| 1952 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU) | 
| 4th place • 3-13-0 .188 | 
| Head Coach: Glenn Dobbs | 
| Martin Ruby | Line | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/23/1952 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 25-5 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12000 | |
| Mon | 8/25/1952 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 14-21 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10000 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1952 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 9-27 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Osborne Stadium | 10000 | |
| Mon | 9/1/1952 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8-16 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13795 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1952 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 18-8 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12000 | |
| Mon | 9/8/1952 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 15-19 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 13500 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1952 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 20-30 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10500 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1952 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7-18 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 11000 | |
| Mon | 9/22/1952 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6-35 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Osborne Stadium | 9600 | |
| Sat | 9/27/1952 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 9-16 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12000 | |
| Mon | 9/29/1952 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 13-25 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10000 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1952 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 6-20 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 13000 | |
| Mon | 10/6/1952 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 27-30 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sat | 10/11/1952 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7-28 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Osborne Stadium | ||
| Mon | 10/13/1952 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1-37 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 11500 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1952 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 31-28 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memoral Stadium | 10000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Wayne Anderson | 83 | HB | 5-11 | 160 | 21 | none | 10 | |
| Holly Aplin | 22 | OE | 6-4 | 220 | 26 | Tampa | 12 | |
| Ron Atchison | 14 | LM | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | none | 7 | |
| Butch Avinger | 91 | FW-HB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Alabama | 14 | |
| Jim Beasley | 42 | C | 6-4 | 220 | 23 | Tulsa | 4 | |
| Doug Belden | 93 | QB-DB | 6-0 | 197 | 25 | Florida | 12 | |
| Johnny Bell | 73 | E | 6-4 | 188 | 31 | Western Ontario | 11 | |
| Mike Cassidy | 50 | G | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Alabama | 12 | |
| Ken Charlton | 88 | HB | 6-0 | 171 | 32 | none | 14 | |
| Ernie Choukalis | 34 | G | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | none | 9 | |
| Bill Clarke | 60 | T-G | 6-4 | 235 | 20 | none | 15 | |
| Walt Cyz | 52 | HB | 6-0 | 232 | 21 | none | 1 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 45 | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 32 | Tulsa | 12 | |
| Sully Glasser | 9 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 30 | none | 16 | |
| Nels Greene | 12 | FB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | none | 7 | |
| Dick Gregory | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | Minnesota | 7 | ||
| Freddy Hamilton | 33 | HB | 5-11 | 188 | 23 | 14 | ||
| Tony Hungle | 20 | E | 5-11 | 201 | 26 | none | 10 | |
| Jack Hutchinson | 94 | HB | 5-11 | 189 | 20 | British Columbia | 15 | |
| Bert Iannone | 15 | G | 5-10 | 195 | 35 | none | 15 | |
| Elbert Johnson | OE | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | Texas Tech | 2 | ||
| Jim Keane | OE | 6-4 | 217 | 28 | Iowa | 2 | ||
| Harry Lampman | 71 | OE | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Queen's | 16 | |
| Mike Maruska | 44 | HB | 5-10 | 184 | 22 | none | 11 | |
| Joe Masnaghetti | 61 | T-G | 6-2 | 265 | 26 | Marquette | 3 | |
| Art McEwan | 40 | G-T | 5-10 | 207 | 27 | 13 | ||
| Jimmy McFaul | 90 | T | 6-0 | 222 | 35 | none | 5 | |
| Bob McMillan | 8 | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 20 | none | 10 | |
| Len Ortman | 46 | C | 5-11 | 208 | 26 | none | 12 | |
| Bob Pelling | 66 | E | 6-1 | 187 | 25 | none | 15 | |
| Aubrey Phillips | 41 | C | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Texas Tech | 15 | |
| John Prechek | 35 | T-G | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Washington | 15 | |
| Wayne Pyne | 77 | T | 6-0 | 193 | 35 | none | 16 | |
| Chuck Radley | 13 | G | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | 10 | ||
| Martin Ruby | 36 | T | 6-3 | 249 | 32 | Texas A&M | 15 | |
| Sam Scoccia | 51 | G | 5-10 | 242 | 22 | none | 12 | |
| Sandy Spence | 1 | HB | 5-9 | 162 | McGill | 3 | ||
| Toar Springstein | 11 | T | 6-2 | 262 | 34 | Manitoba | 10 | |
| Art Stewart | 92 | FB | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | 5 | |
| Joe Stracina | 95 | FB | 5-11 | 225 | 22 | 7 | ||
| Del Wardien | 55 | FL | 5-8 | 185 | 28 | Montana | 13 | |
| Reg Whitehouse | 30 | G | 6-0 | 235 | 20 | none | 15 | |
| Roy Wright | 3 | HB | 6-0 | 177 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 60 | 56 | 40 | 58 | 216 | 
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 76 | 104 | 121 | 363 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 201 | 84 | 85 | 32 | 96 | 843 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 228 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Avinger | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Del Wardien | 0 | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 
| Ken Charlton | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Freddy Hamilton | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Mike Maruska | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Bob Pelling | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Reg Whitehouse | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 
| Wayne Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Doug Belden | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ernie Choukalis | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Nels Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tony Hungle | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Elbert Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Harry Lampman | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Jim Keane | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joe Masnaghetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Holly Aplin | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 32 | 29 | 32 | 90.6 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 22 | 1 | 216 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 46 | 56 | 82.1 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 17 | 1 | 363 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sully Glasser | 58 | 267 | 4.6 | 22 | 0 | 
| Dick Gregory | 45 | 225 | 5.0 | 30 | 0 | 
| Nels Greene | 33 | 164 | 5.0 | 13 | 1 | 
| Freddy Hamilton | 40 | 161 | 4.0 | 18 | 1 | 
| Ken Charlton | 43 | 152 | 3.5 | 43 | 2 | 
| Art Stewart | 24 | 140 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 | 
| Mike Maruska | 32 | 85 | 2.7 | 8 | 1 | 
| Jack Hutchinson | 24 | 74 | 3.1 | 18 | 0 | 
| Glenn Dobbs | 35 | 70 | 2.0 | 23 | 0 | 
| Butch Avinger | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 12 | 1 | 
| Wayne Anderson | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 16 | 1 | 
| Jim Keane | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| Bob Pelling | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Del Wardien | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 | 
| Joe Stracina | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 
| Johnny Bell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Reg Whitehouse | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Doug Belden | 15 | -21 | -1.4 | 14 | 1 | 
| Team Totals | 379 | 1452 | 3.8 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 412 | 2152 | 5.2 | 18 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 253 | 116 | 45.8 | 125 | 1977 | 7.8 | 17.0 | 79 | 14 | 5.5 | 12 | 4.7 | 71.5 | |||
| Doug Belden | 78 | 30 | 38.5 | 43 | 470 | 6.0 | 15.7 | 58 | 5 | 6.4 | 5 | 6.4 | 53.9 | |||
| Butch Avinger | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 10 | 124 | 8.3 | 24.8 | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 64.3 | |||
| Ken Charlton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 347 | 151 | 43.5 | 179 | 2571 | 7.4 | 17.0 | 19 | 5.5 | 17 | 4.9 | 67.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 370 | 187 | 50.5 | 158 | 3250 | 8.8 | 17.4 | 33 | 8.9 | 25 | 6.8 | 82.4 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Charlton | 18 | 345 | 19.2 | 77 | 1 | 
| Butch Avinger | 16 | 172 | 10.8 | 45 | 2 | 
| Johnny Bell | 14 | 147 | 10.5 | 22 | 0 | 
| Bob Pelling | 8 | 135 | 16.9 | 30 | 2 | 
| Elbert Johnson | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 55 | 1 | 
| Mike Maruska | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 42 | 1 | 
| Wayne Anderson | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 45 | 0 | 
| Del Wardien | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 66 | 0 | 
| Freddy Hamilton | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 21 | 2 | 
| Sully Glasser | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 
| Roy Wright | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Nels Greene | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Harry Lampman | 25 | 429 | 17.2 | 53 | 3 | 
| Jim Keane | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 17 | 1 | 
| Holly Aplin | 41 | 801 | 19.5 | 79 | 6 | 
| Dick Gregory | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 30 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 151 | 2571 | 17.0 | 19 | |
| Opponents Totals | 187 | 3250 | 17.4 | 33 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Avinger | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 | 
| Bob Pelling | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 26 | 0 | 
| Ken Charlton | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 21 | 0 | 
| Roy Wright | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 | 
| Doug Belden | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Sully Glasser | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 38 | 0 | 
| Bob McMillan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 25 | 172 | 6.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 297 | 17.5 | 1 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Avinger | 131 | 5855 | 44.7 | 82 | 0 | 19 | 
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 132 | 5898 | 44.7 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Wright | 33 | 203 | 6.2 | 18 | 0 | 
| Del Wardien | 21 | 163 | 7.8 | 20 | 0 | 
| Mike Maruska | 17 | 90 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 | 
| Bob McMillan | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 29 | 0 | 
| Wayne Anderson | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 | 
| Ken Charlton | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 | 
| Dick Gregory | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Sandy Spence | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | 
| Sully Glasser | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 
| Bob Pelling | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 104 | 668 | 6.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 119 | 1117 | 9.4 | 0 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Masnaghetti | 9 | 476 | 52.9 | 75 | 1 | 
| Del Wardien | 18 | 930 | 51.7 | 65 | 0 | 
| Reg Whitehouse | 11 | 543 | 49.4 | 57 | 0 | 
| Art Stewart | 6 | 279 | 46.5 | 55 | 0 | 
| Walt Cyz | 6 | 254 | 42.3 | 51 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 50 | 2482 | 49.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Maruska | 22 | 671 | 30.5 | 89 | 1 | 
| Del Wardien | 10 | 223 | 22.3 | 36 | 0 | 
| Bob McMillan | 8 | 206 | 25.8 | 55 | 0 | 
| Dick Gregory | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 33 | 0 | 
| Wayne Anderson | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 35 | 0 | 
| Ken Charlton | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 32 | 0 | 
| Doug Belden | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 23 | 0 | 
| Sully Glasser | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 31 | 0 | 
| Freddy Hamilton | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 | 
| Holly Aplin | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 
| Nels Greene | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 62 | 1553 | 25.0 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 1119 | 25.4 | 1 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Aplin | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | |||
| Butch Avinger | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doug Belden | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Choukalis | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Tony Hungle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Harry Lampman | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Bob Pelling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aubrey Phillips | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Prechek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Pyne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Martin Ruby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sam Scoccia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Toar Springstein | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Art Stewart | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Del Wardien | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Roy Wright | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| (Team) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 47 | 28 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 72 | 4 | 
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 
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