Historical Notes

Sept 6/1910 -	Regina Rugby Club is formed. The club loses their inaugural game to the Moose Jaw Tigers on October 1st of that year.
Dec 1923 -	The club plays for the Grey Cup for the first time and loses to Queens University 54-0
1924 -	The club was renamed the Regina Roughriders
Dec 1928 -	The Roughriders participate in their second Grey Cup and lose to Hamilton 30-0
Nov 1929 -	The Roughriders participate in their third Grey Cup and lose to Hamilton 14-3
Dec 1930 -	The Roughriders reach their third straight Grey Cup and lose to Balmy Beach 11-6
Dec 1931 -	The Roughriders play in their fourth straight Grey Cup and lose to Montreal AAA 22-0
Dec 1932 -	The Roughriders participate in their fifth Grey Cup in a row and lose to Hamilton 25-6
Nov 1934 -	The Roughriders participate in their seventh Grey Cup overall and lose to the Sarnia Imperials 20-12
1946 -	Taylor Field opens, named after Neil J. "Piffles" Taylor. He was a celebrated rugby/football player, coach, and administrator.
Apr 1950 -	The team is renamed the Saskatchewan Roughriders
Nov 1951 -	The Riders finally make it back to the big game and lose to Ottawa 21-14
Dec 1956 -	Gordon Sturtridge, Mel Becket, Ray Syrnyk and Mario Demarco are killed in a plane crash while returning from the allstar game in Vancouver
Nov 1966 -	The Roughies breakout of their Grey Cup drought with a win over Ottawa 29-14 in Vancouver
Nov 1967 -	Saskatchewan loses the Grey Cup to Hamilton 24-1
Nov 1969 -	Saskatchewan loses the Grey Cup to Ottawa 29-11
Nov 1972 -	Saskatchewan loses the Grey Cup to Hamilton 13-10
Nov 1976 -	Saskatchewan loses the Grey Cup for the 4th time in 6 years to Ottawa 23-20
Nov 1989 -	Riders win the team's 2nd Grey Cup. They beat Hamilton 43-40 at Skydome in Toronto in the best Grey Cup game ever played
Nov 1995 -	Regina hosts the Grey Cup for the first time
Nov 1997 -	Roughies lose in the Grey Cup final to toronto 47-23 after beating the favoured Stamps and Eskimos
Nov 2003 -	Regina hosts Grey Cup for the second time
June 2006 -	Taylor Field is renamed Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field
Nov 2007 -	Saskatchewan wins their 3rd Grey Cup with a 23-19 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

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Retired Player Numbers

                     
    Ron Lancaster   George Reed   Dave Ridgway   Mel Becket

                     
       Roger Aldag   Mario DeMarco   Ray Syrnyk   Gordon Sturtridge

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Grey Cup Winning Teams

1966	D.S. MacDonald (President), Ken Preston (GM), Eagle Keys (Head Coach), Jack Gotta (Ass't. Coach), Jim Duncan (Ass't. Coach), Dale Laird (Equip. Mgr.), Sandy Archer (Trainer) Jack Abendschan, Ron Atchison, Gord Barwell, Al Benecick, Bruce Bennett, Tom Beynon, Clyde Brock, Ed Buchanan, Hugh Campbell, Wally Dempsey, Henry Dorsch, Paul Dudley, Larry Dunelie, Ted Dushinski, Garner Ekstran, Alan Ford, Bob Kosid, Ron Lancaster, Moe Levesque, Ed McQuarters, Gil Petmanis, George Reed, Ken Reed, Mike Ringer, Cliff Shaw, Wayne Shaw, Ted Urness, Galen Wahlmeier, Dale West, Reg Whitehouse, Gene Wlasiuk, Jim Worden
1989	Tom Shepherd (President), Alan Ford (GM), John Gregory (Head Coach), Ted Heath (LB Coach), Gary Hoffman (OL Coach), Dick Adams (DB Coach), Pal Sartori (QB/RB/R Coach) Ron Cherkas (DL Coach) Norm Fong (Equip. Mgr.) Ivan Gutfriend (Trainer) Dave Albright, Roger Aldag, Tuineau Alipate, Mike Anderson, Kent Austin, Terry Baker, Jeff Bentrim, Rob Bresciani, Albert Brown, Tom Burgess, Kurt Chapman, Steve Crane, James Curry, Kevin Dixon, Allen Donnel, Chris Duliban, Ray Elgaard, James Ellingson, Jeff Fairholm, Greg Galan, Shaun Gardiner, Brian Gardner, Vince Goldsmith, Mark Guy, Richie Hall, Darrell Harle, Bill Henry, John Hoffman, Tom Houg, Bryan Illerbrun, June James, Jim Jauch, Milson Jones, Bobby Jurasin, Chuck Klingbeil, Gary Lewis, Sidney Lewis, Eddie Lowe, Bobby McAllister, Greg McCormack, Tim McCray, Ray McDonald, Leonard Moon, Ken Moore, Cedric Moses, Donald Narcisse, Anthony Newsom, Brad O'Keefe, Dan Payne, Blaine Pearce, Bob Poley, Dan Rashovich, Dameon Reilly, Dave Ridgway, Tony Simmons, Harry Skipper, Davis Smith Jr., Vic Stevenson, Glen Suitor, Andrew Thomas, Robert Thompson, Jeff Treftlin, Kelly Trithart, Mark Urness, Dave Vankoughnett, Lionel Vital, Eddie Ray Walker, Steve Wiggins, Bill Wright, Donovan Wright, Rob Zimmerman
2007	Jim Hopson (President), Eric Tillman (GM), Kent Austin (Head Coach), Mike Gibson (OL/Assistant Head Coach), Richie Hall (D-Cooridinator), Ken Miller (O-Coordinator), Alex Smith (LB/ST Coach), Ron Estay (DL Coach), Paul LaPolice (O-Assistant/R Coach), Norm Fong (Equip. Mgr.), Ivan Gutfriend (Trainer) Mike Abou-Mechrek, Marcus Adams, Imokhai Atogwe, Carl Berman, Chris Best, Jamie Boreham, Yannick Carter, Wes Cates, Dustin Cherniawski, John Chick, Henri Childs, Tristan Clovis, Luca Congi, Marcus Crandell, Eddie Davis, Matt Dominguez, Darian Durant, Andy Fantuz, Tim Fleiszer, D.J. Flick, Lance Frazier, Ryan Freeman, Jocelyn Frenette, Chris Getzlaf, Scott Gordon, Corey Grant, Kahlil Hill, Nathan Hoffart, Corey Holmes, Neal Hughes, Reggie Hunt, Belton Johnson, James Johnson, Jovon Johnson, Brian Jones, Jermese Jones, Kitwana Jones, Kerry Joseph, Terrell Jurineack, Airabin Justin, Tad Kornegay, Maurice Lloyd, Sean Lucas, Brandon Lynch, Gene Makowsky, Vincent Marshall, Mike McCullough, Anton McKenzie, David McKoy, Kyle Mitchell, Luc Mullinder, Yo Murphy, Kennedy Nkeyasen, Jeremy O'Day, Michael Palmer, Marc Parenteau, Fred Perry, Josh Ranek, Rontarius Robinson, Marcus Rucker, Scott Schultz, Wayne Smith, T.J. Stancil, Val St. Germain, Chris Szarka, Drew Tate, Mike Washington, Renauld Williams

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Saskatchewan Roughriders
Canadian Football Hall of Fame Inductees

NAME	YEAR	TYPE
Eddie James	1963	Player
N. J. Taylor	1963	Builder
Martin Ruby	1974	Player
Ron Atchison	1978	Player
George Reed	1979	Player
Ron Lancaster	1982	Player
Ed McQuarters	1988	Player
Ted Urness	1989	Player
Ken Charlton	1992	Player
Bill Baker	1994	Player
Al Benecick	1996	Player
Bill Clarke	1996	Player
Hugh Campbell	2000	Builder
Roger Aldag	2002	Player
Ray Elgaard	2002	Player
Dave Ridgway	2003	Player
Bobby Jurasin	2006	Player
Tom Shepherd	2008	Builder

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Plaza of Honour Inductees
2008	Tom Campana, Ted Provost, Lawrie Skolrood
2007	- Steve Dennis, Vic Stevenson, Bobby Thompson
2006	- Rhett Dawson, Gary Lewis, Ken Reed
2005	- Jeff Fairholm, Tim Roth, John Wozniak
2004	- Steve Mazurak, Mike Anderson, Hank Dorsch
2003	- Donald Narcisse, Larry Dumelie, John Lipp
2002	- Bobby Jurasin, Larry Bird, Gary Brandt
2001	- John Payne, Bob Ptacek, Bill Manchuk, Doug Killoh
2000	- Bruce Cowie, Clevland Vann, Dave Ridgway
1999	- Ray Elgaard, Kent Austin, Larry Isbell
1998	- Glen Suitor, Roger Goree, Johnny Bell
1997	- Bob Kosid, Dale West, Dick Rendek, Lorne Richardson
1996	- Bob Poley, John Gregory, Ralph Galloway, Jim Worden, Stan Williams
1995	- Wally Dempsey, Tom Shepherd, Clyde Brock, Eddie Lowe, Gene Wiasiuk
1994	- Vince Goldsmith, Wayne Shaw, Gord Barwell, Mike Cassidy, Chris DeFrance
1993	- Roger Aldag, Ken McEachern, Ted Dushinski, Gord Staseson, Maurice Williams, Neil "Piffles" Taylor
1992	- Howie Milne, Jack Abendschan, Neil Habig, Reg Whitehouse, Alan Ford
1991	- Tare Rennebohm, Johnny Gariuk, Sully Glasser, Del Wardien, Al Benecick, Bruce Bennett, W. E. Clark, Mike Samples
1990	- J. D. Rowand, S. D. Stack, Tibbits, D. S. McDonald, Taor Springstein, Pete Martin, Garner Ekstran, Joey Walters, Bill Baker
1989	- Ken Carpenter, Jack Hill, Ed McQuarters, Bobby Marlow, Frank Tripuka, Al Urness, Ted Urness, Clair Warner, Bob Walker
1988	- Sandy Archer, Gordon Barber, Hugh Campbell, Ken Charleton, Bill Clarke, Glenn Dobbs, Greg Grassick, Don McPherson, Martin Ruby
1987	- Ron Lancaster, George Reed, Fred Wilson, Ron Atchison, Ken Preston, Dean Griffing, Al Ritchie, Bob Kramer, Eagle Keys

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