1966 Saskatchewan Roughriders season explained

Team:	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Year:	1966
Record:	9–6–1
Division Place:	1st, West
General Manager:	Ken Preston
Coach:	Eagle Keys
Stadium:	Taylor Field
Playoffs:	Won Grey Cup
Uniform:	File:CFL SSK Jersey 1966.png
Shortnavlink:	Roughriders seasons

The 1966 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was the 57th in franchise history. Following a first-place finish in the regular season, the Roughriders won their first Grey Cup over the Ottawa Rough Riders. It was Saskatchewan's first championship in franchise history.

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
A	Tue, July 12	at Montreal Alouettes	W 23–17	1–0	McGill Stadium	18,000
A	Thur, July 14	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 10–19	1–1	Lansdowne Park	14,000
B	Fri, July 22	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 20–1	2–1	Taylor Field

Regular season

Season Standings

Western Football Conference! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts

Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	9	6	1	351	318	19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	8	7	1	264	230	17
Edmonton Eskimos	16	6	9	1	251	328	13
	16	6	9	1	227	459	13
	16	5	11	0	254	269	10

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Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
1	1	Fri, July 29	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 40–13	1–0	Clarke Stadium	16,400
2	2	Sun, Aug 7	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 38–14	2–0	Taylor Field	20,009
3	3	Fri, Aug 12	vs. BC Lions	W 16–14	3–0	Taylor Field	20,379
4	4	Wed, Aug 17	at Calgary Stampeders	L 1–26	3–1	McMahon Stadium	22,119
4	5	Mon, Aug 22	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 17–18	3–2	Taylor Field	18,052
5	6	Sun, Aug 28	at BC Lions	W 30–29	4–2	Empire Stadium	31,560
6	7	Mon, Sept 5	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 44–0	5–2	Taylor Field	19,451
7	8	Sun, Sept 11	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 27–24	6–2	Winnipeg Stadium	21,655
8	9	Sun, Sept 18	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 23–7	7–2	Taylor Field	19,339
9	10	Sat, Sept 24	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 7–29	7–3	Civic Stadium	26,057
9	11	Mon, Sept 26	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 8–18	7–4	Lansdowne Park	22,954
10	12	Sun, Oct 2	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	T 11–11	7–4–1	Taylor Field	19,045
11	13	Sat, Oct 8	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 18–35	7–5–1	Taylor Field	16,392
12	14	Sat, Oct 15	at BC Lions	W 22–21	8–5–1	Empire Stadium	34,163
13	15	Sat, Oct 22	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 21–33	8–6–1	Taylor Field	18,000
14	16	Tue, Oct 25	at Calgary Stampeders	W 28–26	9–6–1	McMahon Stadium	18,435

• † denotes that the week, date and score of this game is unknown.

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Postseason

Schedule

Round	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
West Final 1	Sun, Nov 13	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 14–7	1–0	Taylor Field	14,013
West Final 2	Wed, Nov 16	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 21–19	2–0	Winnipeg Stadium	13,624
54th Grey Cup	Sat, Nov 26	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 29–14	3–0	Lansdowne Park	36,553

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Saskatchewan Roughriders	7	7	0	15	29
Ottawa Rough Riders	6	8	0	0	14

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Awards and honours

• Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player, George Reed
• George Reed, CFL All-Star, Offense
• Hugh Campbell, CFL All-Star, Offense

External links

• Saskatchewan Roughriders Official Site
• Regina Leader-Post
• RiderFans.com
• RiderPrider.com
• RiderBlitz.com: Rider blog

Notes and References

1. Web site: CFL.ca . https://web.archive.org/web/20091020122341/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1966/reg . 2009-10-20 . dead . 2009-07-01 .
2. Web site: Saskatchewan Roughriders Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100101214851/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/saskatch.htm . 2010-01-01 . live . 2009-08-07 .
3. Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100823210803/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1966 . 2010-08-23 . dead .