The Saskatchewan Roughriders 1951 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 1951 Season

Season Summary

Finished 1st (in tiebreaker) in the WIFU
Won WIFU Final Best of Series 2 – 1
- Nov. 3, 1951 Lost 11 – 15 @ Edmonton
- Nov. 10, 1951 Won 12 – 5 vs Edmonton
- Nov. 12, 1951 Won 19 – 18 vs Edmonton
Grey Cup Championship
- Nov. 24, 1951 Lost 14 – 21 vs Ottawa in Toronto, ON

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1951 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1950: 17 players
1951 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1951 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
1951 Record for Saskatchewan Roughriders unavilable as season pending.
Regular Season	14	8	6	0	16	277	219	L2	4-2-0
Home	7	4	3	0	8	141	112	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	7	4	3	0	8	136	107	L1	3-3-0

Full 1951 League Standings

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1951 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.490	4-3-0 (7)	4-3-0 (7)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Calgary Stampeders (4)	0.286	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Edmonton Eskimos (4)	0.571	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (6)	0.571	0-3-0 (3)	2-1-0 (3)

Coaches

Head Coach

Harry Smith (Jan. 1, 1951 – Dec. 31, 1951)

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1951 Saskatchewan Roughriders Attendance

Capacity: 8,000
Total: 59,500
High: 10,000
Avg: 8,500 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1950 Avg: +1,214
Low: 6,000
Sellouts: 4
% of Capacity: 106.25
Diff from League Avg: +6,771

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Team Scoring

	1951	1950 +/-
Average Combined Score	35.43	8.00
Average Winning Score	24.25	5.39
Average Losing Score	13.83	3.12
Average Home Score	20.14	6.86
Average Visitor Score	19.43	3.14
Average Margin of Victory	13.63	0.20
Average Margin of Loss	8.50	0.64

Stadium

1951 home stadium: Taylor Field
Capacity: 15,000
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1958 – Expansion

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	31	25	56	35	42	77	54	38	92	21	31	52	141 (20.1)	136 (19.4)	277 (19.8)
Opponent	25	13	38	17	7	24	9	44	53	61	43	104	107 (15.3)	112 (16.0)	219 (15.6)

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	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (6-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	8 (8-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (0-3-0)
After 3rd	6 (4-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	10 (8-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1951 All-Star Selections

8 All-Division Selections

First Team
Coach	Harry Smith
QB	Glenn Dobbs, Jr.
E	Jack Russell
C	Don “Red” Ettinger
G	Bert Iannone
T	Martin Ruby
Second Team
HB	Ken Charlton
E	Jack Nix

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 1951 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance
1	4	Sat. Aug. 25	CGY 1 @ SSK 8	W	9,000
	6	Mon. Aug. 27	EDM 0 @ SSK 23	W	6,000
2	8	Thu. Aug. 30	SSK 33 @ WPG 1	W	9,000
	11	Mon. Sept. 3	WPG 24 @ SSK 22	L	10,000
3	12	Sat. Sept. 8	SSK 7 @ CGY 9	L	8,000
	15	Mon. Sept. 10	SSK 6 @ EDM 31	L	11,000
4	17	Sat. Sept. 15	WPG 21 @ SSK 12	L	10,000
5	19	Sat. Sept. 22	SSK 30 @ WPG 17	W	9,600
6	21	Sat. Sept. 29	SSK 25 @ EDM 18	W	10,500
	22	Mon. Oct. 1	SSK 22 @ CGY 12	W	6,500
7	24	Sat. Oct. 6	EDM 18 @ SSK 25	W	7,000
	26	Mon. Oct. 8	CGY 18 @ SSK 28	W	10,000
8	29	Sat. Oct. 13	WPG 30 @ SSK 23	L	7,500
9	31	Sat. Oct. 20	SSK 13 @ WPG 19	L	9,000
P2	33	Sat. Nov. 3 10:30 PM	SSK 11 @ EDM 15	L	13,000
	34	Sat. Nov. 10 4:00 PM	EDM 5 @ SSK 12	W	12,000
	35	Mon. Nov. 12	EDM 18 @ SSK 19	W	12,000
GC	71	Sat. Nov. 24 1:00 PM	SSK 14 vs OTT 21	L	27,341