In 2015, 19 per cent of possessions without a sack have resulted in a touchdown (1 of every 5.3 drives). On possessions with at least one sack, the touchdown rate drops to 1.8 per cent.

 

Only one team, the Calgary Stampeders on July 13th vs. the Argos, took a sack and scored a touchdown on the same drive

 

 

As per CFL.ca article. Really shows the importance of getting pressure to the QB. 5 sacks in 4 games so far.

Well... Makes perfect sense in a three down league. Take out one play and replace it by negative yards.... Ya, seems common sense to me.

Certainly explains some of our problems, last year.....

Wouldn't that hold true any year. Second and long cuts the play book at least in half or better. Totally shifting the advantage to the defence.

yes sacks are always important with only 3 downs, hell I remember reading something a year or two ago about an american getting their first exposure to the CFL and marvelling how much sacks riled up the crowd and then realizing how important they were since it put a team in a long situation to get a first down. Really just a common sense thing. 

Another interesting stat.  In 2015, 100% of drives that ended in a touchdown, the scoring team was awarded a minimum of 6 points.  Similar results were found when looking at data from 2014.