Saskatchewan Roughriders 1981 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the Western Conference

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1981 Season Resources 1981 SSK Team Roster 1981 SSK Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jun 3 9:00 PM	SSK 19 @ WPG 10	W	18,950
A	Sun Jun 7 3:30 PM	BC 20 @ SSK 12	L	18,740
C	Tue Jun 16 9:30 PM	SSK 1 @ EDM 17	L	43,426
C	Sun Jun 21 3:30 PM	CGY 20 @ SSK 33	W	18,599


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jul 2 8:00 PM	SSK 19 @ TOR 18	W	33,243
2	Sun Jul 12 3:30 PM	WPG 22 @ SSK 20	L	24,740	CTVR
4	Fri Jul 24 9:00 PM	CGY 25 @ SSK 16	L	26,992	CTV
5	Sun Aug 2 1:30 PM	SSK 43 @ MTL 23	W	33,209	CTV
6	Sun Aug 9 3:30 PM	BC 28 @ SSK 24	L	28,168	CBC
7	Sat Aug 15 8:00 PM	SSK 32 @ OTT 16	W	18,408	CBC
8	Sun Aug 23 4:00 PM	TOR 14 @ SSK 38	W	26,100	CTV
9	Sun Aug 30 4:00 PM	SSK 34 @ EDM 44	L	43,346	CTVW
10	Sun Sep 6 4:00 PM	MTL 26 @ SSK 35	W	28,526	CBC, R/C
11	Sat Sep 12 9:00 PM	SSK 32 @ WPG 25	W	31,813	CTVW
12	Sun Sep 20 4:00 PM	OTT 23 @ SSK 26	W	28,385
14	Sun Oct 4 4:00 PM	HAM 30 @ SSK 26	L	30,296	CBC
15	Mon Oct 12 4:00 PM	SSK 28 @ HAM 12	W	27,149	CTV, R/C
16	Sun Oct 18 4:00 PM	EDM 41 @ SSK 29	L	30,312	CBCW
17	Sun Oct 25 4:00 PM	SSK 24 @ CGY 11	W	33,279	CBC
18	Sat Oct 31 5:00 PM	SSK 5 @ BC 13	L	21,183	CTVW

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	65	67	W1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	9	7	0	18	431	371	L1	3-3-0
Home	8	3	5	0	6	214	209	L2	3-3-0
Visitor	8	6	2	0	12	217	162	L1	4-2-0
Divisional opponent	8	2	6	0	4	184	209	L1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	7	1	0	14	247	162	W1	5-1-0

Full 1981 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	1 (1-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	5 (5-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	9 (2-7-0)
After 2nd	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (2-5-0)	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	9 (3-6-0)
After 3rd	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)	7 (5-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	9 (6-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (3-4-0)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.648	0-4-0 (4)	2-2-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.336	3-1-0 (4)	4-0-0 (4)
BC Lions (2)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.375	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.906	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.688	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.719	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.188	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.125	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1981	1980 +/-
Average Combined Score	50.13	+3.06
Average Winning Score	30.78	+12.28
Average Losing Score	22.00	+4.36
Average Home Score	26.75	+8.62
Average Visitor Score	27.13	+9.75
Average Margin of Victory	12.11	+9.61
Average Margin of Loss	7.00	-6.57

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Saskatchewan	214 (26.8)	217 (27.1)	431 (26.9)
Total	Opponent	162 (20.3)	209 (26.1)	371 (23.2)
1st	Saskatchewan	32 (4.0)	42 (5.3)	74 (4.6)
1st	Opponent	34 (4.3)	61 (7.6)	95 (5.9)
2nd	Saskatchewan	47 (5.9)	66 (8.3)	113 (7.1)
2nd	Opponent	42 (5.3)	72 (9.0)	114 (7.1)
3rd	Saskatchewan	43 (5.4)	48 (6.0)	91 (5.7)
3rd	Opponent	32 (4.0)	45 (5.6)	77 (4.8)
4th	Saskatchewan	92 (11.5)	61 (7.6)	153 (9.6)
4th	Opponent	54 (6.8)	31 (3.9)	85 (5.3)

Head Coach

Joe Faragalli (Dec. 19, 1980 – Aug. 19, 1983)

Assistant Coaches

Monte Charles – Receivers
Steve Buratto – Offensive line
Mike Murphy – Defensive Coordinator
Gerry Hart – Defensive backfield

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1981 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Joe Barnes
1 – Joey Walters
1 – John Hufnagel

Defensive Star

1 – Andre Jones
1 – Jerry Friesen
1 – Vince Goldsmith

Lineman Star

2 – Mike Samples

1981 Player Awards and Nominations

1981 Most Outstanding

Player — Joey Walters (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Lyall Woznesensky (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Don Swafford (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Lyall Woznesensky (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Vince Goldsmith (Winner)

1981 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — Ken McEachern (Winner)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1981 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

TE	Joey Walters

5 All-Division Selections

TE	Joey Walters
DT	Mike Samples (Tie)
DE	Lyall Woznesensky
OLB	Vince Goldsmith
S	Ken McEachern

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1981 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–1 (10)		Hazen Henderson (DB)	Simon Fraser
3–1 (19)		Don Buston (FL)	Simon Fraser
4–1 (28)		David Pearson (DT)	Western Ontario
5–1 (37)		Vic Stevenson (TE)	Calgary
6–1 (46)		John Celestino (DT)	Windsor
7–1 (55)		Wayne Stremmel (LB)	Simon Fraser