| 1951 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU) | 
| 1st place • 8-6-0 .571 | 
| Head Coach: Harry Smith | 
| Glenn Dobbs | Backfield | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/18/1951 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 12-13 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 8500 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1951 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 8-1 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 9000 | |
| Mon | 8/27/1951 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 23-0 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 6000 | |
| Thu | 8/30/1951 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 33-1 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Osborne Stadium | 9000 | |
| Mon | 9/3/1951 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-24 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10000 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1951 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 7-9 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 8000 | |
| Mon | 9/10/1951 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 6-31 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1951 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 12-21 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10000 | |
| Sat | 9/22/1951 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 30-17 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Osborne Stadium | 9600 | |
| Sat | 9/29/1951 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 25-18 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 10500 | |
| Mon | 10/1/1951 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 22-12 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sat | 10/6/1951 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 25-18 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 7000 | |
| Mon | 10/8/1951 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 28-18 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10000 | |
| Sat | 10/13/1951 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 23-30 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 7500 | |
| Sat | 10/20/1951 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13-19 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Osborne Stadium | 9000 | |
| WIFU Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/3/1951 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 11-15 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 13000 | |
| WIFU Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/10/1951 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 12-5 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12000 | |
| WIFU Final #3 | |||||||||
| Mon | 11/12/1951 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 19-18 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12000 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/24/1951 | N | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14-21 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 27341 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Ernie Becker | 7 | HB | 5-10 | 188 | 26 | none | 13 | |
| Johnny Bell | 33 | E | 6-4 | 188 | 30 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Al Bodine | 44 | DB-OHB | 5-10 | 197 | 24 | Georgia | 11 | |
| Mike Cassidy | 50 | T | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Alabama | 12 | |
| Ken Charlton | 88 | HB | 6-0 | 171 | 31 | none | 11 | |
| Ernie Choukalis | 66 | G | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | none | 3 | |
| Bill Clarke | 22 | T | 6-4 | 235 | 19 | none | 3 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 45 | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 31 | Tulsa | 14 | |
| Don Ettinger | 74 | C | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | Kansas | 14 | |
| Des Findlay | 53 | G | 5-9 | 210 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| Alf Geisthart | 19 | G | 5-10 | 193 | 23 | none | 2 | |
| Sully Glasser | 9 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | none | 13 | |
| Nels Greene | 12 | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | none | 12 | |
| Tony Hungle | 20 | E | 5-11 | 201 | 25 | none | 8 | |
| Bert Iannone | 15 | G | 5-10 | 195 | 34 | none | 14 | |
| Doug Kelly | 1 | G | 5-8 | 178 | 23 | none | 7 | |
| Mickey Maguire | 10 | FL-DB | 5-10 | 165 | 25 | 14 | ||
| Pete Martin | 70 | G | 5-11 | 203 | 31 | none | 9 | |
| Art McEwan | 40 | G | 5-10 | 207 | 26 | 14 | ||
| Jimmy McFaul | 90 | T | 6-0 | 222 | 34 | none | 14 | |
| Ken McKim | 69 | G | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Bob Nelson | 34 | C | 6-1 | 214 | 31 | Baylor | 5 | |
| Jack Nix | 58 | OE | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Pasadena CC; Southern California | 13 | |
| Len Ortman | 60 | C | 5-11 | 208 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Bob Pelling | 66 | FL | 6-1 | 187 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| Wayne Pyne | 77 | G | 6-0 | 193 | 34 | none | 14 | |
| Chuck Radley | 13 | T | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | 10 | ||
| Martin Ruby | 36 | T | 6-3 | 249 | 31 | Texas A&M | 13 | |
| Jack Russell | 29 | E | 6-1 | 215 | 32 | Baylor | 14 | |
| Bob Sandberg | 91 | HB | 6-1 | 209 | 29 | Minnesota | 11 | |
| Toar Springstein | 11 | T | 6-2 | 262 | 33 | Manitoba | 14 | |
| Wilf Tremblay | 83 | FL-HB | 5-7 | 142 | 34 | none | 4 | |
| Del Wardien | 55 | HB | 5-8 | 185 | 27 | Montana | 14 | |
| Jack Wedley | 79 | E | 5-10 | 180 | 34 | 14 | ||
| Ken Weir | 2 | QB | 5-11 | 177 | 24 | none | 9 | |
| Roy Wright | 3 | QB | 6-0 | 177 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| Mike Yakymyk | 6 | HB | 5-8 | 164 | 28 | none | 7 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 56 | 77 | 92 | 52 | 277 | 
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 24 | 53 | 104 | 219 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 174 | 78 | 80 | 16 | 55 | 465 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 184 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 55 | ||
| Don Ettinger | 0 | 34 | 40 | 85.0 | - | - | - | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 
| Jack Russell | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | ||
| Ken Charlton | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | ||
| Jack Nix | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||
| Bob Pelling | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Al Bodine | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Del Wardien | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Bob Sandberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sully Glasser | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Nels Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Wilf Tremblay | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 41 | 34 | 41 | 82.9 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 24 | 1 | 277 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 29 | 34 | 85.3 | 2 | 10 | 20.0 | 12 | 1 | 219 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Charlton | 80 | 356 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Al Bodine | 52 | 189 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Sully Glasser | 35 | 177 | 5.1 | 1 | |
| Nels Greene | 45 | 177 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Del Wardien | 49 | 158 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Ernie Becker | 28 | 143 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Bob Sandberg | 42 | 136 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 38 | 94 | 2.5 | 7 | |
| Wilf Tremblay | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | |
| Mickey Maguire | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Roy Wright | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Pelling | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 380 | 1456 | 3.8 | 13 | |
| Opponents Totals | 359 | 1263 | 3.5 | 8 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 274 | 145 | 52.9 | 117 | 2313 | 8.4 | 16.0 | 28 | 10.2 | 12 | 4.4 | 97.2 | ||||
| Roy Wright | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 6 | 100 | 6.7 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 20.0 | 23.6 | ||||
| Ken Charlton | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 85.4 | |||
| Team Totals | 291 | 152 | 52.2 | 124 | 2433 | 8.4 | 16.0 | 28 | 9.6 | 15 | 5.2 | 91.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 364 | 179 | 49.2 | 157 | 2645 | 7.3 | 14.8 | 22 | 6.0 | 28 | 7.7 | 61.4 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Russell | 47 | 818 | 17.4 | 9 | |
| Jack Nix | 46 | 599 | 13.0 | 7 | |
| Ken Charlton | 24 | 348 | 14.5 | 6 | |
| Bob Pelling | 10 | 215 | 21.5 | 3 | |
| Del Wardien | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 1 | |
| Johnny Bell | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sandberg | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 1 | |
| Ernie Becker | 3 | 161 | 53.7 | 0 | |
| Sully Glasser | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Al Bodine | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| Wilf Tremblay | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 
| Nels Greene | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 152 | 2433 | 16.0 | 28 | |
| Opponents Totals | 179 | 2645 | 14.8 | 22 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 1 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 90 | 3974 | 44.2 | 3 | 20 | |
| Ken Charlton | 31 | 1139 | 36.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bob Sandberg | 17 | 673 | 39.6 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 
| Team Totals | 138 | 5786 | 41.9 | 4 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Charlton | 41 | 388 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Del Wardien | 29 | 163 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Roy Wright | 15 | 119 | 7.9 | 0 | |
| Mickey Maguire | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Sully Glasser | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Wilf Tremblay | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Don Ettinger | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 101 | 773 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 102 | 951 | 9.3 | 0 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Charlton | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Al Bodine | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Sandberg | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Del Wardien | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Becker | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 0 | |
| Mickey Maguire | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| Sully Glasser | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| Nels Greene | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 36 | 642 | 17.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 994 | 18.4 | 1 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 23 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 
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