Points per game over the last 40 years

[paulwoods13]

I need to update this further but we are currently on pace in 2021 for the lowest scoring CFL season since 1979. CFL games are averaging 43.26 points per game after 46 games this season.

Please do update this when you get a chance, Ravi. It's not just scoring that's down, so is the number of offensive plays. The entertainment value has been declining for quite some time. IMO this is a serious problem that must be addressed, or the CFL will continue to decline at both the gate and in TV viewership.

[Mocha]

Please do update this when you get a chance, Ravi. It's not just scoring that's down, so is the number of offensive plays. The entertainment value has been declining for quite some time. IMO this is a serious problem that must be addressed, or the CFL will continue to decline at both the gate and in TV viewership.

Agreed. I really hope the league examines how to speed up the game by reducing dead time between plays.

Do you think adjusting the kickoff rule so that kickoffs take place from, say, the 25-yard line instead of the 35 would be of much use in increasing scoring? In theory, it should make for shorter fields on at least a few drives each game.

[ArgoRavi]

Agreed. I really hope the league examines how to speed up the game by reducing dead time between plays.

Do you think adjusting the kickoff rule so that kickoffs take place from, say, the 25-yard line instead of the 35 would be of much use in increasing scoring? In theory, it should make for shorter fields on at least a few drives each game.

Moving kickoffs back to the 30 yard line and teams scrimmaging from their own 40 after the opposition scores a FG (other than during the final three minutes of a game) made a significant difference in boosting scoring this year IMO.

[AngeloV]

Moving kickoffs back to the 30 yard line and teams scrimmaging from their own 40 after the opposition scores a FG (other than during the final three minutes of a game) made a significant difference in boosting scoring this year IMO.

I also believe the movement of the hash marks helped. A lot more balls thrown to the boundary this year. Offences were using more of the field as a result.

[ArgoRavi]

I also believe the movement of the hash marks helped. A lot more balls thrown to the boundary this year. Offences were using more of the field as a result.

I wasn't sure how much of a difference that made but I trust your judgment, AV. That change had its intended effect then.