Saskatchewan Roughriders 1988 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd (in tiebreaker) in the West Division
West Division Semi-final
- Nov. 13, 1988 Lost 18 – 42 vs BC

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1988 Season Resources 1988 SSK Team Roster 1988 SSK Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sun Jun 26 3:30 PM	WPG 6 vs SSK 41	W	5,100
B	Tue Jul 5 9:00 PM	BC 46 @ SSK 27	L	17,600

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Jul 15 7:30 PM	SSK 48 @ OTT 21	W	22,565	CFN
2	Sat Jul 23 8:00 PM	EDM 15 @ SSK 26	W	22,682	CBC
3	Fri Jul 29 9:00 PM	WPG 18 @ SSK 46	W	24,301	CFN
4	Thu Aug 4 9:30 PM	SSK 27 @ EDM 43	L	35,383	CBC
5	Wed Aug 10 9:30 PM	SSK 10 @ CGY 48	L	23,120	CFN
6	Sat Aug 20 8:00 PM	CGY 21 @ SSK 24	W	24,265	CBC
7	Fri Aug 26 9:00 PM	TOR 23 @ SSK 21	L	24,662	CFN
8	Wed Aug 31 8:30 PM	SSK 35 @ WPG 38	L	26,177	TSN
9	Sun Sep 4 4:00 PM	WPG 19 @ SSK 29	W	29,438	CFN
10	Fri Sep 9 8:00 PM	SSK 14 @ TOR 13	W	23,498	CFN
11	Fri Sep 16 10:00 PM	SSK 36 @ BC 32	W	33,088	CFN
12	Sun Sep 25 4:00 PM	HAM 24 @ SSK 26	W	28,171	CFN
13	Sun Oct 2 2:00 PM	SSK 20 @ WPG 32	L	27,356	TSN
14	Sun Oct 9 4:00 PM	CGY 17 @ SSK 47	W	23,234	CFN
15	Sun Oct 16 4:00 PM	BC 25 @ SSK 28	W	27,649	CFN
16	Fri Oct 21 8:00 PM	SSK 21 @ HAM 24	L	13,702	TSN
17	Sun Oct 30 4:00 PM	SSK 22 @ CGY 28	L	18,863	CFN
18	Sun Nov 6 3:00 PM	OTT 11 @ SSK 45	W	24,615

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 13 4:30 PM	BC 42 @ SSK 18	L	26,229	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	68	52	L1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	11	7	0	22	525	452	W1	3-3-0
Home	9	8	1	0	16	292	173	W5	5-1-0
Visitor	9	3	6	0	6	233	279	L3	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	8	5	3	0	10	220	229	L1	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	10	6	4	0	12	305	223	W1	4-2-0

Full 1988 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 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (4-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (1-3-0)	7 (5-2-0)	3 (1-2-0)	8 (5-3-0)
After 2nd	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	12 (8-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (3-3-0)
After 3rd	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	10 (9-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (2-6-0)
After 4th	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	11 (11-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.458	4-0-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.478	4-1-0 (5)	2-3-0 (5)
BC Lions (2)	0.556	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (4)	0.333	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Edmonton Eskimos (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (2)	0.111	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.778	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)	0.500	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

	1988	1987 +/-
Average Combined Score	54.28	+4.67
Average Winning Score	33.55	+2.55
Average Losing Score	22.29	+7.62
Average Home Score	32.44	+6.00
Average Visitor Score	25.89	+11.89
Average Margin of Victory	13.91	+7.11
Average Margin of Loss	11.43	-5.15

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Saskatchewan	77	37	114	90	81	171	35	42	77	90	73	163	292 (32.4)	233 (25.9)	525 (29.2)
Opponent	45	61	106	36	69	105	55	92	147	37	57	94	279 (31.0)	173 (19.2)	452 (25.1)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

Gary Hoffman – Offensive line
Steve Goldman – Quarterbacks
Dan Daniel – Linebackers
Dick Adams – Defensive secondary
Ted Heath – Defensive line

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1988 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – Tom Burgess
1 – Dave Ridgway
1 – Ray Elgaard

Defensive Star

1 – David Albright
1 – Eddie Lowe

Lineman Star

2 – Gary Lewis
1 – James Curry

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1988 Player Awards and Nominations

1988 Most Outstanding

Player — Ray Elgaard (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Richie Hall, Jr. (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Roger Aldag (Winner)
Canadian Player — Ray Elgaard (Winner)
Rookie — Jeff Fairholm (Division Finalist)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1988 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

SB	Ray Elgaard
G	Roger Aldag
DE	Bobby Jurasin
K	Dave Ridgway

8 All-Division Selections

SB	Ray Elgaard^*
C	Mike Anderson
G	Roger Aldag^*
DT	Gary Lewis
DE	Vince Goldsmith
DE	Bobby Jurasin
DHB	Richie Hall, Jr.
K	Dave Ridgway^*

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1988 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Jeff Fairholm (WR)	Arizona
1–6 (6)	[BC]	Pete Giftopolous (LB)	Penn State
2–1 (9)	[OTT]	Ken Evraire (WR)	Wilfrid Laurier
2–2 (10)		Peter Mangold (FB)	Western Kentucky
3–2 (18)		Jim Jauch (DB)	North Carolina
6–2 (42)		Darrell Harle (OT)	Eastern Michigan
7–2 (50)		Hugh Alexander (OT)	Utah
8–2 (58)		Floyd Collins (RB)	Boise State