TORONTO \u2014 Week 12 has arrived and with it CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes, full of information about players and this week\u2019s matchups, including:<\/p>\n
Kalil Pimpleton<\/a> leads the league with 1,327 combined yards. Check out all CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes for Week 12 below:<\/p>\n RELATED A RETURN TO FORM<\/p>\n Through 11 weeks, there have been 30 return touchdowns:<\/p>\n 11 interception returns At this point last season, there were 17 \u2013 an increase of 76.5 per cent QUICK SLANTS <\/p>\n LEAGUE-WIDE<\/p>\n Current completion percentage (69.2) and passer rating (99.8) are the highest in CFL history WPG (5-4) at MTL (5-5)<\/p>\n The two teams are tied for the second fewest penalties (6.6 per game). EDM (3-6) at OTT (3-7)<\/p>\n Week 5: EDM 39 \u2013 OTT 33<\/a> BC (5-5) at TOR (2-8)<\/p>\n BC (242.3) and Toronto (265.6) are first and second in fewest passing yards allowed per game. SSK (8-1) at CGY (6-3) <\/p>\n Week 6: CGY 24 \u2013 SSK 10<\/a>
\nTrevor Harris<\/a> is four TD passes shy of becoming the 15th player to reach 200 in his career.
\nCody Fajardo<\/a> is a career 8-1 vs. Ottawa, including wins in his past eight meetings. \u200b
\nJames Butler<\/a> leads the league with 785 rushing yards; he needs 20 to reach 4,000 in his career.
\nAJ Ouellette<\/a> needs 12 rushing yards for 3,000 in his career.<\/p>\n
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\nSeven fumble returns
\nFive punt returns
\nFive kickoff returns
\nTwo missed field-goal returns<\/p>\n
\nIn 2024, there was a total of 31 non-offensive TDs; this season is on pace for 57 \u2013 a 20-year high
\nThere have been four 100+ yard return TDs this season:<\/p>\n
\nKickoff returns are averaging 23.3 yards \u2013 highest since 1974 \u2013 with 20 going for 40+ yards
\nGames are averaging 186 rushing yards (4.9 per carry) \u2013 lowest since 1988
\nRed zone TD rate: 60 per cent \u2013 highest since the league began tracking the statistic<\/p>\n
\nThe Blue Bombers are 14-6 in the teams\u2019 matchups since 2014, including victories in the past three meetings in Montreal.
\nWinnipeg sits last in turnover ratio (-11).
\nThe Blue Bombers have averaged 32.3 points in their last three games with 11 TD drives; they averaged 17.7 in the three games prior.
\nZach Collaros<\/a> is a career 9-8 against Montreal.
\nTrey Vaval is second in the league, averaging 13.8 yards on punt returns.
\nTony Jones<\/a> recorded a career-high 11 defensive tackles last week, to move into second in the CFL with 59.
\nMontreal has not lost four straight, nor gone below .500, since September 2023.
\nThe Alouettes are 14-for-14 at third and short.
\nJames Morgan<\/a> will make his first career CFL start, becoming the 19th QB make a start this season. He was 20-of-33 passing for 211 yards and a touchdown off the bench last week.
\nJos\u00e9 Maltos D\u00edaz (8-for-8) is one 50+ yard field goal shy of tying Ty Long<\/a> and Sergio Castillo<\/a> for most to begin a career.
\nTyler Snead<\/a> (689) needs 100 yards to set a new career-high in receiving yards.
\nAlexandre Gagn\u00e9 and Tyrell Richards<\/a> are tied for the league-lead in special teams tackles (15). Gagn\u00e9\u2019s next will move him into fourth on the Alouettes\u2019 all-time list, passing Henry Charles.<\/p>\n
\nEdmonton has won its past two games via fourth-quarter comebacks.
\nCody Fajardo<\/a> is a career 8-1 vs. Ottawa, including wins in his past eight meetings. \u200b
\nFajardo\u2019s last four starts have been decided by an average of four points. He has a 70+ completion percentage in those games.
\nJustin Rankin recorded 179 scrimmage yards last week on 18 touches; he has 400 rushing yards and 427 receiving yards this season.
\nJoel Dublanko has 22 defensive tackles in his last three games.
\nJake Ceresa needs two defensive tackles for 200 in his career and four sacks for 50.
\nThe REDBLACKS have won the teams\u2019 past two matchups in Ottawa.
\nDustin Crum<\/a> is 0-1 against Edmonton, while Dru Brown<\/a> is 2-1.
\nJustin Hardy<\/a> (3,345) trails Jock Climie (3,403) by 59 receiving yards for ninth on Ottawa\u2019s all-time list. He has at least one touchdown in each of his past three games, totaling five over that span.
\nEugene Lewis<\/a> needs 71 receiving yards for 7,000 in his career.
\nKalil Pimpleton<\/a> leads the league with 1,327 combined yards.<\/p>\n
\nBC has allowed a league-low of 10 sacks; Toronto has allowed the second most (25).
\nThe Lions leads the league in net offence per game (427.1).
\nBC has averaged 36.7 points in their past three games with 11 total TD drives.
\nNathan Rourke<\/a> needs two TD passes for 50. He is a career 1-1 against Toronto.
\nJames Butler<\/a> leads the league with 785 rushing yards; he needs 20 to reach 4,000 in his career.
\nKeon Hatcher recorded 156 receiving yards on 11 catches last week. He leads the league with 878 receiving yards and needs 31 more for 4,000 in his career.
\nToronto has won four in a row against BC.
\nThe Argonauts are currently averaging 48.2 rushing yards per game \u2013 the lowest mark in league history.
\nNick Arbuckle<\/a> has four straight 300+ yard games, totaling 1,342 passing yards and eight TDs in that span. He has established a new career-high with 17 passing TDs and he is 259 yards shy of a personal best (3,292) in passing yards. He is a career 0-2 against BC.
\nDamonte Coxie<\/a> is tied for the league lead with 10 offensive big plays.<\/p>\n
\nBoth teams are undefeated when leading at the half (Calgary 5-0; Saskatchewan 7-0).
\nSaskatchewan leads the league in time of possession, averaging 32:11.
\nThe Roughriders are 5-0 in games decided in the final three minutes.
\nTrevor Harris<\/a> is four TD passes shy of becoming the 15th player to reach 200 in his career.
\nAJ Ouellette<\/a> needs 12 rushing yards for 3,000 in his career.
\nVernon Adams Jr. is a career 5-2 against Saskatchewan in the teams\u2019 Week 6 matchup, he threw for 428 yards and three touchdowns.
\nDedrick Mills<\/a> recorded a season-high 105 rushing yards against Winnipeg last week; he leads the league with 19 rushes of 10+ yards.
\nDominique Rhymes<\/a>\u2019s next TD will be the 30th of his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Week 12 has arrived and with it CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes, full of information about players and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-97729","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\/97729","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=97729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}