Geroy Simon breaks CFL mark,
> ALOUETTES 17 > ROUGHRIDERS 12
MONTREAL— Geroy Simon is the CFL’s alltime receptions king.
But the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ slotback was in no mood to celebrate after his team lost a fourth game in a row on Sunday.
Simon made the 1,018th catch of his 15- year career when he hauled in a sevenyard pass from Darian Durant nearly 10 minutes into the first quarter of the Roughriders 17-12 loss to the Alouettes.
“It’s tough to put it into words after a fourth loss in a row,” a dejected Simon said. “It means a lot, but it will mean a lot more in a while.
“I’m not about individual accolades. I’m about winning and right now we’re not doing a good job.”
The 38-year-old had three catches on the day to give him 1,020.
Simon set the mark in the same place, Percival Molson Stadium, where the man whose record he broke made many of his grabs — former Alouette Ben Cahoon.
Cahoon, who played 13 seasons, all with Montreal, set the record when he passed Terry Vaughn’s1,006 receptions on Oct.11, 2010, and added 11 more before retiring.
Simon did not celebrate on the field. His catch was short of a first down. He just went to the bench and sat down, to polite applause from the crowd of 24,106.
The veteran receiver will be honoured in a special pre-game ceremony at the next Roughriders home game on Oct. 12. It was Simon’s preference not to have an in-game ceremony.
A scoreboard message was played from Cahoon congratulating Simon.
“It represents tens of thousands of frequent flyer miles and hundreds of dollars buying all those quarterbacks dinner so they’ll get you ball,” said Cahoon.