1978 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	6/14/1978	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	14-23	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22527
Sun	6/18/1978	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	11-18	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	17510
Thu	6/29/1978	A	British Columbia Lions	25-30	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	19796
Wed	7/5/1978	H	Calgary Stampeders	16-11	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	17293
Wed	7/19/1978	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	23-27	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	22746
Wed	7/26/1978	H	Edmonton Eskimos	11-46	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19587
Wed	8/2/1978	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	13-23	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	26619
Tue	8/8/1978	H	British Columbia Lions	14-43	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19584
Tue	8/15/1978	A	British Columbia Lions	23-24	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	24860
Tue	8/22/1978	A	Calgary Stampeders	22-43	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26876
Sun	8/27/1978	H	Toronto Argonauts	31-10	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19341
Mon	9/4/1978	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29-31	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	22451
Sat	9/9/1978	A	British Columbia Lions	15-9	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	23473
Sun	9/17/1978	H	Edmonton Eskimos	20-25	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	21149
Sun	9/24/1978	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	18-53	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	24960
Sun	10/1/1978	H	Calgary Stampeders	20-19	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	20065
Sun	10/8/1978	H	Montreal Alouettes	35-35	T	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	20907
Sun	10/15/1978	A	Calgary Stampeders	13-32	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26526
Sun	10/22/1978	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7-13	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19614
Sun	10/29/1978	A	Edmonton Eskimos	36-26	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	42000

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
44	Roger Aldag	OG	6-0	245	25	none	16
	Charles Anthony	LB	6-0	220	26	Southern California	2
76	Bill Baker	DE	6-4	250	34	Otterbein	16
42	Larry Bird	C	6-1	230	33	Western Ontario	16
78	Bob Bruer	TE	6-5	240	25	Minnesota State	12
	Homer Butler	DB	6-2	190	21	Los Angeles CC; UCLA	2
11	Maurice Butler	WR	5-11	170	22	Simon Fraser	8
	Tommy Campbell	CB	6-0	188	29	Rochester JC; Iowa State	4
60	Ron Cherkas	DT	6-4	240	25	Utah	16
31	Lou Clare	DB	6-1	225	28	Minnesota	12
26	Steve Dennis	CB	6-3	165	27	Grambling State	7
12	Larry Dick	QB	6-2	195	23	Maryland	16
64	Mike Dirks	OG	6-2	247	32	Wyoming	7
	Rick Dundas	LB	6-1	220	24	Whitworth	4
	Cliff Featherstone	DB	5-11	183	21	Colorado State	3
71	Gerry Fellner	WR-P	6-2	205	24	none	7
59	Ralph Galloway	OG	6-1	248	32	Southern Illinois	15
21	Steve Gelley	S	6-1	185	24	Simon Fraser	2
37	Roger Goree	LB	6-0	203	27	Baylor	16
	Randy Hall	DB	6-3	194	26	Idaho	8
65	Sam Holden	OT	6-3	258	31	Southern Illinois; Grambling State	11
61	Bryan Illerbrun	DT	6-4	270	21	none	13
	Ron Jamerson	RB	6-2	205	26	Canyons JC; Southern California	2
29	Freeman Johns	WR	6-1	175	25	Southern Methodist	5
62	Eary Jones	DE	6-4	260	23	Memphis	16
23	Ron Lancaster	QB	5-10	190	40	Wittenberg	16
15	Bob Macoritti	K-P	6-0	190	28	Wooster	16	0
75	Bill Manchuk	LB	6-2	212	31	Alberta	16
70	Steve Mazurak	WR	6-2	195	27	none	8
20	Ken McEachern	S	6-1	187	25	Weber State	16
32	Molly McGee	RB	5-10	184	26	Rhode Island	8
67	Joe Miller	OT	6-5	258	26	Villanova	15
	Tommy Mills	DB	5-10	166	23	West Texas A&M	1
	Ray Milo	DB	5-11	178	24	New Mexico State	1
19	Steve Molnar	FB	5-11	200	31	George Washington; Utah	16
	Dave Montagano	DB	5-11	185	29	Carleton	2
35	John Nelson	FB	6-2	220	23	Manitoba	7
30	Emil Nielsen	DB	5-10	179	25	Simon Fraser	12
16	Brian O'Hara	WB	6-0	185	24	Whitworth	16
	Rodney Parker	WR	6-1	190	25	Tennessee State	5
33	Horace Perkins	CB	5-11	180	24	Colorado	4
57	Bob Poley	C	6-4	255	23	none	15
	Randy Ragon	WR	5-10	175	26	Oregon; Gavilan JC; U.S. International	1
77	Bob Richardson	TE	6-5	250	30	Centerville JC; Iowa State	11
24	Frank Russell	WR	6-0	180	25	Maryland	10
66	Mike Samples	DT	6-2	238	28	Missouri Southern State; Drake	9
14	Mike Strickland	RB	5-8	180	27	Eastern Michigan	16
72	Cleveland Vann	LB	6-1	215	27	Oklahoma State	14
	Joey Walters	WR	5-11	175	24	Clemson	4
69	George Wells	DE	6-1	240	31	New Mexico State	7
27	Paul Williams	CB	5-11	180	31	Benedict; California	13
	Chuck Wills	DB	6-3	195	25	Oregon	1
	Jim Wolf	DE	6-3	250	26	Prairie View A&M	1
29	Harold Woods	CB	5-10	177	23	Potomac State; West Virginia	5
54	Joe Worobec	OG	6-4	255	27	Drake	8
10	Preston Young	S	6-0	180	24	Simon Fraser	16

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College
Randy Belser	OT	Utah
Doug Redl	OG	Saskatchewan

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
3	21	Les McFarlane	DB	Saskatchewan
4	30	Maurice Butler	WR	Simon Fraser
5	39	Mike Hume	RB	Concordia (Quebec)
6	48	Mike Lamborn	DB	Saskatchewan
7	57	Daniel Graham	LB	McGill
8	66	Tim Molnar	RB	Saskatchewan

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	55	113	69	93
Opponents Totals	108	93	120	138

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		284	107	156	21	137	1173
Opponents Totals		300	97	176	27	122	991

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Bob Macoritti	0	27	27	100.0	0		-	32	41	78.0	9	0	132
Mike Strickland	7	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	42
Freeman Johns	3	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	18
Ron Lancaster	3	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	18
Joey Walters	3	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	18
Frank Russell	2	0	0		1		-	0	0		0	0	14
Bob Bruer	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
Steve Mazurak	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
Molly McGee	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
Rodney Parker	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
Paul Williams	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
Randy Hall	1	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	6
Sam Holden	1	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	6
Brian O'Hara	1	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	6
Bob Richardson	1	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	2	4
Team Totals	32	27	27	100.0	1	5	32	41	78.0	9	2	330
Opponents Totals	50	45			2		28	41	68.3	21	2	459

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Strickland	284	1306	4.6	37	7
Steve Molnar	56	215	3.8	17	0
Molly McGee	32	110	3.4	16	0
Ron Jamerson	6	31	5.2	10	0
Brian O'Hara	4	8	2.0	18	0
Larry Dick	5	8	1.6	3	0
Ron Lancaster	10	8	0.8	2	3
Joey Walters	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	398	1686	4.2		10
Opponents Totals	396	1947	4.9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Ron Lancaster	390	205	205	158	2677	6.9	13.1	73	15	3.8	27	6.9	58.5
Larry Dick	113	56	56	53	918	8.1	16.4	57	4	3.5	4	3.5	74.3
Bob Macoritti	1	0	0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Mike Strickland	1	0	0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	505	261	51.7	213	3595	7.1	13.8		19	3.8	31	6.1	61.8
Opponents Totals	481	270	56.1	195	4038	8.4	15.0				16	3.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Strickland	40	243	6.1	28	0
Bob Bruer	34	491	14.4	52	2
Frank Russell	22	379	17.2	46	2
Freeman Johns	22	317	14.4	36	3
Bob Richardson	22	237	10.8	37	1
Molly McGee	22	205	9.3	33	2
Steve Mazurak	21	360	17.1	63	2
Brian O'Hara	19	355	18.7	73	1
Joey Walters	17	272	16.0	44	3
Steve Molnar	16	192	12.0	29	0
Rodney Parker	15	349	23.3	52	2
Paul Williams	4	139	34.8	57	1
Ron Jamerson	4	16	4.0	8	0
Gerry Fellner	3	40	13.3	19	0
Team Totals	261	3595	13.8		19
Opponents Totals	270	4038	15.0

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken McEachern	4	100	25.0	44	0
Paul Williams	3	98	32.7	56	1
Randy Hall	1	68	68.0	68t	1
Preston Young	1	40	40.0	40	0
Chuck Wills	1	19	19.0	19	0
Steve Gelley	1	11	11.0	11	0
Cleveland Vann	1	10	10.0	10	0
Steve Dennis	1	9	9.0	9	0
Eary Jones	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bill Manchuk	1	8	8.0	8	0
Homer Butler	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	16	371	23.2		2
Opponents Totals	31	481	15.5

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bob Macoritti	124	5533	44.6	82	-
Team Totals	124	5533	44.6		-
Opponents Totals	143	6492	45.4		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Maurice Butler	28	293	10.5	31	0
Brian O'Hara	24	166	6.9	24	0
Joey Walters	9	128	14.2	35	0
Rodney Parker	12	119	9.9	24	0
Paul Williams	19	61	3.2	22	0
Molly McGee	3	37	12.3	16	0
Harold Woods	3	34	11.3	16	0
Emil Nielsen	1	22	22.0	22	0
Mike Strickland	2	12	6.0	10	0
Ron Jamerson	2	9	4.5	5	0
Steve Molnar	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	105	890	8.5		0
Opponents Totals	105	929	8.8

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bob Macoritti	68	3554	52.3	83	0
Team Totals	68	3554	52.3
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Brian O'Hara	20	527	26.4	44	0
Paul Williams	12	269	22.4	53	0
Rodney Parker	8	218	27.3	55	0
Harold Woods	5	180	36.0	52	0
Homer Butler	8	142	17.8	31	0
Mike Strickland	3	89	29.7	34	0
Molly McGee	4	80	20.0	27	0
Steve Molnar	4	58	14.5	19	0
Lou Clare	2	34	17.0	17	0
Rick Dundas	1	16	16.0	16	0
Sam Holden	1	15	15.0	15	0
Freeman Johns	0	10		10L	0
Bryan Illerbrun	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	69	1644	23.8		0
Opponents Totals	65	1383	21.3

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Larry Bird	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Homer Butler	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Maurice Butler	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Cherkas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Dundas	0	0	1	1	2	6	0
Cliff Featherstone	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Roger Goree	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Holden	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Freeman Johns	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eary Jones	1	0	0	1	1	8	0
Bob Macoritti	1	1	2	0	2	0	0
Bill Manchuk	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ken McEachern	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Molly McGee	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Molnar	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Brian O'Hara	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Richardson	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Russell	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Mike Strickland	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Cleveland Vann	0	0	0	3	3	7	0
Joey Walters	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Williams	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harold Woods	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	18	12	6	13	19	21	1
Opponents Totals		13		12	12

Bob Griffin	Defensive Line/Linebackers
Ron Lancaster	Assistant Coach
Dick Monroe	Assistant Coach
Walt Posadowski	Assistant Coach