The B.C. Lions and Edmonton Elks both have losing streaks, one of which will end Friday night at Commonwealth Stadium.
15:00; Lions 10, Elks 7:B.C. forces the Elks into a second straight punt, but are pinned inside the 15 to start their third drive of the game.The B.C. Lions haven’t won in eight games at Commonwealth Stadium, a streak that dates back to July 13, 2013.
“Obviously, we’ve played this team twice now, we know what it entails,” said running back James Butler. “We know their record of not winning at home … so obviously they’re going try to protect their home turf, just as men and individuals. We know they’re going to be just as motivated as we are.” Consider this; coming into this weekend’s games, teams had allowed a sack on 326 of 1,953 possessions. When an offence doesn’t allow a sack, their touchdown drive percentage is 19 per cent — around one in five. Of those 326 drives where a sack happened, only 10 have resulted in touchdowns — about 1 one in 33 or three per cent.Article content