The Saskatchewan Roughriders 1959 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Saskatchewan Roughriders 1959 Season

Season Summary

Finished 5th in the WIFU

Team Roster and Stats

1959 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1959 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	3	0	3	0	0	46	136	L3	0-3-0
Regular Season	16	1	15	0	2	175	537	W1	2-4-0
Home	8	0	8	0	0	87	266	L8	0-6-0
Visitor	8	1	7	0	2	88	271	W1	2-4-0

Full 1959 League Standings

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 (0-2-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (0-4-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (2-4-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (0-3-0)	10 (2-8-0)
After 2nd	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	14 (1-13-0)
After 3rd	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	14 (1-13-0)
After 4th	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	14 (0-14-0)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1959 Schedule

Pre-season
Regular Season

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Jul 23	SSK 14 @ BC 30	L	18,915
C	Mon Aug 10 8:00 PM	SSK 19 @ MTL 53	L	19,754
C	Wed Aug 12	SSK 13 @ TOR 53	L	10,000

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Aug 14	CGY 28 @ SSK 8	L	13,212
2	Thu Aug 20	SSK 21 @ BC 36	L	29,131
3	Mon Aug 24	SSK 0 @ EDM 55	L	14,000
3	Sat Aug 29	WPG 61 @ SSK 8	L	12,000
4	Mon Aug 31	SSK 10 @ CGY 28	L	10,500
5	Mon Sep 7	BC 35 @ SSK 17	L	12,566
6	Sat Sep 12	SSK 14 @ WPG 41	L	15,962
7	Sat Sep 19	EDM 32 @ SSK 0	L	10,000
8	Mon Sep 28	CGY 18 @ SSK 15	L	6,500
9	Sat Oct 3	SSK 15 @ EDM 44	L	17,500
9	Mon Oct 5	SSK 15 @ BC 14	W	25,778
10	Sat Oct 10	SSK 13 @ CGY 53	L	8,500
10	Mon Oct 12	WPG 27 @ SSK 14	L	8,000
11	Mon Oct 19	BC 45 @ SSK 6	L	7,500
12	Sat Oct 24	EDM 20 @ SSK 19	L	8,000
12	Mon Oct 26	SSK 37 @ WPG 30	FL	14,279

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1959 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.609	0-8-0 (8)	1-7-0 (8)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
BC Lions (4)	0.563	0-2-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (4)	0.500	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Edmonton Eskimos (4)	0.625	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)	0.750	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1959	1958 +/-
Average Combined Score	48.69	+8.44
Average Winning Score	26.00	-1.71
Average Losing Score	11.43	-0.86
Average Home Score	10.88	-9.12
Average Visitor Score	15.63	-4.38
Average Margin of Victory	4.00	-9.29
Average Margin of Loss	25.93	+12.07

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	32	28	60	8	50	58	8	18	26	39	29	68	87 (10.9)	125 (15.6)	212 (13.3)
Opponent	35	82	117	116	117	233	37	34	71	78	68	146	301 (37.6)	266 (33.3)	567 (35.4)

Coaches

Head Coaches

Frank Tripucka (Oct. 1, 1959 – Dec. 31, 1959)
George Terlep (Jan. 1, 1958 – Sept. 30, 1959)

Player Awards
All Stars

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1959 Player Awards and Nominations

1959 Most Outstanding

Player — Don Allard (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Neil Habig (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Ron Atchison (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1959 All-Star Selections

1 All-Division Selections

C	Neil Habig

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 1959 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–6 (6)		Doug McKenzie (FB)	Western Ontario
2–6 (15)		Don Stuart (E)	Western Ontario
3–6		Pass
4–6		Pass