1981 Saskatchewan Roughriders Statistics
Team Record: 9-7 18
Finishing 4th in the CFL's West Division
Coach: Joe Faragalli (9-7)
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1981 Saskatchewan Roughriders Results
The Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses for 18 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's West Division.
The Roughriders scored 431 points, and the defensive squad allowed 371. John Hufnagel passed for 2,743 yards, and Joe Barnes spent time under center, too. Joey Walters led pass catchers, hauling in 91 receptions for 1,715 yards, while Chris DeFrance contributed to the receiving game also.
Lester Brown ran for a team-high 804 yards for Saskatchewan.
Steve Dennis picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Vince Goldsmith topped the defensive unit with 17 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 62 sacks.
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 | 300 | 169 | 56.3 | 2743 | 9.1 | 21 | 7.0 | 19 | 6.3 | 74 | 84.1 |
| Joe Barnes | 290 | 151 | 52.1 | 2130 | 7.3 | 12 | 4.1 | 8 | 2.8 | 100 | 78.4 |
| Ken Clark | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 591 | 321 | 54.3 | 4888 | 8.3 | 33 | 5.6 | 27 | 4.6 | 100 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lester Brown | 189 | 804 | 4.3 | 34 | 6 |
| Greg Fieger | 39 | 151 | 3.9 | 18 | 2 |
| Joe Barnes | 24 | 140 | 5.8 | 21 | 2 |
| John Hufnagel | 21 | 91 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Dwight Edwards | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Stewart Fraser | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 18 | 0 |
| John McCorquindale | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Clark | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 283 | 1238 | 4.4 | 34 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Walters | 91 | 1715 | 18.8 | 72 | 14 |
| Chris DeFrance | 64 | 1195 | 18.7 | 100 | 5 |
| Emanuel Tolbert | 46 | 619 | 13.5 | 57 | 7 |
| Greg Fieger | 43 | 448 | 10.4 | 26 | 2 |
| Dwight Edwards | 42 | 614 | 14.6 | 53 | 5 |
| Lester Brown | 32 | 211 | 6.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Stewart Fraser | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Totals | 321 | 4888 | 15.2 | 100 | 33 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Watson | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 41 | 22 | 53.7 | 14 | 63 | 3864 | 61.3 | 90 | 5 | 126 |
| Totals | 41 | 41 | 100.0 | 41 | 22 | 53.7 | 14 | 63 | 3864 | 61.3 | 90 | 5 | 126 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Fraser | 77 | 529 | 6.9 | 32 | 0 |
| Joey Walters | 33 | 257 | 7.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Dwight Edwards | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Ken McEachern | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Hosea | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John McCorquindale | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Watson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 121 | 893 | 7.4 | 60 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Edwards | 26 | 537 | 20.7 | 58 | 0 |
| Emanuel Tolbert | 19 | 430 | 22.6 | 58 | 0 |
| Billy McBride | 10 | 200 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Joey Walters | 7 | 151 | 21.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Bobby Hosea | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 63 | 1321 | 21.0 | 58 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Dennis | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Bobby Hosea | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Billy McBride | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Andre Jones | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken McEachern | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Schulz | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Carl Crennel | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Marshall Hamilton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Al Johns | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Robinson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 185 | 7.4 | 35 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Goldsmith | 17.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lyall Woznesensky | 14.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mike Samples | 8.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Frank Robinson | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tom Schulz | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Doug MacIver | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Al Johns | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cam Hackney | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Carl Crennel | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Bernard West | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jerry Friesen | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 62.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hosea | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Billy McBride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gerry Hornett | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cam Hackney | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Zack Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken McEachern | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John McCorquindale | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Andre Jones | 1 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Mike Samples | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carl Crennel | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Dennis | 1 | 37 | 1 | ||||
| Don Swafford | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 84 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Paul Watson | 0 | 22 | 41 | 19 | 126 | |||||||||
| Joey Walters | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |||||||
| Emanuel Tolbert | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | |||||||
| Lester Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Chris DeFrance | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||
| Dwight Edwards | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Greg Fieger | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | |||||||
| Joe Barnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| John McCorquindale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Andre Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Steve Dennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ken Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 41 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 421 |
