1970 Calgary Stampeders season

1970 Calgary Stampeders season
General manager	Rogers Lehew
Head coach	Jim Duncan
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup

The 1970 Calgary Stampeders finished in third place in the Western Conference with a 9–7 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup where they lost to the Montreal Alouettes.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	14	2	0	369	206	28
Edmonton Eskimos	16	9	7	0	282	287	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	7	0	293	209	18
BC Lions	16	6	10	0	295	384	12
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	2	14	0	184	332	4

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Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	Wed, July 29	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 34–10	1–0	McMahon Stadium	19,436
2	2	Wed, Aug 5	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 2–14	1–1	Clarke Stadium	21,267
2	3	Mon, Aug 10	vs. BC Lions	W 16–9	2–1	McMahon Stadium	20,402
3	4	Mon, Aug 17	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 30–0	3–1	Taylor Field	18,553
4	5	Thu, Aug 20	at BC Lions	L 13–27	3–2	Empire Stadium	35,627
5	6	Wed, Aug 26	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 17–21	3–3	McMahon Stadium	23,616
6	7	Wed, Sept 2	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 29–18	4–3	Winnipeg Stadium	23,553
6	8	Mon, Sept 7	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 28–13	5–3	McMahon Stadium	23,310
7	Bye
8	9	Wed, Sept 16	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 18–39	5–4	Ivor Wynne Stadium	21,100
8	10	Sat, Sept 19	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 1–9	5–5	Lansdowne Park	23,013
9	11	Sun, Sept 27	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 27–12	6–5	McMahon Stadium	21,292
10	Bye
11	12	Wed, Oct 7	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 11–4	7–5	McMahon Stadium	18,970
11	13	Mon, Oct 12	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 13–16	7–6	Clarke Stadium	23,846
12	14	Sun, Oct 18	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 14–29	7–7	McMahon Stadium	23,616
13	15	Sun, Oct 25	vs. BC Lions	W 29–0	8–7	McMahon Stadium	20,916
14	16	Sun, Nov 1	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 11–6	9–7	Winnipeg Stadium	10,131

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Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Western Semi-Finals Calgary Stampeders @ Edmonton Eskimos Date Away Home November 8 Calgary Stampeders 16 Edmonton Eskimos 9

West Final

Western Finals – Game 1 Calgary Stampeders @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 14 Calgary Stampeders 28 Saskatchewan Roughriders 11

Western Finals – Game 2 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Calgary Stampeders Date Away Home November 18 Saskatchewan Roughriders 11 Calgary Stampeders 3

Western Finals – Game 3 Calgary Stampeders @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 22 Calgary Stampeders 15 Saskatchewan Roughriders 14

• Calgary wins the best of three series 2–1. The Stampeders will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

Grey Cup

Main article: 58th Grey Cup

November 28 58th Annual Grey Cup Game: Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, Ontario
Western Champion	Eastern Champion
Calgary Stampeders 10	Montreal Alouettes 23
The Montreal Alouettes are the 1970 Grey Cup Champions
Sonny Wade (QB), Montreal Alouettes – Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player.

Awards and records

• CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Wayne Harris (LB)

1970 CFL All-Stars

• RB – Hugh McKinnis, CFL All-Star
• TE – Herman Harrison, CFL All-Star
• LB – Wayne Harris, CFL All-Star

Videos

Game 3 of the Western finals in its entirety

References

1. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
2. "Calgary Stampeders Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-06-17.