1985 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)

4th place Western Division 5-11-0 .313

Head Coach: Jack Gotta

George Brancato	Defensive
Jim Gilstrap	Offensive Line
Jerry Keeling	Quarterbacks/Receivers
Mike Kolling	Defensive Secondary
Mike Samples	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Mon	6/10/1985	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	9-7	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22027
Fri	6/14/1985	H	Edmonton Eskimos	28-25	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	20552
Fri	6/21/1985	A	Calgary Stampeders	28-31	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	12963
Fri	6/28/1985	H	British Columbia Lions	3-21	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19651
Sun	7/7/1985	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	46-22	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	20785
Fri	7/12/1985	A	Toronto Argonauts	25-29	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	30421
Fri	7/19/1985	H	Montreal Concordes	12-21	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	24806
Sat	8/3/1985	A	Calgary Stampeders	30-17	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	16089
Sat	8/10/1985	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33-29	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	24697
Thu	8/15/1985	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	4-17	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	20348
Fri	8/23/1985	A	Edmonton Eskimos	42-34	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	45894
Sun	9/1/1985	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10-18	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	29588
Sun	9/8/1985	A	Montreal Concordes	12-33	L	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	19238
Sun	9/15/1985	H	Edmonton Eskimos	15-27	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	26205
Sun	9/22/1985	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3-49	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	27684
Sat	9/28/1985	A	British Columbia Lions	9-33	L	Vancouver, BC	B.C. Place Stadium	41618
Fri	10/4/1985	H	Calgary Stampeders	21-10	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19700
Mon	10/14/1985	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14-51	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	15026
Sun	10/20/1985	H	British Columbia Lions	18-42	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19940
Sun	11/3/1985	H	Toronto Argonauts	26-30	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19212

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
44	Roger Aldag	LOG	6-0	245	32	none	16
66	Mike Anderson	OG	6-3	260	24	San Diego State	16
75	Charles Bennett	DE	6-5	257	22	Mississippi Delta CC; Louisiana-Lafayette	1
78	James Capers	ROLB	6-4	232	26	Central Michigan	4
72	Carm Carteri	LB	6-2	216	29	Montana	3
71	Ron Cherkas	DT	6-4	240	32	Utah	2
31	Mike Collymore	WR	6-1	185	27	none	3
37	David Conrad	FB	6-1	225	22	Acadia	10
20	Chris DeFance	SB	6-1	205	29	Bakersfield CC; Arizona State	12
88	Tony Dennis	WR	5-11	185	23	Simon Fraser	6
70	Gary Dulin	LDE	6-4	275	28	Ohio State	8
80	Mike Elarms	WR	5-8	170	25	Angelo State	15
81	Ray Elgaard	SB	6-3	220	26	Utah	15
33	Craig Ellis	RB-SB	5-11	180	24	Santa Barbara CC; San Diego State	16
30	Denny Ferdinand	FB-RB	5-11	205	23	none	13
25	Jitter Fields	RDH-LDH	5-8	188	23	Texas	5
1	Andre Francis	RCB	5-9	170	25	New Mexico State	1
11	Stew Fraser	SB	5-9	180	27	New Brunswick	13
50	Jerry Friesen	RILB	6-1	218	30	Saskatchewan	9
63	Rick Goltz	NT	6-4	255	30	Simon Fraser	11
82	Tracy Henderson	WR	6-0	185	21	Iowa State	2
28	Ken Hinton	LCB-RCB	5-9	169	30	San Diego State	4
52	Jimmy Hunter	ROLB	6-2	225	25	Indiana	4
32	Terry Irvin	LCB-RCB	5-11	190	31	Jackson State	13
45	Billy Jackson	LOLB	6-0	232	23	Mississippi State	15
77	Al Johns	LDE-NT	6-4	242	29	Pacific	11
85	Stephan Jones	WR	6-0	180	25	Central Michigan	8
8	Homer Jordan	QB	6-0	183	25	Clemson	15
48	Cedric Kelly	ROLB	6-2	240	22	Jackson State	5
53	Bernard King	RILB	6-1	228	23	Syracuse	5
38	Terry Leschuk	P	5-10	180	24	Simon Fraser	6	0
79	Gary Lewis	LDE	6-3	260	24	Oklahoma State	4
42	Eddie Lowe	LILB-MLB	5-11	205	25	Tennessee-Chattanooga; Alabama	16
29	Fran McDermott	RDH-LDH	5-10	182	25	St. Mary's (California)	16
3	Gerry McGrath	P	5-10	195	26	none	10	0
4	Bruce Miller	RCB-LCB	5-9	163	24	Southern Mississippi	3
76	Rick Mohr	RDE-ROLB	6-3	255	26	UC Davis	14
74	Ken Moore	RB-OT	6-5	250	24	Hawaii	12
79	Rusty Olsen	LDE	6-2	255	26	Washington	1
6	Joe Paopao	QB	6-1	202	30	MiraCosta JC; Long Beach State	12
65	Neil Quilter	ROG	6-2	250	29	British Columbia	16
69	Scott Redl	LDT-NT	6-4	245	24	Saskatchewan	15
57	James Reed	RILB	6-2	230	30	San Jose CC; California	3
19	Robert Reid	RB	5-11	185	25	Simon Fraser	6
36	David Ridgway	K	6-0	190	26	Toledo	16	0
71	Jeff Roberts	ROLB	6-2	235	25	Tulane	3
	Junior Robinson	S	6-0	186	24	Guelph	4
22	Dave Sidoo	S	6-0	185	26	British Columbia	16
68	Lawrie Skolrood	LOT	6-4	240	33	North Dakota	16
9	Harold Smith	QB	6-3	210	23	Texas Southern	5
62	Vic Stevenson	ROT	6-4	255	25	Calgary	16
27	Glen Suitor	S	6-0	188	23	Simon Fraser	16
61	Willie Thomas	C	6-1	227	30	Calgary	16
21	Darrel Toussaint	LDH	6-0	175	27	Tyler JC; Northwestern State (Louisiana)	6
54	Mark Urness	C	6-1	230	23	Boise State	10
2	Eddie Ray Walker	RDH-RCB-LCB-LDH	6-0	180	24	Southern Mississippi	16
60	Steve Wilburn	RDE-RDT	6-4	266	24	Illinois State	4
83	Daric Zeno	WR	5-9	175	23	Central Oklahoma	4

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
2	12	David Conrad	TE	Acadia
3	21	Gerald Lashyn	LB	Saskatchewan
4	28	Tony Dennis	WR	Simon Fraser	from OTT
4	30	Lloyd Clefstad	DT	Simon Fraser
5	37	Steve Crane	DB	Acadia	from OTT
5	39	Rob Bresciani	WR	Saskatchewan
6	48	Jerry Nash	DB	Alberta
7	57	Mark Urness	G	Boise State
8	66	Roger Mayer	DL	Concordia (Quebec)
9	75	Colum Armstrong	K	Acadia

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	68	113	58	81
Opponents Totals	118	133	103	108

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		359	101	231	27	180	1323
Opponents Totals		301

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
David Ridgway	0	25	25	100.0	0	23	38	60.5	15	0	109
Craig Ellis	17	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	102
Ray Elgaard	4	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	24
Mike Elarms	3	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	20
Daric Zeno	3	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	18
Denny Ferdinand	1	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	8
James Capers	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Jitter Fields	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Terry Irvin	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Stephan Jones	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Homer Jordan	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Terry Leschuk	0	1	1	100.0	0	1	1	100.0	1	0	5
Gerry McGrath	0	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	1
Joe Paopao	0	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	1
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	33	26	26	100.0	2	24	39	61.5	18	1	320
Opponents Totals	47										462

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Craig Ellis	149	569	3.8	45	14
Denny Ferdinand	56	289	5.2	50	1
Homer Jordan	35	160	4.6	21	1
David Conrad	10	48	4.8	16	0
Robert Reid	7	34	4.9	16	0
Joe Paopao	31	15	0.5	9	0
Harold Smith	5	14	2.8	3	0
Ray Elgaard	1	5	5.0	5	0
Chris DeFance	1	3	3.0	3	0
Daric Zeno	1	2	2.0	2	0
Vic Stevenson	0	2		2L	0
Team Totals	296	1141	3.9		16
Opponents Totals	328	1530	4.7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	RTG
Joe Paopao	447	270	60.4	157	3420	7.7	12.7	54	9	2.0	20	4.5		72.4
Homer Jordan	194	118	60.8	68	1610	8.3	13.6	65	4	2.1	8	4.1		77.0
Harold Smith	42	18	42.9	20	208	5.0	11.6	26	1	2.4	4	9.5		26.8
Gerry McGrath	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0		39.6
Team Totals	685	406	59.3	247	5238	7.6	12.9		14	2.0	32	4.7		70.7
Opponents Totals	514	300	58.4	190	4182	8.1	13.9				24	4.7	51

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Craig Ellis	102	977	9.6	36	3
Ray Elgaard	79	1193	15.1	44	4
Chris DeFance	56	3	.1.0	34	0
Mike Elarms	51	811	15.9	65	3
David Conrad	26	257	9.9	26	0
Denny Ferdinand	20	243	12.2	45	0
Daric Zeno	18	338	18.8	41	3
Stephan Jones	18	311	17.3	46	1
Michael Collymore	11	133	12.1	22	0
Ken Moore	8	61	7.6	15	0
Stewart Fraser	6	60	10.0	17	0
Tony Dennis	5	85	17.0	23	0
Tracy Henderson	3	57	19.0	33	0
Robert Reid	2	17	8.5	12	0
Lawrie Skolrood	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Team Totals	406	5238	12.9		14
Opponents Totals	300	4182	13.9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fran McDermott	6	101	16.8	38	0
Glen Suitor	5	50	10.0	24	0
Terry Irvin	5	41	8.2	36	1
Bruce Miller	3	20	6.7	11	0
Darrel Toussaint	2	7	3.5	4	0
Jitter Fields	1	30	30.0	30t	1
Team Totals	24	265	11.0		2
Opponents Totals	32	541	16.9

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Gerry McGrath	80	3235	40.4	57	-
Terry Leschuk	44	1753	39.8	71	-
Joe Paopao	2	109	54.5	62	-
Team Totals	126	5097	40.5		-
Opponents Totals					-	708

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Stewart Fraser	41	257	6.3	23	0
Fran McDermott	20	151	7.6	27	0
Daric Zeno	20	109	5.5	14	0
Jitter Fields	11	104	9.5	38	0
Craig Ellis	4	29	7.3	11	0
Stephan Jones	7	25	3.6	9	0
Tony Dennis	2	13	6.5	9	0
Bruce Miller	1	11	11.0	11	0
Denny Ferdinand	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	100	708	7.1		0
Opponents Totals

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
David Ridgway	53	3146	59.4	89	5
Terry Leschuk	1	60	60.0	60	0
Team Totals	54	2863	53.0
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jitter Fields	15	423	28.2	59	0
Mike Elarms	13	274	21.1	66	0
Craig Ellis	12	223	18.6	25	0
Denny Ferdinand	10	182	18.2	30	0
Daric Zeno	8	138	17.3	31	0
Stephan Jones	3	99	33.0	48	0
Stewart Fraser	0	12		12L	0
Ken Moore	1	4	4.0	4	0
Dave Sidoo	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	60	1355	22.6		0
Opponents Totals

SACKS	NO	YDS
Rick Mohr	10.0
Gary Lewis	5.0
Rick Goltz	5.0
Cedric Kelly	4.0
Eddie Lowe	3.0
Steve Wilburn	2.0
Scott Redl	2.0
Billy Jackson	2.0
Darrel Toussaint	1.0
Dave Sidoo	1.0
Al Johns	1.0
Jimmy Hunter	1.0
Team Totals	51.0
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Mike Anderson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
James Capers	0	0	0	1	1	71	1
David Conrad	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chris DeFance	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Dennis	1	0	2	0	2	0	0
Mike Elarms	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ray Elgaard	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Ellis	6	4	2	0	2	0	0
Denny Ferdinand	6	5	1	0	1	0	0
Terry Irvin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Jackson	0	0	1	2	3	8	0
Al Johns	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Stephan Jones	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Homer Jordan	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bernard King	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Terry Leschuk	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Lewis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fran McDermott	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gerry McGrath	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Rusty Olsen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Paopao	7	3	1	0	1	0	0
Scott Redl	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
David Ridgway	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Sidoo	0	0	1	3	4	18	0
Vic Stevenson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Willie Thomas	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Urness	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daric Zeno	3	1	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	35	22	13	16	29	97	1
Opponents Totals		16		22	22