{"id":809568,"date":"2026-07-18T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809568\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T07:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:00:18","slug":"3-stats-that-defined-edmontons-week-7-win-over-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809568\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Stats that defined Edmonton’s Week 7 win over BC"},"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

EDMONTON \u2013 The Edmonton Elks defence forced four turnovers on Friday night to power them to a 19-17 victory over the BC Lions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to the four interceptions, the Elks recorded four sacks, including two on the Lions\u2019 final drive of the evening.<\/p>\n

CFL.ca brings you three key stats from the Edmonton Elks\u2019 win over the BC Lions on Friday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"FROM STATS TO IMPACT
\u00bb Elks take down Lions to capture fifth win of season\u00a0<\/a>
\u00bb Depth Charts: BC<\/a> | EDM<\/a>
\u00bb Elks, Lions 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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4 \u2013 ELKS INTERCEPTIONS<\/p>\n

Kenneth Logan Jr., J.J. Ross, Gavin Meyer<\/a> and Tyrell Ford<\/a> all recorded interceptions as the Elks added to their CFL-leading turnover total.<\/p>\n

The Elks have 20 turnovers this year and have been a force on the defensive side of the ball in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 VINCENT BLANCHARD FIELD GOALS<\/p>\n

Vincent Blanchard went four for five on his field goal attempts on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Elks\u2019 kicker connected from 38, 26, 26 and 16 yards as Edmonton consistently moved the ball but settled for field goals on several drives.<\/p>\n

282 \u2013 PASSING YARDS FOR CODY FAJARDO<\/p>\n

Cody Fajardo<\/a> kept the ball safe on Friday night and did just enough to give the Elks their fifth win of the season. <\/p>\n

Fajardo\u2019s lone touchdown pass came on a four-yard strike to T.J. Luther and his longest connection of the day was 54 yards.\u00a0<\/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":809569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-809568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809568","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=809568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}