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Brandon Rutley starts in the backfield for Montreal in place of Sutton. And, DB Jonathon Mincy returns.. “Our biggest issue is turnovers,” explained HC Rick Campbell. “We need to create more and give up less. NUMBERS 2 – Sacks allowed by the Alouettes, the fewest in the league. 3 – Wins in four career starts against Montreal for Ottawa quarterback Trevor Harris. 5 – Catches needed by Alouettes receiver Nik Lewis to reach 1,000 on his career — a mark only reached by three players in league history. 123 — Points allowed by the REDBLACKS, the most in the CFL. GAME DAY NOTES Week 4 saw only 7 challenges - the lowest amount in any week this season. • This season, the average of challenges per game is 2.00. Last year’s average was 2.22. • BC has challenged the most this season with six; however, Hamilton has not challenged a single play so far this season. • Ottawa owns the best success rate at .750 while Montreal has the worst at .333. • Of the 32 challenges this season, 18 have been overturned (56%). • Of the 24 penalty-related challenges this year 10 have been for defensive pass interference and nine for illegal contact. Jackson’s 339 return yards in a single game ranks him fourth all-time only trailing: Larry Taylor (428), Bashir Levingston (345) and Marcus Thigpen (340). This season there have been 17 ‘Big Play’ kick returns (30-yard punt/FGM return and 40+ yard kick returns). Ottawa, Saskatchewan, Toronto and Winnipeg share the lead with three each. BC and Hamilton have not registered a ‘Big Play’ in the kick return game. Tonight? Montreal’s Nik Lewis continues to inch closer to notching his 1,000th Following his three receptions versus Calgary, he now only needs five more catches to become the fourth player in CFL history with 1,000. Ricky Ray is the lone quarterback this season to pass for 300+ yards in each game. His passing yards totals are 506, 323, 366 and 330. 11 games this year have been decided by eight points or less. **Games longer this year?…NOPE - The average game time has dropped by two minutes (2:49) and averages 155 plays per game. Week 4 saw the lowest amount of penalties per game at 15.5. A team that allows a sack during a drive have still not scored a touchdown. There have been 63 drives that a team has allowed a sack, and yet none have scored a touchdown on that drive. SACKS APPEAL? When a team does not allow a sack, they have scored a touchdown 19% of their drives (1 in 5.3 possessions).