Harris is one of only four Roughriders quarterbacks to throw for at least six touchdown passes over the first two games.<\/a><\/p>\nLancaster (1966) and Tom Burgess (1989) hold the team record of eight. Harris (2026) and Darian Durant (2010) are tied with six. Two of Durant\u2019s TD passes were in overtime.<\/p>\n
The Roughriders\u2019 record for TD passes over the first three games is 10 (Lancaster, 1966). Burgess (1989) is next in line with nine, followed by Durant with eight (2013).<\/p>\n
Harris (2024) is one of six Roughriders to throw seven TD passes over the first six games, along with Durant (2010), Kent Austin (1992), Henry Burris (2000), Kerry Joseph (2006) and Kevin Glenn (2017).<\/p>\n
WILLOUGHBY WEIGHS IN<\/p>\n
Saskatoon-based historian\/statistician Keith Willoughby was kind enough to send along the following nuggets:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Counting from 1958 (the year in which the CFL was established), Saturday\u2019s contest between Saskatchewan and Calgary was the 1,000th regular-season game in CFL history to be decided by three points or fewer.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Saskatchewan has played in more games (247) decided by three points or fewer than any other CFL franchise. The Riders are 126-121 in those nailbiters.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Saturday\u2019s game was only the second in CFL regular-season history that ended with a 40-37 outcome. The only previous instance dates back to Aug. 18, 2005, when Calgary defeated the host Montreal Alouettes 40-37. Sandro DeAngelis settled matters with a 38-yard field goal on the final play. DeAngelis played in 13 games with the Roughriders in 2012.<\/p>\n
\u2022 This is the 25th season since 1946 \u2014 the year in which the Saskatchewan Roughriders label was adopted \u2014 that the team has opened at 2-0. Saskatchewan has made the playoffs in 23 of the previous 24 seasons that began with two consecutive victories. The lone blemish was in 2022.<\/p>\n
RIDERS ON THE \u201cROAD\u201d<\/p>\n
The Roughriders are technically the visiting team for a Regina-based game for only the second time.<\/p>\n
On June 14, 2014, historic Mosaic Stadium was the venue for a pre-season contest between the Roughriders and Ottawa REDBLACKS. The game was played in Saskatchewan because stadium renovations rendered Ottawa\u2019s facility, then known as TD Place, unavailable at the time. Saskatchewan emerged with a 21-14 victory to conclude the REDBLACKS\u2019 first game of any description.<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s \u201chome\u201d game for the Argonauts is earmarked for Mosaic Stadium because Toronto\u2019s BMO Field is booked for soccer\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saskatchewan Roughriders\u2019 Trevor Harris-Kian Schaffer-Baker pass-catch combo could be dubbed Confection Air. \u201cThey call me 7-Eleven,\u201d Schaffer-Baker…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-756361","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\/756361","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=756361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}