Saskatchewan Roughriders 1987 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the West Division

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1987 Season Resources 1987 SSK Team Roster 1987 SSK Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sat Jun 6 9:00 PM	WPG 14 @ SSK 27	W	17,381
B	Mon Jun 15 9:30 PM	SSK 27 @ CGY 42	L	20,526


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sun Jun 21 4:00 PM	CGY 29 @ SSK 28	L	21,340	CFN
1	Sun Jun 28 4:00 PM	SSK 1 @ BC 44	L	30,157	CFN
2	Sat Jul 4 8:00 PM	TOR 33 @ SSK 33 OT	T	23,927	CBC
4	Sun Jul 19 4:00 PM	SSK 27 @ OTT 23	W	20,006	CFN
5	Sun Jul 26 4:00 PM	HAM 28 @ SSK 25	L	24,830	CFN
6	Sat Aug 1 8:00 PM	SSK 28 @ EDM 38	L	30,399	CBC
8	Sun Aug 16 4:00 PM	OTT 33 @ SSK 36	W	24,346	CFN
9	Sat Aug 22 8:00 PM	SSK 6 @ WPG 35	L	28,591	CBC
10	Fri Aug 28 8:00 PM	EDM 39 @ SSK 13	L	24,000	CFN
11	Sun Sep 6 4:00 PM	WPG 29 @ SSK 25	L	27,457	CFN
13	Sat Sep 19 8:00 PM	SSK 13 @ EDM 34	L	31,862	CBC
14	Sun Sep 27 4:00 PM	BC 20 @ SSK 35	W	24,682	CFN
15	Sat Oct 3 8:00 PM	SSK 11 @ CGY 28	L	23,052	CBC
16	Sun Oct 11 1:30 PM	SSK 23 @ HAM 20	W	12,541	CBC
17	Sun Oct 18 4:00 PM	EDM 25 @ SSK 34	W	24,282	CFN
18	Fri Oct 23 8:00 PM	SSK 3 @ TOR 25	L	22,329	TSN
19	Fri Oct 30 8:30 PM	OTT 12 @ SSK 9	L	21,773	TSN
20	Sun Nov 8 4:00 PM	SSK 14 @ BC 34	L	38,730	CFN

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	54	56	L1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	5	12	1	11	364	529	L3	2-4-0
Home	9	3	5	1	7	238	248	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	9	2	7	0	4	126	281	L2	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	9	2	7	0	4	177	291	L1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	9	3	5	1	7	187	238	L2	2-4-0

Full 1987 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 (3-1-1)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	6 (3-2-1)	1 (1-0-0)	11 (1-10-0)
After 2nd	3 (2-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (0-3-1)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (2-7-0)	3 (2-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	13 (2-10-1)
After 3rd	5 (3-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-3-1)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (1-7-0)	6 (4-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	12 (1-10-1)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (0-5-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	12 (0-12-0)
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)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.617	2-2-0 (4)	0-5-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.432	1-3-1 (5)	2-2-0 (4)
BC Lions (3)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.556	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (4)	0.611	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.389	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (3)	0.167	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.639	0-0-1 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.667	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1987	1986 +/-
Average Combined Score	49.61	-0.33
Average Winning Score	31.00	+1.17
Average Losing Score	14.67	-1.88
Average Home Score	26.44	+1.78
Average Visitor Score	14.00	-3.78
Average Margin of Victory	6.80	-5.20
Average Margin of Loss	16.58	-2.23

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Saskatchewan	238 (26.4)	126 (14.0)	364 (20.2)
Total	Opponent	281 (31.2)	248 (27.6)	529 (29.4)
1st	Saskatchewan	53 (5.9)	17 (1.9)	70 (3.9)
1st	Opponent	60 (6.7)	42 (4.7)	102 (5.7)
2nd	Saskatchewan	47 (5.2)	34 (3.8)	81 (4.5)
2nd	Opponent	76 (8.4)	65 (7.2)	141 (7.8)
3rd	Saskatchewan	67 (7.4)	39 (4.3)	106 (5.9)
3rd	Opponent	90 (10.0)	42 (4.7)	132 (7.3)
4th	Saskatchewan	64 (7.1)	36 (4.0)	100 (5.6)
4th	Opponent	55 (6.1)	92 (10.2)	147 (8.2)
OT1	Saskatchewan	7 (7.0)	0 (0.0)	7 (7.0)
OT1	Opponent	0 (0.0)	7 (7.0)	7 (7.0)

Head Coach

John Gregory (Dec. 19, 1986 – Aug. 22, 1991)

Assistant Coaches

Gary Hoffman – Offensive line
John Hufnagel – Quarterbacks
Dick Adams – Defensive secondary
Mike Samples – Defensive line
Ted Heath – Linebackers

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1987 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Dave Ridgway
1 – Kent Austin
1 – Tom Burgess

Defensive Star

1 – Harry Skipper

Lineman Star

1 – Lynn Madsen
1 – Bobby Jurasin

1987 Player Awards and Nominations

1987 Most Outstanding

Player — Dave Ridgway (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Bobby Jurasin (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Roger Aldag (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Dave Ridgway (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Terry Cochrane (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1987 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

G	Roger Aldag
DE	Bobby Jurasin
K	Dave Ridgway

7 All-Division Selections

RB	Walter Bender
SB	Ray Elgaard
G	Roger Aldag
DT	James Curry
DE	Bobby Jurasin
DB	Harry Skipper
K	Dave Ridgway

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1987 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
4–3 (30)		Oral Sybblis (OL)	Acadia
5–3 (39)		Bruce Lowe (NT)	Wilfrid Laurier
6–3 (48)		Joe Marchildon (LB)	York
7–3 (57)		Kevin Stroud (OL)	Minot State
8–3 (66)		Byron McCorkell (DT)	Saskatchewan