Saskatchewan Roughriders 1966 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Western Conference
Won Western Conference Final Best of Series 2 – 0
- Nov. 13, 1966 Won 14 – 7 vs Winnipeg
- Nov. 16, 1966 Won 21 – 19 @ Winnipeg
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 26, 1966 Won 29 – 14 vs Ottawa in Vancouver, BC

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1966 Season Resources 1966 SSK Team Roster 1966 SSK Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Tue Jul 12 8:00 PM	SSK 23 @ MTL 17	W	19,000
Ex	Thu Jul 14	SSK 10 @ OTT 19	L	14,000
Ex	Fri Jul 22 10:00 PM	MTL 1 @ SSK 20	W	9,115


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Jul 29 11:00 PM	SSK 40 @ EDM 13	W	16,400
2	Sun Aug 7 4:00 PM	WPG 14 @ SSK 38	W	20,009
2	Fri Aug 12 10:00 PM	BC 14 @ SSK 16	W	20,379
3	Wed Aug 17	SSK 1 @ CGY 26	L	22,119	CTV
4	Mon Aug 22 10:00 PM	EDM 18 @ SSK 17	L	18,052
5	Sun Aug 28	SSK 30 @ BC 29	W	31,560	CTV
6	Mon Sep 5 4:00 PM	MTL 0 @ SSK 44	W	19,451
7	Sun Sep 11	SSK 27 @ WPG 24	W	21,655
8	Sun Sep 18 4:00 PM	TOR 7 @ SSK 23	W	19,339	CTV
9	Sat Sep 24	SSK 7 @ HAM 29	L	26,057	CBC
10	Mon Sep 26	SSK 8 @ OTT 18	L	22,954
10	Sun Oct 2 4:00 PM	WPG 11 @ SSK 11	T	19,045	CTV
11	Sat Oct 8 10:00 PM	CGY 35 @ SSK 18	L	16,392
12	Sat Oct 15	SSK 22 @ BC 21	W	34,163	CBC
13	Sat Oct 22 10:00 PM	EDM 33 @ SSK 21	L	18,000
14	Tue Oct 25 11:00 PM	SSK 28 @ CGY 26	W	18,435


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 13 4:00 PM	WPG 7 @ SSK 14	W	14,013
P2	Wed Nov 16 9:00 PM	SSK 21 @ WPG 19	W	13,624


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sat Nov 26 4:00 PM	OTT 14 vs SSK 29	W	36,553	CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	16	9	6	1	19	351	318	W1	2-3-1
Home	8	4	3	1	9	188	132	L2	2-3-1
Visitor	8	5	3	0	10	163	186	W2	4-2-0
Divisional opponent	12	7	4	1	15	269	264	W1	3-2-1
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	2	0	4	82	54	L2	2-2-0

Full 1966 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	4 (2-1-1)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (2-2-0)	7 (5-1-1)	3 (2-1-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 2nd	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (1-3-1)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	10 (3-6-1)
After 3rd	6 (4-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	10 (8-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	3 (0-3-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	9 (9-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.414	2-3-1 (6)	5-1-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.571	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.406	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.406	0-2-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.531	1-0-1 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.643	--	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	--
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.786	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.357	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1966	1965 +/-
Average Combined Score	41.81	+7.25
Average Winning Score	29.78	+6.78
Average Losing Score	12.00	+0.29
Average Home Score	23.50	+10.38
Average Visitor Score	20.38	-1.00
Average Margin of Victory	13.33	+2.46
Average Margin of Loss	14.50	+1.93

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Saskatchewan	188 (23.5)	163 (20.4)	351 (21.9)
Total	Opponent	186 (23.3)	132 (16.5)	318 (19.9)
1st	Saskatchewan	33 (4.1)	45 (5.6)	78 (4.9)
1st	Opponent	56 (7.0)	29 (3.6)	85 (5.3)
2nd	Saskatchewan	43 (5.4)	35 (4.4)	78 (4.9)
2nd	Opponent	36 (4.5)	55 (6.9)	91 (5.7)
3rd	Saskatchewan	65 (8.1)	31 (3.9)	96 (6.0)
3rd	Opponent	42 (5.3)	10 (1.3)	52 (3.3)
4th	Saskatchewan	47 (5.9)	52 (6.5)	99 (6.2)
4th	Opponent	52 (6.5)	38 (4.8)	90 (5.6)

Head Coach

Eagle “Buddy” Keys (Jan. 1, 1965 – Dec. 23, 1970)

Player Awards
All Stars

1966 Player Awards and Nominations

1966 Most Outstanding

Player — Ron Lancaster (Division Finalist)
Lineman — Al Benecick (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Ted Urness (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1966 All-Star Selections

6 All-Canadian Selections

FB	George Reed
E	Jim Worden
FL	Hugh Campbell
C	Ted Urness
G	Al Benecick
T	Clyde Brock (Tie)

11 All-Division Selections

QB	Ron Lancaster
HB	George Reed^*
E	Jim Worden
FL	Hugh Campbell^*
C	Ted Urness^*
G	Al Benecick
G	Jack Abendschan, Jr. (Tie)
T	Clyde Brock
DE	Garner Ekstran
CLB	Wayne Shaw
DHB	Bob Kosid

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1966 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)		Vern Simonson (E)	Alberta
2–4 (13)		Bob Goodman (LB)	Waterloo Lutheran
3–4 (22)		Erkie Bukonen (FB)	Toronto
4–4 (31)		Bill Emory (T)	Western Ontario
5–4 (39)		Rip Ripstein (QB)	McGill
6–4 (47)		Blaine Knoll (HB)	Saskatchewan
7–4 (53)		Peter Tyler (HB)	Alberta
8–4 (57)		Brian Parnega (LB)	Queen's
9–4 (60)		Steve Connelly (T)	St. Francis Xavier
10–4		Pass