1971 Calgary Stampeders season

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

The 1971 Calgary Stampeders finished in 1st place in the West Division with a 9–6–1 record and won the Grey Cup.

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	Opponent	Score	Result
1	Saskatchewan Roughriders	21–0	Win
2	Ottawa Rough Riders	9–8	Win
3	Edmonton Eskimos	31–1	Win
4	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	36–12	Win
5	BC Lions	32–1	Win
6	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	31–15	Loss
7	Edmonton Eskimos	23–7	Win
8	BC Lions	25–10	Win
9	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	20–7	Win
10	Montreal Alouettes	20–11	Loss
11	Toronto Argonauts	18–7	Loss
12	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	17–1	Win
13	Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–17	Loss
14	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7–7	Tie
15	Edmonton Eskimos	34–12	Loss
16	BC Lions	31–7	Loss

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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

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

↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
↑ "Calgary Stampeders Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2009-06-17.

1971 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1971 CFL Draft 59th Grey Cup

Calgary Stampeders seasons

1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory.

Calgary Stampeders

Founded in 1935 Based in Calgary, Alberta

Franchise	Records Seasons Head coaches Mascot

Stadiums	Mewata Stadium McMahon Stadium

Lore	Labour Day Classic Battle of Alberta Norman Kwong Perfect season

Important figures	Willie Burden Tom Forzani Doug Flutie Dean Griffing Wayne Harris Herman Harrison John Helton John Hufnagel Jerry Keeling Earl "The Earthquake" Lunsford Don Luzzi Tony Pajaczkowski Allen Pitts Rocco Romano Paul Rowe Harvey Wylie

Retired numbers	5 10 13 18 22 55 67 75

Key personnel	Owners: Calgary Flames Limited Partnership, John Forzani, Ted Hellard and Doug Mitchell. Coach and General Manager: John Hufnagel

Grey Cup championships (7)	1948 1971 1992 1998 2001 2008 2014

Western Division championships (14)	1948 1949 1968 1970 1971 1991 1992 1995 1998 1999 2001 2008 2012 2014

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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