Saskatchewan Roughriders 1961 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the Western Conference

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1961 Season Resources 1961 SSK Team Roster 1961 SSK Attendance

Exhibition
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Sat Jul 29 11:30 PM	SSK 3 vs BC 13	L	28,000
Ex	Tue Aug 1 11:00 PM	SSK 7 vs CGY 14	L	7,511


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Aug 10 10:30 PM	CGY 20 @ SSK 10	L	12,700
2	Mon Aug 14 11:30 PM	SSK 8 @ EDM 38	L	16,500
3	Sat Aug 19 11:30 PM	SSK 22 @ CGY 15	W	15,000
4	Thu Aug 24 10:30 PM	BC 6 @ SSK 25	W	12,341
5	Mon Aug 28 10:30 PM	OTT 29 @ SSK 10	L	14,291
6	Mon Sep 4 4:30 PM	WPG 17 @ SSK 11	L	15,124
6	Fri Sep 8 8:00 PM	SSK 16 @ MTL 15	W	18,943
6	Sun Sep 10 2:00 PM	SSK 7 @ TOR 27	L	24,047
7	Bye
8	Mon Sep 18 10:30 PM	HAM 22 @ SSK 15	L	10,152
9	Mon Sep 25 10:30 PM	EDM 16 @ SSK 1	L	10,182
9	Sat Sep 30 9:30 PM	SSK 6 @ WPG 29	L	14,354
10	Bye
11	Mon Oct 9 4:30 PM	BC 7 @ SSK 17	W	11,529
11	Sat Oct 14 11:30 PM	SSK 10 @ EDM 21	L	12,338
12	Sat Oct 21 10:30 PM	CGY 22 @ SSK 17	L	10,271
13	Sun Oct 29 12:30 AM	SSK 17 @ BC 17	T	19,836
14	Mon Oct 30 9:30 PM	SSK 19 @ WPG 13	W	15,164

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	16	5	10	1	11	211	314	W1	2-3-1
Home	8	2	6	0	4	106	139	L1	1-5-0
Visitor	8	3	4	1	7	105	175	W1	2-3-1
Divisional opponent	12	4	7	1	9	163	221	W1	2-3-1
Non-divisional opponent	4	1	3	0	2	48	93	L2	1-3-0

Full 1961 League Standings

	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 (2-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	3 (0-2-1)	4 (2-2-0)	5 (1-4-0)	7 (2-4-1)
After 2nd	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-3-1)	7 (3-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (2-6-1)
After 3rd	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (0-3-1)	6 (5-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	9 (0-8-1)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	4 (0-4-0)	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	10 (0-10-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.508	2-4-0 (6)	2-3-1 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.536	0-2-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.125	2-0-0 (2)	0-0-1 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.438	0-2-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.656	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.813	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.714	0-1-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.321	--	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.571	0-1-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.536	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1961	1960 +/-
Average Combined Score	32.81	-6.38
Average Winning Score	19.80	-14.20
Average Losing Score	9.50	+0.50
Average Home Score	13.25	-1.62
Average Visitor Score	13.13	+2.38
Average Margin of Victory	8.60	+0.60
Average Margin of Loss	14.60	-4.82

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Saskatchewan	106 (13.3)	105 (13.1)	211 (13.2)
Total	Opponent	175 (21.9)	139 (17.4)	314 (19.6)
1st	Saskatchewan	25 (3.1)	31 (3.9)	56 (3.5)
1st	Opponent	34 (4.3)	27 (3.4)	61 (3.8)
2nd	Saskatchewan	37 (4.6)	25 (3.1)	62 (3.9)
2nd	Opponent	47 (5.9)	45 (5.6)	92 (5.8)
3rd	Saskatchewan	21 (2.6)	27 (3.4)	48 (3.0)
3rd	Opponent	34 (4.3)	28 (3.5)	62 (3.9)
4th	Saskatchewan	23 (2.9)	22 (2.8)	45 (2.8)
4th	Opponent	60 (7.5)	39 (4.9)	99 (6.2)

Head Coach

Steve Owen (Dec. 29, 1960 – Jan. 6, 1963)

Player Awards
All Stars

1961 Player Awards and Nominations

1961 Most Outstanding

Player — Bob Ptacek, Jr. (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Garner Ekstran (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bill Clarke (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1961 All-Star Selections

5 All-Division Selections

E	Jack “Jocko” Gotta
C	Neil Habig
DT	Bill Clarke
MG	Ron Atchison
CLB	Bob Ptacek, Jr.

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1961 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
No draft picks for 1961 in database.