Week 20 in the CFL

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Stats and storylines heading into this week’s action

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IT’S ANYONE’S GAME

  • Three teams are in contention for two playoff spots. Their remaining schedules:
    • Winnipeg | @EDM, @BC | 22-10 (.688)
    • Saskatchewan | MTL, EDM | 25-7 (.781)
    • Calgary | BC, BYE | 10-6 (.625)

NO RECORDS ARE SAFE

  • There have been seven 40-passing TD seasons, accomplished by five players (Doug Flutie has three). Two players have never reached the mark in the same year.
    • Davis Alexander has 35 with two games remaining (@SSK and @TOR).
    • Vernon Adams Jr. has 35 with one game remaining (BC).
    • Chad Kelly has 33 with two games remaining (@OTT and MTL).
  • Calgary leads the league with 600 points scored, becoming the first team to reach 600+ since the 2010 Stampeders (626). Montreal needs 21 to hit the mark. Two clubs in a nine-or-fewer-team league have reached the milestone in the same season on three occasions.
    • 1993 | CGY, WPG (nine-team league)
    • 1991 | BC, EDM, SSK, TOR (eight)
    • 1990 | EDM and TOR (eight)
  • Davis Alexander, Trevor Harris and Chad Kelly have already reached 5,000 passing yards. The league record is four to reach the mark.
    • Cody Fajardo has 4,668 with two games remaining (WPG and @SSK)
    • Nathan Rourke has 4,462 with two games remaining (@CGY and WPG)
  • Kalil Pimpleton (1,620) is on pace for 1,822 kickoff return yards, which would surpass Ian Smart’s CFL record of 1,805 set in 2008.
  • Vincent Blanchard (52) needs to make nine field goals to break Justin Medlock’s record of 60 set in 2016.
  • Zander Horvath has 18 rushing majors and 3 receiving TDs.
    • BC record for total TDs: 22 (Cory Philpot)
    • CFL record for rushing TDs: 19 (Mike Pringle)
    • CFL record for total TDs: 23 (Milt Stegall)

LEAGUE-WIDE

  • Since Week 8, BC is 9-1, Montreal is 7-2, and Edmonton and Toronto are 6-3.
  • Through 19 weeks: 102.8 league-wide passer rating. A season has never finished above 100.
  • Games have averaged 602 passing yards.
  • Potential milestone games:
    • 100th | Jake Maier (OTT), Brady Oliveira (WPG), Casey Sayles (BC), Tim White (WPG)
    • 250th | Stanley Bryant (WPG)

TOR (9-7) at OTT (0-16)

  • Week 3: TOR 44 – OTT 24
  • Week 15: OTT 23 – TOR 26
  • Toronto has won four of the teams’ past five meetings in Ottawa.
  • The Argonauts have won 10+ games in three of the past four seasons.
  • Chad Kelly is a career 5-1 against Ottawa. In the teams’ matchups this season, he has passed for 867 yards, six TD passes and six INTs.
  • David Ungerer III set a career-high with 175 receiving yards on seven receptions in the teams’ Week 15 matchup.
  • Damonte Coxie, Tyler Kahmann and Ungerer have reached 1,000 receiving yards. With 128 more from Kevin Mital, this year’s Argonauts could become the fifth team in league history to field four 1,000-yard+ receivers. No Toronto team has hit the mark.
  • Janarion Grant ranks sixth all-time with 4,737 punt return yards – nine back of Stefan Logan.
  • Isaac Darkangelo has 100 defensive tackles and Adarius Pickett has 99. Prior to this season, five players in team history have reached the mark with Kevin Eiben having done so on three occasions. Toronto teammates have never reached the milestone in the same season.
  • Bryson Barnes will make his first career start in the CFL. In College he passed for 5,684 yards added 1,661 on the ground and 65 TDs (47 passing, 18 rushing).
  • Ayden Eberhardt needs four receiving yards for his first 1,000-yard campaign.
  • Justin Hardy is seven receptions away from 400 and 90 receiving yards from 5,000 in his career.
  • Nyles Morgan is 15 defensive tackles shy of his third season with 100.
  • Noah Gettman leads the league with eight punts inside the opponents’ 10-yard-line.

WPG (8-8) at EDM (12-4)

  • Week 4: EDM 23 – WPG 18
  • Week 12: WPG 19 – EDM 22
  • Zach Collaros is a career 15-9 against Edmonton.
  • Brady Oliveira has 251 yards from scrimmage in the teams’ matchups this season; he needs 76 more to become the 11th Canadian to reach 9,000. With 6,787 rushing yards, he needs 59 to pass Jon Cornish for 16th all-time.
  • Tim White is 19 receiving yards shy of his fifth consecutive 1,000-yard season.
  • Willie Jefferson (106) is 2nd all-time in pass knockdowns, trailing only Eddie Davis (111).
  • Trey Vaval has two kick return majors on the season and six overall in his second year in the CFL.
  • Dorian Singer had a game-high 166 receiving yards last week, including three big play receptions of 30+ yards.
  • Edmonton last swept a three-game season series against Winnipeg in 1979.
  • The Elks are a West-best 7-1 at home. They last reached eight wins in 2015.
  • Cody Fajardo is 6-9 against Winnipeg. He has not thrown a TD in his last three games, but he has rushed for 131 yards and three majors. He has already established a new career-high (4,668) in passing yards and he needs 332 to reach 5,000.
  • Austin Mack has matched his career-high of five 100-yard+ games in a season.
  • Kaion Julien-Grant needs 61 receiving yards for 3,000.
  • Malik Carney had a career-high four sacks last week; with 11, he sits one back of the league lead.

MTL (13-3) at SSK (8-8)

  • Week 19: SSK 24 – MTL 44
  • Montreal has won the teams’ last three matchups at Mosaic Stadium.
  • The Alouettes need to score 21 points to reach 600 on the season.
  • Davis Alexander is 2-0 against Saskatchewan.
  • Tyson Philpot (1,809) needs four yards to surpass Brian Kelly and move into eighth all-time on the single-season receiving yards list. Hal Patterson (no. 4 all-time) holds the Montreal team record at 1,914 established in 1956.
  • Tyler Snead needs five receptions for 100 and 26 receiving yards to reach 1,500, to join Tyson Philpot in being the second pair of teammates to reach the two milestones in the same season. Adarius Bowman and Derel Walker accomplished the feat in 2016.
  • Geoffrey Cantin-Arku’s next defensive tackle will be his 150th.
  • Lorenzo Burns set a career-high with four pass knockdowns last week, he leads the league with 17 in 15 games.
  • Trevor Harris is 9-7 against Montreal. With 5,117 passing yards, he is the fourth player in team history to reach the 5,000-yard+ plateau. He needs two TD passes to match his career-high of 33 set in 2015.
  • Kian Schaffer-Baker needs 39 receiving yards for his first 1,000-yard+ season.
  • A.J. Ouellette averaged seven yards per carry last week.
  • Marcus Sayles needs two defensive tackles for 450 in his career.
  • Jameer Thurman is 10 defensive tackles shy of his first with 100.

BC (10-6) at CGY (8-9)

  • Week 4: CGY 41 at BC 33
  • Week 11: BC 30 at CGY 26
  • Nathan Rourke is 5-1 against Calgary. He passed for a season-high 462 yards in the teams’ Week 4 matchup. He has averaged 340 yards in his past nine games.
  • In his eight year-career with BC, Keon Hatcher Sr. has 5,907 receiving yards. Seven Lions have reached 6,000.
  • Darnell Sankey has 45 defensive tackles in his past five games.
  • James Butler needs 55 rushing yards to reach 5,000.
  • With his next sack, Mathieu Betts will surpass Ted Laurent (53) for the most by a Quebec-born player.
  • Calgary last won the teams’ season series in 2021.
  • Vernon Adams Jr. is 2-4 against BC. He has eight TD passes in his past three games and he has not been intercepted in his past 135 attempts.
  • Jalen Philpot needs 13 receiving yards for 3,000. In his last four games, he has 30 catches for 384 yards and two TDs.
  • 2026 CFL Canadian Draft third-round selection Jesulaomi Ojutalayo leads the league with 23 special teams tackles.
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