By the Numbers: The last time each team went 0-1/ 1-0...

Saskatchewan Roughriders
#1

I've posted this on a couple of the Facebook groups too but wanted to share my research here with everybody.

By the stats, the Riders haven't lost their first game in half a decade but still managed that year (2006) to make it all the way to the Finals; this was before Durant, Fantuz and a few others if memory serves so I'm optimistic that we'll be able to rebound from Sunday. Going forward, I will start updating the list along with other comparison stats each week on my scoretarget.com site:

SSK 0-1 -- last occurrence: 2006, ended season 3rd in West, lost Final to BC
BC 0-1 -- last occurrence: 2009,occurrence, ended season 4th in West, did not qualify for playoffs
CGY 0-1 -- last occurrence: 2009, ended season 2nd in West, lost Final to SSK
EDM 1-0 -- last occurrence: 2009, ended season 3rd in West, lost Semi to CGY

WPG 1-0 -- last occurrence: 2010, ended season 4th in East, did not qualify for playoffs
HAM 0-1 -- last occurrence: 2010, ended season 2nd in East, lost Semi to TOR
TOR 1-0 -- last occurrence: 2009, ended season 4th in East, did not qualify for playoffs
MTL 1-0 -- last occurrence: 2010, ended season 1st in East, won Grey Cup

#2

I believe in my pool i have riders at 6-12 this year…haha.

in all seriousness, 1 game means very little typically. That being said, it must be a huge confidence booster to the Bombers and their fans…especially on the road. For me, I don’t mind the Rider’s loss, but it is a little more painful when the team plays so poorly all around. For the Stamps, they showed glimmers of greatness late, and I don’t think there are any huge concerns there. Hamilton needs to work on its pass defense. TO will win tight games, like last year. They need a QB that can pas 40 yards on the sideline…Lemmon looks like he has improved with decision making, I just don’t think he has the arm strength for the CFL.

Really, barring the Rider’s lackluster showing, I thought all other teams had something positive to build off of…areas to focus on tweaking.

#3

The Lions in '09 crossed over and won the east semi did they not?

#4

That's true they did on the crossover, little mistake above by greenpaladin.

#5

Sorry about that guys, I'll update the research process for Week 2!