Season Summary

  • 2 wins, 14 losses, 0 ties
  • Finished 5th in the Western Conference
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
A
Sun Jun 8 3:30 PM
CGY 13 @ SSK 12 L  
A
Sat Jun 14 9:30 PM
SSK 14 @ EDM 42 L  
C
Sun Jun 22 3:30 PM
HAM 41 @ SSK 7 L  
D
Tue Jul 1 2:00 PM
SSK 3 @ OTT 29 L  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result TV
1
Tue Jul 8 11:00 PM
SSK 24 @ BC 39 L  
2
Wed Jul 16 10:00 PM
EDM 21 @ SSK 6 L CBCR
3
Wed Jul 23 9:30 PM
SSK 24 @ CGY 40 L CTVW
4
Wed Jul 30 8:00 PM
SSK 19 @ HAM 18 W CTV
5
Wed Aug 6 9:30 PM
MTL 18 @ SSK 10 L CTV
6Bye
7
Wed Aug 20 9:00 PM
BC 31 @ SSK 21 L CBCR
8
Wed Aug 27 9:00 PM
SSK 16 @ WPG 24 L CTVW
9
Mon Sep 1 3:30 PM
WPG 32 @ SSK 29 L  
10
Sun Sep 7 2:00 PM
SSK 21 @ OTT 31 L CTV
11
Sun Sep 14 3:30 PM
TOR 28 @ SSK 17 L CTV
12
Sun Sep 21 4:30 PM
SSK 17 @ EDM 24 L CBC
13
Sun Sep 28 5:30 PM
CGY 14 @ SSK 18 W  
14
Sat Oct 4 10:00 PM
SSK 8 @ BC 44 L CTVW
15
Sun Oct 12 3:30 PM
WPG 39 @ SSK 16 L CBCW
16
Sun Oct 19 5:30 PM
EDM 29 @ SSK 28 L CBCW
17Bye
18
Sun Nov 2 4:30 PM
SSK 10 @ CGY 37 L CBCW
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 4 0 4 0 0 36 125 L4 0-4-0
Regular Season 16 2 14 0 4 284 469 L4 1-5-0
    Home 8 1 7 0 2 145 212 L2 1-5-0
    Visitor 8 1 7 0 2 139 257 L5 1-5-0
   Divisional opponent 12 1 11 0 2 217 374 L4 1-5-0
   Non-divisional opponent 4 1 3 0 2 67 95 L3 1-3-0

Full 1980 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 3 (0-3-0) 1 (1-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 1 (1-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 4 (0-4-0) 4 (1-3-0) 4 (1-3-0) 8 (0-8-0)
After 2nd 2 (1-1-0) 1 (0-1-0) 5 (0-5-0) 1 (1-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (0-7-0) 3 (2-1-0) 1 (0-1-0) 12 (0-12-0)
After 3rd 2 (1-1-0) 1 (0-1-0) 5 (0-5-0) 2 (1-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (0-6-0) 4 (2-2-0) 1 (0-1-0) 11 (0-11-0)
After 4th 1 (1-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (0-7-0) 1 (1-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (0-7-0) 2 (2-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 14 (0-14-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.633 1-5-0 (6) 0-6-0 (6)
Non-Divisional 0.461 0-2-0 (2) 1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3) 0.531
Calgary Stampeders (3) 0.563
Edmonton Elks (3) 0.813
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3) 0.625
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1) 0.531
Montreal Alouettes (1) 0.500
Ottawa RedBlacks (1) 0.438
Toronto Argonauts (1) 0.375
19801979 +/-
Average Combined Score 47.06 +7.62
Average Winning Score 18.50 -7.50
Average Losing Score 17.64 +7.50
Average Home Score 18.13 +3.00
Average Visitor Score 17.38 +8.25
Average Margin of Victory 2.50 -5.00
Average Margin of Loss 13.57 -4.86
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Saskatchewan 145 (18.1) 139 (17.4) 284 (17.8)
Opponent 257 (32.1) 212 (26.5) 469 (29.3)
1st Saskatchewan 24 (3.0) 7 (0.9) 31 (1.9)
Opponent 30 (3.8) 53 (6.6) 83 (5.2)
2nd Saskatchewan 62 (7.8) 54 (6.8) 116 (7.3)
Opponent 113 (14.1) 57 (7.1) 170 (10.6)
3rd Saskatchewan 31 (3.9) 38 (4.8) 69 (4.3)
Opponent 52 (6.5) 37 (4.6) 89 (5.6)
4th Saskatchewan 28 (3.5) 40 (5.0) 68 (4.3)
Opponent 62 (7.8) 65 (8.1) 127 (7.9)
Head Coaches
Assistant Coaches
  • Steve Buratto – Offensive line
  • Bud Riley – Defensive secondary
  • Mike Murphy – Front Seven
1980 Player Awards and Nominations
1980 Most Outstanding
  • Player — Ken McEachern (Team Nominee)
  • Defensive Player — Ken McEachern (Team Nominee)
  • Offensive Lineman — Roger Aldag (Team Nominee)
  • Canadian Player — Ken McEachern (Team Nominee)
  • Rookie — Lester Brown (Team Nominee)
Saskatchewan Roughriders 1980 All-Star Selections
1 All-Canadian Selections
S Ken McEachern
1 All-Division Selections
S Ken McEachern

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1980 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–2 (2)   Jack Hirose (DB) British Columbia (UBC)
1–4 (4) [HAM] Bob Fletcher (K) Northeast Missouri State
2–8 (17) [MTL] Stew Fraser (FL) New Brunswick
3–2 (20)   Chuck Toth (DB) U.S. International
4–2 (29)   Pat Hamilton (DB) U.S. International
5–2 (38)   Larry Harbord (OL) British Columbia (UBC)
6–2 (47)   Ron Mackle (LB) Youngstown State
7–2 (56)   Jeff Neal (WR) Saint Mary's

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