Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

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

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 Season Resources 2008 SSK Team Roster 2008 SSK Attendance 2008 CFL Team Stats (CFL.ca) 2008 Individual Passing Stats (CFL.ca) 2008 Individual Rushing Stats (CFL.ca) 2008 Individual Receiving Stats (CFL.ca) 2008 Individual Defensive Stats (CFL.ca)


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Fri Jun 13 7:00 PM	BC 13 @ SSK 33	W	28,800
B	Thu Jun 19 9:00 PM	SSK 7 @ EDM 37	L	33,508


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Jun 28 7:30 PM	EDM 13 @ SSK 34	W	28,800	TSN
2	Fri Jul 4 10:00 PM	SSK 26 @ BC 16	W	33,813	TSN
3	Sat Jul 12 4:00 PM	SSK 33 @ HAM 28	W	20,874	TSN
4	Sat Jul 19 7:00 PM	MTL 33 @ SSK 41	W	28,800	TSN, RDS
5	Sun Jul 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
8	Bye
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 Sep 7 4:00 PM	SSK 34 @ WPG 31	W	29,770	TSN
12	Sat Sep 13 10:00 PM	SSK 23 @ BC 28	L	38,608	TSN
13	Sat Sep 20 9:30 PM	BC 27 @ SSK 21	L	30,945	TSN
14	Sun Sep 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


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 8 4:30 PM	BC 33 @ SSK 12	L	30,945	TSN
32	Bye

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

Full 2008 League Standings

	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)

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 Elks (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)

Summary
By Quarter

	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

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Saskatchewan	290 (32.2)	210 (23.3)	500 (27.8)
Total	Opponent	268 (29.8)	203 (22.6)	471 (26.2)
1st	Saskatchewan	33 (3.7)	47 (5.2)	80 (4.4)
1st	Opponent	59 (6.6)	55 (6.1)	114 (6.3)
2nd	Saskatchewan	94 (10.4)	61 (6.8)	155 (8.6)
2nd	Opponent	82 (9.1)	61 (6.8)	143 (7.9)
3rd	Saskatchewan	65 (7.2)	17 (1.9)	82 (4.6)
3rd	Opponent	56 (6.2)	39 (4.3)	95 (5.3)
4th	Saskatchewan	98 (10.9)	85 (9.4)	183 (10.2)
4th	Opponent	71 (7.9)	48 (5.3)	119 (6.6)

Head Coaches

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

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

Saskatchewan Roughriders 2008 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Michael Bishop

Defensive Star

1 – Renauld Williams

Canadian Star

1 – Rob Bagg
1 – Stu Foord

Special Teams Star

1 – Luca Congi

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 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

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

4 All-Division Selections

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

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Amateur 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)	Montreal
5–8 (40)		Jeff Zelinski (DB)	Saint Mary's
6–1 (41)	[HAM]	Teale Orban (QB)	Regina