The Saskatchewan Roughriders 1997 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 1997 Season

Season Summary

Finished 3rd (in tiebreaker) in the West Division
West Division Semi-final
- Nov. 2, 1997 Won 33 – 30 @ Calgary
West Division Final
- Nov. 9, 1997 Won 31 – 30 @ Edmonton
Grey Cup Championship
- Nov. 16, 1997 Lost 23 – 47 vs Toronto in Edmonton, AB

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1997 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1996: 29 players
1997 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1997 Record

	GP	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	2	56	39	L1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	8	10	16	413	479	L1	3-3-0
Home	9	5	4	10	223	218	W2	3-3-0
Visitor	9	3	6	6	190	261	L1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	10	5	5	10	261	238	W2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	3	5	6	152	241	L1	1-5-0

Full 1997 League Standings

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1997 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.544	3-2-0 (5)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.472	2-2-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
BC Lions (4)	0.444	1-1-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.556	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Edmonton Eskimos (3)	0.667	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.111	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.722	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.833	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.222	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Team Scoring

	1997	1996 +/-
Average Combined Score	49.56	+1.89
Average Winning Score	28.13	-4.08
Average Losing Score	18.80	+3.49
Average Home Score	24.78	+1.22
Average Visitor Score	21.11	+4.67
Average Margin of Victory	9.38	-1.62
Average Margin of Loss	14.10	-0.75

1997 Saskatchewan Roughriders Attendance

Capacity: 27,732
Total: 243,340
High: 31,909
Avg: 27,037 (9 out of 9 games)
Diff from 1996 Avg: +4,217
Low: 22,956
Sellouts: 4
% of Capacity: 97.50
Diff from League Avg: +5,745

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Coaches

Head Coach

Jim Daley (Jan. 19, 1996 – Nov. 27, 1998)

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Assistant Coaches

Gary Hoffman – Offensive Coordinator
Bill Dole – Offensive line
Alex Smith – Linebackers
Greg Marshall – Defensive line
Richie Hall – Defensive secondary

Stadium

1997 home stadium: Taylor Field
Capacity: 27,732
Playing surface: Sand Filled Artificial Turf (OmniTurf-like)
Previous stadium change: 1996 – Expansion

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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	28	49	77	78	47	125	35	31	66	82	63	145	223 (24.8)	190 (21.1)	413 (22.9)
Opponent	50	66	116	46	66	112	63	61	124	59	68	127	261 (29.0)	218 (24.2)	479 (26.6)

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

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1997 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Paul McCallum

Defensive Star

2 – Ron Goetz
1 – K.D. Williams
1 – Bryce Bevill
1 – Lamar McGriggs

Lineman Star

1 – Bobby Jurasin

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1997 Player Awards and Nominations

1997 Most Outstanding

Player — Bobby Jurasin (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Bobby Jurasin (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — John Terry, III (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Dan Farthing (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Todd McMillon (Team Nominee)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1997 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Ben Fairbrother (OL)	Calgary
2–4 (13)	[WPG]	Chris Szarka (FB)	Eastern Illinois
4–2 (26)		Mark Raphael (CB)	Ottawa
5–1 (34)		Andre Batson (WR)	York
6–1 (42)		Dan Comisky (OL)	Windsor

Saskatchewan Roughriders 1997 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

DE	Bobby Jurasin

3 All-Division Selections

T	John Terry, III
DE	Bobby Jurasin
DHB	Dale Joseph

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 1997 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
B	Fri. June 13 9:30 PM	WPG 21 @ SSK 39	W	19,681
B	Thu. June 19 9:30 PM	SSK 17 @ EDM 18	L	32,291
1	Thu. June 26 10:30 PM	SSK 24 @ BC 23	W	18,881	RDS, TSN
2	Fri. July 4 9:30 PM	EDM 24 @ SSK 18	L	25,751	TSN, RDS
3	Sat. July 12 8:00 PM	TOR 23 @ SSK 27	W	22,956	TSN
4	Fri. July 18 9:30 PM	SSK 13 @ CGY 22	L	30,366	RDS, TSN
5	Sat. July 26 3:30 PM	CGY 19 @ SSK 21	W	26,483	TSN
6	Thu. July 31 9:30 PM	SSK 34 @ EDM 37	L	30,917
7	Fri. Aug. 8 7:30 PM	SSK 30 @ HAM 20	W	12,582	TSN
8	Fri. Aug. 15 9:30 PM	BC 39 @ SSK 26	L	28,556	TSN, RDS
9	Thu. Aug. 21 7:30 PM	SSK 1 @ TOR 27	L	17,330	TSN
10	Sun. Aug. 31 4:00 PM	WPG 43 @ SSK 12	L	29,788	TSN
11	Sun. Sept. 7 3:00 PM	BC 12 @ SSK 46	W	22,966	CBC
12	Sun. Sept. 14 3:00 PM	SSK 24 @ CGY 28	L	28,414	CBC
13	Sun. Sept. 21 4:00 PM	MTL 24 @ SSK 22	L	25,570	TSN
14	Sun. Sept. 28 4:00 PM	EDM 15 @ SSK 29	W	29,361
15	Fri. Oct. 3 7:30 PM	SSK 29 @ MTL 30	L	12,322	RDS
16	Fri. Oct. 10 11:00 PM	SSK 26 @ BC 19	W	22,399	TSN
17	Sun. Oct. 19 4:00 PM	HAM 19 @ SSK 22	W	31,909	TSN
18	Fri. Oct. 24 8:00 PM	SSK 9 @ WPG 55	L	30,222	RDS, TSN
P1	Sun. Nov. 2 3:45 PM	SSK 33 @ CGY 30	W	20,369	CBC
P2	Sun. Nov. 9 3:45 PM	SSK 31 @ EDM 30	W	38,258	CBC
GC	Sun. Nov. 16 4:30 PM	TOR 47 vs SSK 23	L	60,431	CBC