1971 Calgary Stampeders season

The 1971 Calgary Stampeders season was the 14th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 27th overall. The team finished in first place in the Western Conference with a 9–6–1 record and won the franchise's second Grey Cup title with a 14–11 victory over the Toronto Argonauts in the 59th Grey Cup game.

1971 Calgary Stampeders season
General manager	Rogers Lehew
Head coach	Jim Duncan
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	9–6–1
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
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Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	Bye
B	Wed, July 7	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	27–0	Win	18,910	1–0
B	Mon, July 12	at Montreal Alouettes	25–14	Win	12,529	2–0
C	Fri, July 16	at Edmonton Eskimos	24–21	Loss	16,000	2–1
D	Thu, July 22	vs. Montreal Alouettes	41–8	Win	18,046	3–1

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Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	6	1	290	218	19
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	9	6	1	347	316	19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	7	8	1	366	349	15
BC Lions	16	6	9	1	282	363	13
Edmonton Eskimos	16	6	10	0	237	305	12

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Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	Fri, July 30	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 21–0	1–0	Taylor Field	16,000
2	2	Wed, Aug 4	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 9–8	2–0	McMahon Stadium	22,251
3	3	Wed, Aug 11	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 31–1	3–0	Clarke Stadium	23,049
3	4	Mon, Aug 16	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 36–12	4–0	McMahon Stadium	23,425
4	Bye
5	5	Tues, Aug 24	vs. BC Lions	W 32–1	5–0	McMahon Stadium	23,616
6	6	Wed, Sept 1	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 15–31	5–1	Winnipeg Stadium	22,553
6	7	Mon, Sept 6	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 23–7	6–1	McMahon Stadium	23,616
7	8	Sun, Sept 12	at BC Lions	W 25–10	7–1	Empire Stadium	30,660
8	9	Wed, Sept 15	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 20–7	8–1	McMahon Stadium	23,616
9	10	Wed, Sept 22	at Montreal Alouettes	L 11–26	8–2	Autostade	30,821
9	11	Sat, Sept 25	at Toronto Argonauts	L 7–18	8–3	Exhibition Stadium	33,135
10	12	Sun, Oct 3	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 17–1	9–3	McMahon Stadium	23,616
11	13	Mon, Oct 11	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 17–24	9–4	McMahon Stadium	23,616
12	14	Sun, Oct 17	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	T 7–7	9–4–1	Taylor Field	21,706
13	15	Sat, Oct 23	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 12–34	9–5–1	McMahon Stadium	19,549
14	16	Sat, Oct 30	at BC Lions	L 7–31	9–6–1	Empire Stadium	21,489

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Playoffs

West Final

Western Finals – Game 1 Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Calgary Stampeders Date Away Home November 13 Saskatchewan Roughriders 21 Calgary Stampeders 30

Western Finals – Game 2 Calgary Stampeders @ Saskatchewan Roughriders Date Away Home November 17 Calgary Stampeders 23 Saskatchewan Roughriders 21

• Calgary won best-of-three series 2–0, advancing to the Grey Cup Championship game.

Grey Cup

Main article: 59th Grey Cup

November 28 59th Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium – Vancouver, British Columbia
Western Champion	Eastern Champion
Calgary Stampeders 14	Toronto Argonauts 11
The Calgary Stampeders were 1971 Grey Cup Champions
Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders – Grey Cup Most Valuable Player Dick Suderman (DE), Calgary Stampeders – Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian

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Awards and records

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

1971 CFL All-Stars

• OG – Granville Liggins, CFL All-Star
• DT – John Helton, CFL All-Star
• DE – Craig Koinzan, CFL All-Star
• LB – Wayne Harris, CFL All-Star
• DB – Frank Andruski, CFL All-Star

References

1. "1971 CFL Season Schedule & Scores". Canadian Football League. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
2. "1971 CFL Season Standings". Canadian Football League. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
3. "Calgary Stampeders Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-06-17.