1987 Saskatchewan Roughriders Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 5-12-1 11
Finishing 4th in the CFL's West Division
Coach: John Gregory (5-12-1)
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

1987 Saskatchewan Roughriders Roster
1987 Saskatchewan Roughriders Results

The Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 5 wins and 12 losses and 1 ties for 11 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's West Division.

The Roughriders stumbled, scoring only 364 points, though they the leaky defense gave up 529, most in the circuit. Tom Burgess tossed for 1,691 yards, and Kent Austin took a significant amount of snaps, too. Ray Elgaard led the receiving corps, hauling in 63 receptions for 865 yards.

Walter Bender ran for a team-high 525 yards for Saskatchewan, and Timmy McCray also contributed to the rushing attack.

Harry Skipper intercepted 8 errant tosses from the opposition. Bobby Jurasin topped the defensive unit with 22 quarterback sacks.

John Gregory coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Tom Burgess	243	127	52.3	1691	7.0	7	2.9	14	5.8	62	60.2
Kent Austin	156	93	59.6	1172	7.5	3	1.9	10	6.4	51	62.8
Jeff Bentrim	182	80	44.0	905	5.0	2	1.1	10	5.5	49	40.2
John Hufnagel	29	20	69.0	224	7.7	1	3.4	3	10.3	52	63.6
Jeff Tedford	7	4	57.1	42	6.0	0	0.0	1	14.3	16	35.1
Walter Bender	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	618	324	52.4	4034	6.5	13	2.1	38	6.1	62

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Walter Bender	148	525	3.5	37	6
Timmy McCray	86	457	5.3	34	1
Jeff Bentrim	29	228	7.9	26	1
David Conrad	36	156	4.3	21	2
Kent Austin	24	138	5.8	31	0
Terry Cochrane	17	115	6.8	48	0
Tom Burgess	26	114	4.4	14	1
Denny Ferdinand	12	55	4.6	16	0
John Hufnagel	3	28	9.3	15	0
Glen Suitor	1	12	12.0	12	1
Albert Brown	1	1	1.0	1	0
Ray McDonald	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Terry Baker	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Don Narcisse	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	386	1824	4.7	48	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ray Elgaard	63	865	13.7	51	4
David Conrad	47	532	11.3	52	1
Tony Dennis	34	401	11.8	43	1
Tron Armstrong	31	411	13.3	36	3
Walter Bender	30	301	10.0	30	1
Todd Brown	27	495	18.3	62	2
Don Narcisse	25	319	12.8	43	1
Ray McDonald	16	295	18.4	49	0
Eric Florence	14	155	11.1	18	0
Terry Cochrane	11	84	7.6	27	0
Timmy McCray	11	58	5.3	15	0
Willis Jacox	7	73	10.4	17	0
Denny Ferdinand	4	17	4.2	7	0
James Ellingson	3	24	8.0	10	0
Albert Brown	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	324	4034	12.5	62	13

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	Pts.
Dave Ridgway	23	23	100.0	57	49	86.0	4	67	3489	52.1	83	174
Mike McTague	3	2	66.7	3	2	66.7	0	5	297	59.4	73	8
Totals	26	25	96.2	60	51	85.0	4	72	3786	52.6	83	182

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Terry Baker	137	5603	40.9	94	6
Mike McTague	33	1159	35.1	51	0
Totals	170	6762	39.8	94	6

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Joe Fuller	52	403	7.8	45
Eric Florence	28	195	7.0	20
Willis Jacox	15	114	7.6	33
Harry Skipper	15	44	2.9	29
Tony Dennis	5	30	6.0	18
Billy Jackson	1	11	11.0	11
Bobby Jurasin	1	11	11.0	11
Tracey Mack	2	2	1.0	2
Eddie Lowe	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	120	810	6.8	45

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Joe Fuller	18	289	16.1	40
Walter Bender	15	265	17.7	38
Willis Jacox	10	243	24.3	66
Timmy McCray	6	201	33.5	78
Denny Ferdinand	7	195	27.9	59
Tron Armstrong	8	151	18.9	29
Eric Florence	7	121	17.3	28
Albert Brown	3	69	23.0	23
Don Narcisse	2	45	22.5	24
Terry Cochrane	3	37	12.3	13
Tracey Mack	1	18	18.0	18
Billy Jackson	1	15	15.0	15
Totals	81	1679	20.7	78

Missed Field Goal Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Fuller	11	230	20.9	87	0
Totals	11	230	20.9	87	0

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Harry Skipper	8	198	24.8	55	0
Glen Suitor	7	112	16.0	56	2
Dave Sidoo	7	89	12.7	29	0
Joe Fuller	5	41	8.2	21	0
Mike McGruder	5	26	5.2	17	0
Rod Fisher	2	39	19.5	24	0
Eddie Lowe	2	28	14.0	27	0
Tracey Mack	1	20	20.0	20	0
Lynn Madsen	1	12	12.0	12	0
Bobby Jurasin	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	39	571	14.6	56	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Bobby Jurasin	22.0	0.0
James Curry	11.0	0.0
Joe Fuller	3.0	0.0
Gary Lewis	3.0	0.0
Dave Albright	2.0	0.0
Billy Jackson	2.0	0.0
Nick Hebeler	2.0	0.0
Lynn Madsen	2.0	0.0
Ken Moore	2.0	0.0
Steve Crane	1.0	0.0
Mike McGruder	1.0	0.0
John Walker	1.0	0.0
Eddie Lowe	1.0	0.0
Totals	53.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Dave Albright	118			2	2	0
Eddie Lowe	93			2	33	0
Glen Suitor	50			1		0
Harry Skipper	48
Mike McGruder	46			4	2t	0
Bobby Jurasin	45			2	0	0
Joe Fuller	43
Rod Fisher	39			1		0
Billy Jackson	38			1		0
James Curry	31			1		0
Steve Crane	31
Tracey Mack	30			2	4	0
Al Johns	11
Roger Aldag	4
Rick Goltz	2
Dan Rashovich	2
Ray McDonald	1
Mike Anderson	1
Don Narcisse	1
Nick Hebeler				2	47	1
James Ellingson				1		0
Norris Gibbs				1		0
Totals	634	0	0	20	88	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Dave Ridgway									49	23	4			174
Walter Bender	6	1		0					0	0	0			42
Ray Elgaard		4							0	0	0			24
Tron Armstrong		3		0					0	0	0			18
Glen Suitor	1					2	0		0	0	0			18
David Conrad	2	1							0	0	0			18
Todd Brown		2		0					0	0	0			12
Tony Dennis		1	0						0	0	0	1		8
Mike McTague									2	2	0			8
Nick Hebeler							1		0	0	0			6
Timmy McCray	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Tom Burgess	1								0	0	0			6
Jeff Bentrim	1								0	0	0			6
Terry Baker	0								0	0	6			6
Don Narcisse	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Totals	12	13	0	0	0	2	1	0	51	25	10	1	0	358