TORONTO \u2014 Week 20 is here with it CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes, full of information about players and this week\u2019s matchups, including:<\/p>\n
Three Canadian receivers have reached 1,000 yards (Justin McInnis<\/a> 1,115, Kiondr\u00e9 Smith 1,027 and Nic Demski<\/a> 1,001) \u2013 the most since 1993. Check out all CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes for Week 20 below.<\/p>\n RELATED QUICK SLANTS<\/p>\n LEAGUE-WIDE<\/p>\n Three Canadian receivers have reached 1,000 yards (Justin McInnis<\/a> 1,115, Kiondr\u00e9 Smith 1,027 and Nic Demski<\/a> 1,001) \u2013 the most since 1993. SSK (12-4) at WPG (8-8)<\/p>\n Week 13: WPG 30 \u2013 SSK 34<\/a> EDM (7-9) at BC (9-7)<\/p>\n Week 1: EDM 14 \u2013 BC 31<\/a> MTL (9-7) at OTT (4-12)<\/p>\n Week 2: MTL 39 \u2013 OTT 18<\/a> TOR (5-12) at CGY (9-7)<\/p>\n Week 2: CGY 29 \u2013 TOR 19<\/a>
\nEdmonton has committed the fewest turnovers this season (19) and the team leads the CFL with a +9 turnover ratio.
\nThe Lions are on a four-game winning streak where they have scored an average of 39 points.
\nDavis Alexander<\/a> holds the CFL record for the best mark to open a career at 10-0, including being 3-0 against Ottawa.
\nVernon Adams Jr. needs 251 passing yards for his second 4,000+ season. He also needs 61 passing yards for 20,000 in his career.<\/p>\n
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\nFour players have hit the 1,000+ rushing yard plateau: Dedrick Mills<\/a> 1,225, A.J. Ouellette<\/a> 1,179, James Butler<\/a> 1,103 and Brady Oliveira<\/a> 1,088. If Justin Rankin (976) and Greg Bell<\/a> (944) reach the mark, it would mark the first time since 2009 that six or more have done so.
\nThere were 37 sacks across the seven contests in the past two weeks (5.29 per game).<\/p>\n
\nWeek 14: SSK 21 \u2013 WPG 13<\/a>
\nSaskatchewan allows a league-low 76.4 rushing yards per game, while Winnipeg owns the second-best rushing attack, averaging 121.9 yards per game.
\nSaskatchewan last posted a three-game sweep of the teams\u2019 season series in 2014.
\nJake Maier<\/a> will make his second start this season (1-0). He is a career 1-6 against Winnipeg.
\nSamuel Emilus<\/a> recorded a season-high 142 receiving yards last week. He needs 86 more for 3,000 in his career.
\nMalik Carney<\/a>\u2019s next sack will be the 25th of his career.
\nWillie Jefferson<\/a> leads the league with 15 pass knockdowns.
\nTrey Vaval has four kick-return TDs this season \u2013 one off Keith Stokes\u2019s club record.
\nTony Jones<\/a> is six shy of his first 100-defensive tackle season.<\/p>\n
\nWeek 6: BC 32 \u2013 EDM 14<\/a>
\nBC tops the CFL in big plays with 53. Edmonton is second with 48.
\nBC ranks first in net offence (428.5), while Edmonton has allowed a league-high 383.2 net yards.
\nEdmonton has committed the fewest turnovers this season (19) and the team leads the CFL with a +9 turnover ratio.
\nEdmonton has lost six straight in BC with their last win coming on August 19, 2021.
\nCody Fajardo<\/a> needs 94 yards for his fifth 3,000 passing yard season. He leads the league with a 75 per cent completion rate. He is a career 6-6 against the Lions.
\nFajardo has not thrown an interception in his past 172 passing attempts.
\nJustin Rankin needs 24 yards for his first 1,000-yard rushing season. He has 1,608 yards from scrimmage.
\nThe Lions are on a four-game winning streak where they have scored an average of 39 points.
\nIn the teams\u2019 two matchups this season, Nathan Rourke<\/a> has totaled 669 yards and five TD passes. He is a career 5-0 against Edmonton.
\nKeon Hatcher tops the CFL with 1,516 receiving yards; he is the first Lion to reach the 1,500+ plateau since Emmanuel Arceneaux<\/a> (1,566) in 2016. In his last seven games, Hatcher has 47 receptions for 794 yards.
\nMathieu Betts<\/a> has recorded a sack in each of his last four games with a total of 10 across that span.<\/p>\n
\nWeek 19: OTT 10 \u2013 MTL 30<\/a>
\nThe Alouettes have won ten straight against Ottawa, dating back to October 10, 2022.
\nMontreal has not allowed a kick-return touchdown this season.
\nDavis Alexander<\/a> holds the CFL record for the best mark to open a career at 10-0, including being 3-0 against Ottawa.
\nTyrice Beverette needs ten defensive tackles for 350 in his career, while Darnell Sankey<\/a> is eight shy of the 450-mark.
\nJoseph Zema<\/a> leads the league with 12 punts inside an opponents\u2019 10-yard line.
\nJason Maas\u2019s next victory will tie Marc Trestman (72) for 19th on the all-time wins list.
\nEugene Lewis<\/a> and Justin Hardy<\/a> need 37 and 63 receiving yards, respectively, to reach 1,000 on the season. Hardy\u2019s next catch will be the 300th of his career.
\nKalil Pimpleton<\/a> is second in the league with 2,108 combined yards (131.8 per game).
\nWilliam Stanback<\/a> recorded 15 touches for 114 yards in the teams\u2019 meeting last week.<\/p>\n
\nKevin Mital<\/a> needs eight catches to become the seventh Canadian to reach 100 in a single season, joining Brad Sinopoli<\/a>, Andrew Harris<\/a>, Andy Fantuz<\/a>, Kamau Peterson, Ben Cahoon (twice), Dave Sapunjis (twice) and Gerald Wilcox.
\nLast week, Isaac Darkangelo<\/a> set a new career-high with 11 defensive tackles, while adding two special teams tackles and a sack.
\nDejon Brissett<\/a> has already established new career-highs in targets (81), receptions (62) and receiving yards (887).
\nCalgary has not reached double-digit wins since 2022. The team recorded 10+ victories in 15 of the 17 seasons between 2005-2022.
\nVernon Adams Jr. needs 251 passing yards for his second 4,000+ season. He also needs 61 passing yards for 20,000 in his career.
\nDedrick Mills<\/a> has matched a career-high with three 100+ rushing yard games this season. He is tied for first in rushing majors among running backs.
\nLast week, 2025 CFL Draft pick Ludovick Choquette scored his first TD, while collecting a career-best 73 yards.
\nClarence Hicks<\/a> is part of a three-way tie for second in sacks (11), after collecting four sacks in his past two games.
\nErik Brooks collected seven catches for 186 yards in his past two games, while adding 202 kick return yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Week 20 is here with it CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes, full of information about players and this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-382983","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\/382983","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=382983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}