1974 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • 9-7-0 .563 |
| Head Coach: John Payne |
| Jim Eddy | Assistant Coach |
| Don Powell | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Wed | 7/3/1974 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 25 | 25 | T | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 30650 | |
| Tue | 7/9/1974 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 19 | 16 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | ||
| Mon | 7/15/1974 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15 | 30 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17600 | |
| Fri | 7/19/1974 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 35 | 15 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | ||
| Fri | 7/26/1974 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 7 | 31 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21456 | |
| Wed | 7/31/1974 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 24 | 18 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 22000 | |
| Fri | 8/9/1974 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 24 | 23 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19461 | |
| Fri | 8/16/1974 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24 | 13 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16552 | |
| Wed | 8/21/1974 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 10 | 8 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 26200 | |
| Sun | 8/25/1974 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 13 | 17 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 15688 | |
| Mon | 9/2/1974 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 20 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19232 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1974 | A | British Columbia Lions | 38 | 16 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30187 | |
| Fri | 9/13/1974 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 24 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21826 | |
| Wed | 9/18/1974 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10 | 23 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 30028 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1974 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 6 | 24 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16048 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1974 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 34 | 10 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 17168 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1974 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 21 | 24 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24535 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1974 | H | British Columbia Lions | 17 | 15 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16792 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1974 | A | British Columbia Lions | 24 | 21 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30348 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1974 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 17 | 2 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 22394 | |
| Western Semi-Final | ||||||||||
| Sun | 11/10/1974 | H | British Columbia Lions | 24 | 14 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 20485 | |
| Western Final | ||||||||||
| Sun | 11/17/1974 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 27 | 31 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 25026 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Don Bahnuik | 60 | RDT | 6-3 | 245 | 30 | none | 16 | |
| Lee Benard | 15 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Manitoba | 10 | |
| Brian Berg | 58 | K | 6-1 | 240 | 22 | Augsburg | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Bird | 42 | C | 6-1 | 230 | 29 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Gary Brandt | 54 | LOT | 6-1 | 220 | 31 | Washington | 16 | |
| Clyde Brock | 67 | ROT | 6-5 | 268 | 34 | Utah State | 5 | |
| Terry Bulych | 32 | RB | 6-0 | 208 | 34 | Weber State | 3 | |
| Tom Campana | 24 | SE-SB-HB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Ohio State | 16 | |
| Charlie Collins | 31 | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | Auburn | 7 | |
| Rhett Dawson | 25 | WR | 6-1 | 180 | 26 | Florida State | 5 | |
| Mike Dirks | 44 | LDE | 6-2 | 247 | 28 | Wyoming | 2 | |
| Ted Dushinski | 27 | RDH | 6-0 | 195 | 31 | none | 9 | |
| Jim Elder | 30 | LCB | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Southern University | 16 | |
| Al Ford | 21 | TE | 6-1 | 210 | 31 | Pacific | 16 | |
| Ralph Galloway | 59 | ROG | 6-1 | 248 | 28 | Southern Illinois | 16 | |
| Jerome Gantt | 65 | OT | 6-4 | 266 | 26 | North Carolina Central | 4 | |
| Jim Hopson | 52 | LOG-ROT | 6-2 | 237 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Ron Lancaster | 23 | QB | 5-10 | 190 | 36 | Wittenberg | 16 | |
| Frank Landy | 62 | DE | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | North Dakota | 6 | |
| Marion Latimore | 57 | LDE | 6-0 | 235 | 25 | Hutchinson CC; Kansas State | 11 | |
| Bill Manchuk | 75 | LLB | 6-2 | 212 | 27 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Randy Mattingly | 16 | QB | 6-4 | 206 | 23 | Evansville | 16 | |
| Steve Mazurak | 70 | FL | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | none | 9 | |
| Archie McCord | 76 | DT | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Simon Fraser; North Dakota | 13 | |
| Ken McEachern | 20 | LDH | 6-1 | 187 | 21 | Weber State | 16 | |
| Andy McLeod | 72 | OLB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Ed McQuarters | 61 | LDT | 6-1 | 250 | 31 | Oklahoma | 8 | |
| Steve Molnar | 19 | RB | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | George Washington; Utah | 13 | |
| Bob Pearce | 12 | SE | 5-10 | 186 | 28 | Cisco JC; Texas-El Paso; Stephen F. Austin State | 10 | |
| Leif Pettersen | 71 | P-WR | 6-2 | 183 | 24 | Otterbein | 16 | |
| Ted Provost | 10 | S | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | Ohio State | 16 | |
| Al Qualls | 65 | DE | 6-3 | 222 | 25 | Oklahoma | 1 | |
| George Reed | 34 | FB | 6-0 | 205 | 35 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Lorne Richardson | 17 | RCB | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | Colorado | 16 | |
| Tim Roth | 66 | LDT-LOG | 6-2 | 250 | 26 | South Dakota State | 16 | |
| Lawrie Skolrood | 77 | TE | 6-4 | 240 | 22 | North Dakota | 13 | |
| Steve Smear | 51 | MLB | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Penn State | 13 | |
| Doug Strong | 25 | DB | 6-0 | 192 | 28 | Wilfrid Laurier | 3 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 26 | HB-SB | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Elbert Walker | 65 | OT | 6-3 | 282 | 24 | Wisconsin | 3 | |
| Pete Watson | 33 | SB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Tufts | 8 | |
| George Wells | 64 | RDE | 6-1 | 240 | 27 | New Mexico State | 16 | |
| Carl Winfrey | 44 | LB | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Wisconsin | 3 | |
| Pete Wysocki | 50 | RLB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Western Michigan | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Ken McEachern | DB | Weber State |
| Lawrie Skolrood | T | North Dakota |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Vic McLeod | E | Western Ontario |
| 2 | 15 | Leif Pettersen | WR | Otterbein |
| 3 | 24 | Duncan Findlay | RB | Whitworth |
| 4 | 33 | Brian Berg | G | Augsburg |
| 5 | 42 | Bruce Pazarena | DB | Puget Sound |
| 6 | 51 | Vance Curtis | TE | Alberta |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 42 | 107 | 68 | 88 | 305 |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 110 | 69 | 34 | 289 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 321 | 148 | 157 | 16 | 96 | 720 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 284 | 115 | 149 | 20 | 104 | 685 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Thompson | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Tom Campana | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| George Reed | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Steve Mazurak | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Pete Watson | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Pearce | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lorne Richardson | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ron Lancaster | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Molnar | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Brian Berg | 0 | 35 | 37 | 94.6 | - | - | - | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 2 | 0 | 82 |
| Rhett Dawson | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Leif Pettersen | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ken McEachern | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tim Roth | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 35 | 37 | 94.6 | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 3 | 0 | 305 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 26 | 22 | 37 | 59.5 | 7 | 2 | 289 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Reed | 288 | 1447 | 5.0 | 26 | 5 |
| Bobby Thompson | 68 | 305 | 4.5 | 32 | 1 |
| Pete Watson | 48 | 253 | 5.3 | 79 | 1 |
| Steve Molnar | 36 | 195 | 5.4 | 31 | 1 |
| Randy Mattingly | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Terry Bulych | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Al Ford | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Lancaster | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 12 | 1 |
| Bob Pearce | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 469 | 2329 | 5.0 | 9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 487 | 2030 | 4.2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Lancaster | 395 | 222 | 56.2 | 153 | 2873 | 7.3 | 12.9 | 78 | 20 | 5.1 | 20 | 5.1 | 75.0 | |||
| Randy Mattingly | 65 | 35 | 53.8 | 24 | 553 | 8.5 | 15.8 | 55 | 4 | 6.2 | 6 | 9.2 | 64.5 | |||
| Bob Pearce | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 42 | 21.0 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 462 | 258 | 55.8 | 178 | 3468 | 7.5 | 13.4 | 24 | 5.2 | 26 | 5.6 | 73.8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 414 | 240 | 58.0 | 152 | 3152 | 7.6 | 13.1 | 22 | 5.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Thompson | 56 | 711 | 12.7 | 66 | 5 |
| Tom Campana | 37 | 505 | 13.6 | 71 | 5 |
| George Reed | 36 | 223 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Pete Watson | 29 | 467 | 16.1 | 78 | 2 |
| Al Ford | 23 | 247 | 10.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Steve Mazurak | 17 | 335 | 19.7 | 55 | 4 |
| Steve Molnar | 13 | 228 | 17.5 | 47 | 0 |
| Bob Pearce | 8 | 174 | 21.8 | 57 | 2 |
| Leif Pettersen | 15 | 237 | 15.8 | 31 | 3 |
| Rhett Dawson | 14 | 232 | 16.6 | 58 | 3 |
| Lawrie Skolrood | 10 | 109 | 10.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 258 | 3468 | 13.4 | 24 | |
| Opponents Totals | 240 | 3152 | 13.1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Provost | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Ken McEachern | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 37 | 1 |
| Lorne Richardson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Jim Elder | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Pete Wysocki | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Bill Manchuk | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ted Dushinski | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Charlie Collins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Smear | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 260 | 11.8 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 388 | 14.9 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ford | 117 | 4754 | 40.6 | 55 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 117 | 4754 | 40.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 138 | 5660 | 41.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leif Pettersen | 51 | 269 | 5.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Steve Molnar | 27 | 174 | 6.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Lee Benard | 29 | 153 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Elder | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Strong | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Mazurak | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ken McEachern | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 124 | 668 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 124 | 613 | 4.9 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Berg | 55 | 2799 | 50.9 | 77 | 0 |
| Tom Campana | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Pearce | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 57 | 2829 | 49.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Elder | 24 | 517 | 21.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 12 | 266 | 22.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Pearce | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 63 | 0 |
| Marion Latimore | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Campana | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Leif Pettersen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 1025 | 22.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1233 | 22.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Bahnuik | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Benard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Berg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Brandt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Campana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Collins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 0 | |
| Al Ford | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Lancaster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Manchuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Randy Mattingly | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken McEachern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy McLeod | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed McQuarters | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Steve Molnar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leif Pettersen | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Provost | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Reed | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lorne Richardson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 2 | |
| Tim Roth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
| Steve Smear | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Watson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Wysocki | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 78 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 19 | 19 |
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