1981 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 9-7-0 .563 |
| Head Coach: Joe Faragalli |
| Steve Buratto | Offensive Line |
| Monte Charles | Receivers |
| Gerry Hart | Defensive Backfield |
| Mike Murphy | Defensive Coordinator |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 6/3/1981 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 19-10 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18590 | |
| Sun | 6/7/1981 | H | British Columbia Lions | 12-20 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 18740 | |
| Tue | 6/16/1981 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 1-17 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 43426 | |
| Sun | 6/21/1981 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 33-20 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 18599 | |
| Thu | 7/2/1981 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 19-18 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 28168 | |
| Sun | 7/12/1981 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20-22 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 24740 | |
| Fri | 7/24/1981 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 16-25 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 26991 | |
| Sun | 8/2/1981 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 43-23 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 33209 | |
| Sun | 8/9/1981 | H | British Columbia Lions | 24-28 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 28168 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1981 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 32-16 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18408 | |
| Sun | 8/23/1981 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 38-14 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 26100 | |
| Sun | 8/30/1981 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 34-44 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 43346 | |
| Sun | 9/6/1981 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 35-26 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 28526 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1981 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 32-25 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 31773 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1981 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 26-23 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 28335 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1981 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 26-30 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 29458 | |
| Mon | 10/12/1981 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 28-12 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 27149 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1981 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 29-41 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 30312 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1981 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 24-11 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 33279 | |
| Sat | 10/31/1981 | A | British Columbia Lions | 5-13 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21183 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Roger Aldag | 44 | OG | 6-0 | 245 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Joe Barnes | 7 | QB | 5-11 | 196 | 30 | Texas Tech | 16 | |
| Kerry Berryman | 42 | C | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | none | 5 | |
| Lester Brown | 22 | RB | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Clemson | 16 | |
| Ken Clark | 13 | P | 6-2 | 196 | 33 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 16 | 0 |
| Carl Crennel | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 33 | West Virginia | 15 | |
| Chris DeFance | 74 | SB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Bakersfield CC; Arizona State | 16 | |
| Steve Dennis | 25 | CB | 6-3 | 165 | 30 | Grambling State | 16 | |
| Dwight Edwards | 33 | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Greg Fieger | 2 | RB-SB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| Stew Fraser | 11 | WR | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | New Brunswick | 16 | |
| Jerry Friesen | 50 | LB | 6-1 | 218 | 26 | Saskatchewan | 4 | |
| Vince Goldsmith | 78 | DT | 5-11 | 237 | 22 | Oregon | 16 | |
| Cam Hackney | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Marshall Hamilton | 24 | S | 5-10 | 170 | 24 | Yale | 16 | |
| Gerry Hornett | 53 | OT | 6-3 | 252 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Bobby Hosea | 35 | DB | 6-1 | 180 | 26 | San Bernardino Valley JC; UCLA | 16 | |
| John Hufnagel | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 30 | Penn State | 16 | |
| Bryan Illerbrun | 61 | DT | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | none | 15 | |
| Al Johns | 62 | DE | 6-4 | 242 | 25 | Pacific | 16 | |
| Andre Jones | 28 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 11 | |
| Zack Jones | 29 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | |
| Doug MacIver | 64 | DT | 6-3 | 245 | 28 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Billy McBride | 10 | RB-CB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Tennessee State | 16 | |
| John McCorquindale | 32 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Brigham Young | 14 | |
| Ken McEachern | 20 | S | 6-1 | 187 | 28 | Weber State | 16 | |
| Bob Poley | 57 | C | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Neil Quilter | 58 | OG | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Frank Robinson | 79 | LB | 6-0 | 204 | 22 | Tulane | 16 | |
| Mike Samples | 66 | DT | 6-2 | 238 | 31 | Missouri Southern State; Drake | 14 | |
| Tom Schultz | 54 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 15 | |
| Lawrie Skolrood | 68 | OG-OT | 6-4 | 240 | 29 | North Dakota | 12 | |
| Don Swafford | 69 | OT | 6-7 | 260 | 24 | Florida | 16 | |
| Emanuel Tolbert | 19 | WR | 5-9 | 182 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 16 | |
| Joey Walters | 17 | SB | 5-11 | 175 | 27 | Clemson | 16 | |
| Paul Watson | 77 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Washington State | 16 | 0 |
| Bernard West | 46 | LB | 6-0 | 225 | 23 | North Texas | 2 | |
| Lyall Woznesensky | 76 | DE | 6-7 | 240 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Eugene Larocque | DT | Utah |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 10 | Hazen Henderson | DB | Simon Fraser |
| 3 | 19 | Dom Busto | FL-DB | Simon Fraser |
| 4 | 28 | David Pearson | DT | Western Ontario |
| 5 | 37 | Vic Stevenson | TE | Calgary |
| 6 | 46 | John Celestino | DT | Windsor |
| 7 | 55 | Wayne Stremel | LB | Simon Fraser |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 74 | 113 | 91 | 153 | 431 |
| Opponents Totals | 95 | 114 | 77 | 85 | 371 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 321 | 78 | 216 | 27 | 122 | 1009 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 329 | 94 | 206 | 29 | 145 | 1243 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Watson | 0 | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 22 | 41 | 53.7 | 19 | 0 | 126 | |
| Joey Walters | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |||
| Emanuel Tolbert | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |||
| Lester Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Chris DeFance | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||
| Dwight Edwards | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Greg Fieger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |||
| Joe Barnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Steve Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Andre Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ken Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| John McCorquindale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Team Totals | 47 | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 53.7 | 24 | 5 | 431 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 31 | 1 | 39 | 51 | 76.5 | 11 | 0 | 371 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lester Brown | 189 | 804 | 4.3 | 34 | 6 |
| Greg Fieger | 39 | 151 | 3.9 | 18 | 2 |
| Joe Barnes | 24 | 140 | 5.8 | 21 | 2 |
| John Hufnagel | 21 | 91 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Dwight Edwards | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Stewart Fraser | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 18 | 0 |
| John McCorquindale | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Clark | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 283 | 1238 | 4.4 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 334 | 1462 | 4.4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hufnagel | 300 | 169 | 56.3 | 112 | 2743 | 9.1 | 16.2 | 74 | 21 | 7.0 | 19 | 6.3 | 84.1 | |||
| Joe Barnes | 290 | 151 | 52.1 | 131 | 2130 | 7.3 | 14.1 | 100 | 12 | 4.1 | 8 | 2.8 | 78.4 | |||
| Ken Clark | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 591 | 321 | 54.3 | 243 | 4888 | 8.3 | 15.2 | 33 | 5.6 | 27 | 4.6 | 81.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 567 | 323 | 57.0 | 219 | 4789 | 8.4 | 14.8 | 25 | 4.4 | 63 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Walters | 91 | 1715 | 18.8 | 72 | 14 |
| Chris DeFance | 64 | 1195 | 18.7 | 100 | 5 |
| Emanuel Tolbert | 46 | 619 | 13.5 | 57 | 7 |
| Greg Fieger | 43 | 448 | 10.4 | 26 | 2 |
| Dwight Edwards | 42 | 614 | 14.6 | 53 | 5 |
| Lester Brown | 32 | 211 | 6.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Stewart Fraser | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 321 | 4888 | 15.2 | 33 | |
| Opponents Totals | 323 | 4789 | 14.8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Dennis | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Bobby Hosea | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Billy McBride | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Andre Jones | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken McEachern | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Schultz | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Carl Crennel | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Marshall Hamilton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Al Johns | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Robinson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 185 | 7.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 247 | 9.1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Clark | 133 | 5917 | 44.5 | 64 | 5 | |
| Team Totals | 133 | 5917 | 44.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 143 | 6306 | 44.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Fraser | 77 | 529 | 6.9 | 32 | 0 |
| Joey Walters | 33 | 257 | 7.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Dwight Edwards | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Ken McEachern | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Hosea | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John McCorquindale | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Watson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 122 | 893 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 128 | 1153 | 9.0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Watson | 64 | 3864 | 60.4 | 90 | 5 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 3864 | 60.4 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Edwards | 26 | 537 | 20.7 | 58 | 0 |
| Emanuel Tolbert | 19 | 430 | 22.6 | 58 | 0 |
| Billy McBride | 10 | 200 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Joey Walters | 7 | 151 | 21.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Bobby Hosea | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 1321 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1193 | 20.9 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Vince Goldsmith | 17.0 | |
| Lyall Woznesensky | 14.0 | |
| Mike Samples | 8.5 | |
| Frank Robinson | 6.5 | |
| Tom Schultz | 4.5 | |
| Doug MacIver | 3.5 | |
| Al Johns | 2.0 | |
| Cam Hackney | 2.0 | |
| Carl Crennel | 2.0 | |
| Bernard West | 1.0 | |
| Jerry Friesen | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 63.0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Aldag | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Barnes | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lester Brown | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Crennel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Dennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
| Dwight Edwards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Fieger | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stewart Fraser | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Hackney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Hornett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Hosea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 |
| John Hufnagel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Johns | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Zack Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy McBride | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John McCorquindale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Ken McEachern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Samples | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Swafford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Walters | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Watson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 84 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 16 | 16 |
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