The Saskatchewan Roughriders are pleased to announce the Canadian Football League has released its complete 2016 schedule.
This year’s schedule has the Saskatchewan Roughriders opening their regular season at home on Thursday, June 30th. The regular season opener will see the Riders welcome the Toronto Argonauts to Mosaic Stadium on Canada Day weekend for an 8:00PM kick-off.
“We are excited to officially release the 2016 schedule,” stated Roughriders President and CEO Craig Reynolds. “It is a challenging process for the league trying to create a competitive balance while taking into consideration each markets availabilities along with the broadcast needs. They should be commended for their efforts.
The Roughriders’ regular season home schedule has them playing at Mosaic Stadium on Thursday (one game), Friday (one game), Saturday (five games) and Sunday (two games). Each team will visit Regina once, with the B.C. Lions being the only team to visit twice.
The Roughriders’ away schedule has them playing on the road on Thursday (one game), Friday (four games), and Saturday (four games). They will visit each team once and visit Edmonton a second time.
“There will be a lot of exciting times ahead in 2016 as we say farewell to Mosaic Stadium,” added Reynolds. “Together we will reflect on generations of memories as we experience the last home opener, the last Labour Day Classic and finally, the last regular season game at Mosaic Stadium.”
Once again the Saskatchewan Roughriders will host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the traditional Labour Day Classic on Sunday, September 4th for a 1:00PM local kick-off time.
The Roughriders final regular season home game at the storied Mosaic Stadium will take place on Saturday, October 29th at 5:00PM versus the B.C. Lions.
ROUGHRIDER SCHEDULE NOTABLES:
- The Riders open the regular season at home for the third season in a row. They have a split of four home and five away in the first half versus five home, four away in the back nine.
- They will play each of the other eight teams at home and away once with B.C. making an additional trip to Regina, and the Riders will make a second trip to Edmonton to fill the 18 game regular season.
- This is the third time the Riders have been scheduled to open a regular season at home versus Toronto. The Riders carry a 1-2 record in those contests, winning in 1998 while suffering losses in 1984 and 2000.
- The Riders will be the last team to open the 2016 campaign as the team will have a bye in week one with the second coming during week 15.
- Chris Jones and company will return to Edmonton to play the team’s first road game of the season on Friday, July 8th.
- The 52nd annual Labour Day Classic will be played Sunday, September 4th at 1:00. The Riders have won the last eleven and hold a 34-17 advantage through the first 51 matchups.
- The traditional Labour Day Rematch in Winnipeg will be Saturday, September 12th with a 3:00PM start time.
- The final regular season game at Mosaic Stadium will take place on Saturday, October 29th at 5:00PM versus B.C.
- The Green and White will showcase the 2016 hopefuls in their first pre-season game on Saturday, June 11th when they host the B.C. Lions at Mosaic Stadium. The following week will have the Riders playing their final pre-season match-up in Edmonton on Saturday, June 18th at 2:00PM.
