MontrealAlouettes.com
EDMONTON – Here’s a numerical breakdown of what went down during the Alouettes’ convincing 38-25 win over the Edmonton Eskimos Friday night at Commonwealth Stadium.
41 – Games played by Rod Davis for the Eskimos from 2009-2011 before signing with the Alouettes as a free agent this winter.
13 – Career-best number of tackles in a single game piled up by Davis against the Alouettes back on September 23, 2009.
2009 – The last time the Alouettes suffered a loss to the Eskimos, with Montreal’s winning streak against Edmonton now at five games.
10 – Times in their history that the Alouettes and Eskimos have squared off in the Grey Cup Final.
16 – Years since the Alouettes were last under the .500 mark after seven games back in 1996, something Marc Trestman’s squad avoided from happening again by downing the Eskimos on Friday night.
6 – Number of consecutive 300-plus yard games for AC following Friday’s win, putting him one short of his career high set back in 2004.
4 – Number of receiving TDs after seven games this season for rookie Pat Lavoie, who’s playing like anything but one.
16.5 – Average number of points allowed by Edmonton’s defence per game heading into Friday’s action, good for tops in the league. The Alouettes put 28 on the board before the game was 30 minutes old.
6 – Length in plays of the game’s first scoring drive, which totalled 66-yards.
10 – Multiple by which Calvillo had more starts than his Edmonton counterpart on Friday night. AC made a 260th CFL start to Jyles’ 26th.
0 – Number of teams who were able to put up more points against the Esks this season than the Als’ did on Friday.
0 – Number of times the Eskimos D-line were able to reach AC, as the veteran pivot remained squeaky clean and off the canvas.
0 – Number of combined Chuck Norris films featuring a more textbook karate kick than AC’s on Friday.
8 – All eight teams in the CFL have now lost at home, after Montreal handed Edmonton its first loss of 2012 at Commonwealth Stadium.
200 – S.J. Green went over 200 career receptions Friday.
5 – Number of QB sacks recorded by an Alouettes defence that had racked up 10 in its previous 6 games.
5 – Number of different Alouettes who scored a TD Friday night after Coach Trestman declared on Thursday that a team effort would be needed to win in Edmonton.
2 – AC’s four TDs on Friday put him level with Warren Moon for 2nd on the all-time pro football passing touchdowns list. And you thought the record-watch was over.
