2010 Saskatchewan Roughriders season

2010 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
Head coach	Ken Miller
General manager	Brendan Taman
Home field	Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field
Results
Record	10–8
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost in Grey Cup
Team MOP	Darian Durant
Team MOC	Andy Fantuz
Team MOR	Shomari Williams
Uniform

The 2010 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was the 53rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League. The Roughriders attempted to win their 4th Grey Cup championship, but they lost to the Montreal Alouettes. The Roughriders celebrated their 100th Anniversary this year, which included wearing retro black, silver and red uniforms, having a documentary made of the franchise and having the Canadian Mint release a specialized Roughrider loonie.^[1]

Offseason

Transactions

Date	Type	Incoming	Outgoing	Team
December 7, 2009	Re-Signing[2]	Chris Best	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
December 7, 2009	Re-Signing[2]	Luc Mullinder	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
January 11, 2010	Deferred List[3]	N/A	John Chick	Indianapolis Colts
January 15, 2010	Re-Signing[4]	Hugh Charles	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
January 15, 2010	Re-Signing[4]	Chris Getzlaf	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
January 28, 2010	Re-Signing[5]	Omarr Morgan	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 9, 2010	Deferred List[6]	N/A	Stevie Baggs	Arizona Cardinals
February 10, 2010	Signing[7]	Kelly Bates	N/A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
February 10, 2010	Release[7]	N/A	Antonio Hall	Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 10, 2010	Release[7]	N/A	Bobby Harris	Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 10, 2010	Release[7]	N/A	Denatay Heard	Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 12, 2010	Re-Signing[8]	Andy Fantuz	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 15, 2010	Re-Signing[9]	Stu Foord	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 15, 2010	Deferred List[10]	N/A	Renauld Williams	Pittsburgh Steelers
February 16, 2010	Re-Signing[11]	Jocelyn Frenette	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 16, 2010	Re-Signing[12]	Marc Parenteau	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 16, 2010	Re-Signing[13]	Chris Szarka	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 17, 2010	Re-Signing[14]	Tad Kornegay	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 17, 2010	Signing[15]	Dominique Dorsey	N/A	Toronto Argonauts
February 23, 2010	Free Agent Lost[16]	N/A	Steven Jyles	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
February 23, 2010	Re-Signing[17]	James Patrick	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 24, 2010	Trade[18]	Prechae Rodriguez	Adam Nicolson	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
February 24, 2010	Re-Signing[19]	Marcus Adams	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 26, 2010	Free Agent Lost[20]	N/A	Gerran Walker	Toronto Argonauts
February 26, 2010	Retirement[21]	N/A	Eddie Davis	Saskatchewan Roughriders
March 3, 2010	Signing[22]	Dan Goodspeed	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
March 9, 2010	Trade[23]	2010 5th round draft pick	Dalton Bell	Toronto Argonauts
March 10, 2010	Re-Signing[24]	Wes Cates	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
March 10, 2010	Re-Signing[25]	Darian Durant	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
March 19, 2010	Signing[26]	Aaron Fairooz	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
March 19, 2010	Signing[26]	Cary Koch	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
March 24, 2010	Signing[27]	Brandon Register	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
March 24, 2010	Signing[27]	LaDarius Key	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
March 24, 2010	Signing[27]	Brandon Foster	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
March 26, 2010	Signing[28]	Barrin Simpson	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 1, 2010	Signing	Lavarus Giles[29]	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 1, 2010	Signing[29]	Marcus Thigpen	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 9, 2010	Re-Signing[30]	Cole Bergquist	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 9, 2010	Signing[30]	Kent Smith	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 14, 2010	Re-Signing[31]	Rob Bagg	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 15, 2010	Release[32]	N/A	Jason Armstead	Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 16, 2010	Signing[33]	Jim Maxwell	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 16, 2010	Signing[33]	Vaalyn Jackson	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 22, 2010	Release[34]	N/A	Graham Harrell	Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 22, 2010	Release[34]	N/A	Eric Morris	Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 27, 2010	Signing[35]	Jeremy Gilchrist	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
April 27, 2010	Signing[35]	Brent Hawkins	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 2, 2010	Trade[36]	2010 1st overall draft pick 2010 2nd round draft pick	2010 1st round draft pick 2010 1st round draft pick Jamie Boreham	Toronto Argonauts
May 12, 2010	Signing[37]	Taylor Wallace	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 12, 2010	Signing[37]	Shomari Williams	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 18, 2010	Retired[38]	N/A	Aaron Wagner	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 18, 2010	Release[38]	N/A	Carlos Armour	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 28, 2010	Release[38]	N/A	Jim Maxwell	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 18, 2010	Signing[38]	Ikenna Ike	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 21, 2010	Signing[39]	Dwayne Eley	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 21, 2010	Signing[39]	Aaron Love	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 21, 2010	Signing[39]	Aaron Waldie	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 26, 2010	Signing[40]	Ryan Dinwiddie	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 26, 2010	Signing[40]	Todd Reesing	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 27, 2010	Release[41]	N/A	Johnny Quinn	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 27, 2010	Release[41]	N/A	Kevin Scott	Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 1, 2010	Signing[42]	Willie Byrd	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 1, 2010	Signing[42]	Christian Houle	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 1, 2010	Signing[42]	Ryan Lucas	N/A	Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 5, 2010	Release[43]	N/A	Vaalyn Jackson	Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 5, 2010	Release[43]	N/A	Ryan Lucas	Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 5, 2010	Release[43]	N/A	Aaron Love	Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 5, 2010	Release[43]	N/A	David McKoy	Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 6, 2010	Trade[44]	Obed Cetoute	Jonathan St. Pierre	Toronto Argonauts
June 8, 2010	Release[45]	N/A	Todd Reesing	Saskatchewan Roughriders

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	1	Shomari Williams	LB	Queen's
2	8	Jordan Sisco	WR	Regina
5	33	Patrick Neufeld	OL	Saskatchewan
5	38	Bruno LaPointe	DL	Buffalo

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
A	Sun, June 13	BC Lions	19–17	Loss	29,227
B	Sun, June 20	at Calgary Stampeders	41–17	Loss	29,050

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Y-Calgary Stampeders	18	13	5	0	626	459	26	Details
X-Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	10	8	0	497	488	20	Details
X-BC Lions	18	8	10	0	466	466	16	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	18	7	11	0	382	545	14	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Thurs, July 1	Montreal Alouettes	54–51 (2OT)	Win	30,048	1–0
2	Sat, July 10	at BC Lions	37–18	Win	27,528	2–0
3	Sat, July 17	Edmonton Eskimos	24–20	Win	30,048	3–0
4	Sat, July 24	at Calgary Stampeders	40–20	Loss	35,650	3–1
5	Sat, July 31	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	37–24	Win	30,048	4–1
6	Fri, Aug 6	at Montreal Alouettes	30–26	Loss	25,012	4–2
7	Thurs, Aug 12	BC Lions	37–13	Win	30,048	5–2
8	Bye					5–2
9	Sat, Aug 28	at Edmonton Eskimos	17–14	Loss	47,829	5–3
10	Sun, Sept 5	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27–23	Win	30,048	6–3
11	Sun, Sept 12	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	31–2	Loss	29,533	6–4
12	Fri, Sept 17	Calgary Stampeders	43–37 (OT)	Win	30,048	7–4
13	Sat, Sept 25	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	32–25	Win	23,108	8–4
14	Sat, Oct 2	at Toronto Argonauts	27–16	Win	23,873	9–4
15	Sat, Oct 9	Toronto Argonauts	24–19	Loss	30,048	9–5
16	Sun, Oct 17	Calgary Stampeders	34–26	Loss	30,048	9–6
17	Sat, Oct 23	at Edmonton Eskimos	39–24	Loss	38,325	9–7
18	Sun, Oct 31	at BC Lions	23–17	Loss	25,479	9–8
19	Sat, Nov 6	Edmonton Eskimos	31–23	Win	30,048	10–8

Roster

Saskatchewan Roughriders roster
Quarterbacks 17 Cole Bergquist  8 Ryan Dinwiddie  4 Darian Durant Running Backs 20 Wes Cates 21 Hugh Charles 22 Stu Foord 32 Neal Hughes FB 33 Chris Szarka FB Wide Receivers 18 Obed Cetoute  3 Ryan Grice-Mullen WR/KR 84 Cary Koch Slotbacks 82 Jason Clermont  7 Weston Dressler 83 Andy Fantuz 89 Chris Getzlaf		Offensive Linemen 65 Joel Bell T 66 Chris Best G 64 Dan Goodspeed OL 69 Nick Hutchins G 60 Gene Makowsky G 54 Jeremy O'Day C 57 Marc Parenteau G Defensive Linemen 51 Marcus Adams DT 26 Kitwana Jones DE 96 Ryan Lucas DT 95 Luc Mullinder DE 91 Montez Murphy DE 74 Keith Shologan DT 99 Shomari Williams DE		Linebackers 30 Byron Bullock LB 50 Jerrell Freeman OLB 31 Sean Lucas OLB 45 Mike McCullough MLB  2 Barrin Simpson MLB Defensive Backs  5 Donovan Alexander DB 19 Willie Byrd DB 35 Daniel Francis DB 15 Lance Frazier HB 24 Tad Kornegay DB 39 Chris McKenzie DB 25 Leron Mitchell DB  1 Omarr Morgan CB 14 James Patrick S Special Teams 59 Jocelyn Frenette LS 47 Cory Huclack LS/LB 11 Eddie Johnson P/K 16 Warren Kean K		Inactive List  6 Rob Bagg WR (9 Game) 10 Luca Congi K (9 Game) 87 Aaron Fairooz WR (9 Game) 90 Brent Hawkins DE (1 Game) 12 Jordan Sisco WR (9 Game) 52 Wayne Smith OT (9 game) 46 Kye Stewart OLB (1 Game) 27 Dominique Dorsey RB (9 Game) Practice Roster 67 Dan Clark OL 58 Marion Dukes OL 92 Calvin Fance DB 37 Tamon George DB 27 Nick Graham DB 94 Ikenna Ike DE 28 Ladarius Key DB  9 Courtney Robinson DB Italics indicate Import player Roster updated 2010-10-25 Depth Chart • Transactions 46 Active, 8 Inactive, 9 PR → More rosters

Player stats

Passing

Player	Att	Comp	%	Yards	TD	INT	Rating
Darian Durant	644	391	60.7	5542	25	22	87.2
Ryan Dinwiddie	120	60	50.0	503	7	5	100.4
Weston Dressler	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	2.1

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Rushing

Player	No.	Yards	Average	Long	TD	Fumbles
Wes Cates	203	1054	5.2	83	15	3
Darian Durant	80	618	7.7	35	7	13
Hugh Charles	13	115	8.8	30	2	0
Weston Dressler	9	57	6.3	15	0	0
Rob Bagg	2	43	21.5	46	0	0
Chris Szarka	10	21	2.1	5	1	0

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Receiving

Player	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	TD
Andy Fantuz	87	1380	15.9	66	6
Weston Dressler	81	1189	14.7	77	6
Chris Getzlaf	55	946	17.2	85	5
Rob Bagg	44	688	15.6	87	3
Prechae Rodriguez	30	376	12.5	43	2
Wes Cates	42	355	8.5	33	1
Jason Clermont	27	300	11.1	35	0
Cary Koch	21	299	14.2	42	3

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Awards and records

2010 CFL All-Stars

• SB – Andy Fantuz
• S – James Patrick

CFL Western All-Stars

• RB – Wes Cates, CFL Western All-Star
• SB – Andy Fantuz, CFL Western All-Star
• OT – Gene Makowsky, CFL Western All-Star
• OC – Jeremy O'Day, CFL Western All-Star
• LB – Barrin Simpson, CFL Western All-Star
• S – James Patrick, CFL Western All-Star

CFL Players of the Week

Quarterback Darian Durant was named the CFL's Offensive Player of the Week for the first week of the season.

Week	Player	Award
One	Darian Durant	Offensive Player of the Week
One	Andy Fantuz	Outstanding Canadian
Two	Brent Hawkins	Defensive Player of the Week
Five	Luca Congi	Special Teams Player of the Week
Five	Andy Fantuz	Outstanding Canadian
Seven	Jerrell Freeman	Defensive Player of the Week
Nine	James Patrick	Defensive Player of the Week
Twelve	Andy Fantuz	Offensive Player of the Week
Twelve	Andy Fantuz	Outstanding Canadian
Fourteen	Andy Fantuz	Outstanding Canadian
Sixteen	Chris Getzlaf	Outstanding Canadian
Twenty	Weston Dressler	Offensive Player of the Week
Twenty	Lance Frazier	Defensive Player of the Week
Twenty	Jason Clermont	Outstanding Canadian
Twenty-one	Jerrell Freeman	Defensive Player of the Week
Twenty-one	Chris Getzlaf	Outstanding Canadian

Source^[49]

CFL Players of the Month

Month	Player	Award
July	Andy Fantuz	Outstanding Canadian
September	Darian Durant	Offensive Player
September	Andy Fantuz	Outstanding Canadian
October	Andy Fantuz	Outstanding Canadian

Source^[50]

Playoffs

Schedule

Week	Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
20	Nov 14	3:30 PM CST	BC Lions	41–38 (2OT)	Win	29,215
21	Nov 21	3:30 PM CST	at Calgary Stampeders	20–16	Win	35,650
22	Nov 28	5:00 PM CST	vs. Montreal Alouettes at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	21–18	Loss	63,317

Bracket

November 14: Division Semi-Finals

November 21: Division Finals

November 28: 98th Grey Cup Commonwealth Stadium – Edmonton

East

E3

Toronto Argonauts

17

E3

Toronto Argonauts

16

E1

Montreal Alouettes

48

E2

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

13

E1

Montreal Alouettes

21

W2

Saskatchewan Roughriders

18

West

W2

Saskatchewan Roughriders

20

W3

BC Lions

38

W1

Calgary Stampeders

16

W2

Saskatchewan Roughriders

41*

*-Team won in Overtime.

West Semi-Final

BC at Saskatchewan

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Lions 3 13 3 8 8 3 38 • Roughriders 4 3 7 13 8 6 41 Date: November 14 Location: Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field Regina, SK Game start: 3:30 PM CST Game attendance: 29,215 TV announcers (TSN): Chris Cuthbert (Play by Play), Glen Suitor (Colour), Farhan Lalji (Sideline)

West Final

Saskatchewan at Calgary

1 2 3 4 Total • Roughriders 0 14 6 0 20 Stampeders 11 0 4 1 16 Date: November 21 Location: McMahon Stadium Calgary, AB Game start: 3:30 PM CST Game attendance: 35,650 Referee: Andre Proulx TV announcers (TSN): Chris Cuthbert (Play by play), Glen Suitor (Colour), Farhan Lalji (Sideline)

98th Grey Cup Final

Montreal vs. Saskatchewan

1 2 3 4 Total • Alouettes 8 0 3 10 21 Roughriders 7 4 0 7 18 Date: November 28 Location: Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton, AB Game start: 5:00 PM CST Game attendance: 63,317 Referee: Bud Steen TV announcers (TSN): Chris Cuthbert (Play by play), Glen Suitor (Colour)

References

1. "Saskatchewan Roughriders loonie approved". CBC News. June 16, 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
2. Riders Re-sign Best and Mullinder
3. Chick Heads South
4. Riders Re-Sign Getzlaf and Charles
5. Omarr Morgan Re-Signs with Green and White
6. Baggs signs with Cardinals
7. Riders sign veteran Kelly Bates
8. Fantuz set to be back in Green & White
9. Riders Re-Sign Stu Foord
10. Steelers Sign Two To Offseason Roster
11. Riders Re-Sign Jocelyn Frenette
12. Parenteau set to return to Riders
13. Chris Szarka back in Green and White
14. Kornegay back in Saskatchewan
15. Riders boost Special Teams with addition of Dorsey
16. Bombers Sign Quarterback Steven Jyles; Release Bishop
17. James Patrick back with Riders
18. Riders and Ti-Cats trade Receivers
19. Riders Re-Sign Marcus Adams
20. Argos Add Walker And Joe
21. Eddie Davis Retires a Rider
22. Riders sign Goodspeed
23. Riders and Argos involved in Trade
24. Cates back with the Green and White
25. Durant extends with Riders
26. Riders add a pair of Receivers
27. Riders add three to the Secondary
28. Barrin Simpson joins Green and White
29. Riders add a pair of Running Backs to the Roster
30. Riders add pair of Quarterbacks to Roster
31. Rob Bagg extends with Green and White
32. Riders Release Armstead
33. Riders add Two on Defence
34. Riders release Two from Roster
35. Riders add pair to roster
36. Riders land first overall pick in CFL Draft
37. Riders Bolster Canadian Talent
38. Rider Roster Moves
39. Riders Add Trio of Young Receivers
40. Riders sign Dinwiddie and Reesing
41. Riders Release Two From Roster
42. Roughriders Add to Training Camp Roster
43. Roughrider Roster Moves
44. Riders Acquire Canadian Receiver From Argonauts
45. Roughrider Training Camp – Day 3
46. http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Passing/year/2010/team/saskatchewan
47. http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2010/team/saskatchewan
48. http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2010/team/saskatchewan
49. "Gibson's Finest CFL Players of the Week". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
50. "Gibson's Finest CFL Players of the Month". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-07.