Another full house would constitute three of a kind for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.<\/p>\n
The Roughriders have played before back-to-back sold-out crowds \u2014 home and away against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers \u2014 entering Saturday\u2019s CFL game against the Montreal Alouettes (5 p.m., Mosaic Stadium).<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan has also sold out each of its past two home games.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll home games are amazing,\u201d running back A.J. Ouellette said<\/a>. \u201cComing in here with the atmosphere, it\u2019s what you dream of as a kid.\u201d<\/p>\n The Roughriders\u2019 attendance boom began on Aug. 16, when all 33,350 of Mosaic Stadium\u2019s permanent seats were occupied for a game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.<\/p>\n Then came an Aug. 23 showdown between the West Division\u2019s top two teams \u2014 the Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders \u2014 at McMahon Stadium. Although that game wasn\u2019t sold out, the Stampeders did welcome their largest crowd of the year (28,295).<\/p>\n Saskatchewan then established an attendance record for new Mosaic Stadium (34,243) when the Blue Bombers visited for the 60th Labour Day Classic, played on Aug. 31 before a standing-room-only audience.<\/p>\n Saskatchewan proceeded to improve its league-best record to 10-2 by winning 21-13 before 32,343 eyewitnesses at Winnipeg\u2019s Princess Auto Stadium last Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s great for the league,\u201d Roughriders Head Coach Corey Mace said<\/a> of the huge turnouts.<\/p>\n \u201cHopefully, as the years go on, you want to see that across every stadium. Even going into this week for us, it\u2019s not Labour Day but I expect a lot of people to put butts in seats and continue to help us, which they\u2019ve been doing all season.<\/p>\n \u201cMost importantly, I think it\u2019s just incredible for the guys to be out there to play in that atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n Especially as the games increase in importance down the stretch.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fans are a huge help,\u201d Ouellette said, \u201cand we\u2019re going to need them going into the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n Saskatchewan can secure a post-season berth by defeating Montreal on Saturday.<\/p>\n