| 1966 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) | 
| 1st place • Western Conference • 9-6-1 .594 | 
| Head Coach: Eagle Keys | 
| Jim Duncan | Assistant Coach | 
| Jack Gotta | Assistant Coach | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 7/12/1966 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 23-17 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 18000 | |
| Thu | 7/14/1966 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 10-19 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14000 | |
| Tue | 7/22/1966 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 20-1 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | ||
| Fri | 7/29/1966 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 40-13 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16400 | |
| Sun | 8/7/1966 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 38-14 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 20009 | |
| Fri | 8/12/1966 | H | British Columbia Lions | 16-14 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 20379 | |
| Wed | 8/17/1966 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 1-26 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 22119 | |
| Mon | 8/22/1966 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 17-18 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 18052 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1966 | A | British Columbia Lions | 30-29 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 31560 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1966 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 44-0 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19451 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1966 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 27-24 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21655 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 23-7 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19339 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1966 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7-29 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 26057 | |
| Mon | 9/26/1966 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 8-18 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22954 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11-11 | T | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19045 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 18-35 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16392 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1966 | A | British Columbia Lions | 22-21 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 34163 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1966 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 21-33 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 18000 | |
| Tue | 10/25/1966 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 28-26 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 18435 | |
| Western Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-7 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14013 | |
| Western Final #2 | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/16/1966 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 21-19 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13624 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/26/1966 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 29-14 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 36553 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Jack Abendschan | 53 | LOG-K | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | New Mexico | 16 | |
| Ron Atchison | 41 | MG | 6-3 | 235 | 36 | none | 15 | |
| Gord Barwell | 71 | LOE | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| Al Benecick | 66 | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | Syracuse | 15 | |
| Bruce Bennett | 30 | S | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | Florida | 16 | |
| Tom Beynon | OT | 6-2 | 242 | 25 | Queen's; Western Ontario | 9 | ||
| Grady Bolton | DT | 6-2 | 250 | 23 | Mississippi State | 1 | ||
| Clyde Brock | 67 | ROT | 6-5 | 268 | 26 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Ed Buchanan | 25 | LOH | 6-1 | 186 | 27 | San Diego CC | 6 | |
| Hugh Campbell | 31 | FL | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Wally Dempsey | 54 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State | 3 | |
| Henry Dorsch | 16 | RCB | 5-11 | 197 | 25 | Tulsa | 16 | |
| Paul Dudley | 14 | ROH | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Arkansas | 16 | |
| Larry Dumelie | 26 | RCB | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | Arizona | 14 | |
| Ted Dushinski | 27 | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | none | 14 | |
| Buddy Joe Eilers | 61 | LDT | 6-1 | 235 | 27 | Texas A&M | 7 | |
| Garner Ekstran | 75 | RDE | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Al Ford | 21 | LOH | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Pacific | 16 | |
| Don Gerhardt | 79 | LDE | 6-3 | 232 | 22 | Concordia (Moorhead) | 15 | |
| Bob Kosid | 24 | LDH | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | Kentucky | 16 | |
| Ron Lancaster | 23 | QB | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | Wittenberg | 15 | |
| Moe Levesque | 65 | RDT | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | none | 15 | |
| Jim McKean | QB-P | 6-1 | 204 | 21 | none | 6 | ||
| Ed McQuarters | 61 | LDT | 6-1 | 250 | 23 | Oklahoma | 8 | |
| Gil Petmanis | 11 | OE-FL | 6-0 | 179 | 24 | none | 11 | |
| George Reed | 34 | FB | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Kenny Reed | 58 | LB-LDE-RDT | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Tulsa | 16 | |
| Mike Ringer | RDH | 6-2 | 192 | 23 | Oklahoma | 6 | ||
| Dick Schnell | 60 | C-OT-LB | 6-3 | 225 | 27 | Wyoming | 3 | |
| Cliff Shaw | 51 | LB | 6-0 | 221 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Wayne Shaw | 50 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | none | 15 | |
| Ted Urness | 43 | C | 6-3 | 235 | 29 | Arizona | 16 | |
| Galen Wahlmeier | 42 | C-LB | 6-0 | 212 | 32 | Dodge City CC; Kansas | 16 | |
| Dale West | 12 | LCB | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Arizona; Saskatchewan | 12 | |
| Reg Whitehouse | 62 | LOT | 6-0 | 235 | 34 | none | 16 | |
| Gene Wlasiuk | 19 | RDH | 5-9 | 165 | 30 | none | 16 | |
| Jim Worden | 72 | ROE | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Wittenberg | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| 1 | 4 | Vern Simonson | E | Alberta | 
| 2 | 13 | Bob Goodman | LB | Wilfrid Laurier | 
| 3 | 22 | Erkie Bukonen | FB | Toronto | 
| 4 | 31 | Bill Emory | T | Western Ontario | 
| 5 | 39 | Rip Ripstein | QB | McGill | 
| 6 | 47 | Blaine Knoll | HB | Saskatchewan | 
| 7 | 54 | Peter Tyler | HB | Alberta | 
| 8 | 58 | Brian Parnega | LB | Queen's | 
| 9 | 61 | Steve Connelly | T | St. Francis Xavier | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 78 | 78 | 96 | 99 | 351 | 
| Opponents Totals | 85 | 91 | 52 | 90 | 318 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 290 | 126 | 150 | 14 | 79 | 714 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 269 | 116 | 136 | 17 | 101 | 789 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Campbell | 17 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | ||
| Jack Abendschan | 0 | 37 | 42 | 88.1 | - | - | - | 13 | 31 | 41.9 | 10 | 0 | 86 | 
| George Reed | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Gord Barwell | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ed Buchanan | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Paul Dudley | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Worden | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Al Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Al Benecick | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Henry Dorsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Lancaster | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Team Totals | 42 | 37 | 42 | 88.1 | 13 | 31 | 41.9 | 11 | 6 | 351 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 36 | 42 | 85.7 | 6 | 25 | 24.0 | 12 | 0 | 318 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Reed | 266 | 1409 | 5.3 | 71 | 6 | 
| Paul Dudley | 120 | 584 | 4.9 | 36 | 1 | 
| Ed Buchanan | 32 | 181 | 5.7 | 43 | 0 | 
| Henry Dorsch | 33 | 177 | 5.4 | 19 | 1 | 
| Al Ford | 26 | 114 | 4.4 | 18 | 0 | 
| Ron Lancaster | 29 | 91 | 3.1 | 24 | 1 | 
| Bruce Bennett | 19 | 60 | 3.2 | 31 | 1 | 
| Mike Ringer | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 529 | 2638 | 5.0 | 10 | |
| Opponents Totals | 458 | 2168 | 4.7 | 17 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Lancaster | 303 | 182 | 60.1 | 101 | 2976 | 9.8 | 16.4 | 80 | 28 | 9.2 | 20 | 6.6 | 13 | 148 | 2828 | 96.4 | 
| Mike Ringer | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 7 | 55 | 5.5 | 18.3 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 50.0 | 
| Bruce Bennett | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 6 | 29 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 11 | 1 | 6.7 | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 36.1 | 
| Paul Dudley | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 158.3 | 
| Gord Barwell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 118.8 | 
| George Reed | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 26 | 8.7 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 66.0 | 
| Al Ford | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 118.8 | 
| Team Totals | 334 | 196 | 58.7 | 116 | 3159 | 9.5 | 16.1 | 30 | 9.0 | 22 | 6.6 | 167 | 2992 | 92.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 379 | 200 | 52.8 | 162 | 2983 | 7.9 | 14.9 | 21 | 5.5 | 17 | 4.5 | 289 | 2694 | 78.6 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Campbell | 66 | 1109 | 16.8 | 73 | 17 | 
| Paul Dudley | 32 | 442 | 13.8 | 59 | 2 | 
| Jim Worden | 28 | 462 | 16.5 | 34 | 3 | 
| Gord Barwell | 27 | 488 | 18.1 | 43 | 3 | 
| George Reed | 16 | 174 | 10.9 | 45 | 1 | 
| Ed Buchanan | 14 | 296 | 21.1 | 80 | 3 | 
| Al Ford | 13 | 188 | 14.5 | 45 | 1 | 
| Team Totals | 196 | 3159 | 16.1 | 30 | |
| Opponents Totals | 200 | 2983 | 14.9 | 21 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Shaw | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 32 | 1 | 
| Bob Kosid | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 25 | 0 | 
| Larry Dumelie | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 | 
| Ted Dushinski | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | 
| Gene Wlasiuk | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Kenny Reed | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Cliff Shaw | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 
| Bruce Bennett | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Moe Levesque | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 17 | 223 | 13.1 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 466 | 21.2 | 2 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ford | 75 | 2971 | 39.6 | 74 | 1 | |
| Jimmy McKean | 35 | 1309 | 37.4 | 58 | 0 | |
| Dale West | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 48 | 0 | |
| Gil Petmanis | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| Gene Wlasiuk | 4 | 131 | 32.8 | 36 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 121 | 4670 | 38.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 131 | 5331 | 40.7 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Wlasiuk | 84 | 486 | 5.8 | 22 | 0 | 
| Bob Kosid | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 | 
| Gil Petmanis | 13 | 63 | 4.8 | 17 | 0 | 
| Larry Dumelie | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 18 | 0 | 
| Mike Ringer | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 20 | 0 | 
| Dale West | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 118 | 685 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 116 | 590 | 5.1 | 1 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Abendschan | 55 | 2992 | 54.4 | 80 | 0 | 
| Bruce Bennett | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 56 | 3003 | 53.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Dudley | 23 | 543 | 23.6 | 41 | 0 | 
| Al Ford | 13 | 267 | 20.5 | 30 | 0 | 
| George Reed | 12 | 247 | 20.6 | 29 | 0 | 
| Ed Buchanan | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 33 | 0 | 
| Gene Wlasiuk | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 22 | 0 | 
| Henry Dorsch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jim Worden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 58 | 1238 | 21.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1119 | 20.0 | 0 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Abendschan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Al Benecick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 
| Bruce Bennett | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grady Bolton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Clyde Brock | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ed Buchanan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Dorsch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Dudley | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Dushinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 
| Buddy Joe Eilers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 
| Ron Lancaster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy McKean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gil Petmanis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Reed | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 
| Wayne Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 
| Gene Wlasiuk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Worden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 
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