{"id":860407,"date":"2026-08-16T17:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/860407\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T17:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:58:09","slug":"cfl-scores-today-toronto-argonauts-12-edmonton-elks-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/860407\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL Scores Today: Toronto Argonauts 12, Edmonton Elks 42"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cody Fajardo carved up the Argos through the air while Edmonton<\/a>‘s ground game wore them down in a 42-12 blowout.<\/p>\n

The Edmonton Elks<\/a> put this one away by pulling steadily ahead each quarter, outscoring the Toronto Argonauts<\/a> 31-9 over the second half alone. Edmonton improves to 7-3 and stays glued to Montreal<\/a> atop the West, while Toronto drops to 4-5 and now sits outside the playoff cushion in a crowded middle of the East.<\/p>\n

Box Score<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

Q1<\/p>\n

Q2<\/p>\n

Q3<\/p>\n

Q4<\/p>\n

OT<\/p>\n

Final<\/p>\n

Toronto Argonauts<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

Edmonton Elks<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

42<\/p>\n

See full player stats and game details<\/a><\/p>\n

Game Highlights<\/p>\n

Top PerformersEdmonton Elks<\/p>\n

Cody Fajardo<\/a> (QB) \u2014 25\/31, 301 yds, 1 TD, plus 50 yds rushing on just 3 carries<\/p>\n

Justin Rankin<\/a> (RB) \u2014 16 carries for 47 yds and a TD, added 4 catches for 61 yds<\/p>\n

Joshua Cephus<\/a> (WR) \u2014 6 rec, 55 yds, 1 TD<\/p>\n

Javon Leake<\/a> (RB) \u2014 58 yds on just 6 carries<\/p>\n

JJ Ross<\/a> (DB) \u2014 2 interceptions, 4 tackles<\/p>\n

Toronto ArgonautsTeam Stats<\/p>\n

Stat<\/p>\n

Toronto Argonauts<\/p>\n

Edmonton Elks<\/p>\n

Total Yards<\/p>\n

322<\/p>\n

459<\/p>\n

Passing<\/p>\n

23\/35, 277 yds, 0 TD<\/p>\n

25\/31, 301 yds, 1 TD<\/p>\n

Rushing<\/p>\n

12 att, 45 yds, 1 TD<\/p>\n

27 att, 158 yds, 2 TD<\/p>\n

Turnovers<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

Quick Hits<\/p>\n

Edmonton didn’t turn the ball over once while Toronto coughed up two interceptions, one from Kelly and one from backup Nick Arbuckle<\/a>, who came in and threw a pick on just 4 attempts.<\/p>\n

The Elks ran for 158 yards on 27 carries, more than triple Toronto’s 45 yards on the ground, and controlled the game from the trenches all afternoon.<\/p>\n

Fajardo didn’t throw a single interception and spread the ball to six different targets \u2014 Fantasy managers rostering him got a clean floor performance with rushing yards on top.<\/p>\n

What’s Next<\/p>\n

Edmonton Elks (7-3) \u2014 host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on August 21<\/p>\n

Toronto Argonauts (4-5) \u2014 host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats<\/a> on August 22<\/p>\n

CFL Standings<\/a> | Full Schedule<\/a> | League Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n

What’s your takeaway? Drop your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cody Fajardo carved up the Argos through the air while Edmonton‘s ground game wore them down in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-860407","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\/860407","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=860407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}