2009 Saskatchewan Roughriders season

2009 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General managerEric Tillman
Head coachKen Miller
Home fieldMosaic Stadium at Taylor Field
Results
Record10–7–1
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishLost Grey Cup
Team MOPDarian Durant
Team MOCRob Bagg
Team MORJerrell Freeman
Uniform

The 2009 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League. The Roughriders attempted to win their fourth Grey Cup championship but lost to the Alouettes in the Grey Cup final.

During the 2009 Grey Cup on the second last play of the game, Sean Lucas of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, lined up as a slot back, behind a defensive linesman, during the missed kick attempt by Montreal. With 11 players already on the defensive line, and with 1 player, Jason Armstead, in the end-zone to return any missed kicks, Sean Lucas, a defensive linebacker, was on the field as a defender, & therefore, the 13th man on the field, causing the penalty on the play, and providing Montreal with another opportunity to win the 2009 Grey Cup.

The Roughriders finished the season in first place for the first time since 1976 and finished with a 10–7–1 record. As of the 2019 CFL season, the 2009 season marks the first of only two instances since 1976 that the Roughriders won their division and hosted the West Final as a member team of the CFL. They most recently won the Western Division crown during the 2019 season.

Off-season

CFL draft

The 2009 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2009. Due to a series of trades, the Roughriders had only two draft picks. Both were selected from the local University of Regina Rams team.[1]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
2 9 Tamon George DB Regina
3 17 Nick Hutchins OL Regina

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance
A Wed, June 17 at Edmonton Eskimos 45-12 Loss 34,793
B Tues, June 23 vs. Calgary Stampeders 27-19 Loss 29,107

Regular season

Standings

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 10 7 1 514 484 21 Details
Calgary Stampeders 18 10 7 1 514 443 21 Details
Edmonton Eskimos 18 9 9 0 469 502 18 Details
BC Lions 18 8 10 0 431 502 16 Details

Saskatchewan finished ahead of Calgary in the standings because they went 2-0-1 in their 3-game head-to-head series.

Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
1 Fri, July 3 vs. BC Lions 28-24 Win 30,062 1–0
2 Sat, July 11 at Toronto Argonauts 46-36 Win 30,055 2–0
▸ 3 ◂ Sat, July 18 vs. Montreal Alouettes 43-10 Loss 30,945 2–1
4 Sat, July 25 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 38-33 Loss 30,945 2–2
5 Sat, Aug 1 at Calgary Stampeders 24-23 Win 35,650 3–2
6 Fri, Aug 7 at BC Lions 35-20 Loss 30,117 3–3
7 Sun, Aug 16 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33-23 Win 30,360 4–3
▸ 8 ◂ Fri, Aug 21 at Montreal Alouettes 34-25 Loss 20,202 4–4
9 Bye
▪ 10 ▪ Sun, Sept 6 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 29-14 Win 30,945 5–4
11 Sun, Sept 13 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 55-10 Win 29,533 6–4
12 Sun, Sept 20 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 31-27 Loss 30,945 6–5
13 Sat, Sept 26 at Edmonton Eskimos 23-20 Win 62,517 7–5
14 Fri, Oct 2 at BC Lions 19-16 Loss 31,958 7–6
15 Sat, Oct 10 vs. Toronto Argonauts 32-22 Win 29,361 8–6
16 Sat, Oct 17 at Calgary Stampeders 44-44 (2OT) Tie 38,623 8–6–1
17 Sat, Oct 24 vs. BC Lions 33-30 (OT) Win 30,945 9–6–1
18 Sat, Oct 31 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24-6 Loss 24,586 9–7–1
19 Sat, Nov 7 vs. Calgary Stampeders 30-14 Win 30,945 10–7–1
 #  Games played with primary home uniforms.
 #  Games played with primary white uniforms.
 ▪ # ▪  Games played with green retro 60s uniforms.
 ▸ # ◂  Games played with white retro 60s uniforms.

Roster

2009 Saskatchewan Roughriders roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Inactive lists

Practice roster

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2009-11-23
Depth Chart • Transactions
47 Active, 17 Inactive, 13 PR

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Notable Transactions

Date Type Incoming Outgoing Team
August 4 Retired N/A Scott Schultz Saskatchewan Roughriders

Player stats

Passing

Player Att Comp % Yards TD INT Rating
Darian Durant 562 339 60.3% 4348 24 21 83.3
Steven Jyles 40 25 62.5% 290 1 2 71.9
Jason Armstead 1 1 100.0% 34 1 0 158.3
Weston Dressler 1 0 0.0% 0 0 0 2.1

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Rushing

Player No. Yards Average TD Fumbles
Wes Cates 195 932 4.8 5 2
Darian Durant 60 502 8.4 3 5
Hugh Charles 35 136 3.9 3 2
Stu Foord 25 135 5.4 1 1
Steven Jyles 24 102 4.3 4 0
Chris Szarka 15 78 5.2 6 0
Weston Dressler 11 63 5.7 1 0

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Receiving

Player No. Yards Avg. Long TD
Weston Dressler 62 941 15.2 52 4
Andy Fantuz 67 882 13.2 40 4
Rob Bagg 59 807 13.7 60 5
Chris Getzlaf 41 531 13.0 65 6
Gerran Walker 36 401 11.1 43 2

[4]

Awards

Regular Season
Date Player Award
July 7, 2009 Stevie Baggs[5] Defensive Player of the Week
August 4, 2009 Chris Getzlaf[6] Canadian Player of the Week
August 18, 2009 John Chick[7] Defensive Player of the Week
August 23, 2009 Stevie Baggs[8] Defensive Player of the Week
September 2, 2009 Stevie Baggs[9] Defensive Player of the Month
September 15, 2009 Luca Congi[10] Special Teams Player of the Week
September 29, 2009 Andy Fantuz[11] Canadian Player of the Week
September 30, 2009 Luca Congi[12] Special Teams Player of the Month
October 14, 2009 Mike McCullough[13] Canadian Player of the Week
October 20, 2009 Stevie Baggs[14] Defensive Player of the Week
October 20, 2009 Jason Armstead[15] Special Teams Player of the Week
October 20, 2009 Andy Fantuz[16] Canadian Player of the Week
October 27, 2009 Rob Bagg[17] Canadian Player of the Week
November 10, 2009 John Chick[18] Defensive Player of the Week
November 10, 2009 Andy Fantuz[19] Canadian Player of the Week
November 11, 2009 Andy Fantuz[20] Canadian Player of the Month
November 12, 2009 John Chick[21] Norm Fieldgate Trophy (West Division Most Outstanding Defensive Player)

CFL All-Star Selections

CFL West All-Star Selections

[22]

Playoffs

Schedule

Week Game Date Time Opponent Score Result Attendance
20 West Semi-Final Bye
‖ 21 ‖ West Final November 22 3:30 PM CST Calgary Stampeders 27-17 Win 30,945
‖ 22 ‖ 97th Grey Cup November 29 5:30 PM CST Montreal Alouettes 28-27 Loss 46,020
 ǁ # ǁ  Games played with retro 70s alternate uniforms.

Bracket

November 15: Division Semifinals November 22: Division Finals November 29: 97th Grey Cup
McMahon Stadium – Calgary
         
W4 BC Lions 18
East
E1 Montreal Alouettes 56
W4 BC Lions 34*
E2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27
E1 Montreal Alouettes 28
W1 Saskatchewan Roughriders 27
W2 Calgary Stampeders 17
West
W1 Saskatchewan Roughriders 27
W3 Edmonton Eskimos 21
W2 Calgary Stampeders 24

*-Team won in Overtime.


West Final

Date and time: Sunday, November 22, 4:30 PM Mountain Standard Time
Venue: Mosaic Stadium, Regina, Saskatchewan

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Calgary Stampeders 3 7 1 6 17
Saskatchewan Roughriders 0 10 14 3 27

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