TORONTO \u2014 Week 18 has arrived and with it CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes, full of information about players and this week\u2019s matchups, including:<\/p>\n
Trevor Harris<\/a> is 9-5 against his former team. He needs 244 passing yards for his fifth career 4,000-yard campaign. Check out all CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes for Week 18 below.<\/p>\n RELATED TIME WINDING DOWN WEST DIVISION\u00a0<\/p>\n Saskatchewan | @OTT, TOR, @WPG, BC | 25-34 (.424) EAST DIVISION<\/p>\n Hamilton | @TOR, CGY, Bye, OTT | 17-26 (.395) QUICK SLANTS<\/p>\n LEAGUE-WIDE<\/p>\n Completion percentage (69.7 per cent), passer rating (99.3) and percentage of drives resulting in TDs (18.3 per cent) are currently the highest in CFL history. SSK (10-4) AT OTT (4-10)<\/p>\n Week 1: OTT 26 \u2013 SSK 31<\/a> HAM (9-6) at TOR (5-10)<\/p>\n Week 5: HAM 51 \u2013 TOR 38<\/a> CGY (8-6) at BC (8-7)<\/p>\n Week 16: BC 52 \u2013 CGY 23<\/a>
\nKevin Mital<\/a> has 15 receptions in two games against Hamilton this season.
\nKenny Lawer has 15 catches, 330 yards and five TDs against Toronto this season.
\nThe Lions are on a three-game winning streak, while Calgary has lost three straight.
\nKeon Hatcher Sr. (1,404) and Justin McInnis<\/a> (1,054) have combined for 2,458 receiving yards. The franchise mark for a duo is held by Ray Alexander and Matt Clark, who totaled 3,135 in 1991.<\/p>\n
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\u200b(Team | Remaining schedule | Combined record)<\/p>\n
\nCalgary | @BC, @HAM, TOR, @EDM | 28-32 (.467)
\nWinnipeg | Bye, @EDM, SSK, MTL | 24-20 (.545)
\nBC | CGY, Bye, EDM, @SSK | 24-19 (.558)
\nEdmonton | Bye, WPG, @BC, CGY | 24-20 (.545)<\/p>\n
\nMontreal | Bye, OTT, @OTT, @WPG | 16-27 (.372)
\nToronto | HAM, @SSK, @CGY, Bye | 27-16 (.628)
\nOttawa | SSK, @MTL, MTL, @HAM | 35-24 (.593)<\/p>\n
\n31.3 per cent of drives are resulting in two-and-outs \u2013 the lowest mark since the CFL began tracking the stat in 2006.
\nSecond down conversions (48.5 per cent) and red zone TD rate (61.5 per cent) are the highest since the league began tracking the stats in 2006.
\nCanadians have never finished top-two in sacks. Mathieu Betts<\/a> (13) and Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund<\/a> (11) lead with five tied for third at seven.
\nThree of the top-seven receivers in the league are Canadian \u2013 No. 4 Justin McInnis<\/a>, No. 5 Nic Demski<\/a> and No. 7 Kiondr\u00e9 Smith.
\nHome teams have won five straight and eight of the last nine.<\/p>\n
\nSaskatchewan allows a league-low 81.7 rushing yards per game; Ottawa is second at 94.9.
\nThe Roughriders lead the league with 37 sacks.
\nSaskatchewan last won in Ottawa on September 29, 2017.
\nTrevor Harris<\/a> is 9-5 against his former team. He needs 244 passing yards for his fifth career 4,000-yard campaign.
\nSamuel Emilus<\/a> needs six catches for 200 in his career.
\nLast week, KeeSean Johnson registered his fourth 100+ yard game of the season with an eight receptions, 119-yard performance.
\nA.J. Ouellette<\/a> has rushed for a career-high 1,059 yards \u2013 his second time reaching the millennium mark. He has scored a TD in four straight.
\nThe REDBLACKS are coming off their final bye; the team won both of their games on a week\u2019s rest this season.
\nOttawa has allowed the fewest passing touchdowns this season (16).
\nDru Brown<\/a> is a career 0-1-1 against the Roughriders. In Week 1, he passed for 412 yards and two touchdowns.
\nEugene Lewis<\/a> needs 103 receiving yards for his fourth 1,000-yard season
\nJustin Hardy<\/a> needs six catches for 300 in his career. He is 120 receiving yards shy of his third consecutive 1,000+ yard season.<\/p>\n
\nWeek 13: TOR 35 \u2013 HAM 33<\/a>
\nHamilton is looking to bounce back from its worst loss since July 29, 2017 \u2013 60-1 versus Calgary.
\nOver the first 11 games, the Ticats averaged 316.2 passing yards and 72.3 rushing yards per game. Over the last four, the team has shifted to 246.5 and 155.0, respectively.
\nKenny Lawer has 15 catches, 330 yards and five TDs against Toronto this season.
\nKiondr\u00e9 Smith\u2019s career-highs in receptions and receiving yards are 74 and 933. He currently has 69 and 906.
\nGreg Bell<\/a> has 474 rushing yards on 70 carries over his last four outings (118.5 yards per game and 6.8 yards per attempt).
\nToronto\u2019s last four games have been decided by five points or less (2-2).
\nNick Arbuckle<\/a> is a career 2-4 against the Ticats.
\nJake Herslow<\/a> had a career-high 10 catches last week. In 11 career games, he has 47 receptions and 10 TDs.
\nKevin Mital<\/a> has 15 receptions in two games against Hamilton this season.
\nLast week, Toronto kicker Lirim Hajrullahu<\/a> made three field goals of 50+ yards, tying the single-game record set by Justin Medlock<\/a> in 2009.<\/p>\n
\nThe Lions are on a three-game winning streak, while Calgary has lost three straight.
\nBC leads the league in 30+ yard completions (29), but Calgary has allowed the fewest (15).
\nBC tops the CFL in second down conversion success rate (53.2 per cent); Calgary is second (48.3).
\nCalgary allowed 15 TD drives in its first 11 games. In the last three, the team has yielded 14.
\nVernon Adams is 1-2 against BC in his career.
\nDedrick Mills<\/a> has 15 rushes of 10+ yards in his last six games. He has 70-or-more yards in 11-of-14 contests.
\nNathan Rourke<\/a> is a career 3-0 against Calgary.
\nKeon Hatcher Sr. (1,404) and Justin McInnis<\/a> (1,054) have combined for 2,458 receiving yards. The franchise mark for a duo is held by Ray Alexander and Matt Clark, who totaled 3,135 in 1991.
\nJames Butler<\/a> leads the league with 1,061 rushing yards.
\nMicah Awe<\/a> (103) has recorded his second 100+ defensive tackle season. His career-high is 134 set in 2023 as a member of the Stampeders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Week 18 has arrived and with it CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes, full of information about players and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-185913","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\/185913","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=185913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}