TORONTO \u2014 Week 8 is here and that means Game Notes is back with plenty of information about this week\u2019s matchups, including:<\/p>\n
Kenny Lawler is on pace for 24 touchdown receptions, which would best Milt Stegall\u2019s CFL record by one. Through six games in Stegall\u2019s record-setting 2002 season, he had nine. Check out all CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes for Week 8 below:<\/p>\n RELATED Game Notes<\/p>\n Montreal at Calgary Edmonton at Saskatchewan Winnipeg at Toronto Hamilton at BC THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW(LER)<\/p>\n Kenny Lawler<\/a> has at least one touchdown in five of six games, and eight on the season. QUICK SLANTS<\/p>\n LEAGUE-WIDE<\/p>\n The league\u2019s group of kickers has made 27 straight field goals. MTL (4-2) at CGY (5-1)<\/p>\n Montreal is 3-0-1 in the teams\u2019 last four matchups. EDM (1-4) at SSK (5-1)<\/p>\n Edmonton has won its last two games in Saskatchewan. \u00a0<\/p>\n WPG (3-2) at TOR (1-5)<\/p>\n Toronto is 64-61-2 in the all-time series, including 3-1 in the last four matchups at BMO Field. HAM (4-2) at BC (3-4)<\/p>\n Hamilton has allowed the fewest passing TDs (five) and the fewest 30+ yard completions (four), while holding opposing QBs to the lowest efficiency rating (75.3).
\nCalgary has its best start since 2018, when they last won the Grey Cup.
\nCole Spieker<\/a> had a career-high 129 receiving yards last week.
\nLast week, Kevin Mital<\/a> recorded a career-high 10 receptions. He leads the league with 37 catches in 41 targets
\nDestin Talbert<\/a> is first in pass knockdowns (seven), including one in each of his last five games.<\/p>\n
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\nHe is on pace for 24 touchdown receptions, which would best Milt Stegall\u2019s CFL record by one. Through six games in Stegall\u2019s record-setting 2002 season, he had nine.
\nHamilton\u2019s single-season record for touchdown receptions is 15, established by Tony Champion in 1989.
\nEleven of Lawler\u2019s 33 receptions have been for 20+ yards, including eight at 30+.
\nLawler sits second in the league in second down conversion receptions (13).<\/p>\n
\nWeeks 5-7 have averaged 765 yards of net offence per game.
\nTwo-and-outs are at their lowest rate (31.7 per cent) since the league began recording the statistic in 2006.
\nDespite injuries, league-wide passer rating is at 97.4.
\nRoad teams are 15-12 this season, including 3-1 in Week 7.
\nPossible milestone game(s):<\/p>\n
\nMontreal is allowing a CFL-low 5.8 yards per play.
\nThe Alouettes\u2019 next five games will be against the West, against which they are 1-1.
\nMcLeod Bethel-Thompson<\/a> needs three touchdown passes for 100 in his career. He also needs 12 completions for 1,500.
\nCole Spieker<\/a> had a career-high 129 receiving yards last week. \u200b
\nNajee Murray<\/a> needs two defensive tackles for 200 in his career.
\nCalgary ranks first in points allowed per game (18.5), while Montreal is second (22.8).
\nCalgary is No. 1 with 130.5 rushing yards per game, while Montreal allows the fewest rushing yards per game (69.8) and 4.2 yards per attempt.
\nThe Stampeders lead the all-time series 43-41-2.
\nCalgary has its best start since 2018, when they last won the Grey Cup.
\nCalgary has scored four defensive TDs, while allowing a league-low seven offensive TDs.
\nVernon Adams Jr. is 3-0 against his old team, passing for 982 yards and six touchdowns. He has eight TD passes in his previous three games after throwing none in his first three.
\nIn his last two games, Damien Alford has eight catches for 235 yards, including four touchdowns.<\/p>\n
\nTre Ford<\/a> is 2-0 against the Roughriders, while Cody Fajardo<\/a> has not started against them.
\nKurleigh Gittens Jr.<\/a> has scored a touchdown in his past two games and three in his last four.
\nNick Anderson<\/a>\u2019s next defensive tackle will be his 150th, while Nyles Morgan<\/a> needs one more to reach 350 in his career.
\nSaskatchewan has won 11 of the teams\u2019 past 15 matchups.
\nCorey Mace has led the Roughriders to a second straight 5-1 start.
\nIn his last two games, Trevor Harris<\/a> is 59-of-74 passing (79.7 per cent) for 820 yards and four touchdowns.
\nHarris needs 226 passing yards to become the 13th player to reach 35,000 in his career. He currently sits 16th at 34,774, behind Michael Reilly<\/a> (34,805) and Dieter Brock (34,830).<\/p>\n
\nThe teams\u2019 last five meetings have been decided in the final three minutes.
\nNick Arbuckle<\/a> is a career 1-1 against Winnipeg; Chad Kelly<\/a> is 1-0. Since 2023, the team is 20-4 with Kelly and 7-11 without him.
\nLast week, Kevin Mital<\/a> recorded a career-high 10 receptions. He leads the league with 37 catches in 41 targets.
\nZach Collaros<\/a> is a career 10-7 versus Toronto; Chris Streveler<\/a> has yet to start against the Argonauts.
\nWinnipeg has lost consecutive games by 20+ points for the first time since 2014.
\nNic Demski<\/a> registered a career-high 146 receiving yards last week, while scoring his 40th touchdown. He is third on the active list behind Eugene Lewis<\/a> (43) and DaVaris Daniels<\/a> (41).
\nSergio Castillo<\/a> has made all three of his 50+ yard field goal attempts. He made a league-leading 11 last year.<\/p>\n
\nHamilton leads the league in turnover ratio (+8).
\nBo Levi Mitchell<\/a> is a career 12-7 against BC.
\nDestin Talbert<\/a> is first in pass knockdowns (seven), including one in each of his last five games.
\nMarc Liegghio<\/a> has made his past 30 field goal attempts, while Sean Whyte<\/a> has been successful on his last 26.
\nBC is first in passing offence (310.6), while Hamilton sits second (303.8).
\nNathan Rourke<\/a> is a career 1-1 versus the Ticats. He has 300+ passing yards in four of five starts; he had two in eight in 2024. At 321.4 yards per start, he trails only Trevor Harris<\/a>\u2019s 325.2.
\nJames Butler<\/a>\u2019s 504 rushing yards leads the CFL as he prepares to face his former team.
\nKeon Hatcher Sr. sits second in receiving yards (574) and first in yards after catch (204).
\nLast week, Ayden Eberhardt<\/a> notched his first 100+ yard game in the CFL (105).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Week 8 is here and that means Game Notes is back with plenty of information about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-20565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20565","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=20565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}