The

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Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 1 ...

season was the 62nd season for the team in the

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. 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

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) and finished first place in the West Division for only the second time since

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and the first time winning the West Division crown since

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. The 2019 West Final was the first time that the game was held at the new

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and the second time a playoff game was held at the venue, the first coming during the previous season in

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. This was

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's first season as

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and

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's first full season as

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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

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and

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. Like all other CFL teams, the Roughriders held three non-tradeable selections in the

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, which took place on January 14, 2019. The

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took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.

CFL draft

The

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took place on May 2, 2019. The Roughriders had six selections in the eight-round draft after trading their third-round pick in a package for

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and their seventh-round pick for

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Preseason

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Regular season

Standings

Schedule

To accommodate for the viewership of the

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' 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. In the late evening of August 9 at 9:06pm EDT, a weather delay was declared at

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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. The Roughriders played an unusually long three game road trip in October to accommodate the

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's Heritage Classic which was staged at Mosaic Stadium for the first time. 2019 schedule
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Post-season

Schedule

Team

Roster

Coaching staff

References

External links

* {{Saskatchewan Roughriders seasons Saskatchewan Roughriders seasons 2019 Canadian Football League season by team 2019 in Saskatchewan