{"id":781105,"date":"2026-07-05T04:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T04:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/781105\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T04:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T04:22:10","slug":"3-stats-that-defined-bcs-fanduel-canada-day-weekend-win-over-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/781105\/","title":{"rendered":"3 stats that defined BC’s FanDuel Canada Day Weekend win over Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the CFL\u2019s Official Charity Partner, World Vision Canada<\/a> works alongside players, teams, and fans to create meaningful change for children and communities worldwide. From clean water initiatives to education and empowerment programs, the partnership highlights how the rhythms of the game can inspire rhythms of change far beyond the field.<\/p>\n

KELOWNA \u2014 The BC Lions clawed their way to their first victory of the 2026 season defeating the previously undefeated Edmonton Elks 36-24 on FanDuel Canada Day Weekend Saturday night.<\/p>\n

James Butler<\/a> served the Lions\u2019 fans in Kelowna his best game of the year, as talk around this game was centered around the undefeated Elks and CFL leading rusher Justin Rankin. Butler and Zander Horvath dominated on the ground with 162 yards and three rushing scores, as the ground game was clicking for the Leos.<\/p>\n

Nathan Rourke<\/a> and Cody Fajardo<\/a> both amassed 300-yard passing nights, but it was the BC rushing attack and defence that stole the show.<\/p>\n

CFL.ca brings you three key stats from the BC Lions\u2019 36-24 win over the Edmonton Elks in FanDuel Canada Day Weekend action.<\/p>\n

\"\"FROM STATS TO IMPACT
\u00bb James Butler<\/a> delivers in BC victory<\/a>
\u00bb Depth Charts:\u00a0EDM<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0BC<\/a>
\u00bbEdmonton, BC by the numbers<\/a>
\u00bb CFL x World Vision Partnership Hub<\/a>
\u00bb About World Vision Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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135 \u2013 JAMES BUTLER RUSHING YARDS<\/p>\n

James Butler<\/a> came into this game with a less than inspiring 39 yards per game rushing, but boy did he show out for the Lions\u2019 fans in Kelowna Saturday night. The 31-year-old running back had 86 yards and two touchdowns in the first half alone and would finish the night with 135 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 15 carries. The Leos\u2019 tailback also brought in three of his four targets for\u00a0 27 yards to finish with 162 yards from scrimmage in the contest.<\/p>\n

3 \u2013 BC TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

The BC Lions\u2019 defence was sputtering coming into their matchup with Cody Fajardo<\/a> and the Edmonton Elks, allowing 41 points in back-to-back games and not recording a single takeaway on the year. This would change in a big way in the Touchdown Kelowna finale. Jackson Findlay, Ronald Kent Jr.<\/a>, and Darnell Sankey all recorded interceptions for the Leos\u2019 defence.<\/p>\n

24 \u2013 POINTS AND RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED BY BC<\/p>\n

While the rushing attack was the headline stealing the show, the Lions\u2019 defence put on their best performance of the year holding the Elks to just 24 points and total rushing yards. Justin Rankin came into this game leading the CFL in rushing averaging 129 yards per game and was stymied by a Leos\u2019 defence that honed in on the star tailback and took the run game out of the Green and Gold\u2019s offensive playbook. The Lions\u2019 defence held Rankin to just 19 yards on seven carries and at the half had the Elks\u2019 rusher in negative yardage on the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the CFL\u2019s Official Charity Partner, World Vision Canada works alongside players, teams, and fans to create meaningful…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-781105","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\/781105","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=781105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}