1961 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/29/1961	N	British Columbia Lions	3-13	L	Seattle, WA	Husky Stadium	28000
Tue	8/1/1961	N	Calgary Stampeders	7-14	L	Spokane, WA	Memorial Stadium	10000
Thu	8/10/1961	H	Calgary Stampeders	10-20	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	12700
Mon	8/14/1961	A	Edmonton Eskimos	8-38	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16500
Sat	8/19/1961	A	Calgary Stampeders	22-15	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	15000
Thu	8/24/1961	H	British Columbia Lions	25-6	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	12341
Mon	8/28/1961	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	10-29	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14291
Mon	9/4/1961	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11-17	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	15124
Fri	9/8/1961	A	Montreal Alouettes	16-15	W	Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	18943
Sun	9/10/1961	A	Toronto Argonauts	7-27	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	24047
Mon	9/18/1961	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	15-22	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	10152
Mon	9/25/1961	H	Edmonton Eskimos	1-16	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	10182
Sat	9/30/1961	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	6-29	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	14354
Mon	10/9/1961	H	British Columbia Lions	17-7	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	11529
Sat	10/14/1961	A	Edmonton Eskimos	10-21	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	12338
Sat	10/21/1961	H	Calgary Stampeders	17-22	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	10271
Sat	10/28/1961	A	British Columbia Lions	17-17	T	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	19836
Mon	10/30/1961	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19-13	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15164

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
41	Ron Atchison	MG	6-3	235	31	none	12
	Ted Aucreman	OE	6-0	175	24	Indiana	1
16	Danny Banda	HB	5-9	155	23	none	16
66	Al Benecick	T-G	6-2	245	24	Syracuse	16
	P.L. Blake	E	6-1	212	25	Mississippi State	2
21	Clair Branch	FB-LB	6-1	207	24	Texas	8
52	Terry Bunting	G	6-2	225	26		16
25	Ferdie Burket	FB	6-1	220	28	Texas; Southeastern Oklahoma State	16
58	Bill Burrell	G	6-0	215	25	Illinois	13
50	Harvey Campbell	G	5-11	215	21	none	11
60	Bill Clarke	DT	6-4	235	29	none	14
30	Jim Copeland	HB	5-9	180	22	none	16
22	Ken Don	FB	5-11	195	22	Arizona	14
26	Larry Dumelie	HB-S	5-10	185	24	Arizona	14
54	Garner Ekstran	G	6-0	225	20	Washington State	16
67	Bob Golic	OT	6-3	235	30	Indiana	14
74	Jack Gotta	OE	6-4	212	32	Minnesota State-Moorhead; Oregon State	16
19	Billy Gray	OHB	5-11	195	22	Maryland-Eastern Shore	6
24	Dave Grosz	QB	6-1	205	23	Oregon	16
44	Neil Habig	C	6-0	225	25	Purdue	15
	Ron Kelly	LB	6-1	208	28	none	2
37	Don Kubesh	FB	6-1	195	21		13
68	Len LeGault	DT	6-4	232	29	Kansas State	12
57	Bob MacDonald	G	6-2	210	23	North Dakota State	14
32	Doug McKenzie	FB	5-10	190	23	Western Ontario	5
15	Don McKeta	HB	5-11	185	27	Washington	5
12	Bob Miller	HB	6-0	203	23	none	14
14	Bob Ptacek	LB-QB	6-1	205	24	Michigan	16
31	Ray Purdin	OHB	6-0	195	24	Northwestern	11
	Bobby Renn	HB	6-0	180	27	Davidson; Florida State	2
50	Wayne Shaw	G-LB	6-0	215	22	none	13
71	Earl Smith	OE	6-0	200	24	San Francisco CC; Riverside CC; UCLA	1
27	Ray Smith	FB-HB	5-11	200	23	UCLA	15
43	Ted Urness	C	6-3	235	24	Arizona	15
29	Don Vassos	HB	5-10	180	23	British Columbia	16
42	Galen Wahlmeier	C	6-0	212	27	Dodge City CC; Kansas	2
53	Don Walsh	OG	6-0	215	28	McGill; Denver	16
62	Reg Whitehouse	T	6-0	235	29	none	16
18	Gene Wlasiuk	HB	5-9	165	25	none	16

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	56	62	48	45
Opponents Totals	61	92	62	99

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		209	117	73	14	74	405
Opponents Totals		293	170	108	15	95	706

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Reg Whitehouse	0	20	23	87.0			-	12	27	44.4	4	0	60
Jack Gotta	6	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	36
Ferdie Burket	3	0	0				-	0	0		13	0	31
Ray Purdin	5	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	30
Ray Smith	5	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	30
Dave Grosz	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Clair Branch	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Bob Ptacek	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Team Totals	23	20	23	87.0	12	27	44.4	17	0	211
Opponents Totals	43	33	43	76.7	3	12	25.0	14	0	314

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ferdie Burket	142	583	4.1	37	3
Ray Smith	128	557	4.4	25	3
Ray Purdin	95	473	5.0	69	3
Billy Gray	54	312	5.8	60	0
Clair Branch	26	149	5.7	28	1
Bob Ptacek	23	88	3.8	17	0
Dave Grosz	47	78	1.7	13	2
Don McKeta	7	20	2.9	6	0
Don Vassos	2	8	4.0	7	0
Larry Dumelie	3	8	2.7	5	0
Team Totals	527	2276	4.3		12
Opponents Totals	565	2868	5.1		19

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dave Grosz	213	91	91	102	1341	6.3	14.7	52	8	3.8	20	9.4		171	1170	37.3
Bob Ptacek	52	29	29	18	317	6.1	10.9	35	0	0.0	5	9.6		52	265	34.4
Ferdie Burket	1	0	0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	266	120	45.1	120	1658	6.2	13.8		8	3.0	26	9.8				36.1
Opponents Totals	307	145	47.2	145	2455	8.0	16.9		20	6.5	17	5.5				73.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jack Gotta	30	619	20.6	48	5
Ray Purdin	27	281	10.4	27	2
Ferdie Burket	17	166	9.8	23	0
Ray Smith	13	112	8.6	14	1
Billy Gray	8	44	5.5	17	0
Bob Ptacek	6	112	18.7	47	0
P.L. Blake	3	84	28.0	52	0
Don McKeta	3	55	18.3	33	0
Dave Grosz	3	18	6.0	11	0
Garner Ekstran	2	42	21.0	22	0
Clair Branch	2	39	19.5	28	0
Bob Miller	2	38	19.0	27	0
Larry Dumelie	2	20	10.0	22	0
Bobby Renn	1	14	14.0	14	0
Earl Smith	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	120	1658	13.8		8
Opponents Totals	145	2455	16.9		20

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gene Wlasiuk	4	30	7.5	16	0
Bob Ptacek	3	94	31.3	50	1
Bill Burrell	3	37	12.3	18	0
Jim Copeland	3	37	12.3	22	0
Team Totals	17	206	12.1		1
Opponents Totals	26	383	14.7		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Ferdie Burket	142	6361	44.8	75	0	-
Team Totals	142	6361	44.8		0	-	914	5447	38.4
Opponents Totals	141	5972	42.4			-	773	5199	36.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jim Copeland	59	384	6.5	28
Gene Wlasiuk	50	334	6.7	27
Danny Banda	3	28	9.3	26
Ken Don	3	16	5.3	6
Larry Dumelie	1	7	7.0	7
Bob Miller	1	3	3.0	3
Don Vassos	3	2	0.7	6
Clair Branch	1	0	0.0	0
Smith	1	-1	-1.0	-1
Team Totals	132	773	5.9
Opponents Totals	138	914	6.6

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Reg Whitehouse	39	1837	47.1	70	0
Team Totals	39	1337	34.3
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Smith	14	343	24.5	41	0
Ray Purdin	13	343	26.4	60	0
Billy Gray	12	311	25.9	44	0
Larry Dumelie	5	102	20.4	29	0
Bob Miller	2	45	22.5	19	0
Gene Wlasiuk	2	34	17.0	21	0
Don Vassos	1	30	30.0	30	0
Ken Don	1	23	23.0	23	0
Jack Gotta	1	19	19.0	19	0
Ferdie Burket	1	17	17.0	17	0
Jim Copeland	1	3	3.0	3	0
Reg Whitehouse	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	54	1270	23.5		0
Opponents Totals	37	714	19.3		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ron Atchison				3	3	14	0
Al Benecick				1	1	0	0
Clair Branch				1	1	0	0
Ferdie Burket	6			0	0	0	0
Bill Burrell				1	1	84	0
Jim Copeland	2			0	0	0	0
Larry Dumelie				1	1	33	0
Garner Ekstran				3	3	20	0
Jack Gotta				2	2	13	1
Billy Gray	3			0	0	0	0
Dave Grosz	5		4	0	4	0	0
Len LeGault				1	1	0	0
Bob Ptacek				1	1	0	0
Ray Purdin	3			0	0	0	0
Ray Smith	2		1	1	2	16	1
Don Vassos				1	1	0	0
Don Walsh				1	1	0	0
Reg Whitehouse				1	1	0	0
Gene Wlasiuk				3	3	8	0
(Team)				1	1	0	0
Team Totals	22	16	6	22	28	188	2
Opponents Totals		22		16	16		2

Jimmy Dunn	Backfield
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