{"id":864338,"date":"2026-08-20T00:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/864338\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T00:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:06:25","slug":"roughriders-are-on-pace-to-match-last-seasons-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/864338\/","title":{"rendered":"Roughriders are on pace to match last season\u2019s record"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 6-3, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are on pace to match last season\u2019s record of 12-6.<\/p>\n

The 2025 season proved to be historic, as the Roughriders won a Grey Cup championship for the fifth time since the franchise\u2019s inception.<\/p>\n

Even though there is much more football to be played in 2026, does a 6-3 slate signal that the Roughriders are on the right trajectory?<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it doesn\u2019t,\u201d Head Coach Corey Mace stated after Wednesday\u2019s practice at Mosaic Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been around long enough to see teams that won Grey Cups at .500 or less, and I\u2019ve seen teams that have gone 16-2 and 15-2-1 and not hoisted the trophy at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201c(The record) doesn\u2019t tell all. At the end of the (regular) season, that\u2019ll be a little bit of a tell. Ultimately, that doesn\u2019t tell you anything, anyway, because you get in the playoffs and it\u2019s going to be who\u2019s the best that day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re happy that the wins outweigh the losses, but we haven\u2019t met the standard that we want to meet as a team, and that\u2019s what we chase.\u201d<\/p>\n

The race, as much as it is emphasized by followers of the CFL team, is not a point of emphasis internally.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s something for the media to talk about,\u201d quarterback Trevor Harris said after Day 1 of on-field preparations for Sunday\u2019s game in Vancouver.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not something we concern ourselves with. I\u2019m concerning myself with the B.C. Lions this week and trying to get a win on the road in a tough environment against a good football team. That\u2019s where our heads are at.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to keep stacking the days, keep stacking the games and hopefully stacking the wins. We\u2019ll come up for air at the end of the year and say, \u2018What do we need to do?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can clinch the West, awesome. If we\u2019ve got to battle for it, awesome. Whatever it is, we\u2019ll take it in stride.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Edmonton Elks lead the West at 7-3. Saskatchewan, which has one game in hand on Edmonton, is in second spot.<\/p>\n

The Roughriders and Elks have split the season series to date. They are to meet on Oct. 24, 1 p.m., at Mosaic Stadium on the final weekend of regular-season play. Tickets are AVAILABLE HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers (5-4) are third in the West, followed by B.C. (4-5) and the Calgary Stampeders (4-6). The Lions carry a three-game winning streak into Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, they\u2019re rolling right now,\u201d Mace said. \u201cThey discovered a run game. They still have the same pieces that they had (earlier in the season) Their defence is playing really well and and they\u2019ve got some really good, aggressive players on special teams. Their specials have been on point.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re a good team. It\u2019s another test for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The game will feature the CFL\u2019s co-leaders in touchdowns. Saskatchewan quarterback Tommy Stevens and Lions running back Zander Horvath both have 11 majors.<\/p>\n

Stevens has rushed for all 11 of his scores. Horvath has found the end zone on eight rushes and three receptions.<\/p>\n

After rushing for 63 yards over the Lions\u2019 first six games, Horvath has amassed 355 yards over his last three contests. The 6-foot-3, 230-pounder has scored six TDs over that span.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a behemoth of a human being,\u201d Mace said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to be sound in your tackling and you can\u2019t sleep on his athleticism. Everybody just wants to talk about how big he is, but he\u2019s agile, he\u2019s athletic and he\u2019s still fast.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good one-two punch that they have going (with Horvath and fellow running back James Butler) and it\u2019s giving them some juice. We\u2019ve just got to do what we do and make sure we try to contain them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 6-3, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are on pace to match last season\u2019s record of 12-6. The 2025 season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-864338","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\/864338","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=864338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}