{"id":13467,"date":"2025-07-21T18:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T18:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/13467\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T18:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T18:03:07","slug":"roughriders-dohnte-meyers-makes-magic-in-back-to-back-road-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/13467\/","title":{"rendered":"Roughriders\u2019 Dohnte Meyers makes magic in back-to-back road games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dohnte Meyers<\/a> knows the quickest road to the house.<\/p>\n

He has caught two touchdown passes in each of the Saskatchewan Roughriders\u2019 past two road games \u2014\u00a0most recently, Saturday\u2019s 33-27 victory over the B.C. Lions.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cTravelling and also going out here and getting team wins and being explosive out there on the field, it\u2019s a lot of fun,\u201d Meyers said from Vancouver after Saskatchewan improved its record to 5-1.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe put in a lot of work during the week. We didn\u2019t get the win last week, but to go out here and get the win this week is everything you want.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meyers\u2019 first multi-touchdown game in the CFL helped the Roughriders win 39-32 against the Toronto Argonauts on June 20 at BMO Field.<\/p>\n

Following back-to-back home games \u2014\u00a0including a 24-10 loss to the Calgary Stampeders on July 12 \u2014\u00a0Saskatchewan assumed a 33-11 lead over the Lions en route to leaving B.C. with a 3-0 road slate.<\/p>\n

Meyers caught seven passes for 132 yards. The latter figure topped the career high he had set in Toronto, where he caught four passes for 125 yards.<\/p>\n

In both cases, the second-year Roughriders receiver was able to blow the top off the defence.<\/p>\n

He caught touchdown passes of 70 and 32 yards from Trevor Harris<\/a> on June 20 before reaching the end zone from 50 and 30 yards away on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The 50-, 32- and 30-yard TDs all resulted from deep throws. On the 70-yarder, Meyers caught a perfectly placed pass 10 yards beyond the line of scrimmage and won a 60-yard sprint to the end zone.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just one of those guys where you feel good about him being out there \u2014\u00a0especially when he\u2019s on the perimeter, because he\u2019s very, very fast,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can get behind defences and he\u2019s very shifty. As you saw against Toronto, you get him the ball in the open field and he can really, really go.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s one of those guys who a couple of years down the line, if he\u2019s not back down south in the NFL, has a chance to be a premier receiver up here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meyers is already in the conversation about premier receivers due to his pass-catching prowess on the road.<\/p>\n

He has joined an exclusive fraternity, consisting of three Roughriders legends, by catching multiple TD passes in consecutive road games.<\/p>\n

Joey Walters<\/a> accomplished that feat in three straight road games in 1981. Hugh Campbell<\/a> (in 1964 and 1966) and Jeff Fairholm<\/a> (1989) are now joined by Meyers with two in a row. (See APPENDIX #1.)<\/p>\n

As well, Meyers has given Saskatchewan a receiver with 100-plus yards in back-to-back road games for the 21st time in franchise history.<\/p>\n

Walters exceeded 100 four consecutive times in 1981. Mac Speedie (1953) and Ray Purdin (1962) recorded 100-plus receiving yards in three successive road games. (See APPENDIX #2.)<\/p>\n

Meyers will have an opportunity to tie Speedie and Purdin when the Roughriders visit the Montreal Alouettes on Aug. 2.<\/p>\n

Before that, Saskatchewan will meet the Edmonton Elks on Friday (7 p.m., Mosaic Stadium).<\/p>\n

HUGE HALVES FOR HARRIS<\/p>\n

Harris has thrown for a franchise-record 561 yards in adjacent halves over the past two games.<\/p>\n

He put up 327 yards in the second half against Calgary and 234 over the opening 30 minutes in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

The previous high was 546 by Kent Austin over the first and second halves against Calgary on Oct. 23, 1993 at Taylor Field.<\/p>\n

Austin is third on the list at 543 (216 in the second half at Hamilton, Aug. 25, 1990; 327 in the first half versus Winnipeg, Sept. 2, 1990).<\/p>\n

Kerry Joseph is fourth at 523 (343 in the second half versus Toronto, July 22, 2006; 180 in the first half versus Calgary, July 29, 2006).<\/p>\n

Also of note: Harris\u2019s average yards per attempt (13.17) on Friday was 20th-highest in Roughriders history.<\/p>\n

His average yards per completion (17.14) was the best by a Roughrider since Cody Fajardo (17.92) against the visiting Argonauts on July 1, 2019.<\/p>\n

One more: Harris has the fifth-most regulation-time passing yards (1,626) among Roughriders quarterbacks after their first five starts of a season. (See APPENDIX #3.)<\/p>\n

MEYERS MOTORS<\/p>\n

The 50-yarder pass to Meyers was the Roughriders\u2019 longest scoring pass on their first possession since Nov. 11, 2007.<\/p>\n

At Taylor Field, Saskatchewan opened the 2007 Western Semi-Final with a 62-yard TD pass from Joseph to D.J. Flick against Calgary.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s 50-yarder was Saskatchewan\u2019s longest TD pass on its opening series in a regular-season game since July 13, 2001, when Marvin Graves found Roell Preston for a 78-yarder in Edmonton.<\/p>\n

APPENDIX #1: MOST CONSECUTIVE ROAD GAMES WITH MULTIPLE TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS<\/p>\n

3 \u2014\u00a0Joey Walters (2 at Ottawa, Aug. 15, 1981; 3 at Edmonton, Aug. 30, 1981; 2 at Winnipeg, Sept. 12, 1981)<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Hugh Campbell (3 at Edmonton, Aug. 28, 1964; 2 at Winnipeg, Sept. 12, 1964)<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Hugh Campbell (2 at B.C., Aug. 28, 1966; 2 at Winnipeg, Sept. 11, 1966)<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Jeff Fairholm (2 at Hamilton, Aug. 18, 1989; 2 at Edmonton, Aug. 30, 1989)<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Dohnte Meyers (2 at Toronto, June 20, 2025; 2 at B.C., July 19, 2025)<\/p>\n

APPENDIX #2: MOST CONSECUTIVE ROAD GAMES WITH 100-PLUS RECEIVING YARDS<\/p>\n

4 \u2014\u00a0Joey Walters, 1981<\/p>\n

3 \u2014\u00a0Mac Speedie, 1953<\/p>\n

3 \u2014\u00a0Ray Purdin, 1962<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Jack Russell, 1951<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Jon McWilliams, 1956<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Hugh Campbell, 1964<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Hugh Campbell, 1965<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Chris DeFrance, 1983<\/p>\n

2 \u2014 Ray Elgaard, 1987<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Jeff Fairholm, 1989<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Ray Elgaard, 1991<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Ray Elgaard, 1992<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Larry Thompson, 1994<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Don Narcisse, 1996<\/p>\n

2 \u2014 Curtis Mayfield, 1997<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Don Narcisse, 1998<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Weston Dressler, 2008<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Weston Dressler, 2010<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Cary Koch, 2010<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Naaman Roosevelt, 2016<\/p>\n

2 \u2014\u00a0Dohnte Meyers, 2025<\/p>\n

APPENDIX #3: MOST PASSING YARDS AFTER FIRST FIVE STARTS OF A SEASON<\/p>\n

1,728 \u2014 Kent Austin, 1991<\/p>\n

1,722 \u2014 Kent Austin, 1993<\/p>\n

1,709 \u2014\u00a0Joe Paopao, 1985<\/p>\n

1,652 \u2014\u00a0Kent Austin, 1992<\/p>\n

1,626 \u2014\u00a0Trevor Harris, 2025<\/p>\n

1,576 \u2014 Kevin Glenn, 2017<\/p>\n

1,538 \u2014 Kevin Glenn, 2015<\/p>\n

1,522 \u2014\u00a0Kent Austin, 1990<\/p>\n

1,520 \u2014 Darian Durant, 2010<\/p>\n

1,443 \u2014 Kerry Joseph, 2006<\/p>\n

1,417 \u2014\u00a0Trevor Harris, 2024<\/p>\n

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