MontrealAlouettes.com
Although 258 and 72,382 were the numbers on everyone’s minds heading into yesterday’s game against the Argos, here’s a look at some other digits that stick out from Anthony Calvillo’s record-breaking performance:
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Anthony Calvillo broke Damon Allen’s all-time career passing mark yesterday. |
3 – Number of years Damon Allen jokingly lamented his record ‘only’ stood until once Calvillo broke it in the third quarter.
8,453 – Number of yards separating AC from Allen’s final major record, most all-time rushing yards by a quarterback. Fortunately for Allen, at Calvillo’s current pace he isn’t set to surpass the mark for another 43 years… at the age of 82.
87 – Number of days since Calvillo last set a league record in front of his home crowd, having raised the bar for all-time TD passes on July 15.
364 – Number of days since a league record was set in Montreal, NOT by AC. Ben Cahoon set the CFL mark for most career receptions almost exactly a year ago, on Thanksgiving Monday 2010.
47 – Number of yards Anthony, always the overachiever, threw above and beyond the 258 required to break Allen’s record, finishing at 305 on the day.
0 – Number of the combined three CFL or pro football records set by Calvillo this season that did not come against the Toronto Argonauts.
3.5 – Percentage of career passing yards amassed by Calvillo while with the Las Vegas Posse in 1994, with Calvillo having thrown for 2,852 yards as a CFL rookie that year.
1 – Times Calvillo was released by a CFL team over his career, dating back to when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats cut ties with him in March 1998.
542 – Number of yards thrown by Calvillo on Oct. 25, 1996, the highest single-game total of AC’s career to date.
8 – Number of seasons Calvillo has led the CFL in passing yards, including 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009.
9 – Number of CFL head coaches who have guided Calvillo’s journey to become football’s all-time passing yards leader.
66.9 – Distance converted into kilometers of the 72,832 career passing yards Calvillo needed to become pro football’s all-time yardage king. Roughly the distance from Percival Molson Stadium to the U.S. Border.
