Saskatchewan Roughriders 1980 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 5th in the Western Conference

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1980 Season Resources 1980 SSK Team Roster 1980 SSK Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sun Jun 8 3:30 PM	CGY 13 @ SSK 12	L	19,438
A	Sat Jun 14 9:30 PM	SSK 14 @ EDM 42	L	28,011
C	Sun Jun 22 3:30 PM	HAM 41 @ SSK 7	L	18,868
D	Tue Jul 1 2:00 PM	SSK 3 @ OTT 29	L	16,765

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 8 11:00 PM	SSK 24 @ BC 39	L	19,536
2	Wed Jul 16 10:00 PM	EDM 21 @ SSK 6	L	22,145	CBCR
3	Wed Jul 23 9:30 PM	SSK 24 @ CGY 40	L	30,524	CTVW
4	Wed Jul 30 8:00 PM	SSK 19 @ HAM 18	W	22,398	CTV
5	Wed Aug 6 9:30 PM	MTL 18 @ SSK 10	L	25,947	CTV
7	Wed Aug 20 9:00 PM	BC 31 @ SSK 21	L	25,124	CBCR
8	Wed Aug 27 9:00 PM	SSK 16 @ WPG 24	L	22,154	CTVW
9	Mon Sep 1 3:30 PM	WPG 32 @ SSK 29	L	25,699
10	Sun Sep 7 2:00 PM	SSK 21 @ OTT 31	L	20,681	CTV
11	Sun Sep 14 3:30 PM	TOR 28 @ SSK 17	L	25,448	CTV
12	Sun Sep 21 4:30 PM	SSK 17 @ EDM 24	L	35,328	CBC
13	Sun Sep 28 5:30 PM	CGY 14 @ SSK 18	W	24,607
14	Sat Oct 4 10:00 PM	SSK 8 @ BC 44	L	17,247	CTVW
15	Sun Oct 12 3:30 PM	WPG 39 @ SSK 16	L	23,938	CBCW
16	Sun Oct 19 5:30 PM	EDM 29 @ SSK 28	L	23,744	CBCW
18	Sun Nov 2 4:30 PM	SSK 10 @ CGY 37	L	31,979	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 %	@ SSK	SSK @
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	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.563	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Edmonton Eskimos (3)	0.813	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.625	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.531	--	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	--
Ottawa Rough Riders (1)	0.438	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.375	0-1-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1980	1979 +/-
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

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Saskatchewan	24	7	31	62	54	116	31	38	69	28	40	68	145 (18.1)	139 (17.4)	284 (17.8)
Opponent	53	30	83	57	113	170	37	52	89	65	62	127	257 (32.1)	212 (26.5)	469 (29.3)

Head Coaches

Joe Faragalli (Dec. 19, 1980 – Aug. 19, 1983)
Ron Lancaster (Nov. 1, 1978 – Nov. 14, 1980)

Assistant Coaches

Steve Buratto – Offensive line
Bud Riley – Defensive secondary
Mike Murphy – Front Seven

Player Awards
All Stars

Saskatchewan Roughriders 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