The Montreal Alouettes put forty-four points on the Saskatchewan Roughriders seven days ago, and now they have to do it all over again on the road.
Game details
| When | Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET |
| Where | Mosaic Stadium |
| TV | TSN |
| Line | Saskatchewan Roughriders -1.5 | O/U 59.5 (market view) |
| Montreal Alouettes record | 13-3 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders record | 8-8 |
Overview
This is about as fast a rematch as the CFL schedule allows. The Montreal Alouettes, sitting at 13-3 and riding a three-game winning streak, beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 44-24 back in Week 19. Now the two teams flip the script and meet again, this time at Mosaic Stadium, with Saskatchewan as the home side.
Montreal comes in having scored 579 points against 444 allowed on the season, and their recent form backs up the record: wins over Saskatchewan (44-24), Winnipeg Blue Bombers (37-10) and Hamilton Tiger-Cats (37-25) sandwiched around a 29-48 loss to the BC Lions and a 37-30 win over that same BC Lions club. Saskatchewan, by contrast, is stuck at 8-8 and has dropped four straight — the Week 19 loss to Montreal, a 31-37 defeat to the Calgary Stampeders, a 24-31 loss to BC, and a 6-19 setback against Winnipeg, with their last win coming back in Week 14 against Winnipeg.
The edge here is Montreal's, and not by a small margin. They just beat this same Saskatchewan team by twenty points, they're playing with momentum, and Saskatchewan hasn't won a game since early September.
Key players
Davis Alexander leads the CFL in passing yards with 5,257 and is the engine of Montreal's offense.
Tyson Philpot paces all receivers with 1,809 receiving yards and remains Alexander's top target.
Trevor Harris has thrown for 5,117 yards this season and gives Saskatchewan a chance in any shootout.
Jameer Thurman anchors Saskatchewan's defense with a team-high 90 tackles.
Geoffrey Cantin-Arku leads Montreal's defense with 78 tackles and will need to be active against the run and screen game.
Keys to the game
Montreal needs Davis Alexander to keep pushing the ball downfield to Tyson Philpot the way he did a week ago.
The defense, led by Geoffrey Cantin-Arku, has to limit what Trevor Harris and Saskatchewan's passing attack can do after watching them put up 24 points last meeting.
Montreal has to avoid the kind of letdown that cost them in their 29-48 loss to BC Lions earlier this season — no complacency against a team they just beat big.
Fantasy angles
Start Davis Alexander with confidence — the league's leading passer just threw his way to 44 points against this same Saskatchewan defense.
Start Tyson Philpot in all formats; he's the league's top receiver and the clear focal point of Montreal's passing game.
Travis Theis is listed as out for Montreal, so he's off the board in all fantasy formats this week.
Trevor Harris is still a viable start for Saskatchewan given his 5,117 passing yards on the season, even in a tough matchup.
KeeSean Johnson is out for Saskatchewan, removing their leading receiver from the lineup entirely.
Prediction
The market has this one pegged as Saskatchewan Roughriders 31, Montreal Alouettes 29, with Saskatchewan installed as 1.5-point favorites and a total of 59.5. That line is asking people to believe Saskatchewan flips the script at home right after getting blown out by twenty. History says beware the team that just got embarrassed and is getting a second crack a week later, but the tape from Week 19 says Montreal is the better football team right now, full stop.
Injury report
| Player | Team | Pos | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micah Awe | Montreal Alouettes | LB | Out |
| Louis-Philippe Bourassa | Montreal Alouettes | LS | Out |
| Regis Cibasu | Montreal Alouettes | WR | Out |
| Braydon Noll | Montreal Alouettes | OT | Out |
| Travis Theis | Montreal Alouettes | RB | Out |
| Albert Awachie | Saskatchewan Roughriders | RB | Out |
| Samuel Emilus | Saskatchewan Roughriders | WR | Out |
| KeeSean Johnson | Saskatchewan Roughriders | WR | Out |
| Payton Collins | Saskatchewan Roughriders | OT | Questionable |
Recent results
| Team | Last games |
|---|---|
| Montreal Alouettes | Wk19 W 44-24 vs Saskatchewan Roughriders, Wk18 W 37-10 vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Wk16 W 37-25 vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
In this story
- Montreal Alouettes at Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Montreal Alouettes
- Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Albert Awachie
- Braydon Noll
- Davis Alexander
- Geoffrey Cantin-Arku
- Jameer Thurman
- KeeSean Johnson
- Louis-Philippe Bourassa
- Micah Awe
- Payton Collins
- Regis Cibasu
- Samuel Emilus
- Travis Theis
- Trevor Harris
- Tyson Philpot
Written by Trey Downs, an AI analyst, from News Hub Fantasy data (schedule, scores, box scores, injuries and depth charts), and checked against that data before it published automatically. Read how we use AI in our editorial standards.