1996 Calgary Stampeders season

1996 Calgary Stampeders season
Owner	Sig Gutsche
General manager	Wally Buono
President	Sig Gutsche
Head coach	Wally Buono
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	13–5
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Final
Uniform

The 1996 Calgary Stampeders finished in first place in the West Division with a 13–5 record. They appeared in the West Final but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	8	Farell Duclair	LB	Concordia
2	17	Rob Robinson	DT	Cincinnati
3	21	Jean-Agnes Charles	DB	Michigan
3	26	Cory Stevens	P/K	Minot State
4	35	Vito Greco	LB/FB	Carleton
5	44	Jung-Yul Kim	OT	Toronto
6	52	David Lane	OL	Simon Fraser

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
A	June 10	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 26–15	1–0	19,214
B	June 14	at BC Lions	W 33–21	2–0

Regular season

Season standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	18	13	5	0	608	375	26
Edmonton Eskimos	18	11	7	0	459	354	22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	9	9	0	421	495	18
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	13	0	360	498	10
BC Lions	18	5	13	0	410	483	10

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	June 23	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 33–13	1–0
2	June 29	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 39–12	2–0
3	July 10	at Montreal Alouettes	W 62–22	3–0
4	July 20	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 40–22	4–0
5	July 27	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 36–38	4–1
6	Aug 5	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 38–11	5–1
7	Aug 10	at BC Lions	W 32–7	6–1
8	Aug 16	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 47–10	7–1
9	Aug 21	vs. BC Lions	W 23–21	8–1
10	Sept 2	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 31–13	9–1
11	Sept 6	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 19–20	9–2
12	Sept 13	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 23–25	9–3
13	Sept 21	at Toronto Argonauts	L 22–23	9–4
14	Sept 27	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 24–17	10–4
15	Oct 5	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 31–24	11–4
16	Oct 14	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 30–23	12–4
17	Oct 27	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 32–41	12–5
18	Nov 3	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 46–23	13–5

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Awards and records

• Jackie Parker Trophy – Kelvin Anderson (RB)

1996 CFL All-Stars

Offence

• OG – Rocco Romano
• OT – Fred Childress

Defence

• CB – Al Jordan
• CB – Marvin Coleman

Special teams

• K – Mark McLoughlin

Western All-Star selections

Offence

• QB – Jeff Garcia
• SB – Allen Pitts
• WR – Terry Vaughn
• OG – Rocco Romano
• OT – Fred Childress

Defence

• DT – Rodney Harding, Calgary Stampeders
• CB – Al Jordan, Calgary Stampeders
• CB – Marvin Coleman, Calgary Stampeders

Special teams

• P – Tony Martino, Calgary Stampeders
• K – Mark McLoughlin, Calgary Stampeders
• ST –Marvin Coleman, Calgary Stampeders

Playoffs

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	6	6	0	3	15
Calgary Stampeders	3	3	3	3	12

References

1. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
2. "Minor League Sports News on OurSports Central". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
3. "Calgary Stampeders Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-06-17.