2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders season

2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General manager	Jeremy O'Day
Head coach	Craig Dickenson
Home field	Mosaic Stadium
Results
Record	13–5
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Final
Team MOP	Cody Fajardo
Team MOC	Cameron Judge
Team MOR	Dakoda Shepley
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The 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was the 62nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League. It was the club's 110th year overall and its 104th season of play. The Roughriders qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive year and hosted a playoff game for the second consecutive year. They finished 13–5 in the regular season (their best record since 1970) and finished first place in the West Division for only the second time since 1976 and the first time winning the West Division crown since 2009. The 2019 West Final was the first time that the game was held at the new Mosaic Stadium and the second time a playoff game was held at the venue, the first coming during the previous season in 2018.

This was Craig Dickenson's first season as head coach and Jeremy O'Day's first full season as general manager following the sudden departure of Chris Jones, who held both roles for the previous three years.

Offseason

Foreign drafts

For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from Mexico and Europe. ^[1] Like all other CFL teams, the Roughriders held three non-tradeable selections in the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft, which took place on January 14, 2019. The 2019 European CFL Draft took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
LFA	1	6	René Brassea	OL	Fundidores de Monterrey
	2	15	Carlos Olvera	WR	UDLAP
	3	24	Francisco García	CB	Fundidores de Monterrey
Euro	1	6	Max Zimmermann	WR	Potsdam Royals

CFL draft

The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019. ^[5] The Roughriders had six selections in the eight-round draft after trading their third-round pick in a package for Vernon Adams and their seventh-round pick for Brian Jones. ^{[6] [7]}

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	6	Justin McInnis	WR	Arkansas State
2	15	Brayden Lenius	WR	New Mexico
4	35	Jacob Janke	LB	York
5	44	Charbel Dabire	DL	Wagner
6	53	Vincent Roy	OL	Sherbrooke
8	71	Christopher Judge	DL	Cal Poly

Preseason

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
A	Bye
B	1	Fri, May 31	7:00 p.m. CST	at Calgary Stampeders	L 1–37	0–1	TSN	McMahon Stadium	NA	Recap
C	2	Thurs, June 6	7:00 p.m. CST	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 29–35	0–2	None	Mosaic Stadium	28,706	Recap

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Regular season

Standings

West Division view talk edit
Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	13	5	0	26	487	386	7–3	W3	Details
Calgary Stampeders	18	12	6	0	24	482	407	8–2	W1	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	11	7	0	22	508	409	7–3	W1	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	18	8	10	0	16	406	400	3–7	L2	Details
BC Lions	18	5	13	0	10	411	452	0–10	L3	Details

Schedule

To accommodate for the viewership of the Toronto Raptors' 7:00pm CST NBA Finals Game 6 start time on June 13, the CFL moved up the start time of the league opener that same day from 5:30pm to 5:00pm. ^[10]

In the late evening of August 9 at 9:06pm EDT, a weather delay was declared at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium in Montreal due to an approaching thunderstorm with intense lightning; the Roughriders were leading the Alouettes 17–10 with 2:41 left in the 3rd quarter. Because the game had not restarted by 10:06pm EDT and over 7:30 had been played in the 3rd at that point, the game was decided to be official and the 17–10 score was declared final. ^{[11] [12]}

The Roughriders played an unusually long three game road trip in October to accommodate the National Hockey League's Heritage Classic which was staged at Mosaic Stadium for the first time.

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
1	1	Thu, June 13	5:00 p.m. CST	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 17–23	0–1	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field	22,287	Recap
2	2	Thu, June 20	5:30 p.m. CST	at Ottawa Redblacks	L 41–44	0–2	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	23,453	Recap
3	3	Mon, July 1	5:00 p.m. CST	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 32–7	1–2	TSN/RDS2	Mosaic Stadium	30,121	Recap
4	4	Sat, July 6	8:00 p.m. CST	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 10–37	1–3	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	29,147	Recap
5	Bye
6	5	Sat, July 20	5:00 p.m. CST	vs. BC Lions	W 38–25	2–3	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	31,602	Recap
7	6	Sat, July 27	5:00 p.m. CST	at BC Lions	W 45–18	3–3	TSN	BC Place	20,950	Recap
8	7	Thu, Aug 1	7:30 p.m. CST	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 24–19	4–3	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	29,516	Recap
9	8	Fri, Aug 9	5:00 p.m. CST	at Montreal Alouettes	W 17–10	5–3	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	16,580	Recap
10	Bye
11	9	Sat, Aug 24	5:00 p.m. CST	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	W 40–18	6–3	TSN/RDS	Mosaic Stadium	32,328	Recap
12	10	Sun, Sep 1	1:00 p.m. CST	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 19–17	7–3	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	33,356	Recap
13	11	Sat, Sept 7	2:00 p.m. CST	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 10–35	7–4	TSN	IG Field	33,134	Recap
14	12	Sat, Sept 14	5:00 p.m. CST	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 27–25	8–4	TSN/RDS	Mosaic Stadium	30,205	Recap
15	Bye
16	13	Sat, Sept 28	5:00 p.m. CST	at Toronto Argonauts	W 41–16	9–4	TSN	BMO Field	12,406	Recap
17	14	Sat, Oct 5	5:00 p.m. CST	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 21–6	10–4	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	31,080	Recap
18	15	Fri, Oct 11	7:30 p.m. CST	at Calgary Stampeders	L 28–30	10–5	TSN	McMahon Stadium	30,210	Recap
19	16	Fri, Oct 18	8:00 p.m. CST	at BC Lions	W 27–19	11–5	TSN	BC Place	18,043	Recap
20	17	Sat, Oct 26	5:00 p.m. CST	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 27–24	12–5	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium	29,228	Recap
21	18	Sat, Nov 2	2:00 p.m. CST	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 23–13	13–5	TSN/RDS2	Mosaic Stadium	29,156	Recap

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Post-season

Schedule

Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
West Semi-Final	Bye
West Final	Sun, Nov 17	3:30 p.m. CST	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 13–20	0–1	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Mosaic Stadium	33,300	Recap

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Team

Roster

Saskatchewan Roughriders roster
Quarterbacks  6 Bryan Bennett  7 Cody Fajardo 16 Isaac Harker Running backs 27 Kienan LaFrance 29 William Powell  8 Marcus Thigpen Fullbacks 32 Alexandre Gagne 87 Patrick Lavoie Receivers 84 Emmanuel Arceneaux  1 Shaquelle Evans 18 Justin McInnis 85 Kyran Moore 82 Naaman Roosevelt  5 Kenny Stafford 19 Cory Watson Offensive linemen 53 Philip Blake RG 63 René Brassea 67 Dan Clark C 68 Thaddeus Coleman RT 57 Brendon LaBatte LG 64 Dakoda Shepley 65 Terran Vaughn LT		Defensive linemen 98 Charbel Dabire 93 Chad Geter 74 Makana Henry 39 Charleston Hughes  2 Micah Johnson 99 A. C. Leonard Linebackers 45 Alexandre Chevrier 35 Dyshawn Davis 10 Solomon Elimimian 48 Gary Johnson Jr.  4 Cameron Judge 42 Derrick Moncrief 43 Micah Teitz Defensive backs  0 Elie Bouka 33 Jacob Dearborn 15 Mike Edem S 11 Ed Gainey  3 Nick Marshall 21 L. J. McCray 28 Loucheiz Purifoy 14 Denzel Radford Special teams 46 Jorgen Hus LS 12 Brett Lauther K  9 Jon Ryan P		1-game injured list 41 Albert Awachie FB 54 Jake Bennett OL 66 Dariusz Bladek OL 30 Blace Brown DB 58 Takoby Cofield OL 92 Zack Evans DL 97 Jeremy Faulk DL 80 Carlos Henderson WR 31 Samuel Hurl LB 49 Oluwaseun Idowu LB 89 Brayden Lenius WR 17 Jordan Williams-Lambert WR 6-game injured list 52 Brandyn Bartlett LB 95 Lavar Edwards DL  3 Jake Harty WR 90 Jordan Reaves DL		Practice roster 22 Shamar Busby DB 26 Jhavonte Dean DB 75 Logan Ferland OL 38 Javier Garcia DB 24 Justice Hansen QB 61 Cameron Jefferson OL 96 Cece Jefferson DL 88 Paul McRoberts WR 25 Jamal Morrow RB 81 Mitchell Picton WR 69 Braden Schram OL 94 Sterling Shippy DL 20 Atlee Simon RB 86 Max Zimmermann WR Italics indicate American player Bold indicate Global player Roster updated 2019-11-17 Depth Chart • Transactions 46 Active, 12 One-game injured, 4 Six-game injured, 14 Practice → More rosters

Coaching staff

Saskatchewan Roughriders Staff
	Front office President and ceo – Craig Reynolds General manager and vice president of football operations – Jeremy O'Day Assistant general manager – Paul Jones Director of football operations – Ryan Pollock Football operations coordinator – Jordan Greenly U.S. Scout – Ron Selesky Director of athletic therapy – Ivan Gutfriend Manager of equipment – Gordon Gilroy Head coaches Head coach – Craig Dickenson Assistant head coach – Stephen McAdoo Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Stephen McAdoo Quarterbacks – Steve Walsh Offensive line – Stephen Sorrells Receivers – Travis Moore Running backs – Kent Maugeri			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator & Defensive Backs – Jason Shivers Linebackers – Chris Tormey Assistant defensive backs – Richard Kent Defensive assistant – Mike Davis Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Craig Dickenson Special teams assistant – Terry Eisler Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning coordinator – Clinton Spencer → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs

References

1. Dan Barnes (January 11, 2019). "'FUN ELEMENT': CFL set for inaugural draft of Mexican talent".
2. "Mexico's top talent selected at CFL-LFA Draft". cfl.ca. January 14, 2019.
3. "CFL to hold European lottery and draft in April". 3downnation.com. April 3, 2019.
4. "Full results from the first ever European draft". cfl.ca. April 11, 2019.
5. "An early look at the 2019 CFL Draft selection order". December 17, 2018.
6. "Riders acquire QB Vernon Adams in trade with Als". August 15, 2017.
7. "Riders acquire former 4th overall pick Brian Jones". August 20, 2018.
8. 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders Schedule
9. CFL on TSN broadcast schedule
10. "CFL moves season opener kickoff time up a half hour". June 11, 2019.
11. "Defensive touchdowns lead Riders past Als in weather-shortened game". CFL.ca. August 9, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
12. "CFL issues statement following shortened Week 9 game". CFL.ca. August 9, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
13. 2019 schedule

External links

• Official website