TORONTO \u2014 Week 14\u00a0has arrived and with it CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes, full of information about players and this week\u2019s matchups, including:<\/p>\n
Zach Collaros<\/a> will start his sixth Banjo Bowl. He is a perfect 5-0 in the matchup (four wins with Winnipeg, one with Saskatchewan). Check out all CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes for Week 14 below.<\/p>\n RELATED LOCKED DOWN IN COWTOWN<\/p>\n Calgary is on pace for the best defensive season on record since the CFL began compiling drive data in 2006. Opponent TDs allowed | 15 In addition, the defence is tied for the league lead in return touchdowns with four.<\/p>\n QUICK SLANTS<\/p>\n LEAGUE WIDE<\/p>\n OK Tire Labour Day Weekend games averaged 56 points BC (5-6) at OTT (3-8)<\/p>\n The first game of a home-and-home series between the two teams. HAM (6-5) at MTL (5-6)<\/p>\n Week 4: HAM 35 \u2013 MTL 17 BANJO BOWL: SSK (8-2) at WPG (6-5)<\/p>\n LDC: SSK 34 \u2013 WPG 30 LABOUR DAY REMATCH: CGY (8-3) at EDM (4-7)<\/p>\n LDC: CGY 28 \u2013 EDM 7
\nCalgary is on pace for the best defensive season on record since the CFL began compiling drive data in 2006.
\nKenny Lawler<\/a> leads the league with a career-high 10 TD receptions. He needs 32 receiving yards to reach 1,000 on the season and 10 receptions for a career-high.
\nCody Fajardo<\/a> needs 205 passing yards to reach 20,000 in his career. He\u2019s a career 4-5-1 against the Stamps.
\nKeon Hatcher Sr. is the lone receiver to eclipse the 1,000 receiving yard mark this season. In his last four games: 26 receptions, 435 yards two TDs.<\/p>\n
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\nOpponents have scored touchdowns on just one of every 10 possessions (15 TDs on 150 possessions). Last season, Montreal led the league by allowing a touchdown once every 7.4 possessions.
\nCalgary is holding teams to a league-low 18.0 offensive points per game \u2013 nearly a touchdown less than the league average.
\nStampeders\u2019 defence also ranks first in:<\/p>\n
\nOpponent yards per play | 5.9
\nOpponent pass efficiency rating | 88.9
\nOpponent second down conversion rate | 44.5 per cent
\nFewest opponent big plays | 19
\nForced turnovers | 28<\/p>\n
\n87,626 fans attended the three games last week
\n18 touchdowns in three games last week \u2013 an average of six per game
\nOnly three games separate first and fourth place teams in the East Division
\nTeams are 25-25 at home this season
\nOfficial Murray Clarke will work his 600th career game on Saturday in Winnipeg.
\nSaskatchewan became the eighth team to win after trailing by 10+ points this season<\/p>\n
\nBoth teams are coming off a bye; each won their first game after a bye this season.
\nBC has won nine of the past 10 games against Ottawa. Last year, both teams split their series with each team winning at home.
\nNathan Rourke<\/a> is 2-1 versus Ottawa and will make his 30th career start (17-12). He needs 55 passing yards to pass Don Getty (8,950) to become third on the all-time Canadian passing list.
\nRourke is riding a three-game streak with 300+ yards. In those games, he has passed for 1,116 yards, eight TDs and three interceptions.
\nKeon Hatcher Sr. is the lone receiver to eclipse the 1,000 receiving yard mark this season. In his last four games: 26 receptions, 435 yards two TDs.
\nJames Butler<\/a> has recorded at least 81 rushing yards in his last four games.
\nOttawa has a +1 turnover ratio; BC is last with -11
\nDustin Crum<\/a> passed for 277 yards last game; second most in his career. He has scored a touchdown in his last four games. Crum is 0-1.
\nJustin Hardy<\/a> (3,383) is 20 receiving yards shy of Jock Climie (3,403) for ninth on Ottawa\u2019s all-time list.
\nEugene Lewis<\/a> needs 30 receiving yards for 7,000 in his career.<\/p>\n
\nMontreal must win by 19+ points to claim the season series and move into first in the East.
\nBoth teams are looking to snap a losing streak \u2013 Hamilton has dropped three straight; Montreal lost four straight. \u200b
\nThe last time the Ticats won in Montreal was August 27, 2021
\nHamilton is 4-2 on the road this season; Montreal is 2-4 at home.
\nBo Levi Mitchell<\/a> is 8-6 against Montreal in his career. Last week, he became the 12th player with 250 career TD passes; needs two more to tie Tom Clemens for 11th all-time.
\nKenny Lawler<\/a> leads the league with a career-high 10 TD receptions. He needs 32 receiving yards to reach 1,000 on the season and 10 receptions for a career-high.
\nLast week, Kiondr\u00e9 Smith set a career-high with 171 receiving yards, including 108 after the catch. It marked his third game of the season with 138+ yards in a game.
\nMontreal in their last four games have scored three touchdowns in 49 possessions.
\nJames Morgan<\/a> has passed for 409 yards and two touchdowns in his last two games.
\nTyler Snead<\/a> needs one reception and 44 receiving yards to reach new career-highs.<\/p>\n
\nA Saskatchewan victory would secure the season series win \u2013 their first since 2018
\nWinnipeg leads the rematch series, 13-7, with eight wins in the past nine meetings. Saskatchewan\u2019s last win was in 2018 with Zach Collaros<\/a> at the helm.
\nSaskatchewan is looking for its tenth win of the season; the last time they reached double digits was in 2019 (13-5).
\nSaskatchewan has swept the home-and-home set on seven occasions.
\nLast week, Trevor Harris<\/a> had his lowest completion percentage of the season: 17-of-27 (63 per cent).
\nHarris needs one more touchdown pass for 200 in his career (45 with Saskatchewan)
\nKeeSean Johnson leads the league with 30 second down conversion receptions.
\nWinnipeg has led by 10+ points in each of its last five games but lost two of them in the final minute
\nMike O\u2019Shea is 8-2 in LDC rematches.
\nZach Collaros<\/a> will start his sixth Banjo Bowl. He is a perfect 5-0 in the matchup (four wins with Winnipeg, one with Saskatchewan).
\nLast week, Brady Oliveira<\/a> was held to a season-low 24 rushing yards. He needs 109 rushing yards for 5,000 in his career.<\/p>\n
\nCalgary leads the rematches 18-17.
\nThe Stampeders have swept the two-game set 12 times (most recently in 2022); there have been 17 splits.
\nCalgary is a perfect 6-0 against Western foes this season. A win would give them the season series win against Edmonton, along with series wins against Saskatchewan and Winnipeg.
\nDespite their 8-3 record, Calgary does not have a receiver in the leagues top 15 in receiving yards.
\nVernon Adams Jr. had zero TD passes in his first three starts this season, but has one in seven straight games since, including five games with multiple TDs.
\nDedrick Mills<\/a> in his last three games: 289 rushing yards while averaging 5.7 yards per carry
\nJacob Roberts<\/a> last week recorded nine defensive tackles, a special teams tackle, a sack, and forced a fumble.
\nIn his Stamps debut, Adam Bighill<\/a> registered four defensive tackles.
\nThe Elks have won the last two games in Edmonton against Calgary.
\nEdmonton is looking for its first win against a Western team this season.
\nCody Fajardo<\/a> needs 205 passing yards to reach 20,000 in his career. He\u2019s a career 4-5-1 against the Stamps.
\nJustin Rankin recorded 48 rushing and receiving yards last week on 18 touches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Week 14\u00a0has arrived and with it CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes, full of information about players and this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-131126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}