{"id":893721,"date":"2026-09-13T03:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T03:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/893721\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T03:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T03:12:12","slug":"edmonton-elks-secure-first-cfl-playoff-berth-since-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/893721\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Elks secure first CFL playoff berth since 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Generic-049-2-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Edmonton Elks<\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton Elks are going back to the playoffs for the first time in seven years.<\/p>\n<p>The team clinched a spot in the postseason after dismantling the Calgary Stampeders in front of 31,531 fans at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Cody Fajardo threw for 232 yards and three touchdowns, Edmonton\u2019s defence generated five takeaways, and Silas Hubert scored a major off a blocked punt. The final score was 53-16.<\/p>\n<p>3DownNation Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>\t\tToday\u2019s CFL news in your inbox every day at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tBy signing up you agree to receive daily emails from 3DownNation, as well as our<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/terms-of-service\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">terms of service<\/a> and<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">privacy policy<\/a>. Unsubscribe anytime.<br \/>\n\t\t1900 Rose St, Regina SK S4P 0A9.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton\u2019s most recent playoff appearance came in 2019 when they finished fourth in the West Division standings at 8-10.<\/p>\n<p>That year, the team crossed over to the East Division and defeated the Montreal Alouettes in the East Semi-Final before losing the East Final to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.<\/p>\n<p>The last time the Elks made the playoffs in the West Division was 2017 after finishing in third place at 12-6. The club defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the West Semi-Final before losing to the Calgary Stampeders in the West Final.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton has not hosted a playoff game since 2015, which is also the most recent time the club won the Grey Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Elks (10-3) will return to the field against the Toronto Argonauts (7-6) on Saturday, September 19 with kickoff scheduled for 3:00 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789269132_624_0603-3Down-logo-600x600.jpg\" class=\"avatar avatar-60 photo\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3DownNation-Wordmark-v3-3.svg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Edmonton Elks The Edmonton Elks are going back to the playoffs for the first time in seven&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[166835,166836,49,48,7028,520,85362,23752,13264,77213,527,36547,64388],"class_list":["post-893721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-3down","tag-3downnation","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-cfl","tag-clinch","tag-edmonton","tag-edmonton-elks","tag-elks","tag-football","tag-playoffs","tag-postseason"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893721","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=893721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}