{"id":822571,"date":"2026-07-24T07:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T07:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/822571\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T07:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T07:16:10","slug":"3-stats-that-defined-edmontons-week-8-victory-over-saskatchewan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/822571\/","title":{"rendered":"3 stats that defined Edmonton’s Week 8 victory over Saskatchewan"},"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

REGINA \u2014 The Edmonton Elks improved to 6-1 with a dramatic 36-34 walk-off victory over the reigning 112th Grey Cup champions Saskatchewan Roughriders at Mosaic Stadium on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The two best defensive teams were no match for the stellar quarterback play from veteran signal-callers Cody Fajardo<\/a> and Trevor Harris. Fajardo and Harris combined for 896 passing yards and eight touchdown passes.<\/p>\n

CFL.ca brings you three key stats from the Edmonton Elks 36-34 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Week 8.<\/p>\n

\"\"FROM STATS TO IMPACT
\u00bb Elks, Blanchard walk it off at Mosaic Stadium<\/a>
\u00bb Depth Charts:\u00a0EDM<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0SSK<\/a>
\u00bb Edmonton, Saskatchewan by the numbers<\/a>
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57 \u2013 YARD WALK-OFF KICK BY VINCENT BLANCHARD<\/p>\n

Vincent Blanchard was the hero for Edmonton, connecting on a 57-yard field goal as the clock expired at Mosaic Stadium to give the Elks their sixth win of the season. The Canadian went three-for-three on field goals on Thursday night for the Elks and converted all three extra point attempts.<\/p>\n

510 \u2013 CODY FAJARDO PASSING YARDS<\/p>\n

Fajardo\u2019s career night took a backseat to Blanchard\u2019s walk-off field goal, but the veteran signal caller set a career-high for passing yards eclipsing 500 yards for the first time in his CFL tenure. Austin Mack and TJ Luther<\/a> were Fajardo\u2019s favourite targets, each amassing 150 yards receiving.<\/p>\n

173 \u2013 AUSTIN MACK RECEIVING YARDS<\/p>\n

Austin Mack was held quiet most of the game against the Roughriders defence but when he got a catch he made it count. The 28-year-old wideout only had four receptions on the evening, with just one catch for 27 yards in the first half. Fajardo connected with Mack for two massive second-half touchdowns, one for 57 yards and one for 81 yards. Mack would add another catch for a modest eight yards to cap off his stat line.<\/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":822572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-822571","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\/822571","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=822571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}