2014 Saskatchewan Roughriders season

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2014 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General manager Brendan Taman
Head coach Corey Chamblin
Home stadium Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field
Results
Record10–8
Division place3rd, West
PlayoffsLost West Semi-Final
Team MOP John Chick
Team MOC Ricky Foley
Team MOR Mark LeGree
Uniform
CFL SSK Jersey 2014.png

The 2014 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was the 57th season for the team in the Canadian Football League. The Roughriders qualified for the playoffs for a third straight season, but failed to defend their Grey Cup title as they lost the West Semi-Final to the Edmonton Eskimos. For the second consecutive season, the club held training camp at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon with the main camp beginning on June 1. [1]

Contents

Offseason

Transactions

During the offseason, the Roughriders lost many key players from the 2013 season, including Weston Dressler, Kory Sheets, Craig Butler and Ricky Schmitt.

The Roughriders lost quarterbacks coach Khari Jones to the BC Lions, who went there to become the Lions' offensive coordinator. During the 2013 CFL Expansion Draft, they lost Keith Shologan, Zack Evans and James Lee to the Ottawa Redblacks. The Roughriders re-signed Terrell Maze, Taj Smith, Christopher Milo, Paul Woldu and Macho Harris who all were slated to become free agents in February 2014. In a trade with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Roughriders traded Drew Willy for Jade Etienne. In a trade with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Roughriders received Josh Bartel and Shomari Williams.

In free agency, the Roughriders lost Craig Butler, Jermaine McElveen, Ricky Schmitt, Jock Sanders, Graig Newman and Abraham Kromah. The Roughriders signed David Lee.

The Roughriders lost two players to the National Football League, with Weston Dressler being signed by the Kansas City Chiefs and Kory Sheets being signed by the Oakland Raiders. Dressler returned to the Roughriders in August 2014.

CFL draft

The 2014 CFL draft took place on May 13, 2014. The Roughriders had eight selections total in the seven-round draft, after trading down in the draft twice to accumulate more lower-round selections. [2]

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/club team
211 Dylan Ainsworth DL Western
218 Alex Pierzchalski WR Toronto
320 Johnny Mark K Calgary
326 Kristopher Bastien WR Concordia
539 Matt Webster DB Queen's
545 Kyle Paterson OL Regina
649 Travis Bent LB Concordia
756 Terry Hart OL St. Francis Xavier

Preseason

On February 10, 2014, it was announced that the Ottawa Redblacks will play their "home" pre-season game at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field against the Roughriders on June 14, 2014. Ottawa will be on the home side of the field and the team will be introduced as the home team, while Saskatchewan will play the game as their "away" pre-season game. This was done to accommodate for any delays that may be incurred due to the construction of TD Place Stadium. [3]

WeekDateKickoffOpponentResultsTVVenueAttendanceSummary
ScoreRecord
ABye
BSat, June 144:00 p.m. CST at Ottawa Redblacks W 21–171–0 TSN2 Mosaic Stadium 13,014 Recap
CFri, June 207:00 p.m. CSTvs. Edmonton Eskimos L 14–191–1NoneMosaic Stadium15,353 Recap
 #  Games played with primary home uniforms.

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Calgary Stampeders 18153051134730 Details
Edmonton Eskimos 18126049234024 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18108039944120 Details
BC Lions 1899038036518 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18711039748114 Details

Schedule

WeekDateKickoffOpponentResultsTVVenueAttendanceSummary
ScoreRecord
1Sun, June 295:00 p.m. CSTvs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 31–101–0 TSN/RDS2 Mosaic Stadium 19,285 Recap
2Sat, July 51:00 p.m. CSTat Toronto Argonauts L 15–481–1TSN/RDS2/ESPN2 Rogers Centre 17,758 Recap
3Sat, July 127:30 p.m. CSTvs. BC Lions L 13–261–2TSN/RDS2Mosaic Stadium32,864 Recap
4Bye
5Sat, July 268:00 p.m. CSTvs. Toronto ArgonautsW 37–92–2TSN/ESPN2Mosaic Stadium32,621 Recap
6Sat, Aug 25:00 p.m. CSTat Ottawa Redblacks W 38–143–2TSN/RDS2 TD Place Stadium 24,303 Recap
7Thur, Aug 76:30 p.m. CSTat Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 23–174–2TSN Investors Group Field 33,234 Recap
8Sat, Aug 165:00 p.m. CSTvs. Montreal Alouettes W 16–115–2TSN/RDS Mosaic Stadium33,427 Recap
9Sun, Aug 245:00 p.m. CSTat BC LionsW 20–166–2TSN/RDS2 BC Place 33,196 Recap
ǁ10ǁ Sun, Aug 31 2:00 p.m. CSTvs. Winnipeg Blue BombersW 35–307–2TSNMosaic Stadium33,427 Recap
11 Sun, Sept 7 2:00 p.m. CSTat Winnipeg Blue BombersW 30–248–2TSN/ESPN Investors Group Field33,234 Recap
12Sun, Sept 1411:00 a.m. CSTat Hamilton Tiger-CatsL 3–288–3TSN Tim Hortons Field 18,135 Recap
13Sun, Sept 212:00 p.m. CSTvs. Ottawa RedblacksW 35–32 (2OT)9–3TSN/RDS2Mosaic Stadium33,427 Recap
14Fri, Sept 268:00 p.m. CSTat Edmonton Eskimos L 0–249–4TSN Commonwealth Stadium 42,161 Recap
15Fri, Oct 38:00 p.m. CSTvs. Calgary Stampeders L 24–319–5TSN/ESPN2Mosaic Stadium33,031 Recap
16 Mon, Oct 13 11:00 a.m. CSTat Montreal AlouettesL 9–409–6TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 23,069 Recap
17Sun, Oct 192:00 p.m. CSTvs. Edmonton EskimosL 19–249–7TSN/ESPN2Mosaic Stadium32,421 Recap
18Fri, Oct 247:30 p.m. CSTat Calgary StampedersL 27–409–8TSN McMahon Stadium 35,400 Recap
19Bye
20Sat, Nov 86:00 p.m. CSTvs. Edmonton EskimosW 24-1710-8TSN/RDS2Mosaic Stadium20,139 Recap
 #  Games played with primary home uniforms.
 #  Games played with white uniforms.
 ǁ # ǁ  Games played with retro alternate uniforms.
 #  Games played with signature series uniforms.

Post-season

Schedule

GameDateKickoffOpponentResultsTVVenueAttendanceSummary
ScoreRecord
West Semi-FinalSun, Nov 163:30 p.m. CSTat Edmonton Eskimos L 10-180-1TSN/RDS2/ESPN2 Commonwealth Stadium 26,237 Recap
 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Team

Roster

Coaching staff

References

  1. ↑ Riders to hold training camp in Saskatoon
  2. ↑ "Draft Tracker". Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  3. ↑ "REDBLACKS, Riders to face off in pre-season action". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
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