The Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 2008 Season

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the West Division
West Division Semi-final
- Nov. 8, 2008 Lost 12 – 33 vs BC

Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 2007: 31 players
2008 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)
2008 CFL team stats (CFL.ca)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 Record

	GP	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	2	40	50	L1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	12	6	24	500	471	W3	4-2-0
Home	9	7	2	14	290	203	W3	4-2-0
Visitor	9	5	4	10	210	268	W1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	10	5	5	10	258	247	W1	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	7	1	14	242	224	W2	5-1-0

Full 2008 League Standings

Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ SSK	SSK @
Divisional	0.639	3-2-0 (5)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.361	4-0-0 (4)	3-1-0 (4)
BC Lions (3)	0.611	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (4)	0.722	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Edmonton Eskimos (3)	0.556	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.222	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.444	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Team Scoring

	2008	2007 +/-
Average Combined Score	53.94	+0.39
Average Winning Score	33.67	-0.83
Average Losing Score	16.00	-3.33
Average Home Score	32.22	-1.44
Average Visitor Score	23.33	-1.89
Average Margin of Victory	10.33	-6.25
Average Margin of Loss	15.83	-1.33

2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders Attendance

Capacity: 30,945
Total: 269,965
High: 30,985
Avg: 29,996 (9 out of 9 games)
Diff from 2007 Avg: +1,942
Low: 28,800
Sellouts: 5
% of Capacity: 96.93
Diff from League Avg: +1,222

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Coaches

Head Coaches

Ken Miller (Feb. 6, 2008 – Dec. 2, 2010)
Kent Austin (Dec. 6, 2006 – Jan. 16, 2008)

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Assistant Coaches

Paul LaPolice – Offensive Coordinator
Jamie Barresi – Running backs
Mike Gibson – Offensive line
Richie Hall – Defensive Coordinator
Ron Estay – Defensive line
Gary Etcheverry – Defensive assistant
Alex Smith – Special teams

Stadium

2008 home stadium: Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field
Capacity: 30,945
Playing surface: Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)
Previous stadium change: 2008 – Expansion

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Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

471 (26.2)

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Saskatchewan	33	47	80	94	61	155	65	17	82	98	85	183	290 (32.2)	210 (23.3)	500 (27.8)
Opponent	55	59	114	61	82	143	39	56	95	48	71	119	268 (29.8)	203 (22.6)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	6 (4-2-0)	6 (3-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	8 (5-3-0)	1 (1-0-0)	9 (6-3-0)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (3-4-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	12 (6-6-0)
After 3rd	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (3-4-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (4-6-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	12 (12-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Michael Bishop

Defensive Star

1 – Renauld Williams

Canadian Star

1 – Stu Foord
1 – Rob Bagg

Special Teams Star

1 – Luca Congi

Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 Player Awards and Nominations

2008 Most Outstanding

Player — Wes Cates (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Maurice Lloyd (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Gene Makowsky (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Gene Makowsky (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Weston Dressler (Winner)

2008 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — Jeremy O'Day (Winner)

Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)	[TOR]	Keith Shologan (DL)	Central Florida
1–7 (7)		Shea Emry (LB)	British Columbia (UBC)
2–2 (10)	[EDM]	Jonathan St. Pierre (OL)	Illinois State
2–6 (14)	[BC]	Michael Stadnyk (DL)	Montana
4–6 (30)	[BC]	J.F. Morin-Roberge (OL)	Montana
5–8 (40)		Jeff Zelinski (DB)	Saint Mary's
6–1 (41)	[HAM]	Teale Orban (QB)	Regina

Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Wes Cates
G	Gene Makowsky
LB	Maurice Lloyd
LB	Anton McKenzie

4 All-Division Selections

RB	Wes Cates
G	Gene Makowsky
LB	Maurice Lloyd
LB	Anton McKenzie

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Fri. June 13 7:00 PM	BC 13 @ SSK 33	W	28,800
B	Thu. June 19 9:00 PM	SSK 7 @ EDM 37	L	33,508
1	Sat. June 28 7:30 PM	EDM 13 @ SSK 34	W	28,800	TSN
2	Fri. July 4 10:00 PM	SSK 26 @ BC 16	W	33,813	TSN
3	Sat. July 12 4:00 PM	SSK 33 @ HAM 28	W	20,874	TSN
4	Sat. July 19 7:00 PM	MTL 33 @ SSK 41	W	28,800	TSN, RDS
5	Sun. July 27 7:00 PM	TOR 22 @ SSK 28	W	28,800	TSN
6	Sat. Aug. 2 8:00 PM	SSK 22 @ CGY 21	W	25,650	TSN
7	Thu. Aug. 7 10:00 PM	CGY 30 @ SSK 25	L	28,800	TSN
9	Thu. Aug. 21 9:00 PM	SSK 10 @ EDM 27	L	48,808	TSN
10	Sun. Aug. 31 3:00 PM	WPG 6 @ SSK 19	W	30,985	TSN
11	Sun. Sept. 7 4:00 PM	SSK 34 @ WPG 31	W	29,770	TSN
12	Sat. Sept. 13 10:00 PM	SSK 23 @ BC 28	L	38,608	TSN
13	Sat. Sept. 20 9:30 PM	BC 27 @ SSK 21	L	30,945	TSN
14	Sun. Sept. 28 1:00 PM	SSK 12 @ MTL 37	L	20,202	TSN, RDS
15	Fri. Oct. 3 10:00 PM	CGY 34 @ SSK 37	W	30,945	TSN
16	Mon. Oct. 13 4:30 PM	SSK 5 @ CGY 42	L	35,650	TSN
17	Sun. Oct. 19 3:00 PM	HAM 29 @ SSK 30	W	30,945	TSN
18	Sat. Oct. 25 6:30 PM	EDM 9 @ SSK 55	W	30,945	TSN
19	Thu. Oct. 30 7:30 PM	SSK 45 @ TOR 38	W	28,654	TSN
P1	Sat. Nov. 8 4:30 PM	BC 33 @ SSK 12	L	30,945	TSN