The Saskatchewan Roughriders 1966 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Saskatchewan Roughriders 1966 Season

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
Grey Cup Championship
- Nov. 26, 1966 Won 29 – 14 vs Ottawa in Vancouver, BC

Team Roster and Stats

1966 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1966 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	3	2	1	0	4	53	37	W1	2-1-0
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

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	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)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1966 Schedule

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

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

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 13	WPG 7 @ SSK 14	W	14,013
P2	Wed Nov 16	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

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1966 Opponent Appearances

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 Eskimos (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 Rough Riders (1)	0.786	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.357	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	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

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	33	45	78	43	35	78	65	31	96	47	52	99	188 (23.5)	163 (20.4)	351 (21.9)
Opponent	29	56	85	55	36	91	10	42	52	38	52	90	186 (23.3)	132 (16.5)	318 (19.9)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

Saskatchewan Roughriders 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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Saskatchewan Roughriders 1966 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