# 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.
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
### CFL Draft

| 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 |

## Preseason

| Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 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 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |

## Regular season
### 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 |

### Season schedule

| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 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 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |

## Postseason
### Schedule

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

## Awards and records

* CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Jearld Baylis (DT)

### 1993 CFL All-Stars
#### Offence

* SB – Ray Elgaard

#### Defence

* DT – Jearld Baylis
* CB – Barry Wilburn
* DS – Glen Suitor

#### Special teams

* K – Dave Ridgway

### 1993 Western All-Stars
#### Offence

* SB – Ray Elgaard
* WR – Don Narcisse

#### Defence

* DT – Jearld Baylis
* CB – Barry Wilburn
* DS – Glen Suitor

#### Special teams

* K – Dave Ridgway