The Saskatchewan Roughriders 1949 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 1949 Season

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Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the WIFU
Lost WIFU Final Total Point Series 22 – 21
- Nov. 5, 1949 Lost 12 – 18 vs Calgary
- Nov. 11, 1949 Won 9 – 4 @ Calgary

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1949 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1948: 17 players
1949 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1949 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	9	5	0	18	235	102	W4	4-2-0
Home	7	4	3	0	8	87	44	W1	3-3-0
Visitor	7	5	2	0	10	148	58	W5	5-1-0

Full 1949 League Standings

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1949 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.408	4-3-0 (7)	5-2-0 (7)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Calgary Stampeders (4)	0.929	0-2-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Edmonton Eskimos (4)	0.286	1-1-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (6)	0.143	3-0-0 (3)	2-1-0 (3)

Team Scoring

	1949	1948 +/-
Average Combined Score	24.07	+1.57
Average Winning Score	21.44	+1.78
Average Losing Score	8.40	+0.18
Average Home Score	12.43	-0.57
Average Visitor Score	21.14	+11.98
Average Margin of Victory	17.89	+2.89
Average Margin of Loss	5.60	+0.16

1949 Saskatchewan Roughriders Attendance

Capacity: 8,000
Total: 36,500
High: 7,500
Avg: 5,214 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1948 Avg: -185
Low: 3,000
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 65.18
Diff from League Avg: +2,157

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Coaches

Head Coach

Fred Grant (Oct. 8, 1947 – Dec. 31, 1950)

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Stadium

1949 home stadium: Taylor Field
Capacity: 8,000
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1947 – Opened 1947

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Saskatchewan	14	28	42	20	59	79	33	24	57	20	37	57	87 (12.4)	148 (21.1)	235 (16.8)
Opponent	25	18	43	10	12	22	7	25	32	2	3	5	58 (8.3)	44 (6.3)	102 (7.3)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	2 (2-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	5 (4-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	6 (4-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	9 (7-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	8 (8-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1949 All-Star Selections

10 All-Division Selections

First Team
HB	Ken Charlton
HB	Del Wardien
FB	Sammy Pierce
T	Mike Cassidy^*
Second Team
QB	Doug Belden
E	Mike Anthony
E	Johnny “Red” Bell
C	Doug Brightwell
T	Pat Santucci
T	Clarence “Toar” Springstein

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 1949 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance
1	Sat. Aug. 27	SSK 8 @ WPG 13	L	7,000
2	Mon. Sept. 5	WPG 0 @ SSK 20	W	7,500
3	Sat. Sept. 10	SSK 19 @ CGY 22	L	6,500
3	Mon. Sept. 12	SSK 12 @ EDM 0	W	7,500
4	Sat. Sept. 17 7:00 PM	EDM 1 @ SSK 13	W	4,000
4	Mon. Sept. 19 7:00 PM	CGY 13 @ SSK 1	L	7,500
5	Sat. Sept. 24	SSK 24 @ WPG 6	W	4,200
6	Sat. Oct. 1	WPG 7 @ SSK 24	W	4,500
7	Sat. Oct. 8	CGY 10 @ SSK 3	L	7,000
7	Mon. Oct. 10	EDM 12 @ SSK 11	L	3,000
8	Sat. Oct. 15	SSK 47 @ WPG 0	W	3,500
9	Sat. Oct. 22 10:30 PM	SSK 9 @ CGY 6	W	7,000
9	Mon. Oct. 24 10:30 PM	SSK 29 @ EDM 11	W	5,000
10	Sat. Oct. 29 3:30 PM	WPG 1 @ SSK 15	W	3,000
P1	Sat. Nov. 5 3:00 PM	CGY 18 @ SSK 12	L	8,329
P2	Fri. Nov. 11 3:00 PM	SSK 9 @ CGY 4	W	14,500