{"id":44888,"date":"2025-08-04T15:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/44888\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:49:14","slug":"roughriders-ascend-to-rare-heights-with-34-6-rout-of-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/44888\/","title":{"rendered":"Roughriders ascend to rare heights with 34-6 rout of Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Saskatchewan Roughriders treated fans to their most dominant performance of the 2025 CFL season, defeating the host Montreal Alouettes 34-6 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The victory gave the Roughriders a 7-1 record for only the third time in franchise history. Saskatchewan previously won seven of its first eight games in 1970 and 2013.<\/p>\n<p>As well, the Roughriders have won their first four road games for only the third time. Saskatchewan won its first five road games, a team record, in 1976. The 1970 team started off with four road wins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know we\u2019re kind of building into the team we want to be,\u201d quarterback Trevor Harris told TSN at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan held Montreal to 169 yards of net offence while producing 418 and owning the time of possession (36:52).<\/p>\n<p>The net-offence total was the lowest by a Saskatchewan opponent since Oct. 20, 2017, when the Calgary Stampeders were held to 168 yards in a 30-7 Roughriders victory at McMahon Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Roughriders won by a margin of 28 on Saturday and gave themselves welcome breathing room. Five of the team\u2019s previous six victories had been by seven or fewer points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis whole week (of practice) was about finish, period,\u201d Head Coach Corey Mace told CKRM\u2019s Luc Mullinder after Saturday\u2019s blowout.<\/p>\n<p>Over the first 30 minutes, Saskatchewan got touchdowns from Tommy Stevens (on a one-yard run) and Tommy Nield (13-yard pass from Harris).<\/p>\n<p>Brett Lauther converted both first-half majors and added a 17-yard field goal. Joe Couch chipped in with a 78-yard punt single.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal scored its first points on a 56-yard field goal by Jose Maltos Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>Maltos Diaz added a 54-yard field goal early in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The Roughriders answered in the third frame with a 32-yard field goal by Lauther and a 14-yard touchdown pass from Harris to KeeSean Johnson. Lauther\u2019s convert put the Roughriders ahead 28-6.<\/p>\n<p>Lauther added a pair of field goals in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The Roughriders are now on a bye week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ca\/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-hamilton-tigercats-regina-saskatchewan-08-16-2025\/event\/110062479CC3309B?CAMEFROM=CFC_SASKATCHEWANRR_WEB_RIDERVILLE_TICKETS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">They are to return to action on Aug. 16 against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1 p.m., Mosaic Stadium).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hamilton (6-2) leads the East Division. Saskatchewan sits atop the West.<\/p>\n<p>DOHNTE DOMINATES<\/p>\n<p>Dohnte Meyers moved into exclusive company by reaching 100 receiving yards for the third consecutive road game.<\/p>\n<p>Meyers, who caught five passes for 136 yards, is chasing the Roughriders\u2019 record of four consecutive 100-yard games on the road. Joey Walters set the record in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Meyers, Mac Speedie (1953) and Ray Purdin (1962) are next in line with three.<\/p>\n<p>Meyers\u2019 58-yarder on Saturday gave him three of the Roughriders\u2019 four passing plays of 50-plus yards this season. All three of Meyers\u2019 gains of 50-plus have been on the road.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of Meyers was evident from Saturday\u2019s opening play. His 46-yard return of the opening kickoff gave Saskatchewan a first-down on Montreal\u2019s 54-yard line.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors then embarked on a 10-play touchdown drive that devoured 6:48 of the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>EXTRA POINTS<\/p>\n<p>\u00aa Middle linebacker Jameer Thurman registered his first interception of the season and his third since joining the Roughriders in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Saskatchewan scored a touchdown on its first possession for the third time this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mike Rose and Shane Ray registered sacks for Saskatchewan. Ray\u2019s sack created a turnover on downs and was soon followed by Johnson\u2019s TD. Ray has three sacks over his last two games.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Harris went 17-for-29 for 289 yards. He completed at least 70 per cent of his passes for his 11th straight game, extending his league record.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Roughriders\u2019 A.J. Ouellette rushed 15 times for a game-high 74 yards. Mario Anderson Jr. added 48 yards on his first five CFL carries, one of which was a 26-yard burst.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 C.J. Reavis led the Roughriders in defensive tackles, with seven (one of which was for a loss).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nick Wiebe registered a career-high three special teams tackles.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Couch averaged 55.5 yards on four punts.<\/p>\n<p>SUMMARY<\/p>\n<p>FIRST QUARTER<\/p>\n<p>Sask \u2014\u00a0TD Stevens 1 run (Lauther convert) 6:44<\/p>\n<p>Roughriders marched 54 yards in 10 plays after 46-yard kickoff return by Meyers.<\/p>\n<p>SECOND QUARTER<\/p>\n<p>Sask \u2014\u00a0TD\u00a0Nield 13 pass from Harris 6:10<\/p>\n<p>Nine-play, 79-yard drive consumed 5:28<\/p>\n<p>Mtl \u2014 FG Maltos Diaz 56 9:45<\/p>\n<p>Eighth 56-yard field goal against Saskatchewan in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>Sask \u2014\u00a0FG Lauther 17 12:09<\/p>\n<p>58-yard pass from Harris to Meyers put Roughriders in field-goal range.<\/p>\n<p>Sask \u2014 Single Couch 78 13:35<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan registered a rouge three plays after diving interception by Thurman.<\/p>\n<p>THIRD QUARTER<\/p>\n<p>Mtl \u2014\u00a0FG Maltos Diaz 54 3:16<\/p>\n<p>Maltos Diaz kicked his second field goal of 50-plus.<\/p>\n<p>Sask \u2014\u00a0FG Lauther 32 6:13<\/p>\n<p>Harris to Meyers for 32 set up field goal.<\/p>\n<p>Sask \u2014\u00a0TD Johnson 14 pass from Harris (Lauther convert) 10:45<\/p>\n<p>Roughriders moved 46 yards in four plays after turnover on downs.<\/p>\n<p>FOURTH QUARTER<\/p>\n<p>Sask \u2014\u00a0FG Lauther 32 9:30<\/p>\n<p>Anderson Jr.\u2019s 24-yard run put Saskatchewan in field-goal range.<\/p>\n<p>Sask \u2014 FG Lauther 48 14:05<\/p>\n<p>Lauther\u2019s fourth field goal followed a turnover on downs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saskatchewan Roughriders treated fans to their most dominant performance of the 2025 CFL season, defeating the host&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-44888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}