1970 Calgary Stampeders season

1970 Calgary Stampeders season
Head coach	Jim Duncan
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	9–7–0
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup

The 1970 Calgary Stampeders finished in 3rd place in the West Division with a 9–7–0 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

Date	Opponent	Score	Result
	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	34–10	Win
	Edmonton Eskimos	14–2	Loss
	BC Lions	16–9	Win
	Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–0	Win
	BC Lions	27–13	Loss
	Saskatchewan Roughriders	21–17	Loss
	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29–18	Win
	Edmonton Eskimos	28–13	Win
	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	39–18	Loss
	Ottawa Rough Riders	9–1	Loss
	Toronto Argonauts	27–12	Win
	Montreal Alouettes	11–4	Win
	Edmonton Eskimos	16–13	Loss
	Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–14	Loss
	BC Lions	29–0	Win
	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11–6	Win

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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

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 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
2. "Calgary Stampeders Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2009-06-17.