2016 Calgary Stampeders season

The 2016 Calgary Stampeders season was the 59th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 82nd overall. The Stampeders finished in first place in the West Division and finished with a 15–2–1 record. The Stampeders qualified for the playoffs for the 12th straight year and advanced to the Grey Cup game where they lost to the Ottawa Redblacks. This season was Dave Dickenson's first year as head coach after John Hufnagel moved into a strict general manager role.

2016 Calgary Stampeders season
Owner	Calgary Sports and Entertainment
President	John Hufnagel
General manager	John Hufnagel
Head coach	Dave Dickenson
Home stadium	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	15–2–1
Division place	1st, West
Playoffs	Lost Grey Cup
Team MOP	Bo Levi Mitchell
Team MOC	Jerome Messam
Team MOR	DaVaris Daniels
Uniform
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In the early morning hours of September 25, 2016, Stampeders defensive back Mylan Hicks was shot and killed at a Calgary nightclub. Fellow defensive back and teammate Jamar Wall changed his jersey number from 29 to no. 31 for the rest of the season in honour of Hicks. Each game played in week 15 across the league had a moment of silence in honour of Mylan Hicks. As a gesture to his memorial, the pistols that adorned the shoulders of the black alternate jersey were covered up.^[1]

With their week 16 win over the Toronto Argonauts, the Stampeders clinched first place in the West Division, a first-round bye in the 2016 playoffs, and hosted the 2016 West Final game.^[2] A win in that game over the BC Lions gave them a berth into the 104th Grey Cup.^[3] The Stampeders lost the Grey Cup game 39–33 to the Ottawa Redblacks in overtime.

Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
A	Sat, June 11	7:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 13–23	0–1	None	McMahon Stadium	28,367	Recap
B	Fri, June 17	8:00 p.m. MDT	at BC Lions	W 31–21	1–1	None	BC Place	17,630	Recap

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Regular season

Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Calgary Stampeders	18	15	2	1	31	586	369	9–1	L1	Details
BC Lions	18	12	6	0	24	545	454	5–5	W3	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	11	7	0	22	497	454	5–5	W1	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	18	10	8	0	20	549	496	5–5	W2	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	13	0	10	350	530	1–9	L3	Details

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
1	Sat, June 25	8:00 p.m. MDT	at BC Lions	L 18–20	0–1	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	BC Place	21,386	Recap
2	Fri, July 1	8:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 36–22	1–1	TSN/ESPN2	McMahon Stadium	26,815	Recap
3	Fri, July 8	5:00 p.m. MDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	T 26–26 (2OT)	1–1–1	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	24,621	Recap
4	Bye
5	Thurs, July 21	6:30 p.m. MDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 33–18	2–1–1	TSN	Investors Group Field	24,677	Recap
6	Fri, July 29	8:00 p.m. MDT	vs. BC Lions	W 44–41 (OT)	3–1–1	TSN/RDS2/ESPN2	McMahon Stadium	27,651	Recap
7	Thurs, Aug 4	8:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 35–15	4–1–1	TSN/RDS2/ESPN2	McMahon Stadium	28,532	Recap
8	Sat, Aug 13	5:00 p.m. MDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 19–10	5–1–1	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	33,427	Recap
9	Fri, Aug 19	8:00 p.m. MDT	at BC Lions	W 37–9	6–1–1	TSN	BC Place	21,341	Recap
10	Sun, Aug 28	5:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 30–24	7–1–1	TSN	McMahon Stadium	26,271	Recap
11	Mon, Sept 5	1:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 45–24	8–1–1	TSN	McMahon Stadium	31,440	Recap
12	Sat, Sept 10	5:00 p.m. MDT	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 34–28 (2OT)	9–1–1	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium	35,278	Recap
13	Sat, Sept 17	3:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	W 48–23	10–1–1	TSN	McMahon Stadium	26,529	Recap
14	Sat, Sept 24	2:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 36–34	11–1–1	TSN/RDS2	McMahon Stadium	27,159	Recap
15	Sat, Oct 1	2:00 p.m. MDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 36–17	12–1–1	TSN	Tim Hortons Field	23,741	Recap
16	Mon, Oct 10	2:00 p.m. MDT	at Toronto Argonauts	W 48–20	13–1–1	TSN	BMO Field	14,224	Recap
17	Sat, Oct 15	5:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 22–8	14–1–1	TSN/RDS	McMahon Stadium	25,351	Recap
18	Fri, Oct 21	8:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 31–13	15–1–1	TSN	McMahon Stadium	27,520	Recap
19	Sun, Oct 30	11:00 a.m. MDT	at Montreal Alouettes	L 8–17	15–2–1	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	20,562	Recap
20	Bye

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Post season

Schedule

Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
West Semi-Final	Bye
West Final	Sun, Nov 20	2:30 p.m. MST	vs. BC Lions	W 42–15	1–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	McMahon Stadium	32,115	Recap
104th Grey Cup	Sun, Nov 27	4:00 p.m. MST	at Ottawa Redblacks	L 33–39 (OT)	1–1	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	BMO Field	33,421	Recap

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Team

Roster

2016 Calgary Stampeders roster
Quarterbacks 15 Andrew Buckley 19 Bo Levi Mitchell  4 Drew Tate Running backs 26 Rob Cote RB 14 Roy Finch RB 23 William Langlais RB 33 Jerome Messam RB 46 Charlie Power RB Receivers 83 Juwan Brescacin WR 87 Simon Charbonneau-Campeau WR 89 DaVaris Daniels WR  1 Lemar Durant WR 81 Bakari Grant WR 88 Kamar Jorden SB 16 Marquay McDaniel SB 86 Anthony Parker WR		Offensive linemen 60 Shane Bergman 64 Derek Dennis 65 Dan Federkeil 59 Randy Richards 61 Ucambre Williams 50 Spencer Wilson Defensive linemen 94 Frank Beltre 95 Ja'Gared Davis 39 Charleston Hughes 93 Micah Johnson 41 Cordarro Law 90 Quinn Smith  7 Junior Turner 97 Derek Wiggan		Linebackers 37 Maleki Harris 40 Dexter Janke 36 Glenn Love 49 Alex Singleton Defensive backs 11 Josh Bell DB 21 Adam Berger DB 20 Matt Bucknor DB 24 Joe Burnett DB 25 Tommie Campbell DB  0 Ciante Evans DB 28 Brandon Smith DB  2 Adam Thibault DB 31 Jamar Wall DB Special teams 54 Pierre-Luc Caron LS  6 Rob Maver P 30 Rene Paredes K		Injured List 98 Brandon Boudreaux DL 44 Ben D'Aguilar DL 53 Brad Erdos OL 34 Tory Harrison RB 63 Pierre Lavertu OL 42 Deron Mayo LB 96 Zach Minter DL 32 Osagie Odiase DB 35 Shaquille Richardson DB 58 Cameron Thorn OL 85 Joe West WR 6-Game Injured List 68 Roman Grozman OL 57 Karl Lavoie OL 84 Greg Wilson WR Practice Roster 82 Jarrett Boykin WR 17 Jarrett Bush DB 43 Max Caron LB 56 Ruben Carter OL 12 Paris Cotton RB 73 Josh Francis LB 91 Bryson Kelly DL 80 Jamal Nixon WR 27 Chris Rwabaukamba DB 67 Mitchell Van Dyk OL Suspended Disabled Territorial Exemption Italics indicate International player Roster updated 2016-11-28 Depth Chart • Transactions 46 Active, 11 Injured, 3 Six-Game Injured, 10 Practice → More rosters

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