2010 Saskatchewan Roughriders season

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2010 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General manager Brendan Taman
Head coach Ken Miller
Home stadium Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field
Results
Record10–8
Division place2nd, West
PlayoffsLost Grey Cup
Team MOP Darian Durant
Team MOC Andy Fantuz
Team MOR Shomari Williams
Uniform
CFL SSK Jersey 2010.png

The 2010 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was the 53rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League. The Roughriders attempted to win their fourth Grey Cup championship, but they lost to the Montreal Alouettes. The Roughriders celebrated their 100th Anniversary this year, which included wearing retro black, silver and red uniforms, having a documentary made of the franchise and having the Canadian Mint release a specialized Roughrider loonie. [1]

Contents

Offseason

Transactions

DateTypeIncomingOutgoingTeam
December 7, 2009Re-Signing [2] Chris Best N/A Saskatchewan Roughriders
December 7, 2009Re-Signing [2] Luc Mullinder N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
January 11, 2010Deferred List [3] N/A John Chick Indianapolis Colts
January 15, 2010Re-Signing [4] Hugh Charles N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
January 15, 2010Re-Signing [4] Chris Getzlaf N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
January 28, 2010Re-Signing [5] Omarr Morgan N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
February 9, 2010Deferred List [6] N/A Stevie Baggs Arizona Cardinals
February 10, 2010Signing [7] Kelly Bates N/A Winnipeg Blue Bombers
February 10, 2010Release [7] N/A Antonio Hall Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 10, 2010Release [7] N/A Bobby Harris Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 10, 2010Release [7] N/A Denatay Heard Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 12, 2010Re-Signing [8] Andy Fantuz N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
February 15, 2010Re-Signing [9] Stu Foord N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
February 15, 2010Deferred List [10] N/A Renauld Williams Pittsburgh Steelers
February 16, 2010Re-Signing [11] Jocelyn Frenette N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
February 16, 2010Re-Signing [12] Marc Parenteau N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
February 16, 2010Re-Signing [13] Chris Szarka N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
February 17, 2010Re-Signing [14] Tad Kornegay N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
February 17, 2010Signing [15] Dominique Dorsey N/A Toronto Argonauts
February 23, 2010Free agent Lost [16] N/A Steven Jyles Winnipeg Blue Bombers
February 23, 2010Re-Signing [17] James Patrick N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
February 24, 2010Trade [18] Prechae Rodriguez Adam Nicolson Hamilton Tiger-Cats
February 24, 2010Re-Signing [19] Marcus Adams N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
February 26, 2010Free agent Lost [20] N/A Gerran Walker Toronto Argonauts
February 26, 2010Retirement [21] N/A Eddie Davis Saskatchewan Roughriders
March 3, 2010Signing [22] Dan Goodspeed N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
March 9, 2010Trade [23] 2010 5th round draft pick Dalton Bell Toronto Argonauts
March 10, 2010Re-Signing [24] Wes Cates N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
March 10, 2010Re-Signing [25] Darian Durant N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
March 19, 2010Signing [26] Aaron Fairooz N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
March 19, 2010Signing [26] Cary Koch N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
March 24, 2010Signing [27] Brandon Register N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
March 24, 2010Signing [27] LaDarius Key N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
March 24, 2010Signing [27] Brandon Foster N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
March 26, 2010Signing [28] Barrin Simpson N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
April 1, 2010Signing Lavarus Giles [29] N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
April 1, 2010Signing [29] Marcus Thigpen N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
April 9, 2010Re-Signing [30] Cole Bergquist N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
April 9, 2010Signing [30] Kent Smith N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
April 14, 2010Re-Signing [31] Rob Bagg N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
April 15, 2010Release [32] N/A Jason Armstead Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 16, 2010Signing [33] Jim Maxwell N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
April 16, 2010Signing [33] Vaalyn Jackson N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
April 22, 2010Release [34] N/A Graham Harrell Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 22, 2010Release [34] N/A Eric Morris Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 27, 2010Signing [35] Jeremy Gilchrist N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
April 27, 2010Signing [35] Brent Hawkins N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
May 2, 2010Trade [36] 2010 1st overall draft pick
2010 2nd round draft pick 		2010 1st round draft pick
2010 1st round draft pick
Jamie Boreham 		Toronto Argonauts
May 12, 2010Signing [37] Taylor Wallace N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
May 12, 2010Signing [37] Shomari Williams N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
May 18, 2010Retired [38] N/A Aaron Wagner Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 18, 2010Release [38] N/A Carlos Armour Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 28, 2010Release [38] N/A Jim Maxwell Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 18, 2010Signing [38] Ikenna Ike N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
May 21, 2010Signing [39] Dwayne Eley N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
May 21, 2010Signing [39] Aaron Love N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
May 21, 2010Signing [39] Aaron Waldie N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
May 26, 2010Signing [40] Ryan Dinwiddie N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
May 26, 2010Signing [40] Todd Reesing N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
May 27, 2010Release [41] N/A Johnny Quinn Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 27, 2010Release [41] N/A Kevin Scott Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 1, 2010Signing [42] Willie Byrd N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
June 1, 2010Signing [42] Christian Houle N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
June 1, 2010Signing [42] Ryan Lucas N/ASaskatchewan Roughriders
June 5, 2010Release [43] N/A Vaalyn Jackson Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 5, 2010Release [43] N/A Ryan Lucas Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 5, 2010Release [43] N/A Aaron Love Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 5, 2010Release [43] N/A David McKoy Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 6, 2010Trade [44] Obed Cetoute Jonathan St. Pierre Toronto Argonauts
June 8, 2010Release [45] N/A Todd Reesing Saskatchewan Roughriders

CFL draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club team
11 Shomari Williams LB Queen's
28 Jordan Sisco WR Regina
533 Patrick Neufeld OL Saskatchewan
538 Bruno LaPointe DL Buffalo

Preseason

WeekDateOpponentScoreResultAttendance
ASun, June 13 BC Lions 19–17Loss29,227
BSun, June 20at Calgary Stampeders 41–17Loss29,050
 #  Games played with primary home uniforms.

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Calgary Stampeders 18135062645926 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18108049748820 Details
BC Lions 18810046646616 Details
Edmonton Eskimos 18711038254514 Details

Season schedule

WeekDateOpponentScoreResultAttendanceRecord
1 Thurs, July 1 Montreal Alouettes 54–51 (2OT)Win30,0481–0
2Sat, July 10at BC Lions 37–18Win27,5282–0
3Sat, July 17 Edmonton Eskimos 24–20Win30,0483–0
4Sat, July 24at Calgary Stampeders 40–20Loss35,6503–1
5Sat, July 31 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37–24Win30,0484–1
‖ 6 ‖Fri, Aug 6at Montreal Alouettes30–26Loss25,0124–2
‖ 7 ‖Thurs, Aug 12BC Lions37–13Win30,0485–2
8Bye5–2
9Sat, Aug 28at Edmonton Eskimos17–14Loss47,8295–3
‖ 10 ‖ Sun, Sept 5 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27–23Win30,0486–3
11 Sun, Sept 12 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers31–2Loss29,5336–4
12Fri, Sept 17Calgary Stampeders43–37 (OT)Win30,0487–4
13Sat, Sept 25at Hamilton Tiger-Cats32–25Win23,1088–4
14Sat, Oct 2at Toronto Argonauts 27–16Win23,8739–4
15Sat, Oct 9Toronto Argonauts24–19Loss30,0489–5
16Sun, Oct 17Calgary Stampeders34–26Loss30,0489–6
17Sat, Oct 23at Edmonton Eskimos39–24Loss38,3259–7
18Sun, Oct 31at BC Lions23–17Loss25,4799–8
19Sat, Nov 6Edmonton Eskimos31–23Win30,04810–8
 #  Games played with primary home uniforms.
 #  Games played with white uniforms.
 ǁ # ǁ  Games played with retro alternate uniforms.
 ǁ # ǁ  Games played with white retro alternate uniforms.
 #  Games played with 100th anniversary uniforms.

Roster

2010 Saskatchewan Roughriders roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Inactive List

Practice Roster

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2010-10-25
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active, 8 Inactive, 9 PR

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Player stats

Passing

PlayerAttComp%YardsTDINTRating
Darian Durant64439160.75542252287.2
Ryan Dinwiddie1206050.050375100.4
Weston Dressler200.00002.1

[46]

Rushing

PlayerNo.YardsAverageLongTDFumbles
Wes Cates20310545.283153
Darian Durant806187.735713
Hugh Charles131158.83020
Weston Dressler9576.31500
Rob Bagg24321.54600
Chris Szarka10212.1510

[47]

Receiving

PlayerNo.YardsAvg.LongTD
Andy Fantuz87138015.9666
Weston Dressler81118914.7776
Chris Getzlaf5594617.2855
Rob Bagg4468815.6873
Prechae Rodriguez3037612.5432
Wes Cates423558.5331
Jason Clermont2730011.1350
Cary Koch2129914.2423

[48]

Awards and records

2010 CFL All-Stars

CFL Western All-Stars

CFL Players of the Week

Quarterback Darian Durant was named the CFL's Offensive Player of the Week for the first week of the season. DarianDurantRiders.JPG
Quarterback Darian Durant was named the CFL's Offensive Player of the Week for the first week of the season.
WeekPlayerAward
One Darian Durant Offensive Player of the Week
One Andy Fantuz Outstanding Canadian
Two Brent Hawkins Defensive Player of the Week
Five Luca Congi Special Teams Player of the Week
FiveAndy FantuzOutstanding Canadian
Seven Jerrell Freeman Defensive Player of the Week
Nine James Patrick Defensive Player of the Week
TwelveAndy FantuzOffensive Player of the Week
TwelveAndy FantuzOutstanding Canadian
FourteenAndy FantuzOutstanding Canadian
Sixteen Chris Getzlaf Outstanding Canadian
Twenty Weston Dressler Offensive Player of the Week
Twenty Lance Frazier Defensive Player of the Week
Twenty Jason Clermont Outstanding Canadian
Twenty-oneJerrell FreemanDefensive Player of the Week
Twenty-oneChris GetzlafOutstanding Canadian

Source [49]

CFL Players of the Month

MonthPlayerAward
July Andy Fantuz Outstanding Canadian
September Darian Durant Offensive Player
SeptemberAndy FantuzOutstanding Canadian
OctoberAndy FantuzOutstanding Canadian

Source [50]

Playoffs

Schedule

WeekDateTimeOpponentScoreResultAttendance
ǁ 20 ǁNov 143:30 PM CSTBC Lions41–38 (2OT)Win29,215
ǁ 21 ǁNov 213:30 PM CSTat Calgary Stampeders20–16Win35,650
ǁ 22 ǁNov 285:00 PM CSTvs. Montreal Alouettes at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton21–18Loss63,317
 ǁ # ǁ  Games played with retro alternate uniforms.
 ǁ # ǁ  Games played with white retro alternate uniforms.

Bracket

November 14: Division Semi-Finals November 21: Division Finals November 28: 98th Grey Cup
Commonwealth Stadium  – Edmonton
E3 Toronto Argonauts 17
E3 Toronto Argonauts 16E1 Montreal Alouettes 48
E2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13 E1 Montreal Alouettes 21
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 20
W3 BC Lions 38 W1 Calgary Stampeders 16
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 41*

*-Team won in Overtime.

West Semi-Final

BC at Saskatchewan
Team1234OT2OTTotal
Lions313388338
• Roughriders437138641

West Final

Saskatchewan at Calgary
Team1234Total
• Roughriders0146020
Stampeders1104116

98th Grey Cup Final

Montreal vs. Saskatchewan
Team1234Total
• Alouettes8031021
Roughriders740718

References

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  2. 1 2 "Riders Re-sign Best and Mullinder". Archived from the original on 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
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