1971 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) |
| 1st place • Western Conference • 9-6-1 .594 |
| Head Coach: Dave Skrien |
| Tom Lovat | Assistant Coach |
| John Payne | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 7/7/1971 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 0-27 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 13910 | |
| Mon | 7/12/1971 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 32-16 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10499 | |
| Mon | 7/19/1971 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 21-24 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12197 | |
| Wed | 7/21/1971 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10-17 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16125 | |
| Tue | 7/27/1971 | A | British Columbia Lions | 14-10 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30492 | |
| Fri | 7/30/1971 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 0-21 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16000 | |
| Tue | 8/3/1971 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 16-29 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 18385 | |
| Fri | 8/6/1971 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 17-22 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Fri | 8/13/1971 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-32 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14358 | |
| Thu | 8/19/1971 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 31-25 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20980 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1971 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 42-21 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16980 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1971 | H | British Columbia Lions | 35-14 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21485 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1971 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 19-3 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 22474 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 28-14 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19018 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1971 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2-35 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20717 | |
| Wed | 10/6/1971 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 28-20 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13914 | |
| Mon | 10/11/1971 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 24-17 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 23616 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 7-7 | T | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21706 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1971 | H | British Columbia Lions | 50-18 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13801 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 12-28 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19549 | |
| Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/6/1971 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-23 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14488 | |
| Western Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/13/1971 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 21-30 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 33616 | |
| Western Final #2 | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/17/1971 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 21-23 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14588 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jack Abendschan | 53 | LOG | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | New Mexico | 16 | |
| Barry Aldag | 52 | LOT | 6-0 | 240 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Don Bahnuik | 60 | RDT | 6-3 | 245 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Nolan Bailey | 77 | TE | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | 16 | |
| Bill Baker | 65 | RDE | 6-4 | 250 | 27 | Otterbein | 16 | |
| Gord Barwell | 71 | FL | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Bruce Bennett | 30 | S | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Florida | 16 | |
| Larry Bird | 42 | C-OG | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Gary Brandt | 44 | C | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | Washington | 16 | |
| Clyde Brock | 67 | ROT | 6-5 | 268 | 31 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Ron Capham | C | 6-2 | 240 | 28 | none | 4 | ||
| Homer Cavitte | DB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 3 | ||
| Charlie Collins | 31 | LLB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Auburn | 16 | |
| Wally Dempsey | 54 | LMB | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State | 16 | |
| Henry Dorsch | 16 | RCB | 5-11 | 197 | 30 | Tulsa | 7 | |
| Ted Dushinski | 27 | LCB | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Al Ford | 21 | LOH | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | Pacific | 16 | |
| Ken Frith | 62 | LDE | 6-4 | 252 | 26 | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 | |
| Bruce Gainer | 57 | C-LB | 6-0 | 223 | 24 | Alberta | 8 | |
| Ralph Galloway | 59 | ROG | 6-1 | 248 | 25 | Southern Illinois | 16 | |
| Gary Kerl | LB | 6-2 | 227 | 24 | Laney JC; Utah | 1 | ||
| Bob Kosid | 24 | LDH | 5-11 | 188 | 29 | Kentucky | 13 | |
| Ron Lancaster | 23 | QB | 5-10 | 190 | 33 | Wittenberg | 16 | |
| Bill Manchuk | 17 | DB | 6-2 | 212 | 24 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Archie McCord | DE | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | Simon Fraser; North Dakota | 16 | ||
| Silas McKinnie | 37 | SE | 6-2 | 208 | 25 | Iowa | 15 | |
| Ed McQuarters | 61 | DT | 6-1 | 250 | 28 | Oklahoma | 10 | |
| Steve Molnar | 19 | RB | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | George Washington; Utah | 16 | |
| Bob Pearce | 12 | RDH | 5-10 | 186 | 25 | Cisco JC; Texas-El Paso; Stephen F. Austin State | 8 | |
| Greg Perez | 14 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | |
| George Reed | 34 | FB | 6-0 | 205 | 32 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Tim Roth | 66 | LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 23 | South Dakota State | 16 | |
| Don Seaman | 79 | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| Wayne Shaw | 50 | RLB | 6-0 | 215 | 32 | none | 16 | |
| John Steele | 11 | DB | 6-1 | 202 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Gord Stewart | 64 | DE | 6-4 | 248 | 26 | Boise State | 16 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 26 | ROH | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Jim Walter | 25 | DB | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | Tulsa | 14 | |
| Bubba Wyche | 10 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Tennessee | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Brian Donnelly | DB | Simon Fraser |
| 1 | 6 | Bill Manchuk | DB | Alberta |
| 2 | 15 | John Steele | LB | Simon Fraser |
| 3 | 24 | Jim Lazaruk | C | Alberta |
| 4 | 33 | Bob Clarke | DE | Alberta |
| 5 | 42 | Fred Pazarena | LB | Simon Fraser |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 97 | 79 | 60 | 111 | 347 |
| Opponents Totals | 98 | 94 | 69 | 55 | 316 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 292 | 126 | 141 | 25 | 75 | 581 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 268 | 90 | 165 | 13 | 85 | 684 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Abendschan | 0 | 29 | 31 | 93.5 | - | - | - | 17 | 36 | 47.2 | 14 | 0 | 94 |
| George Reed | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Bobby Thompson | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Al Ford | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Silas McKinnie | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Nolan Bailey | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gord Barwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bruce Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Kosid | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed McQuarters | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Molnar | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bubba Wyche | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Steele | 0 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Bill Manchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 40 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 17 | 37 | 45.9 | 16 | 1 | 347 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 36 | 11 | 30 | 36.7 | 19 | 3 | 316 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Reed | 218 | 1146 | 5.3 | 56 | 12 |
| Bobby Thompson | 121 | 591 | 4.9 | 34 | 2 |
| Silas McKinnie | 63 | 392 | 6.2 | 72 | 2 |
| Steve Molnar | 24 | 148 | 6.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Nolan Bailey | 11 | 90 | 8.2 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Pearce | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Bubba Wyche | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 8 | 1 |
| Al Ford | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Lancaster | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 457 | 2437 | 5.3 | 18 | |
| Opponents Totals | 402 | 1881 | 4.7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Lancaster | 375 | 192 | 51.2 | 160 | 2759 | 7.4 | 14.4 | 97 | 16 | 4.3 | 23 | 6.1 | 64.1 | |||
| Bubba Wyche | 58 | 25 | 43.1 | 31 | 368 | 6.3 | 14.7 | 48 | 2 | 3.4 | 2 | 3.4 | 61.6 | |||
| Bob Pearce | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 12 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 46.5 | |||
| Al Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 437 | 218 | 49.9 | 194 | 3140 | 7.2 | 14.4 | 18 | 4.1 | 25 | 5.7 | 63.5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 451 | 238 | 52.8 | 181 | 3574 | 7.9 | 15.0 | 32 | 7.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Thompson | 48 | 774 | 16.1 | 97 | 6 |
| Nolan Bailey | 36 | 597 | 16.6 | 61 | 2 |
| Al Ford | 32 | 525 | 16.4 | 43 | 5 |
| Gord Barwell | 30 | 429 | 14.3 | 48 | 2 |
| Silas McKinnie | 30 | 392 | 13.1 | 37 | 2 |
| George Reed | 24 | 258 | 10.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Steve Molnar | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Pearce | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Lancaster | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Manchuk | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 29 | 1 |
| John Steele | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 218 | 3140 | 14.4 | 18 | |
| Opponents Totals | 238 | 3574 | 15.0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Bennett | 8 | 189 | 23.6 | 51 | 1 |
| Jim Walter | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Ted Dushinski | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Kosid | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 71 | 1 |
| Wally Dempsey | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Wayne Shaw | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Charlie Collins | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Pearce | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Tim Roth | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 523 | 16.3 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 370 | 14.8 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ford | 123 | 5014 | 40.8 | 81 | 2 | |
| Bubba Wyche | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 124 | 5050 | 40.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 147 | 6391 | 43.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Molnar | 59 | 541 | 9.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Walter | 49 | 383 | 7.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Ted Dushinski | 11 | 84 | 7.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Kosid | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Greg Perez | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 121 | 1028 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 125 | 918 | 7.3 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Abendschan | 31 | 1792 | 57.8 | 85 | 2 |
| John Steele | 22 | 1182 | 53.7 | 68 | 0 |
| Bruce Bennett | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 54 | 2993 | 55.4 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silas McKinnie | 14 | 394 | 28.1 | 66 | 0 |
| Jim Walter | 18 | 373 | 20.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Pearce | 6 | 187 | 31.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 115 | 1 |
| Steve Molnar | 5 | 125 | 25.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Homer Cavitte | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Seaman | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gary Brandt | 0 | 4 | 4L | 0 | |
| Charlie Collins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 53 | 1325 | 25.0 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1267 | 23.5 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Abendschan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Bennett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Brandt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Dempsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Ford | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Galloway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Lancaster | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silas McKinnie | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed McQuarters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Steve Molnar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Pearce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Reed | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Roth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| John Steele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Walter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 42 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 17 | 17 |
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