CFL.ca Game Notes: What are the numbers saying ahead of Week 21?

TORONTO -- Week 21 is here and with it CFL.ca’s Game Notes, full of information about players and this week’s matchups, including:

Kevin Mital needs 19 receiving yards to join Damonte Coxie (1,322), David Ungerer III (1,118) and Tyler Kahmann (1,085) to reach the 1,000+ mark on the season. No Argonaut squad has had four receivers reach the mark in the same season and the feat has been accomplished four times in league history.
Jermaine Jackson needs 51 receiving yards for his first 1,000-yard campaign.
Kalil Pimpleton (1,736) needs 70 kickoff return yards to surpass Ian Smart’s CFL record of 1,805 set in 2008. He leads the league with 3,171 combined yards (186.5 per game).
Jameer Thurman is one shy of his first 100-defensive tackle season.

LEAGUE-WIDE

472 touchdowns scored is already a record for a nine-team league. 6.1 TDs per game is an increase of 15 per cent more last season.
2026 has tied the record for most Canadian receivers to reach 1,000 yards (Tyson Philpot (1,809), Jalen Philpot (1,241), David Ungerer III (1,118), Justin McInnis (1,060) and Kian Schaffer-Baker (1,006)). Kevin Mital (981) and Kiondré Smith (928) are close behind.
Offences are averaging 6.93 yards per play – the best in league history.
Through 20 weeks: 102.8 league-wide passer rating. A season has never finished above 100.
Teams are scoring TDs 63 per cent of the time when entering the red zone.
Kickers have made a league-record 46 attempts from 50+ yards.
Home teams are 46-31 (.597).

Week 2: TOR 30 – MTL 37
Montreal can tie the 2004 Alouettes with a 14-4 season – the second-best in team history behind 2009’s 15-3 showing.
The Alouettes need nine points to reach 600 and 20 to set a team record (610).
Shomari Lawrence recorded a career-high 109 rushing yards last week with four rushes for 10+ yards.
Geoffrey Cantin-Arku has tied his career-high of five sacks.
Dustin Crum is 0-4 against Toronto. His next TD will be the 50^th (17 pass, 32 rush) of his career.
Toronto is 4-1 at home.
Kevin Mital needs 19 receiving yards to join Damonte Coxie (1,322), David Ungerer III (1,118) and Tyler Kahmann (1,085) to reach the 1,000+ mark on the season. No Argonaut squad has had four receivers reach the mark in the same season and the feat has been accomplished four times in league history.
Mital’s next catch will be his 200^th.
Nick Arbuckle is 2-5 against Montreal. Last week, he registered his 18^th career 300-yard+ game.
Last week, Adarius Pickett (103) and Isaac Darkangelo (100) became the first Argonauts duo to record 100+ defensive tackles in the same season.

WEEK 9: BC 35 – WPG 19
Winnipeg can secure its 10^th straight playoff appearance with a win.
The Blue Bombers have won the teams’ past three meetings in BC.
Zach Collaros is 14-4 against BC. He has passed for 680 yards and four touchdowns in his past two games.
Dorian Singer has 10 catches for 251 yards (25.1 YPC) in his past two games.
Ontaria Wilson needs nine receiving yards for his second 1,000-yard+ season.
Evan Holm is four defensive tackles away from 300.
BC owns the league’s best net offence (424.3 yards per game).
The Lions last won the teams’ season series in 2017.
Nathan Rourke is 0-4 against the Blue Bombers. Kaidon Salter has yet to make a start against them.
Canadians Cristophe Beaulieu and Jackson Findlay both set career-highs last week with nine defensive tackles.
James Butler needs 53 rushing yards to reach 5,000.
Jermaine Jackson needs 51 receiving yards for his first 1,000-yard campaign.
Zander Horvath has 18 rushing majors and 3 receiving TDs.
- BC record for total TDs: 22 (Cory Philpot)
- CFL record for rushing TDs: 19 (Mike Pringle)
- CFL record for total TDs: 23 (Milt Stegall)

WEEK 18: HAM 34 – OTT 16
Ottawa last won in Hamilton on October 27, 2018.
In his first career start last week, Bryson Barnes passed for 339 yards and two TDs, while adding 62 rushing yards. He was the 20^th QB to make a start and the 14^th to get a victory.
Kalil Pimpleton (1,736) needs 70 kickoff return yards to surpass Ian Smart’s CFL record of 1,805 set in 2008. He leads the league with 3,171 combined yards (186.5 per game).
Alonzo Addae is second in the league with six interceptions.
Hamilton has won the teams’ past five matchups and 15 of the last 17.
Kiondré Smith is 72 receiving yards away from his second consecutive 1,000-yard+ season. With three catches, he will reach 300.
Harrison Frost is 1-0 against Ottawa. In the teams’ Week 18 matchup, he passed for a career-best 342 yards.
Kenny Lawler had 132 receiving yards and two touchdown catches in Week 18.
Hamilton’s defence has allowed the fewest 30+ yard completions (15).

WEEK 8: EDM 36 – SSK 34
WEEK 9: SSK 28 – EDM 26
With a victory, Edmonton can register the team’s third season with 14-or-more wins.
Cody Fajardo is 1-1 against Saskatchewan. He needs 222 passing yards to reach the 5,000 passing yards mark for the first time.
Last week, Justin Rankin rushed for 100+ yards for the first time since Week 6. He leads the league with 11 rushes of 20+ yards.
Austin Mack has already set new career-highs in receptions (82), receiving yards (1,254) and TDs (9).
Trevor Harris is one shy of matching his career-high in passing TDs (33) set in 2015.
KeeSean Johnson is second in team history with 108 receptions, behind only Don Nacisse’s 123 set in 1995.
Samuel Emilus is two catches away from 250.
Jameer Thurman is one shy of his first 100-defensive tackle season.