DUTCH KING CONSTRUCTION PREVIEW: ALOUETTES AT ROUGHRIDERS

MONTREAL (6-4) AT SASKATCHEWAN (7-4)

WHEN: 5:00 pm MT, Saturday, Sept. 14/2019
WHERE: Mosaic Stadium Regina
FORECAST: Sunny, 22 degrees Celsius
BROADCAST: TSN, ESPN+, CKRM, 690 TSN MTL
THE LINE: Riders 6-point favourites

RIDERS: Home 5-1, Vs East 4-2
ALOUETTES: Road 2-3, Vs West 3-2

RIDERS OFFENSE: RUSH 3RD, PASS 5TH, OVERALL 2ND
QB Cody Fajardo is 4th in CFL passing (2608 yds, 9 TDs, 7 INTs) … WR Shaq Evans is 7th in receiving (790 yds, 3 TDs) … RB William Powell is 4th in rushing (657 yds, 9 TDs) … Riders are 3rd in points scored and 5th in sacks allowed.

ALS OFFENSE: RUSH 2ND, PASS 8TH, OVERALL 4TH
QB Vernon Adams Jr. is 5th in passing (2121 yds, 10 TDs, 7 INTs) … REC Eugene Lewis leads the team in receiving (487 yds, 2 TDs) … RB William Stanback is 3rd in rushing (689 yds, 4 TDs) … All are 5th in points scored and 3rd in sacks allowed.

RIDERS DEFENSE: RUSH 6TH, PASS 2ND, OVERALL 2ND
DE Charleston Hughes leads the CFL in sacks (13) but will miss this game … DBs Loucheiz Purifoy and Derrick Moncrief lead in INT (3) … Moncrief leads in tackles (49) … Riders are 6th in points allowed and 2nd in sacks made.

ALS DEFENSE: RUSH 3RD, PASS 9TH, OVERALL 8TH
DE John Bowman leads the team in sacks (4) … G. Reid leads in INT (3) … DB Patrick Levels leads in tackles (58) … Als are 8th in points allowed and 8th in sacks made.

RIDERS SPEC TEAMS: K Brett Lauther is 14/16 on FG (Long – 57) … P Jon Ryan leads the CFL in punting average (50.6) and has a league-best 9 singles … Kyran Moore leads in PR yards and Purifoy leads in KR yards … The special teams tackles leader is Kienan Lafrance (12).

ALS SPEC TEAMS: K/P Boris Bede is 19/23 on FG (Long – 52) and 5th in punting average (44.6) … The PR/KR yards leader is Shakeir Ryan … The special teams tackles leader ids J-S Blanc (10).

NOTES: The Als have committed the fewest turnovers in the CFL. They are +7 in T/O ratio (4th) while the Riders are 6th (-4) … Montreal is #3 in penalties taken, Saskatchewan is #8 … Vernon Adams Jr. leads the CFL in rushing TDs (10), while William Powell is #2 (9) … Saskatchewan won 17-10 in Montreal in Week 9 in a rain-shortened game … Be sure to drop by the Canadian Armed Forces/Regina Rifles Tailgate Party beginning at 2:00 pm at the Regina Armoury! (Adjacent north to Mosaic Stadium). All proceeds go to the Junior Ranks/Senior Ranks Officers Mess.

RP
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