | DB | British Columbia |
1 | 4 | Gerry Hornett | OT | Simon Fraser |
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 | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Macoritti | 0 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 14 | 0 | 66 | |
Mike Strickland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
Joey Walters | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
Reg Boudreau | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
Willie Wilder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Al Chorney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
Frank Dark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Harlan Huckleby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Freeman Johns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Lloyd Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
Team Totals | 17 | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 35 | 54.3 | 17 | 2 | 194 |
Opponents Totals | 47 | 45 | 0 | 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% | TS | YL | NYP | 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 | BL | S | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Macoritti | 112 | 4999 | 44.6 | 82 | - | |||||
Emil Nielsen | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | - | |||||
Al Chorney | 18 | 606 | 33.7 | 50 | - | |||||
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 |
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