1993 Saskatchewan Roughriders season

The 1993 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was the 79th season in the club's 83rd year of existence. The team finished in third place in the Canadian Football League's West Division with an 11–7 record.

1993 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
General managerAlan Ford
Head coachDon Matthews
Home fieldTaylor Field
Results
Record11–7
Division place3rd, West
Playoff finishLost West Semi-Final
Uniform

Notably, the 1993 Roughriders became the first team to lose to an American-based CFL team following their week 4 loss to the expansion Sacramento Gold Miners. The team had played the Gold Miners on the road with just three days of rest and would win 10 of their next 14 games following that loss. The Roughriders qualified for the playoffs but lost the West Semi-Final game to the Edmonton Eskimos.

The Roughriders set a single home game attendance record (33,032) when they defeated Sacramento on August 27.

Offseason

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CFL Draft

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Round Pick Player Position School
1 2 Brad Elberg RB Queen's
2 9 Brooks Findlay LB Portland State
3 15 Kevin Hickey T Ottawa
3 17 Erroll Brown DB Saskatchewan
4 25 Paul Cranmer DB Grand Valley State
5 33 Christian Daigle DB Bishop's
6 41 Kent Rowe DE Bishop's
7 49 Thane Watkins C Delaware State

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Preseason

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Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A Fri, June 18 at Calgary Stampeders L 21–11 0–1 McMahon Stadium 29,280
B Fri, June 25 vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 17–40 0–2 Taylor Field 17,045
C Bye

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Regular season

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Season Standings

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Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Calgary Stampeders 18 15 3 0 30 646 418 7–3 L1 Details
Edmonton Eskimos 18 12 6 0 24 507 372 7–3 W5 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 11 7 0 22 511 495 5–5 W2 Details
BC Lions 18 10 8 0 20 574 583 3–7 L2 Details
Sacramento Gold Miners 18 6 12 0 12 498 509 3–7 W1 Details

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Season schedule

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Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 Fri, July 9 at BC Lions L 26–33 (OT) 0–1 BC Place 25,849
2 2 Thu, July 15 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 23–22 1–1 Taylor Field 17,566
3 3 Wed, July 21 at Edmonton Eskimos L 3–35 1–2 Commonwealth Stadium 27,894
3 4 Sat, July 24 at Sacramento Gold Miners L 26–37 1–3 Hornet Stadium 17,319
4 5 Sat, July 31 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 36–17 2–3 Taylor Field 18,212
5 6 Fri, Aug 6 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 37–10 3–3 Ivor Wynne Stadium 16,061
6 7 Wed, Aug 11 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 45–28 4–3 Taylor Field 20,254
7 8 Thu, Aug 19 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 27–26 5–3 Lansdowne Park 23,643
8 9 Fri, Aug 27 vs. Sacramento Gold Miners W 26–23 6–3 Taylor Field 33,032
9 10 Sun, Sept 5 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 24–25 6–4 Taylor Field 30,216
10 11 Sun, Sept 12 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 23–41 6–5 Winnipeg Stadium 35,959
11 12 Sun, Sept 19 vs. Sacramento Gold Miners W 27–20 7–5 Taylor Field 25,367
12 13 Sat, Sept 25 at BC Lions W 31–16 8–5 BC Place 31,888
13 14 Fri, Oct 1 vs. BC Lions L 28–50 8–6 Taylor Field 22,103
14 15 Sun, Oct 10 at Calgary Stampeders L 18–34 8–7 McMahon Stadium 28,210
15 16 Sun, Oct 17 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 33–10 9–7 Taylor Field 21,023
16 17 Sat, Oct 23 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 48–45 10–7 Taylor Field 26,137
17 18 Sun, Oct 31 at Toronto Argonauts W 30–23 11–7 SkyDome 29,348
18 Bye

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Postseason

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Schedule

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Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
West Semi-Final Sun, Nov 14 at Edmonton Eskimos L 13–51 0–1 Commonwealth Stadium 26,397

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Awards and records

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1993 CFL All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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1993 Western All-Stars

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Offence

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Defence

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Special teams

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References

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  1. ^ "1993 CFL Draft". Canadian Football League. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "1993 CFL Season Schedule & Scores". Canadian Football League. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "1993 Saskatchewan Roughriders". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "1993 CFL Season Standings". Canadian Football League. Retrieved December 4, 2020.