The Saskatchewan Roughriders 1986 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 1986 Season

Season Summary

Finished 5th in the West Division

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1986 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1985: 30 players
1986 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1986 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	0	2	0	0	39	75	L2	0-2-0
Regular Season	18	6	11	1	13	382	517	L4	1-5-0
Home	9	4	4	1	9	222	216	L1	3-2-1
Visitor	9	2	7	0	4	160	301	L3	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	10	2	8	0	4	178	354	L5	1-5-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	4	3	1	9	204	163	L1	3-2-1

Full 1986 League Standings

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1986 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.650	2-3-0 (5)	0-5-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.375	2-1-1 (4)	2-2-0 (4)
BC Lions (2)	0.667	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.611	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (2)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.528	0-0-1 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.222	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (2)	0.194	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.556	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Coaches

Head Coaches

John Gregory (Dec. 19, 1986 – Aug. 22, 1991)
Jack Gotta (Dec. 1, 1984 – Dec. 8, 1986)

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Assistant Coaches

Jim Gilstrap – Offensive line
Gerry Hart – Defensive Coordinator
George Brancato – Special Teams Coordinator
Jerry Keeling – Quarterbacks
Mike Kolling – Defensive secondary

1986 Saskatchewan Roughriders Attendance

Capacity: 27,637
Total: 172,493
High: 25,274
Avg: 19,165 (9 out of 9 games)
Diff from 1985 Avg: -3,950
Low: 16,388
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 69.35
Diff from League Avg: -6,609

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Team Scoring

	1986	1985 +/-
Average Combined Score	49.94	1.07
Average Winning Score	29.83	4.57
Average Losing Score	16.55	3.09
Average Home Score	24.67	2.04
Average Visitor Score	17.78	0.40
Average Margin of Victory	12.00	0.00
Average Margin of Loss	18.82	0.45

Stadium

1986 home stadium: Taylor Field
Capacity: 27,637
Playing surface: Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)
Previous stadium change: 1979 – Expansion/artificial turf

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Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Saskatchewan	40	37	77	46	69	115	69	34	103	64	20	84	222 (24.7)	160 (17.8)	382 (21.2)
Opponent	41	55	96	74	98	172	30	45	75	68	103	171	301 (33.4)	216 (24.0)	517 (28.7)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	4 (3-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (0-3-1)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	8 (5-3-0)	1 (1-0-0)	9 (0-8-1)
After 2nd	5 (3-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (0-5-0)	8 (5-2-1)	1 (0-1-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 3rd	4 (3-0-1)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	4 (2-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (5-2-1)	2 (0-2-0)	8 (1-7-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	4 (0-4-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	6 (6-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	11 (0-11-0)
After OT1	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	0 (0-0-0)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1986 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Ray Elgaard

Defensive Star

1 – Billy Jackson

Lineman Star

1 – Roger Aldag

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1986 Player Awards and Nominations

1986 Most Outstanding

Player — Bobby Johnson (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Billy Jackson (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Roger Aldag (Winner)
Canadian Player — Tony Dennis (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Bobby Jurasin (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1986 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Rueben Mayes (RB)	Washington State
2–2 (11)		James Ellingson (WR)	British Columbia (UBC)
3–2 (20)	[MTL, SSK]	Dave McEachern (DB)	Princeton
4–3 (30)	[TOR]	Tony Brown (K)	San Jose State
5–2 (38)		Bill Henry (DL)	British Columbia (UBC)
5–7 (43)	[WPG]	Glenn Harper (P)	Washington State
6–2 (47)		Elio Geremia (RB)	Calgary
7–2 (56)		Dave Ostertag (DB)	Saskatchewan
8–2 (65)		Calvin Sikorski (LB)	Minot State

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1986 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Bobby Johnson
G	Roger Aldag

3 All-Division Selections

RB	Bobby Johnson
G	Roger Aldag
OLB	Billy Jackson

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 1986 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	2	Sat. June 7 9:00 PM	BC 41 @ SSK 21	L	14,704
B	7	Mon. June 16 9:30 PM	SSK 18 @ EDM 34	L	29,604
2	15	Sun. June 29 5:00 PM	CGY 14 @ SSK 28	W	16,937	CTVW
3	19	Sat. July 5 8:30 PM	SSK 0 @ WPG 56	L	26,746	CBC
4	23	Sat. July 12 9:00 PM	EDM 31 @ SSK 19	L	16,498	CBC
	24	Thu. July 17 7:30 PM	SSK 21 @ TOR 14	W	23,500	CBCE
6	31	Sat. July 26 9:00 PM	TOR 27 @ SSK 17	L	18,307	CTV
7	35	Mon. Aug. 4 3:00 PM	OTT 14 @ SSK 33	W	18,024	CBC
8	39	Sat. Aug. 9 10:00 PM	SSK 24 @ BC 39	L	48,984	CBC
9	43	Sat. Aug. 16 7:30 PM	SSK 21 @ HAM 23	L	14,907
11	49	Sun. Aug. 31 3:30 PM	WPG 30 @ SSK 34	W	25,274	CBC
12	53	Fri. Sept. 5 9:30 PM	SSK 14 @ WPG 38	L	24,996	CTV
13	59	Sun. Sept. 14 3:30 PM	HAM 21 @ SSK 21 OT	T	18,565	CBC
14	62	Sat. Sept. 20 7:30 PM	SSK 34 @ OTT 24	W	15,390	CTV
15	67	Sun. Sept. 28 3:30 PM	CGY 39 @ SSK 24	L	25,078
16	73	Sun. Oct. 12 3:30 PM	MTL 11 @ SSK 29	W	17,422	CBC
17	76	Fri. Oct. 17 7:30 PM	SSK 28 @ MTL 29	L	9,204	CTV
19	83	Sun. Oct. 26 2:30 PM	BC 29 @ SSK 17	L	16,388
	84	Fri. Oct. 31 9:30 PM	SSK 4 @ CGY 36	L	24,704	CTV
20	91	Sun. Nov. 9 4:00 PM	SSK 14 @ EDM 42	L	44,121	CTV