PRESS BOX SPORTS BAR PREVIEW: ROUGHRIDERS AT ALOUETTES

SASKATCHEWAN (1-3) at MONTREAL (1-3)
WHEN: Friday, July 29/2016, 5:00 pm Sask Time
WHERE: Percival Molson Stadium
BROADCAST: TSN, ESPN3, 620 CKRM Rider Radio Network, Sirius/XM CH 171
FORECAST: Sunny, 27 degrees Celsius
ODDS: Bodog – Montreal favoured by 1-point
REFEREE: Tim Kroeker

RIDERS: Road 0-1, Vs East 1-1
ALOUETTES: Home 0-2, Vs West 1-0


RIDERS OFFENSE: RUSH 8TH, PASS 3RD, OVERALL 5TH
QB Mitchell Gale starts for a second-straight week (601 yards, 57.6%, 2 TDs, 0 INT) … RB Curtis Steele is the club’s leading rusher (133 yards) but rookie Michael Dyer gets the start … WR Naaman Roosevelt is 4th in CFL receiving (477 yards, 1 TD) … Riders are 4th in points scored and 3rd in fewest sacks allowed.

ALS OFFENSE: RUSH 4TH, PASS 8TH, OVERALL 8TH
QB Kevin Glenn is 8th in CFL passing (876 yards, 3 TDs, 3 INTs) … WR Duron Carter is their leading receiver (306 yards, 2 TDs) … RB Tyrell Sutton is their leading rusher (105 yards) … Als are 9th in points scored and 6th in sacks allowed.

RIDERS DEFENSE: RUSH 7TH, PASS 3RD, OVERALL 8TH
DE A.C. Leonard leads the team in sacks (3) … CB Justin Cox leads in INT (1) … LB Greg Jones leads in defensive tackles (21).  Riders are 9th in points allowed and 7th in sacks.


ALS DEFENSE: RUSH 9TH, PASS 3RD, OVERALL 6TH
DE John Bowman and DB Jovon Johnson lead in sacks (3) … Cox, Johnson and Lavarius lead in INT (1) … LB Bear Woods leads in tackles (28) … Als are 6th in points allowed and 4th in sacks.

RIDERS SPEC TEAMS: K Tyler Crapigna is #2 in the CFL in FG percentage (88.2) … P Josh Bartel is 3rd in punting average (46.4) … Kendial Lawrence leads in PR and KR yards … DE Jonathan Newsome leads in ST tackles (5).

ALS SPEC TEAMS: K is a CFL-worst 5/12 on field goals and is 7th in punting average (45.2) … Stefan Logan leads in PR and KR yards … LB Kyries Hebert leads in ST tackles (4).

NOTES:  Sask is -3 in turnover ratio (8th) while Montreal is -4 (9th) … The Riders are the least-penalized team in the CFL while Montreal is 8th … Montreal will visit Saskatchewan on Saturday, October 22.

RP
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