Saskatchewan Roughriders 1979 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

2 wins, 14 losses, 0 ties
Finished 5th in the Western Conference

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1979 Season Resources 1979 SSK Team Roster 1979 SSK Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Fri Jun 15 9:00 PM	SSK 21 @ CGY 18	W
B	Wed Jun 20 10:00 PM	MTL 19 @ SSK 7	L
C	Fri Jun 29 10:00 PM	EDM 53 @ SSK 20	L
D	Wed Jul 4 8:00 PM	SSK 10 @ WPG 16	L


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Wed Jul 11 10:00 PM	BC 28 @ SSK 4	L	CTVW
2	Tue Jul 17 9:30 PM	SSK 20 @ EDM 52	L
3	Wed Jul 25 10:00 PM	HAM 24 @ SSK 20	L
4	Tue Jul 31 11:00 PM	SSK 15 @ BC 24	L
5	Bye
6	Wed Aug 15 8:00 PM	SSK 12 @ TOR 21	L	CTV
7	Wed Aug 22 10:00 PM	CGY 6 @ SSK 5	L	CTVW
8	Tue Aug 28 9:30 PM	SSK 1 @ WPG 30	L
9	Mon Sep 3 4:30 PM	WPG 28 @ SSK 11	L
10	Sun Sep 9 4:30 PM	SSK 0 @ EDM 40	L	CBCW
11	Sun Sep 16 4:30 PM	CGY 52 @ SSK 10	L
12	Sun Sep 23 6:30 PM	SSK 3 @ MTL 11	L	CTV
13	Bye
14	Sun Oct 7 4:30 PM	OTT 20 @ SSK 19	L	CBC
15	Sun Oct 14 4:30 PM	EDM 25 @ SSK 26	W
16	Sun Oct 21 3:30 PM	SSK 14 @ WPG 23	L	CBCW
17	Sun Oct 28 3:30 PM	BC 12 @ SSK 26	W	CTVR
18	Sun Nov 4 4:30 PM	SSK 8 @ CGY 41	L	CBCW

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	58	106	L3	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	2	14	0	4	194	437	L1	2-4-0
Home	8	2	6	0	4	121	195	W2	2-4-0
Visitor	8	0	8	0	0	73	242	L8	0-6-0
Divisional opponent	12	2	10	0	4	140	361	L1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	0	4	0	0	54	76	L4	0-4-0

Full 1979 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 (1-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	3 (0-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (1-7-0)	1 (0-1-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 2nd	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	12 (1-11-0)
After 3rd	4 (2-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	2 (0-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	6 (2-4-0)	1 (0-1-0)	9 (0-9-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (0-8-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	14 (0-14-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.602	2-4-0 (6)	0-6-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.492	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.594	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.750	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.813	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.250	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.375	0-1-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.719	--	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.313	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1979	1978 +/-
Average Combined Score	39.44	-9.88
Average Winning Score	26.00	+0.50
Average Losing Score	10.14	-7.40
Average Home Score	15.13	-5.75
Average Visitor Score	9.13	-11.25
Average Margin of Victory	7.50	-2.00
Average Margin of Loss	18.43	+3.25

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Saskatchewan	121 (15.1)	73 (9.1)	194 (12.1)
Total	Opponent	242 (30.3)	195 (24.4)	437 (27.3)
1st	Saskatchewan	48 (6.0)	17 (2.1)	65 (4.1)
1st	Opponent	61 (7.6)	37 (4.6)	98 (6.1)
2nd	Saskatchewan	27 (3.4)	23 (2.9)	50 (3.1)
2nd	Opponent	91 (11.4)	40 (5.0)	131 (8.2)
3rd	Saskatchewan	22 (2.8)	14 (1.8)	36 (2.3)
3rd	Opponent	52 (6.5)	53 (6.6)	105 (6.6)
4th	Saskatchewan	24 (3.0)	19 (2.4)	43 (2.7)
4th	Opponent	38 (4.8)	65 (8.1)	103 (6.4)

Head Coach

Ron Lancaster (Nov. 1, 1978 – Nov. 14, 1980)

Assistant Coaches

Laurie Niskanen – Offensive line
Tom Campana – Receivers
Walt Posadowski – Offensive line (until 1979-11-05)
Al Ford – Defensive secondary (until 1979-12-18)
Mike Murphy – Front Seven

Player Awards
All Stars

1979 Player Awards and Nominations

1979 Most Outstanding

Player — Ken McEachern (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Ken McEachern (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Curtis Wester (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Ken McEachern (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Neil Quilter (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1979 All-Star Selections

No Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian or Division All-Star selections in 1979.

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1979 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Al Chorney (DB)	British Columbia (UBC)
1–4 (4)	[HAM]	Gerry Hornett (OT)	Simon Fraser
2–2 (11)		Bernard Crump (DB)	British Columbia (UBC)
4–2 (29)		Joe Sturby (LB)	Saskatchewan
5–2 (38)		Lyle Bauer (OG)	Weber State
6–2 (47)		Paul Krepinski (DT)	Utah State
7–2 (56)		Lorne Groot (DT)	Alberta