# Week 21 in the CFL

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> Stats and storylines heading into this week’s action

By Mark Perry · Published 2026-10-21 16:13 UTC

*Stats and storylines heading into this week’s action*

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**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).

**MTL (13-4) at TOR (9-8)**

- Week 2: [TOR 30 – MTL 37](https://cfl.ca/games/6595)
- 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 50th (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 200th.
- Nick Arbuckle is 2-5 against Montreal. Last week, he registered his 18th 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.

**WPG (8-9) at BC (10-7)**

- WEEK 9: [BC 35 – WPG 19](https://cfl.ca/games/6621)
- Winnipeg can secure its 10th 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)

**OTT (1-16) at HAM (5-12)**

- WEEK 18: [HAM 34 – OTT 16](https://cfl.ca/games/6656)
- 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 20th QB to make a start and the 14th 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).

**EDM (13-4) at SSK (9-8)**

- WEEK 8: [EDM 36 – SSK 34](https://cfl.ca/games/6617)
- WEEK 9: [SSK 28 – EDM 26](https://cfl.ca/games/6624)
- 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.

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