Elks look for a season-sweep of the Stampeders on Saturday

For the 4th consecutive season, the Edmonton Elks volition not marque the CFL post-season. And with 2 games remaining, the squad needs to find the information for a beardown finish. That whitethorn travel with a accidental to expanse their rivals connected Saturday arsenic the Elks caput to McMahon Stadium successful hunt of their 3rd triumph this twelvemonth implicit the Calgary Stampeders.

The Elks past swept the Stampeders during regular play play backmost successful 2002. They took some ends of this year’s Labour Day bid utilizing turnovers and a beardown offence, outscoring the Stampeders 72-36 successful the 2 games and recorded 9 interceptions.

Both the Elks and Stampeders failed to marque the post-season for the archetypal since 1945.

Elks interim caput manager Jarious Jackson says he’s looking for his squad to propulsion down the disappointment of not making the playoffs and leaving their champion retired connected the tract connected Saturday successful Calgary

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Quarterback Tre Ford volition commencement astatine backmost for the Elks, his 3rd commencement of the play and 4th quality of the season. Ford is 2-1 this play and has recorded 604 passing yards on with six touchdown passes and 3 interceptions.

Elks QB Tre Ford speaks astir the value of his commencement against the Stampeders and what helium sees from their defence

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There are prime players looking to execute immoderate milestones connected Saturday. Receiver Eugene Lewis is 64 yards from a 1,000-yard season. He has caught a touchdown walk successful six consecutive games which has tied a squad grounds acceptable by Tom Scott backmost successful 1982. The past receiver to drawback touchdown passes successful 7 consecutive games was Ben Cahoon successful 2003. Lewis leads the CFL successful touchdown receptions with eight.

Punter Jake Julien is poised to acceptable a caller people for punt mean successful a season. Julien leads the CFL with a 54.7-yard punt average, which would smash the erstwhile grounds of 50.6 yards acceptable by Jon Ryan successful 2005.

Linebackers Nyles Morgan and Nick Anderson are some chasing 100 antiaircraft tackles successful a season. Morgan leads the CFL successful antiaircraft tackles with 97 portion Anderson is 2nd with 94. If Morgan and Anderson tin scope 100 tackles each, they would lone beryllium the 2nd duo successful CFL past to bash so.

With Tre Ford starting contiguous for the Elks, McLeod Bethel-Thompson won’t suit up connected Saturday. Ford volition beryllium backed up by Jarret Doege with Dakota Prukop handling short-yardage duties. Defensive tackle Noah Curtis returns to the lineup aft missing past week’s crippled for idiosyncratic reasons. Linebacker Olivier Muembi volition determination to the signifier roster.

The pursuing are the projected violative and antiaircraft starters for the Elks:

Quarterback: Tre Ford

Running back: Justin Rankin (FB: Jakub Szott)

Offensive line: Martez Ivey, David Foucault, Mark Korte, Shane Richards, Brett Boyko

Receivers: Eugene Lewis, Kurleigh Gittens Jr., Zach Mathis, Tevin Jones, Dillon Mitchell

Defence

Defensive line: Noah Curtis, J-Min Pelley, Shawn Oakman, Elliott Brown

Linebackers: Nick Anderson, Nyles Morgan, Derrick Moncrief.

Defensive backs: Kai Gray, Darrius Bratton, Loucheiz Purifoy, Kordell Jackson, Devodric Bymun

You tin perceive Saturday’s crippled betwixt the Elks and Stampeders connected 880 CHED starting with Countdown to Kick-off with Courtney Theriault astatine 11:30 a.m. The opening kick-off from McMahon Stadium successful Calgary volition beryllium astatine 1 p.m. with Morley Scott and Dave Campbell calling each of the unrecorded action. Hear investigation from erstwhile Edmonton Football Team violative lineman and two-time Grey Cup champion Blake Dermott.