Saskatchewan Roughriders 1978 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 5th in the Western Conference

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1978 Season Resources 1978 SSK Team Roster 1978 SSK Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jun 14 9:00 PM	SSK 14 @ WPG 23	L	22,527
B	Sun Jun 18 4:00 PM	HAM 18 @ SSK 11	L	17,510
C	Thu Jun 29 11:00 PM	SSK 25 @ BC 30	L	19,796
D	Wed Jul 5 8:00 PM	CGY 11 @ SSK 16	W	17,293

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
2	Wed Jul 19 8:00 PM	SSK 23 @ HAM 27	L	22,746	CTV
3	Wed Jul 26 10:00 PM	EDM 46 @ SSK 11	L	19,587
4	Wed Aug 2 9:00 PM	SSK 13 @ WPG 23	L	26,619
5	Tue Aug 8 10:00 PM	BC 43 @ SSK 14	L	19,584	CTVW
6	Tue Aug 15 11:00 PM	SSK 23 @ BC 24	L	24,860
7	Tue Aug 22 10:00 PM	SSK 22 @ CGY 43	L	28,876	CBCW
8	Sun Aug 27 4:30 PM	TOR 10 @ SSK 31	W	19,341	CBC
9	Mon Sep 4 4:30 PM	WPG 31 @ SSK 29	L	22,451
10	Sat Sep 9 11:00 PM	SSK 15 @ BC 9	W	23,473
11	Sun Sep 17 4:30 PM	EDM 25 @ SSK 20	L	21,149
12	Sun Sep 24 2:00 PM	SSK 18 @ OTT 53	L	24,960	R/C, CBC
13	Sun Oct 1 2:30 PM	CGY 19 @ SSK 20	W	20,065
14	Sun Oct 8 4:30 PM	MTL 35 @ SSK 35	T	20,907	CBC
15	Sun Oct 15 4:00 PM	SSK 13 @ CGY 32	L	26,526
16	Sun Oct 22 5:00 PM	WPG 13 @ SSK 7	L	19,614	CTVW
17	Sun Oct 29 4:30 PM	SSK 36 @ EDM 26	W	42,673	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	66	82	W1	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	4	11	1	9	330	459	W1	2-3-1
Home	8	2	5	1	5	167	222	L1	2-3-1
Visitor	8	2	6	0	4	163	237	W1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	12	3	9	0	6	223	334	W1	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	1	2	1	3	107	125	T1	1-2-1

Full 1978 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	2 (0-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (1-2-1)	2 (0-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (2-3-0)	4 (0-4-0)	3 (1-2-0)	9 (3-5-1)
After 2nd	2 (1-0-1)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (1-4-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	6 (3-2-1)	1 (0-1-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 3rd	3 (1-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	5 (2-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (2-9-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	11 (0-11-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.602	1-5-0 (6)	2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.453	1-0-1 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.656	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Edmonton Eskimos (3)	0.688	0-2-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.563	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.344	--	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.531	0-0-1 (1)	--
Ottawa Rough Riders (1)	0.688	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.250	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1978	1977 +/-
Average Combined Score	49.31	+4.38
Average Winning Score	25.50	-3.12
Average Losing Score	17.55	+4.92
Average Home Score	20.88	-7.00
Average Visitor Score	20.38	+7.00
Average Margin of Victory	9.50	-0.75
Average Margin of Loss	15.18	-2.44

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Saskatchewan	15	40	55	47	66	113	43	26	69	62	31	93	167 (20.9)	163 (20.4)	330 (20.6)
Opponent	46	62	108	48	45	93	48	72	120	80	58	138	237 (29.6)	222 (27.8)	459 (28.7)

Head Coaches

Ron Lancaster (Nov. 1, 1978 – Nov. 14, 1980)
Walt Posadowski (Aug. 16, 1978 – Dec. 31, 1978)
Jim Eddy (Jan. 1, 1977 – Aug. 15, 1978)

Player Awards
All Stars

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1978 Player Awards and Nominations

1978 Most Outstanding

Player — Mike Strickland (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Cleveland Vann (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Joe Miller (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bob Macoritti (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Eary Jones (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1978 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Mike Strickland

1 All-Division Selections

RB	Mike Strickland

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1978 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
3–3 (21)		Les McFarlane (DB)	Saskatchewan
4–3 (30)		Maurice Butler (WR)	Simon Fraser
5–3 (39)		Mike Hume (SB)	Concordia
6–3 (48)		Mike Lamborn (DB)	Saskatchewan
7–3 (57)		Dan Graham (LB)	McGill
8–3 (66)		Tim Molnar (LB)	Saskatchewan