Saskatchewan Roughriders 1969 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Western Conference
Won Western Conference Final Best of Series 2 – 0
- Nov. 15, 1969 Won 17 – 11 vs Calgary
- Nov. 19, 1969 Won 36 – 13 @ Calgary
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 30, 1969 Lost 11 – 29 vs Ottawa in Montreal, QC

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1969 Season Resources 1969 SSK Team Roster 1969 SSK Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Fri Jul 11 10:00 PM	HAM 32 @ SSK 31	L	11,500
Ex	Fri Jul 18 10:00 PM	OTT 5 @ SSK 6	W	12,890
Ex	Tue Jul 22 8:00 PM	SSK 8 @ OTT 39	L	16,487
Ex	Thu Jul 24 8:00 PM	SSK 21 @ MTL 27	L	6,000


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
2	Sun Aug 3 4:00 PM	BC 20 @ SSK 22	W	13,000
3	Mon Aug 11 11:00 PM	SSK 21 @ EDM 20	W	20,370
3	Fri Aug 15 10:00 PM	CGY 8 @ SSK 24	W	18,416
4	Fri Aug 22 10:00 PM	EDM 9 @ SSK 24	W	17,055
5	Wed Aug 27 9:00 PM	SSK 14 @ WPG 16	L	21,100
6	Mon Sep 1 4:00 PM	BC 14 @ SSK 32	W	16,470
7	Sun Sep 7 2:00 PM	SSK 15 @ TOR 34	L	33,135
8	Wed Sep 10 8:00 PM	SSK 27 @ MTL 8	W	9,030
8	Sun Sep 14 4:00 PM	HAM 31 @ SSK 29	L	19,556
9	Sat Sep 20 11:00 PM	SSK 31 @ CGY 12	W	23,616
10	Sun Sep 28 4:00 PM	WPG 8 @ SSK 24	W	16,828
11	Sun Oct 5 3:30 PM	SSK 22 @ WPG 10	W	19,334
12	Sun Oct 12 4:00 PM	OTT 21 @ SSK 38	W	21,957
13	Sun Oct 19 4:00 PM	CGY 18 @ SSK 24	W	20,120
15	Thu Oct 30 11:00 PM	SSK 18 @ BC 7	W	32,340
15	Sun Nov 2 4:00 PM	SSK 27 @ EDM 25	W	20,500


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sat Nov 15 3:00 PM	CGY 11 @ SSK 17	W	15,955	CTV
P2	Wed Nov 19 10:00 PM	SSK 36 @ CGY 13	W	23,625


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sun Nov 30 1:00 PM	SSK 11 vs OTT 29	L	33,172	R/C, CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	16	13	3	0	26	392	261	W7	6-0-0
Home	8	7	1	0	14	217	129	W3	5-1-0
Visitor	8	6	2	0	12	175	132	W5	5-1-0
Divisional opponent	12	11	1	0	22	283	167	W7	6-0-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	2	0	4	109	94	W1	2-2-0

Full 1969 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	5 (4-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	9 (8-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)
After 2nd	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	9 (8-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (5-2-0)
After 3rd	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	10 (10-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	13 (13-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.352	6-0-0 (6)	5-1-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.580	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.313	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.563	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.219	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.607	0-1-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.214	--	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.786	1-0-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.714	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1969	1968 +/-
Average Combined Score	40.81	+5.31
Average Winning Score	25.69	+2.86
Average Losing Score	19.33	-1.00
Average Home Score	27.13	+2.25
Average Visitor Score	21.88	+3.62
Average Margin of Victory	11.85	-0.24
Average Margin of Loss	7.67	+0.00

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Saskatchewan	217 (27.1)	175 (21.9)	392 (24.5)
Total	Opponent	132 (16.5)	129 (16.1)	261 (16.3)
1st	Saskatchewan	40 (5.0)	54 (6.8)	94 (5.9)
1st	Opponent	32 (4.0)	10 (1.3)	42 (2.6)
2nd	Saskatchewan	36 (4.5)	31 (3.9)	67 (4.2)
2nd	Opponent	27 (3.4)	57 (7.1)	84 (5.3)
3rd	Saskatchewan	86 (10.8)	31 (3.9)	117 (7.3)
3rd	Opponent	28 (3.5)	19 (2.4)	47 (2.9)
4th	Saskatchewan	55 (6.9)	59 (7.4)	114 (7.1)
4th	Opponent	45 (5.6)	43 (5.4)	88 (5.5)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coach

Ken McCullough – Offensive line

Player Awards
All Stars

1969 Player Awards and Nominations

1969 Most Outstanding

Player — George Reed (Division Finalist)
Lineman — Eddie McQuarters, Jr. (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bill Baker (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1969 All-Star Selections

6 All-Canadian Selections

RB	George Reed
C	Ted Urness
G	Jack Abendschan, Jr.
T	Clyde Brock
DT	Ed McQuarters
DB	Bruce Bennett

11 All-Division Selections

QB	Ron Lancaster
RB	George Reed
FL	Hugh Campbell (Tie)
C	Ted Urness
G	Jack Abendschan, Jr.
T	Clyde Brock
DT	Ed McQuarters
DE	Kenny Reed (Tie)
OLB	Wayne Shaw
OLB	Wally Dempsey
DB	Bruce Bennett

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1969 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–3 (3)	[BC]	Keith “Skip” Eamon (HB)	Toronto
1–6 (6)		Alex Squires (DE)	Toronto
2–6 (15)		Bruce Haugh (DB)	Western Ontario
3–6 (23)		Jim McKeen (DB)	Queen's
4–6 (32)		Bruce Gainer (OG)	Alberta
5–6 (40)		Bill Orange (T)	Laurentian
6–6 (47)		John Ricker (T)	Laurentian
7–6 (54)		Darryl Burgess (HB)	Saint Mary's
8–6 (59)		Dave Fleiszer (HB)	McGill
9–5 (65)		Dan McCarthy (HB)	Queen's
9–6 (66)		John Keabeney (T)	St. Francis Xavier