1966 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
Introduction The '''1966 Saskatchewan Roughriders''' season was the 57th in franchise history. Following a first-place finish in the regular season, the Roughriders won their first Grey Cup over the Ottawa Rough Riders. It was Saskatchewan's first championship in franchise history.
Preseason  Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A Tue, July 12 at Montreal Alouettes W 23–17 1–0 McGill Stadium 18,000 A Thur, July 14 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 10–19 1–1 Lansdowne Park 14,000 B Fri, July 22 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 20–1 2–1 Taylor Field
Regular season === Season Standings===+ '''Western Football Conference''' Team  GP  W  L  T  PF  PA  Pts'''Saskatchewan Roughriders'''  16  9  6  1  351  318  19'''Winnipeg Blue Bombers'''  16  8  7  1  264  230  17'''Edmonton Eskimos'''  16  6  9  1  251  328  13Calgary Stampeders  16  6  9  1  227  459  13BC Lions  16  5  11  0  254  269  10===Schedule=== Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 Fri, July 29 at Edmonton Eskimos W 40–13 1–0 Clarke Stadium 16,400 2 2 Sun, Aug 7 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 38–14 2–0 Taylor Field 20,009 3 3 Fri, Aug 12 vs. BC Lions W 16–14 3–0 Taylor Field 20,379 4 4 Wed, Aug 17 at Calgary Stampeders L 1–26 3–1 McMahon Stadium 22,119 4 5 Mon, Aug 22 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 17–18 3–2 Taylor Field 18,052 5 6 Sun, Aug 28 at BC Lions W 30–29 4–2 Empire Stadium 31,560 6 7 Mon, Sept 5 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 44–0 5–2 Taylor Field 19,451 7 8 Sun, Sept 11 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 27–24 6–2 Winnipeg Stadium 21,655 8 9 Sun, Sept 18 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 23–7 7–2 Taylor Field 19,339 9 10 Sat, Sept 24 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 7–29 7–3 Civic Stadium 26,057 9 11 Mon, Sept 26 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 8–18 7–4 Lansdowne Park 22,954 10 12 Sun, Oct 2 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers T 11–11 7–4–1 Taylor Field 19,045 11 13 Sat, Oct 8 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 18–35 7–5–1 Taylor Field 16,392 12 14 Sat, Oct 15 at BC Lions W 22–21 8–5–1 Empire Stadium 34,163 13 15 Sat, Oct 22 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 21–33 8–6–1 Taylor Field 18,000 14 16 Tue, Oct 25 at Calgary Stampeders W 28–26 9–6–1 McMahon Stadium 18,435* † denotes that the week, date and score of this game is unknown.
Postseason ===Schedule=== Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record West Final 1 Sun, Nov 13 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 14–7 1–0 Taylor Field 14,013 West Final 2 Wed, Nov 16 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 21–19 2–0 Winnipeg Stadium 13,624 54th Grey Cup Sat, Nov 26 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 29–14 3–0 Lansdowne Park 36,553===Grey Cup=== Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final '''Saskatchewan Roughriders''' 7 7 0 15 '''29''' Ottawa Rough Riders 6 8 0 0 14
Awards and honours *Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player, George Reed*George Reed, CFL All-Star, Offense*Hugh Campbell, CFL All-Star, Offense
References
External links *  Saskatchewan Roughriders Official Site*  Regina Leader-Post*  RiderFans.com*  RiderPrider.com*  RiderBlitz.com: Rider blog