The Saskatchewan Roughriders 1973 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Saskatchewan Roughriders 1973 Season

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 11, 1973 Won 33 – 13 vs BC
Western Conference Final
- Nov. 18, 1973 Lost 23 – 25 @ Edmonton

Team Roster and Stats

1973 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1973 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	70	78	W1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	10	6	0	20	360	287	L1	3-3-0
Home	8	6	2	0	12	207	149	W3	4-2-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	153	138	L3	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	12	6	6	0	12	250	215	L1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	4	0	0	8	110	72	W4	4-0-0

Full 1973 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	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)	6 (4-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	9 (5-4-0)
After 2nd	4 (3-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	4 (2-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	8 (5-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)
After 3rd	5 (4-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	7 (6-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1973 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Tue Jul 3	MTL 24 @ SSK 10	L	13,829
B	Tue Jul 10	SSK 25 @ WPG 16	W	21,014
B	Fri Jul 13	SSK 13 @ TOR 25	L	33,135
D	Mon Jul 23	WPG 13 @ SSK 22	W	9,000

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 31	SSK 21 @ BC 5	W	27,447
1	Thu Aug 2	SSK 15 @ CGY 23	L	25,328
2	Wed Aug 8	BC 19 @ SSK 38	W	17,210
4	Mon Aug 20	OTT 12 @ SSK 18	W	21,032
5	Wed Aug 29	SSK 13 @ WPG 12	W	25,210
6	Mon Sep 3	EDM 27 @ SSK 28	W	22,265
7	Sun Sep 9	CGY 25 @ SSK 8	L	21,490
8	Sun Sep 16	SSK 37 @ MTL 20	W	17,142
8	Wed Sep 19	SSK 21 @ TOR 15	W	33,135
9	Tue Sep 25	WPG 25 @ SSK 23	L	16,310
10	Sun Sep 30	SSK 13 @ EDM 17	L	21,429
11	Sun Oct 7	BC 9 @ SSK 24	W	22,000
12	Sun Oct 14	SSK 17 @ WPG 18	L	24,372
13	Sun Oct 21	CGY 7 @ SSK 34	W	20,379
14	Sun Oct 28	HAM 25 @ SSK 34	W	20,782
15	Sun Nov 4	SSK 16 @ EDM 28	L	21,234

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 11 4:00 PM	BC 13 @ SSK 33	W	9,373	CTV
P2	Sun Nov 18 4:30 PM	SSK 23 @ EDM 25	L	20,021	CBC

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1973 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.414	4-2-0 (6)	2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.563	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.375	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.375	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (3)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.281	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.536	--	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (1)	0.643	1-0-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.571	--	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1973	1972 +/-
Average Combined Score	40.44	+2.12
Average Winning Score	26.80	+3.67
Average Losing Score	15.33	-2.79
Average Home Score	25.88	+1.62
Average Visitor Score	19.13	+2.12
Average Margin of Victory	11.70	-1.18
Average Margin of Loss	7.33	+0.33

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	23	20	43	58	64	122	46	21	67	80	48	128	207 (25.9)	153 (19.1)	360 (22.5)
Opponent	29	33	62	31	17	48	22	50	72	67	38	105	138 (17.3)	149 (18.6)	287 (17.9)

Coaches

Head Coach

John Payne (Dec. 21, 1972 – Dec. 31, 1976)

Player Awards
All Stars

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1973 Player Awards and Nominations

1973 Most Outstanding

Player — Ron Lancaster (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Bill Baker (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bill Baker (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Lorne Richardson (Division Finalist)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1973 All-Star Selections

5 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Ron Lancaster
RB	George Reed
G	Jack Abendschan, Jr.
DE	Bill Baker
DB	Lorne Richardson

7 All-Division Selections

QB	Ron Lancaster^*
RB	George Reed
G	Jack Abendschan, Jr.
G	Ralph Galloway
DE	Bill Baker
DB	Ted Provost
DB	Lorne Richardson

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 1973 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–8 (8)		Art Edgson (DB)	Idaho State
2–8 (17)		Ted Passmore (RB)	Eastern Michigan
3–8 (26)		Gerry Harris (TE)	Saskatchewan
4–8 (35)		Mike Ewachniuk (DT)	Alberta
5–8 (43)		Lee Benard (DB)	Manitoba
6–8 (51)		Don Savich (TE)	Alberta
7–8 (59)		Nick Drakich (T)	Windsor
8–8 (67)		Marv Janzen (DB)	Saskatchewan