The 1970Saskatchewan Roughriders finished in first place in the Western Conference with a 14–2–0 record, which still stands as a franchise record for most wins in a single season. The team's winning percentage of 0.875 is also the best since the creation of the Western Interprovincial Football Union in 1936. The Roughriders qualified for the playoffs for the ninth straight season, but lost the West Final three-game series to the Calgary Stampeders. Between regular season and playoffs, Saskatchewan lost only three times at home, all to Calgary, including twice in their playoff series.
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1970, saskatchewan, roughriders, season, 1970, saskatchewan, roughriders, finished, first, place, western, conference, with, record, which, still, stands, franchise, record, most, wins, single, season, team, winning, percentage, also, best, since, creation, we. The 1970 Saskatchewan Roughriders finished in first place in the Western Conference with a 14 2 0 record which still stands as a franchise record for most wins in a single season The team s winning percentage of 0 875 is also the best since the creation of the Western Interprovincial Football Union in 1936 The Roughriders qualified for the playoffs for the ninth straight season but lost the West Final three game series to the Calgary Stampeders Between regular season and playoffs Saskatchewan lost only three times at home all to Calgary including twice in their playoff series 1970 Saskatchewan Roughriders seasonGeneral managerKen PrestonHead coachEagle KeysHome fieldTaylor FieldResultsRecord14 2Division place1st WestPlayoff finishLost West Final 1969 Roughriders seasons 1971 Contents 1 Regular season 1 1 Season Standings 1 2 Season schedule 2 Postseason 2 1 Schedule 3 ReferencesRegular season editSeason Standings edit Western Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsSaskatchewan Roughriders 16 14 2 0 369 206 28Edmonton Eskimos 16 9 7 0 282 287 18Calgary Stampeders 16 9 7 0 293 209 18BC Lions 16 6 10 0 295 384 12Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 2 14 0 184 332 4 1 Season schedule edit Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue AttendanceScore Record1 1 Tues July 28 at BC Lions W 42 9 1 0 Empire Stadium 29 1521 2 Fri July 31 vs Edmonton Eskimos W 23 11 2 0 Taylor Field 13 9602 3 Sat Aug 8 at Hamilton Tiger Cats W 23 22 3 0 Civic Stadium 25 1353 4 Tues Aug 11 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 24 1 4 0 Frank Clair Stadium 25 1924 5 Mon Aug 17 vs Calgary Stampeders L 0 30 4 1 Taylor Field 18 5535 6 Wed Aug 26 at Calgary Stampeders W 21 17 5 1 McMahon Stadium 23 6165 7 Sun Aug 30 vs Toronto Argonauts W 36 14 6 1 Taylor Field 20 1796 8 Mon Sept 7 vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 30 11 7 1 Taylor Field 15 4337 9 Sat Sept 12 at Edmonton Eskimos L 6 10 7 2 Clarke Stadium 19 3348 10 Fri Sept 18 vs BC Lions W 23 22 8 2 Taylor Field 17 5359 11 Sun Sept 27 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 5 2 9 2 Winnipeg Stadium 16 52810 12 Sun Oct 4 vs Montreal Alouettes W 29 10 10 2 Taylor Field 21 70811 13 Sun Oct 11 vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 19 10 11 2 Taylor Field 15 60612 14 Sun Oct 18 at Calgary Stampeders W 21 14 12 2 Clarke Stadium 23 61613 Bye14 15 Wed Oct 28 vs Edmonton Eskimos W 34 10 13 2 Taylor Field 10 96914 16 Sun Nov 1 at BC Lions W 33 13 14 2 Empire Stadium 23 738 2 3 Postseason editSchedule edit Round Date Opponent Results Venue AttendanceScore RecordWest Final 1 Sat Nov 14 vs Calgary Stampeders L 11 28 0 1 Taylor Field 15 510West Final 2 Wed Nov 18 at Calgary Stampeders W 11 3 1 1 McMahon Stadium 23 616West Final 3 Sun Nov 22 vs Calgary Stampeders L 14 15 1 2 Taylor Field 18 385 2 3 References edit 1970 Regular Season Standings Archived from the original on 2009 10 06 Retrieved 2013 08 25 a b 1970 Schedule CFL ca Official Site of the Canadian Football League www cfl ca Archived from the original on 10 April 2013 Retrieved 6 June 2022 a b 1970 Saskatchewan Roughriders CFL Pro Football Archives Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1970 Saskatchewan Roughriders season amp oldid 1188492298, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
