Saskatchewan Roughriders 1971 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd (in tiebreaker) in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 6, 1971 Won 34 – 23 vs Winnipeg
Lost Western Conference Final Best of Series 2 – 0
- Nov. 13, 1971 Lost 21 – 30 @ Calgary
- Nov. 17, 1971 Lost 21 – 23 vs Calgary

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1971 Season Resources 1971 SSK Team Roster 1971 SSK Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jul 7	SSK 0 @ CGY 27	L	18,910
B	Mon Jul 12 10:00 PM	HAM 16 @ SSK 32	W	10,499
C	Mon Jul 19 10:00 PM	EDM 24 @ SSK 21	L	12,197
D	Wed Jul 21 9:00 PM	SSK 10 @ WPG 17	L	16,125

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 27 11:00 PM	SSK 14 @ BC 10	W	30,492
1	Fri Jul 30 10:00 PM	CGY 21 @ SSK 0	L	16,000
2	Tue Aug 3 8:00 PM	SSK 16 @ MTL 29	L	18,385	CTV
2	Fri Aug 6 8:00 PM	SSK 17 @ TOR 22	L	33,135	CBC
3	Fri Aug 13 10:00 PM	WPG 32 @ SSK 22	L	14,358
4	Thu Aug 19 9:00 PM	SSK 31 @ WPG 25	W	20,980
5	Fri Aug 27 10:00 PM	OTT 21 @ SSK 42	W	16,980	CTV
7	Mon Sep 6 10:00 PM	BC 14 @ SSK 35	W	21,485	CTVW
9	Sat Sep 18 11:00 PM	SSK 19 @ EDM 3	W	22,474	CBCW
10	Sun Sep 26 4:00 PM	EDM 14 @ SSK 28	W	19,018	CTVW
11	Sat Oct 2 9:00 PM	SSK 2 @ WPG 35	L	20,717
12	Wed Oct 6 10:00 PM	HAM 20 @ SSK 28	W	13,914	CTV
12	Mon Oct 11 5:00 PM	SSK 24 @ CGY 17	W	23,616	CTV
13	Sun Oct 17 4:00 PM	CGY 7 @ SSK 7	T	21,706
14	Sun Oct 24 4:00 PM	BC 18 @ SSK 50	W	13,801
15	Sun Oct 31 5:00 PM	SSK 12 @ EDM 28	L	19,549	CTVW

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 6 4:00 PM	WPG 23 @ SSK 34	W	14,488	CBC
P2	Sat Nov 13 2:00 PM	SSK 21 @ CGY 30	L	23,616	CTV
P2	Wed Nov 17 9:00 PM	CGY 23 @ SSK 21	L	14,588	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	63	84	L2	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	9	6	1	19	347	316	L1	3-2-1
Home	8	5	2	1	11	212	147	W1	5-0-1
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	135	169	L1	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	12	7	4	1	15	244	224	L1	3-2-1
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	2	0	4	103	92	W2	2-2-0

Full 1971 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 (4-0-1)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	8 (7-0-1)	1 (0-1-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 2nd	5 (4-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	9 (8-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 3rd	4 (3-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)	6 (5-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (4-6-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	9 (9-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.461	3-2-1 (6)	4-2-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.518	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.406	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.594	0-1-1 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (3)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.469	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.429	--	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (1)	0.429	1-0-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.714	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1971	1970 +/-
Average Combined Score	41.44	+5.50
Average Winning Score	30.11	+4.18
Average Losing Score	11.50	+8.50
Average Home Score	26.50	+2.25
Average Visitor Score	16.88	-5.00
Average Margin of Victory	14.33	+0.26
Average Margin of Loss	16.33	-0.67

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Saskatchewan	62	35	97	49	30	79	28	32	60	73	38	111	212 (26.5)	135 (16.9)	347 (21.7)
Opponent	35	63	98	52	42	94	32	37	69	28	27	55	169 (21.1)	147 (18.4)	316 (19.8)

Head Coach

Dave Skrien (Dec. 29, 1970 – Dec. 31, 1972)

Player Awards
All Stars

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1971 Player Awards and Nominations

1971 Most Outstanding

Player — George Reed (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Eddie McQuarters, Jr. (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Wayne Shaw (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1971 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

RB	George Reed
G	Jack Abendschan, Jr.

5 All-Division Selections

RB	George Reed
G	Jack Abendschan, Jr.
DE	Bill Baker
OLB	Wayne Shaw
DB	Bruce Bennett

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1971 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)	[WPG]	Brian Donnelly (DB)	Simon Fraser
1–6 (6)		Bill Manchuk (DB)	Alberta
2–6 (15)		John Steele (LB)	Simon Fraser
3–6 (24)		Jim Lazaruk (C)	Alberta
4–6 (33)		Bob Clarke (DE)	Alberta
5–6 (42)		Fred Pazarena (LB)	Simon Fraser
8–6		Pass
9–6		Pass