1979 Saskatchewan Roughriders Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 2-14 4
Finishing 5th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Ron Lancaster (2-14)
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1979 Saskatchewan Roughriders RosterTeam Record: 2-14 4
Finishing 5th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Ron Lancaster (2-14)
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1979 Saskatchewan Roughriders Results
The Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 2 wins and 14 losses for 4 points, finishing fifth in the CFL's Western Conference.
The Roughriders scored only 194 points, worst in the league, and the shaky defensive squad conceded 437, most in the circuit. Danny Sanders passed for 1,024 yards. Mike Strickland led the receiving corps, hauling in 43 receptions, while Joey Walters contributed 772 receiving yards.
Mike Strickland ran for a team-high 770 yards for Saskatchewan.
Ken McEachern, Emil Nielsen and Frank Dark each picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition.
Ron Lancaster coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Sanders | 133 | 65 | 48.9 | 1024 | 7.7 | 4 | 3.0 | 7 | 5.3 | 52 | 63.0 |
| Tom Clements | 159 | 81 | 50.9 | 994 | 6.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 11 | 6.9 | 49 | 46.0 |
| Lloyd Patterson | 113 | 40 | 35.4 | 533 | 4.7 | 1 | 0.9 | 12 | 10.6 | 70 | 14.6 |
| Larry Dick | 68 | 39 | 57.4 | 523 | 7.7 | 1 | 1.5 | 5 | 7.4 | 65 | 56.2 |
| Craig Juntunen | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 191 | 9.6 | 1 | 5.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 96 | 52.3 |
| Totals | 493 | 233 | 47.3 | 3265 | 6.6 | 9 | 1.8 | 38 | 7.7 | 96 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Strickland | 176 | 770 | 4.4 | 28 | 4 |
| Harlan Huckleby | 58 | 259 | 4.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Lloyd Patterson | 21 | 109 | 5.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Tom Clements | 22 | 101 | 4.6 | 18 | 0 |
| John Kinch | 23 | 92 | 4.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Larry Dick | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Reg Boudreau | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Vickey Anderson | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Duncan | 11 | 12 | 1.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Danny Sanders | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Craig Juntunen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Willie Wilder | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 336 | 1441 | 4.3 | 28 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Strickland | 43 | 406 | 9.4 | 30 | 2 |
| Joey Walters | 40 | 772 | 19.3 | 52 | 4 |
| Steve Mazurak | 29 | 358 | 12.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Gerry Fellner | 19 | 260 | 13.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Willie Wilder | 14 | 397 | 28.4 | 96 | 2 |
| Lawrie Skolrood | 14 | 189 | 13.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Freeman Johns | 13 | 213 | 16.4 | 49 | 1 |
| Rodney Parker | 10 | 232 | 23.2 | 65 | 0 |
| Dave Quehl | 10 | 126 | 12.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Harlan Huckleby | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Kelvin Kirk | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 16 | 0 |
| John Kinch | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Brian O'Hara | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Mark McDonald | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Reg Boudreau | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Molly McGee | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Lloyd Henry | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Duncan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 233 | 3265 | 14.0 | 96 | 9 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Macoritti | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 10 | 6 | 291 | 48.5 | 67 | 0 | 62 |
| Reg Boudreau | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Al Chorney | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Totals | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | 35 | 19 | 54.3 | 12 | 6 | 291 | 48.5 | 67 | 0 | 83 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Macoritti | 112 | 4999 | 44.6 | 82 | 4 |
| Al Chorney | 18 | 606 | 33.7 | 50 | 1 |
| Emil Nielsen | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Totals | 131 | 5645 | 43.1 | 82 | 5 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Chorney | 48 | 425 | 8.9 | 38 | 0 |
| Kelvin Kirk | 14 | 205 | 14.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Joey Walters | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Rodney Parker | 9 | 62 | 6.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Leroy Paul | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Frank Dark | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken McEachern | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Homer Butler | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dave Quehl | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 98 | 888 | 9.1 | 38 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Chorney | 15 | 352 | 23.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Rodney Parker | 11 | 275 | 25.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Harlan Huckleby | 11 | 212 | 19.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Willie Wilder | 8 | 185 | 23.1 | 36 | 0 |
| Greg Anderson | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Rick Moss | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Brian O'Hara | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Kelvin Kirk | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 29 | 0 |
| John Kinch | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Braden | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lawrie Skolrood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 61 | 1278 | 21.0 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Dark | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 102 | 1 |
| Ken McEachern | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Emil Nielsen | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Homer Butler | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Rick Moss | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Roger Goree | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Steve Dennis | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Leroy Paul | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 395 | 26.3 | 102 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roger Aldag | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Anthony Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roger Goree | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Leroy Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Neil Quilter | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Chorney | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Kinch | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Homer Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joey Walters | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Blain Lamoureux | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bob Macoritti | 14 | 10 | 14 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strickland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Joey Walters | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Reg Boudreau | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| Willie Wilder | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Al Chorney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |||||||
| Frank Dark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Lloyd Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Harlan Huckleby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Freeman Johns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 190 |
