Saskatchewan Roughriders football, 1970–79 explained

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

1970

See main article: 1970 Saskatchewan Roughriders season.

Awards and honours

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

1971

Team:	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Year:	1971
Record:	9–6–1
Division Place:	2nd, West
General Manager:	Ken Preston
Coach:	Dave Skrien
Playoffs:	Lost Western Final
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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

Team:	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Year:	1972
Record:	8–8
Division Place:	3rd, West
General Manager:	Ken Preston
Coach:	Dave Skrien
Playoffs:	Lost Grey Cup
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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

Team:	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Year:	1973
Record:	10–6
Division Place:	2nd, West
General Manager:	Ken Preston
Coach:	John Payne
Playoffs:	Lost Western Final
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The Roughriders offence had 315 points for, while the defence had 280 points allowed

Schedule

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

Team:	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Year:	1974
Record:	9–7
Division Place:	2nd, West
General Manager:	Ken Preston
Coach:	John Payne
Playoffs:	Lost Western Final
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The Roughriders offence had 271 points for, while the defence had 258 points allowed

Schedule

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

Team:	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Year:	1975
Record:	10–5–1
Division Place:	2nd, West
General Manager:	Ken Preston
Coach:	John Payne
Playoffs:	Lost Western Final
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The Roughriders offence had 349 points for, while the defence had 294 points allowed

Schedule

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

Team:	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Year:	1976
Record:	11–5
Division Place:	1st, West
General Manager:	Ken Preston
Coach:	John Payne
Playoffs:	Lost Grey Cup
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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

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

Team:	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Year:	1977
Record:	8–8
Division Place:	4th, West
General Manager:	Ken Preston
Coach:	Jim Eddy
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
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The Roughriders offence had 227 points for, while the defence had 305 points allowed

Awards and honours

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

1978

Team:	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Year:	1978
Record:	4–11–1
Division Place:	5th, West
General Manager:	Ken Preston
Coach:	Jim Eddy, Walt Posadowski
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
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The Roughriders offence had 330 points for, while the defence had 459 points allowed

Schedule

1979

Team:	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Year:	1979
Record:	2–14
Division Place:	5th, West
General Manager:	Ken Preston
Coach:	Ron Lancaster
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
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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.

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External links

• Saskatchewan Roughriders Official Site
• Regina Leader-Post

Notes and References

1. Web site: Saskatchewan Roughriders historical Canadian Football League (CFL) scores, schedules, and analytics.
2. Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091126200831/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1976. 2009-11-26.
3. Mullick, Rajeev. CFL Legends: Ron Lancaster. Retrieved January 17, 2006.