Saskatchewan Roughriders 1983 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 5th in the West Division

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1983 Season Resources 1983 SSK Team Roster 1983 SSK Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Tue Jun 14 9:30 PM	SSK 18 @ CGY 34	L	23,359
B	Sat Jun 18 9:00 PM	EDM 9 @ SSK 20	W	22,095
C	Sun Jun 26 3:30 PM	WPG 10 @ SSK 33	W	22,301
D	Thu Jun 30	SSK 26 @ BC 37	L	30,984

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jul 7 5:30 PM	SSK 21 @ MTL 14	W	26,643	CBC
2	Sat Jul 16 7:00 PM	HAM 50 @ SSK 19	L	25,759
3	Sun Jul 24 3:00 PM	SSK 28 @ BC 44	L	41,801	CBC
4	Fri Jul 29 7:00 PM	TOR 40 @ SSK 21	L	25,734
5	Fri Aug 5 7:30 PM	SSK 21 @ EDM 36	L	51,448	CTV
6	Sun Aug 14 1:30 PM	CGY 36 @ SSK 28	L	25,690
8	Fri Aug 26 6:00 PM	SSK 15 @ TOR 36	L	35,414	CBC
9	Sun Sep 4 1:30 PM	WPG 30 @ SSK 32	W	28,837
10	Fri Sep 9 6:00 PM	SSK 29 @ OTT 28	W	23,475	CTV
11	Sun Sep 18 1:30 PM	EDM 46 @ SSK 21	L	28,377
12	Sat Sep 24 6:30 PM	SSK 19 @ WPG 50	L	26,132	CBC
13	Sat Oct 1 7:00 PM	OTT 24 @ SSK 23	L	24,563
14	Sun Oct 9 1:30 PM	MTL 40 @ SSK 23	L	23,749
15	Sat Oct 15 5:00 PM	SSK 22 @ HAM 34	L	12,523	CTV
17	Sun Oct 30 1:30 PM	BC 5 @ SSK 11	W	23,895
18	Sun Nov 6 3:00 PM	SSK 27 @ CGY 23	W	28,260	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	97	90	L1	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	5	11	0	10	360	536	W2	2-4-0
Home	8	2	6	0	4	178	271	W1	2-4-0
Visitor	8	3	5	0	6	182	265	W1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	8	3	5	0	6	187	270	W2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	2	6	0	4	173	266	L3	1-5-0

Full 1983 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 (2-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (1-2-0)	8 (3-5-0)	2 (0-2-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 2nd	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	7 (4-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 3rd	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	4 (2-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	10 (1-9-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (0-11-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.563	2-2-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.484	0-4-0 (4)	2-2-0 (4)
BC Lions (2)	0.688	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.563	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.344	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.344	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1983	1982 +/-
Average Combined Score	56.00	+2.06
Average Winning Score	24.00	-5.83
Average Losing Score	21.82	-3.07
Average Home Score	22.25	-5.00
Average Visitor Score	22.75	-3.38
Average Margin of Victory	4.00	-8.17
Average Margin of Loss	17.82	+8.71

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Saskatchewan	38	34	72	59	37	96	29	42	71	52	69	121	178 (22.3)	182 (22.8)	360 (22.5)
Opponent	27	53	80	100	71	171	45	69	114	99	72	171	265 (33.1)	271 (33.9)	536 (33.5)

Head Coaches

Reuben Berry (Aug. 19, 1983 – Nov. 30, 1984)
Joe Faragalli (Dec. 19, 1980 – Aug. 19, 1983)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1983 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Chris DeFrance

Defensive Star

1 – Fran McDermott

Lineman Star

None

1983 Player Awards and Nominations

1983 Most Outstanding

Player — Vince Goldsmith (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Vince Goldsmith (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Roger Aldag (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Roger Aldag (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Karl Morgan (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1983 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

OLB	Vince Goldsmith

3 All-Division Selections

IR	Chris DeFrance
G	Roger Aldag
OLB	Vince Goldsmith

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1983 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–3 (3)		Mike Emery (LB)	British Columbia (UBC)
2–3 (12)		Ray Elgaard (TE)	Utah
3–3 (21)		Richard White (LB)	Simon Fraser
4–3 (30)		Art Heler (WR)	Waterloo
5–3 (39)		Joel Johnston (FB)	Simon Fraser
6–3 (48)		Todd McGauly (TE)	Western Ontario
7–3 (57)		Alain Grolean (DB)	Ottawa
8–3 (66)		Reiny Dundas (DT)	Minot State