Saskatchewan Roughriders football, 1970–79

Contents:	1970 – 1971 – 1972 – 1973 – 1974 – 1975 – 1976 – 1977 – 1978 – 1979

1970

Main article: 1970 Saskatchewan Roughriders season

Awards and honours

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Ron Lancaster
• Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Ron Lancaster

1971

1971 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General manager	Ken Preston
Head coach	Dave Skrien
Home field	Taylor Field
Results
Record	9–6–1
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Western Final
← 1970 Roughriders seasons 1972 →

The Roughriders offence had 282 points for, while the defence had 329 points allowed

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	Tue, July 27	at BC Lions	W 0–21	1–0	Empire Stadium	30,492
1	2	Fri, July 30	Calgary Stampeders	L 0–21	0–2	Taylor Field	16,000
	13	Mon, Oct 11	Calgary Stampeders	W 24–17	8–5	McMahon Stadium	23,616
	14	Sun, Oct 17	vs. Calgary Stampeders	T 7–7	8–5–1	Taylor Field	21,706

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
West Semi-Final		Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 34–23	1–0	Taylor Field	14,488
West Final Game 1		Calgary Stampeders	L 21–30	1–1	McMahon Stadium	33,616
West Final Game 2		Calgary Stampeders	L 21–23	1–2	Taylor Field	14,588

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Awards and honours

• George Reed, Running Back, CFL All-Star, Offence
• Jack Abendschan, Guard, CFL All-Star, Offence

1972

1972 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General manager	Ken Preston
Head coach	Dave Skrien
Home field	Taylor Field
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
← 1971 Roughriders seasons 1973 →

The Roughriders offence had 306 points for, while the defence had 251 points allowed

Schedule

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
West Semifinal		at Edmonton Eskimos	W 8–6	1–0	Clarke Stadium	15,773
West Final		at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 27–24	2–0	Winnipeg Stadium	19,534
Grey Cup		at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 10–13	2–1	Ivor Wynne Stadium	33,993

Awards and honours

• George Reed, Running Back, CFL All-Star, Offence
• Jack Abendschan, Guard, CFL All-Star, Offence

1973

1973 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General manager	Ken Preston
Head coach	John Payne
Home field	Taylor Field
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Western Final
← 1972 Roughriders seasons 1974 →

The Roughriders offence had 315 points for, while the defence had 280 points allowed

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
West Semifinal		BC Lions	W 33–13	1–0
West Final		Edmonton Eskimos	L 23–25	1–1

1974

1974 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General manager	Ken Preston
Head coach	John Payne
Home field	Taylor Field
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Western Final
← 1973 Roughriders seasons 1975 →

The Roughriders offence had 271 points for, while the defence had 258 points allowed

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
West Semifinal		BC Lions	W 24–14	1–0
West Final		Edmonton Eskimos	L 27–31	1–1

1975

1975 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General manager	Ken Preston
Head coach	John Payne
Home field	Taylor Field
Results
Record	10–5–1
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Western Final
← 1974 Roughriders seasons 1976 →

The Roughriders offence had 349 points for, while the defence had 294 points allowed

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
West Semifinal		Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 42–24	1–0
West Final		Edmonton Eskimos	L 18–30	1–1

1976

1976 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General manager	Ken Preston
Head coach	John Payne
Home field	Taylor Field
Results
Record	11–5
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
← 1975 Roughriders seasons 1977 →

The Roughriders offence had 361 points for, while the defence had 221 points allowed. This is the most recent season (as of 2016) where the Roughriders finished first overall in the CFL.

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
West Final		Edmonton Eskimos	W 23–13	1–0
64th Grey Cup		Ottawa Rough Riders	L 20–23	1–1

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Ottawa Rough Riders	10	0	3	10	23
Saskatchewan Roughriders	0	17	3	0	20

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1977

1977 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General manager	Ken Preston
Head coach	Jim Eddy
Home field	Taylor Field
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
← 1976 Roughriders seasons 1978 →

The Roughriders offence had 227 points for, while the defence had 305 points allowed

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record

Awards and honours

• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – Ron Lancaster

1978

1978 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General manager	Ken Preston
Head coach	Jim Eddy, Walt Posadowski
Home field	Taylor Field
Results
Record	4–11–1
Division place	5th, West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
← 1977 Roughriders seasons 1979 →

The Roughriders offence had 330 points for, while the defence had 459 points allowed

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record

1979

1979 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General manager	Ken Preston
Head coach	Ron Lancaster
Home field	Taylor Field
Results
Record	2–14
Division place	5th, West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
← 1978 Roughriders seasons 1980 →

The Roughriders offence scored 194 points while the defence allowed 437 points. In May 1979, the Ottawa Rough Riders traded Tom Clements to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Ron Lancaster became Saskatchewan's head coach but found "the glorious fifties and sixties were over, and he was the first Roughrider coach in sixteen years who did not have Ron Lancaster at quarterback."^[3] The Green Riders finished 2–14, including the worst start to a season in club history, going 0-12 before winning their first game.

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	Wed, July 11	vs. BC Lions	L 4–28	0–1	Taylor Field	19,030
2	2	Tue, July 17	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 20–52	0–2	Commonwealth Stadium	43,321
3	3	Wed, July 25	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 20–24	0–3	Taylor Field	19,759
4	4	Tue, July 31	at BC Lions	L 15–24	0–4	Empire Stadium	23,308
5	Bye
6	5	Wed, Aug 15	at Toronto Argonauts	L 12–21	0–5	Exhibition Stadium	41,251
7	6	Wed, Aug 22	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 5–6	0–6	Taylor Field	20,790
8	7	Tue, Aug 28	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 1–30	0–7	Winnipeg Stadium	25,159
8	8	Mon, Sept 3
9	9	Sun, Sept 9
10	10	Sun, Sept 16
11	11	Sun, Sept 23
12	Bye
13	12	Sun, Oct 7
14	13	Sun, Oct 14
15	14	Sun, Oct 21
16	15	Sun, Oct 28
17	16	Sun, Nov 4

References

1. "Saskatchewan Roughriders historical Canadian Football League (CFL) scores, schedules, and analytics".
2. "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-11-26.
3. Mullick, Rajeev. CFL Legends: Ron Lancaster. Retrieved January 17, 2006.

External links

• Saskatchewan Roughriders Official Site
• Regina Leader-Post