Saskatchewan Roughriders 1970 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Western Conference
Lost Western Conference Final Best of Series 2 – 1
- Nov. 14, 1970 Lost 11 – 28 vs Calgary
- Nov. 18, 1970 Won 11 – 3 @ Calgary
- Nov. 22, 1970 Lost 14 – 15 vs Calgary

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1970 Season Resources 1970 SSK Team Roster 1970 SSK Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
B	Fri Jul 10 10:00 PM	BC 21 @ SSK 27	W	10,454
B	Mon Jul 13 9:15 PM	SSK 22 @ WPG 21	W	19,400
C	Fri Jul 17 10:00 PM	HAM 27 @ SSK 15	L	10,199
D	Wed Jul 22 11:00 PM	SSK 21 @ EDM 25	L	13,800


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 28 11:00 PM	SSK 42 @ BC 9	W	29,152	CTVW
1	Fri Jul 31 10:00 PM	EDM 11 @ SSK 23	W	13,960	CTVW
2	Sat Aug 8 8:00 PM	SSK 23 @ HAM 22	W	25,135	CBC
3	Tue Aug 11 8:00 PM	SSK 24 @ OTT 1	W	25,192	CTV
4	Mon Aug 17 10:00 PM	CGY 30 @ SSK 0	L	18,553	CTVW
5	Wed Aug 26 11:00 PM	SSK 21 @ CGY 17	W	23,616
6	Sun Aug 30 4:00 PM	TOR 14 @ SSK 36	W	20,179	CTV
7	Mon Sep 7 4:00 PM	WPG 11 @ SSK 30	W	15,433
8	Sat Sep 12 11:00 PM	SSK 6 @ EDM 10	L	19,334	CBCW
9	Fri Sep 18 10:00 PM	BC 22 @ SSK 23	W	17,535	CTVW
10	Sun Sep 27 3:30 PM	SSK 5 @ WPG 2	W	16,528
11	Sun Oct 4 4:30 PM	MTL 10 @ SSK 29	W	21,706	CTV
12	Sun Oct 11 4:00 PM	WPG 10 @ SSK 19	W	15,606	CTV
13	Sun Oct 18 5:00 PM	SSK 21 @ CGY 14	W	23,616	CTVW
14	Bye
15	Wed Oct 28 10:00 PM	EDM 10 @ SSK 34	W	10,969
15	Sun Nov 1 5:00 PM	SSK 33 @ BC 13	W	23,739


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sat Nov 14 3:00 PM	CGY 28 @ SSK 11	L	15,510	CBC
P2	Wed Nov 18 10:00 PM	SSK 11 @ CGY 3	W	23,616	CBC
P2	Sun Nov 22 3:00 PM	CGY 15 @ SSK 14	L	18,385	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	85	94	L2	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	14	2	0	28	369	206	W7	6-0-0
Home	8	7	1	0	14	194	118	W6	6-0-0
Visitor	8	7	1	0	14	175	88	W3	5-1-0
Divisional opponent	12	10	2	0	20	257	159	W6	6-0-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	4	0	0	8	112	47	W4	4-0-0

Full 1970 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 (4-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	8 (8-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)
After 2nd	5 (5-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	8 (7-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	5 (4-1-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	12 (11-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	14 (14-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.406	5-1-0 (6)	5-1-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.500	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.563	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.125	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.607	--	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.536	1-0-0 (1)	--
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.286	--	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.571	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1970	1969 +/-
Average Combined Score	35.94	-4.88
Average Winning Score	25.93	+0.24
Average Losing Score	3.00	-16.33
Average Home Score	24.25	-2.88
Average Visitor Score	21.88	+0.00
Average Margin of Victory	14.07	+2.23
Average Margin of Loss	17.00	+9.33

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Saskatchewan	194 (24.3)	175 (21.9)	369 (23.1)
Total	Opponent	88 (11.0)	118 (14.8)	206 (12.9)
1st	Saskatchewan	37 (4.6)	38 (4.8)	75 (4.7)
1st	Opponent	28 (3.5)	11 (1.4)	39 (2.4)
2nd	Saskatchewan	69 (8.6)	48 (6.0)	117 (7.3)
2nd	Opponent	20 (2.5)	58 (7.3)	78 (4.9)
3rd	Saskatchewan	19 (2.4)	41 (5.1)	60 (3.8)
3rd	Opponent	9 (1.1)	26 (3.3)	35 (2.2)
4th	Saskatchewan	69 (8.6)	48 (6.0)	117 (7.3)
4th	Opponent	31 (3.9)	23 (2.9)	54 (3.4)

Head Coaches

Dave Skrien (Dec. 29, 1970 – Dec. 31, 1972)
Eagle “Buddy” Keys (Jan. 1, 1965 – Dec. 23, 1970)

Assistant Coach

Ken McCullough – Offensive line

Player Awards
All Stars

1970 Player Awards and Nominations

1970 Most Outstanding

Player — Ron Lancaster (Winner)
Lineman — Jack Abendschan, Jr. (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Al Ford (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1970 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Ron Lancaster^*
C	Ted Urness

7 All-Division Selections

QB	Ron Lancaster^*
RB	Silas McKinnie
C	Ted Urness
G	Jack Abendschan, Jr.
DE	Ken Frith
DB	Bruce Bennett
DB	Ted Dushinski

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1970 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–8 (8)		Bob Schmidt (T)	Alberta
2–8 (17)		Andre Rancourt (DE)	Ottawa
3–8 (26)		Bob McCulla (T)	Ottawa
4–8 (35)		Greg Hunter (DB)	Alberta
5–8 (43)		Ed Scorgie (DE)	Waterloo
6–8 (52)		George Kunycky (QB)	Brandon
7–8 (60)		Jim Turnbull (DB)	Queen's
8–8 (68)		Pete Werry (DB)	Western Ontario
9–8 (73)		Roger Passmore (DB)	Waterloo Lutheran
10–8 (76)		Eric Thomson (G)	Dalhousie