1983 Saskatchewan Roughriders Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 5th in the CFL's West Division
Coach: Reuben Berry (4-6)
Coach: Joe Faragalli (1-5)
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

1983 Saskatchewan Roughriders Roster
1983 Saskatchewan Roughriders Results

The Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses for 10 points, finishing fifth in the CFL's West Division.

The Roughriders scored 360 points, but the porous defense yielded 536, most in the circuit. John Hufnagel threw for 1,649 yards, while Homer Jordan and Joe Adams threw the ball also. Chris DeFrance led all receivers, hauling in 71 receptions for 1,165 yards.

Mike Washington ran for a team-high 639 yards for Saskatchewan.

Marshall Hamilton snatched 5 opponent throws. Vince Goldsmith topped pass rushers with 20 quarterback sacks.

Reuben Berry and Joe Faragalli coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
John Hufnagel	229	116	50.7	1649	7.2	10	4.4	9	3.9	52	72.5
Joe Adams	208	104	50.0	1529	7.4	8	3.8	6	2.9	88	75.2
Homer Jordan	172	91	52.9	1310	7.6	10	5.8	5	2.9	71	85.2
Steve Clarkson	4	1	25.0	25	6.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	53.1
Carl Hall	2	2	100.0	19	9.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	106.3
Ken Clark	4	1	25.0	1	0.2	0	0.0	2	50.0	1	0.0
Totals	619	315	50.9	4533	7.3	28	4.5	22	3.6	88

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mike Washington	155	639	4.1	28	1
Greg Fieger	68	330	4.9	35	2
Homer Jordan	30	150	5.0	23	2
John Hufnagel	24	142	5.9	12	0
Jim Manz	9	43	4.8	9	0
Joe Adams	11	33	3.0	11	1
John Park	4	19	4.8	10	1
Chris DeFrance	1	16	16.0	16	0
Ray Elgaard	2	7	3.5	6	0
Carl Hall	1	4	4.0	4	0
Mike Kirkley	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	306	1383	4.5	35	7

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Chris DeFrance	71	1165	16.4	88	9
Mike Washington	45	447	9.9	44	1
Ron Robinson	44	692	15.7	41	8
Stewart Fraser	38	511	13.4	44	1
Dwight Edwards	37	544	14.7	84	4
Greg Fieger	25	275	11.0	43	0
Leroy Campbell	21	380	18.1	71	2
Nate Johnson	15	282	18.8	56	1
Tim Kearse	7	121	17.3	42	1
Ray Elgaard	7	41	5.9	17	1
Curtis Henderson	3	33	11.0	15	0
Troy Ciochetti	1	41	41.0	41	0
Frank Robinson	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	315	4533	14.4	88	28

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	KOS	Pts.
Dave Ridgway	32	31	96.9	35	22	62.9	11	60	3400	56.7	90	3	111
Ken Clark	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	1	68	68.0	68	0	4
Totals	33	32	97.0	36	23	63.9	11	61	3468	56.9	90	3	115

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Ken Clark	110	5210	47.4	101	10
Dave Badowich	42	1858	44.2	66	1
Stewart Fraser	1	77	77.0	77	0
Totals	153	7145	46.7	101	11

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Fran McDermott	49	397	8.1	30	0
Tim Kearse	15	201	13.4	68	1
Leroy Campbell	21	177	8.4	19	0
Dwight Edwards	14	139	9.9	42	0
Stewart Fraser	13	128	9.8	34	0
Dave Sidoo	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	113	1049	9.3	68	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dwight Edwards	28	640	22.9	38
Fran McDermott	16	360	22.5	30
Nate Johnson	7	265	37.9	11
Troy Ciochetti	5	111	22.2	28
Steve Johnson	3	79	26.3	36
Ray Elgaard	3	50	16.7	25
Mike Washington	2	42	21.0	21
Mike Emery	1	15	15.0	15
Bob Poley	1	5	5.0	5
Ron Robinson	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	67	1567	23.4	38

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Marshall Hamilton	5	44	8.8	21	0
Steve Dennis	4	64	16.0	28	0
Fran McDermott	3	43	14.3	43	1
Frank Robinson	2	78	39.0	43	0
Andre Jones	1	4	4.0	4	0
Billy McBride	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	16	233	14.6	43	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Vince Goldsmith	20.0	0.0
Karl Morgan	10.0	0.0
Eddie Lowe	4.0	0.0
Al Johns	3.5	0.0
Richard Olsen	2.5	0.0
Jerry Friesen	1.5	0.0
Duane Galloway	1.0	0.0
Fran McDermott	1.0	0.0
Mike Samples	1.0	0.0
J.C. Pelusi	1.0	0.0
Ron Mackey	0.5	0.0
Totals	46.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Steve Johnson				3	3	0
Vince Goldsmith				2	20	1
Karl Morgan				1	0	0
Eddie Lowe				1	0	0
Totals	0	0	0	7	23	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Dave Ridgway									22	31	14			111
Chris DeFrance	0	9							0	0	0			54
Ron Robinson		8		0					0	0	0			48
Dwight Edwards		4	0	0					0	0	0			24
Ken Clark									1	1	10			14
Tim Kearse		1	1						0	0	0			12
Homer Jordan	2								0	0	0			12
Greg Fieger	2	0							0	0	0			12
Mike Washington	1	1		0					0	0	0			12
Leroy Campbell		2	0						0	0	0			12
Stewart Fraser		1	0						0	0	0	1		8
Ray Elgaard	0	1		0					0	0	0	1		8
John Park	1								0	0	0			6
Vince Goldsmith							1		0	0	0			6
Nate Johnson		1		0					0	0	0			6
Joe Adams	1								0	0	0			6
Fran McDermott			0	0		1			0	0	0			6
Dave Badowich									0	0	1			1
Totals	7	28	1	0	0	1	1	0	23	32	25	2	0	358