Kent Austin

The strong armed QB signed as a free agent with Saskatchewan in October of 1987 and played 5 games for them in that season.  Austin played for the Riders through the 1993 season and is probably best remembered for leading the Roughriders to only their second franchise Grey Cup victory in 1989, a game in which he was named the offensive star. Austin was a Western and CFL All-Star in 1990 and in both 1992 and 1993 threw more than 700 passes and totalling almost 12,000 yards in those two seasons.  In March of 1994 Austin was traded o Ottawa for DB Anothony Drawhorn, LB Ron Goetz and DL Paul Yatkowski.  Ottawa turned around and traded Austin to BC for QB Danny Barrett and DB Cory Dowdell. Austin played one season in BC (1994) and was traded in May of 1995 to Toronto for WR Robert Gordon and DB Eddie Thomas.  Austin was traded to Winnipeg for the 1996 season and released by the Bombes in February of 1997. After retiring, Austin moved to the coaching side and was the offensive coordinator for the Toronto Argos before returning to Saskatchewan to become head coach of the Riders in 2007.  As the Rider head coach, Austin led Saskatchewan to their third Grey Cup in 2007, the first for the franchise since he was the QB of the second cup winner.  In a surprise move, Austin resigned as the Rider head coach after the 2007 to take an assistant coaching job at Mississipi.

Games Played and Passing
Year Team GP PA PC % Yds TD Int Sacked Yds
1987 SASK 5 156 93 59.6 1172 3 10
 
1988 SASK 14 277 162 58.5 2084 8 12

1989 SASK 18 323 183 56.7 2650 16 12

1990 SASK 16 618 360 58.3 4604 27 27

1991 SASK 13 554 302 54.5 4137 32 18

1992 SASK 18 770 459 59.6 6225 35 30

1993 SASK 17 715 405 56.6 5754 31 25

1994 BC 16 551 317 57.5 4193 24 22

1995 TOR 16 422 252 59.7 3076 14 19

1996 WPG 15 314 178 56.1 2135 8 16

Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1987 SASK 24 138 5.8 0 31
1988 SASK 51 256 5.1 2 34
1989 SASK 42 168 4 3 18
1990 SASK 50 158 3.2 5 17
1991 SASK 21 10 0.5 6 0
1992 SASK 71 200 2.8 11 17
1993 SASK 32 88 2.8 7 21
1994 BC 29 102 3.5 3 16
1995 TOR 17 35 2.1 1 12
1996 WPG 21 100 4.8 0 16
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1987 SASK 6 3 1
1988 SASK 7 5 2
1989 SASK 4 3 1
1990 SASK 4 2 1
1991 SASK 2 1 1
1992 SASK 4 3 1
1993 SASK 3 2 0
1994 BC 3 3 0
1995 TOR 4 1 3
1996 WPG 4 3 0
Tackles
Year Team T ST Total
1987 SASK


1988 SASK


1989 SASK


1990 SASK 1
1
1991 SASK 0
0
1992 SASK 0
0
1993 SASK 1
1
1994 BC 2
2
1995 TOR 2
2
1996 WPG 0
0

Austin had one punt for 39 yards in 1990.