Calgary Stampeders

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Calgary Stampeders

Founded	1935
Based in	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Home field	McMahon Stadium
League	Canadian Football League
Division	West Division
Colours	Red, white and black
Nickname(s)	Stamps, Horsemen
Head coach	John Hufnagel
General manager	John Hufnagel
Owner(s)	John Forzani, Ted Hellard, Doug Mitchell
Grey Cup wins	1948, 1971, 1992 1998, 2001
Mascot(s)	Ralph the Dog and Quick Six the Touchdown Horse
Website	www.stampeders.com

The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium. They have won the league's Grey Cup championship five times, most recently in 2001.

1 Team facts
- 1.1 Grey Cup Victories
2 Franchise History
3 Players of Note
4 See also
5 External links

Formerly known as: Bronks 1935 to 1944

Helmet design: red background with a white, running horse

Uniform colours: Red, Black and White.

Stadiums: Mewata Stadium (1939-1959), McMahon Stadium (1960-present)

Western regular season championship: 15 — 1937, 1938, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000

Northern regular season championship: 1 — 1995

Grey Cup final appearances: 11 — 1948 (won), 1949 (lost), 1968 (lost), 1970 (lost), 1971 (won), 1991 (lost), 1992 (won), 1995 (lost), 1998 (won), 1999 (lost), 2001 (won)

Year	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Title	Location
1948	Calgary Stampeders	12-7	Ottawa Rough Riders	36th Grey Cup	Varsity Stadium, Toronto
1971	Calgary Stampeders	14-11	Toronto Argonauts	59th Grey Cup	Empire Stadium, Vancouver
1992	Calgary Stampeders	24-10	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	80th Grey Cup	SkyDome, Toronto
1998	Calgary Stampeders	26-24	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	86th Grey Cup	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
2001	Calgary Stampeders	27-19	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	89th Grey Cup	Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Main Rivals: Edmonton Eskimos and Saskatchewan Roughriders

2006 Regular Season Record: 10 wins, 8 losses, 0 ties.

The first time Calgary took the field in Canadian football was in 1891 when they faced Edmonton in an home and away series. The following years saw the formation of several Calgary-based football teams starting with the Calgary Tigers of the Alberta Rugby Football Union in 1908. This would be followed by the likes of Canucks, the 50th Battalion, Altomahs, Tigers for the second time and later the Bronks.

The Stampeders were officially born on September 29, 1945. In their very first game played on October 22 at Mewata Stadium they beat the Regina Roughriders 12-0 before 4,000 fans in attendance. It would be a taste of success to come that decade under the direction of head coach Les Lear and talented stars such as Woody Strode, Paul Rowe, Keith Spaith, Dave Berry, Normie Kwong and Ezzert "Sugarfoot" Anderson.

1948 would perhaps the greatest season for the Stamps to date, they became the first, and only CFL team as of 2007, to go the whole regular season undefeated with a record of 12-0 that was capped with a Grey Cup victory over the Ottawa Rough Riders at Toronto's Varsity Stadium. It was also that same Grey Cup that Calgary fans brought pageantry to the game and made it into a national celebration, featuring pancake breakfasts on the steps of City Hall, starting the famous Grey Cup parade and even riding horses in the lobby of the Royal York Hotel.

They would return to the Grey Cup the following year (1949), with a sterling 13-1 record but lost to the Montreal Alouettes 28-15 in the title game. It would be 19 years until Calgary once again reached the Grey Cup again, losing 24-21 to Ottawa in the '68 final and not until 1971 when they would be crowned champions, defeating the Toronto Argonauts 14-11.

The Stampeders nearly folded after the 1985 season marked by declining attendance, financial woes and poor 3-13 record. However, a successful Save Our Stamps campaign resulted in season ticket sales of 22,400, additional funds and stability that translated to improved on-field play which laid the groundwork to Grey Cup berths in 1991 and 1992 when they won the title over Winnipeg.

The decade of the 1990s were very successful for the Stamps, led by quarterbacks Doug Flutie and later Jeff Garcia and Dave Dickenson throwing to receivers Allen Pitts, Terry Vaughn and Dave Sapunjis, and a rock steady defence led by Western All Stars Alondra Johnson, Stu Laird and Will Johnson. They would reach the Grey Cup final three more times, losing in 1995 and 1999 and winning in 1998.

After winning their fifth Grey Cup in 2001, Calgary went into a brief period of decline until 2005 when they emerged as playoff contenders again, led by Henry Burris at quarterback and Joffrey Reynolds at running back.

5	Harry Hood	10	Willie Burden	13	Mark McLoughlin	18	Allen Pitts
22	Tom Forzani	55	Wayne Harris	67	Jamie Crysdale	75	Stu Laird


		LT Left Tackle	LG Left Guard	C Centre	RG Right Guard	RT Right Tackle
		66 Garrick Jones 69 Dave Costa	50 Jay McNeil	68 Rob Lazeo 62 John Comiskey	52 Bobby Singh	64 Jeff Pilon 61 Godfrey Ellis
WR Wide Receiver	SB Slotback							WR Wide Receiver
85 Ken-Yon Rambo 88 Markus Howell	82 Nik Lewis 19 Brendan Mahoney							11 Brett Ralph 3 Ryan Thelwell
				QB Quarterback			SB Slotback
				1 Henry Burris 14 Ben Sankey 15 Barrick Nealy			80 Jeremaine Copeland 87 J.R. Tolver 81 Greg Hetherington
			HB Halfback		FB Fullback
			21 Joffrey Reynolds 24 Ken Simonton 9 Jon Cornish		26 Rob Coté 45 Gerald Commissiong 35 Cory Hathaway


	DE Defensive End	DT Defensive Tackle		DT Defensive Tackle	DE Defensive End
	95 Keron Williams 49 Pat Macdonald	93 Terrence Patrick 76 Randy Chevrier		94 Marcus Parker 97 Eddie Freeman	77 Tearrius George

		LB Linebacker	LB Linebacker	LB Linebacker
		33 Trey Young 6 Matt Grootegoed	48 Brian Clark 56 Scott Coe 47 Neil Ternovatsky	23 Shannon James 37 Marc Calixte
CB Cornerback						CB Cornerback
32 Crance Clemons						27 Brandon Browner
	DH Defensive Halfback				DH Defensive Halfback
	41 Jermaine Chatman				29 Tony Tiller
			S Safety
			31 Wes Lysack 33 Trey Young xx Brandon Browner