The Edmonton Elks have been so bad in CFL play they have never won a home game with their current nickname.
The last time Edmonton won a game at home was in October 2019 when they went by a different moniker. And on Thursday, the Elks equaled a futility mark with their 20th straight home loss.
Overall, after the 37-29 loss to the Hamilton Ti-Cats, the Elks are 0-6 in 2023.
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Their current 20-game home losing streak topped the NBA’s longest home losing streak when the Dallas Mavericks managed the feat during the 1993-94 season.
The Elks claimed the CFL’s longest home losing streak on Oct. 1, 2022, when they lost 25-18 to the Montreal Alouettes for their 15th straight home loss, surpassing the Ottawa Rough Riders who lost 14 home games in a row between July 19, 1987 to October 22, 1988.
That loss also surpassed the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins, who lost 14 straight during the 2003-04 season in the pre-Sidney Crosby era, and the NFL’s longest-home losing streak which was shared by the 1988-89 Dallas Cowboys and 2008-2010 St. Louis Rams.
The 20th-straight loss at home equaled MLB’s St. Louis Browns, who lost 20 home games in a row in 1953.
They won’t be home again until July 29 against the B.C. Lions and then Aug. 10 versus Winnipeg.
The loss to the Ti-Cats wasn’t as painful as the previous one.
Edmonton led 11-3 with 3 minutes left. Saskatchewan managed to tie the game and then C.J. Sims, an American player, forgot the rules in the CFL.
When the football isn’t returned out of the end zone the kicking team is awarded a point, a rouge.
Needless to say one of the Elks was, um, rouge-faced with embarrassment.