Saskatchewan Roughriders 1974 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 10, 1974 Won 24 – 14 vs BC
Western Conference Final
- Nov. 17, 1974 Lost 27 – 31 @ Edmonton

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1974 Season Resources 1974 SSK Team Roster 1974 SSK Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jul 3 8:00 PM	SSK 25 @ TOR 25	T	30,650
B	Tue Jul 9 10:00 PM	CGY 16 @ SSK 19	W	10,000
C	Mon Jul 15 9:00 PM	SSK 15 @ WPG 30	L	17,600
D	Fri Jul 19 10:00 PM	TOR 15 @ SSK 36	W	12,223


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Jul 26 10:00 PM	SSK 7 @ EDM 31	L	21,456
2	Wed Jul 31 10:00 PM	SSK 24 @ CGY 18	W	22,000
3	Fri Aug 9 10:00 PM	EDM 23 @ SSK 24	W	19,461
4	Fri Aug 16 10:00 PM	WPG 13 @ SSK 24	W	16,552
5	Wed Aug 21 10:00 PM	SSK 10 @ CGY 8	W	26,200
6	Sun Aug 25 4:00 PM	TOR 17 @ SSK 13	L	15,688
7	Mon Sep 2 4:00 PM	WPG 20 @ SSK 18	L	19,232
8	Sat Sep 7 11:00 PM	SSK 38 @ BC 16	W	30,187	CBCW
9	Fri Sep 13 10:00 PM	EDM 24 @ SSK 18	L	21,826
10	Wed Sep 18 8:00 PM	SSK 10 @ HAM 23	L	30,026
10	Sun Sep 22 2:00 PM	SSK 6 @ OTT 24	L	16,048
11	Sun Sep 29 4:00 PM	CGY 10 @ SSK 34	W	17,168
12	Sun Oct 6 3:30 PM	SSK 21 @ WPG 24	L	24,535
13	Sun Oct 13 4:00 PM	BC 15 @ SSK 17	W	16,792
14	Sat Oct 19 11:00 PM	SSK 24 @ BC 21	W	30,348
15	Sun Oct 27 4:00 PM	MTL 2 @ SSK 17	W	22,394	CTV
16	Bye


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 10 4:00 PM	BC 14 @ SSK 24	W	20,485	CTV
P2	Sun Nov 17 4:00 PM	SSK 27 @ EDM 31	L	25,026	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	1	1	5	95	86	W1	2-1-1
Regular Season	16	9	7	0	18	305	289	W3	4-2-0
Home	8	5	3	0	10	165	124	W3	3-3-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	140	165	W1	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	12	8	4	0	16	259	223	W2	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	1	3	0	2	46	66	W1	1-3-0

Full 1974 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 (3-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (3-3-0)	6 (4-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	9 (4-5-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (4-6-0)
After 3rd	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (4-6-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.508	4-2-0 (6)	4-2-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.477	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.656	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.500	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.438	--	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	--
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.438	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.406	0-1-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1974	1973 +/-
Average Combined Score	37.13	-3.31
Average Winning Score	23.56	-3.24
Average Losing Score	13.29	-2.05
Average Home Score	20.63	-5.25
Average Visitor Score	17.50	-1.62
Average Margin of Victory	9.56	-2.14
Average Margin of Loss	10.00	+2.67

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Saskatchewan	165 (20.6)	140 (17.5)	305 (19.1)
Total	Opponent	165 (20.6)	124 (15.5)	289 (18.1)
1st	Saskatchewan	21 (2.6)	21 (2.6)	42 (2.6)
1st	Opponent	45 (5.6)	31 (3.9)	76 (4.8)
2nd	Saskatchewan	69 (8.6)	38 (4.8)	107 (6.7)
2nd	Opponent	56 (7.0)	54 (6.8)	110 (6.9)
3rd	Saskatchewan	48 (6.0)	20 (2.5)	68 (4.3)
3rd	Opponent	46 (5.8)	23 (2.9)	69 (4.3)
4th	Saskatchewan	27 (3.4)	61 (7.6)	88 (5.5)
4th	Opponent	18 (2.3)	16 (2.0)	34 (2.1)

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

1974 Player Awards and Nominations

1974 Most Outstanding

Player — George Reed (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — George Wells (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Ralph Galloway (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Lorne Richardson (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Ken McEachern (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1974 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

RB	George Reed
DE	George Wells
DB	Lorne Richardson (Tie)

6 All-Division Selections

RB	George Reed
G	Ralph Galloway
DE	George Wells
OLB	Pete Wysocki
DB	Ted Provost
DB	Lorne Richardson

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1974 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–6 (6)		Vic McLeod (TE)	Western Ontario
2–6 (15)		Leif Pettersen (WR)	Otterbein
3–6 (24)		Duncan Findlay (RB)	Whitworth
4–6 (33)		Brian Berg (G)	Augsburg
5–6 (42)		Bruce Pazarena (DB)	Puget Sound
6–6 (51)		Vance Curtis (TE)	Alberta