2007 Calgary Stampeders season

2007 Calgary Stampeders season
Head coach Tom Higgins
Home field McMahon Stadium
Results
Record 7–10–1
Division place 3rd, West
Playoff finish Lost West Semi-Final
Uniform

The 2007 Calgary Stampeders season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 69th overall. After promising 2nd place finishes in the West Division in 2005 (11–7) and 2006 (10–8) they finished 3rd in the West Division in 2007, with a disappointing 7–10–1 record, their first losing record in three seasons. They were defeated in the Western Semi-Final 26–24 by the eventual Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Offseason

CFL Draft

The 2007 CFL Draft took place on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 where the Stampeders made eight selections including three in the first round.[1]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 3 Mike Gyetvai OL Michigan State
1 5 Justin Phillips LB Wilfrid Laurier
1 6 Jabari Arthur WR Akron
2 14 Kevin Challenger WR Boston College
3 21 Patrick MacDonald DL Alberta
5 35 Henry Bekkering K Eastern Washington
5 38 Ian Hazlett LB Queen's
6 45 Greg Hetherington SB McGill

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
B June 15 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 28–3 Win 25,877 1–0
C June 22 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 23–21 Loss 28,800 1–1

[2]

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Y-BC Lions 18 14 3 1 542 379 29 Details
X-Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 12 6 0 530 432 24 Details
X-Calgary Stampeders 18 7 10 1 473 527 15 Details
Edmonton Eskimos 18 5 12 1 399 509 11 Details

Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
1 June 30 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37–9 Win 29,157 1–0
2 July 8 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 49–8 Loss 25,862 1–1
3 July 12 at Toronto Argonauts 48–15 Loss 29,304 1–2
4 July 21 vs. Toronto Argonauts 33–10 Win 28,202 2–2
5 July 28 vs. BC Lions 32–27 Loss 28,564 2–3
6 August 4 at Edmonton Eskimos 34–32 Win 32,664 3–3
7 August 9 at Montreal Alouettes 30–18 Loss 20,202 3–4
8 August 17 vs. BC Lions 45–45 Tie 30,826 3–4–1
9 Bye 3–4–1
10 September 3 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 35–24 Win 35,650 4–4–1
11 September 7 at Edmonton Eskimos 20–17 Win 42,329 5–4–1
12 September 15 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 44–22 Win 35,650 6–4–1
13 September 21 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24–20 Loss 23,115 6–5–1
14 September 29 at BC Lions 42–9 Loss 32,263 6–6–1
15 October 8 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 33–21 Loss 33,075 6–7–1
16 October 14 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 38–25 Win 30,897 7–7–1
17 October 19 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27–13 Loss 23,955 7–8–1
18 October 27 vs. Montreal Alouettes 33–32 Loss 29,247 7–9–1
19 November 3 at BC Lions 25–24 Loss 34,242 7–10–1

[2]

Week 1: vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1 2 3 4 Total
Tiger-Cats 3 3 3 0 9
Stampeders 7 10 7 13 37

[3]

at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

The Stampeders' opened the season with a strong performance, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37–9. Quarterback Henry Burris opened the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Nik Lewis within the first five minutes of the first quarter. In the second quarter Tiger-Cat cornerback Dwight Anderson committed a costly illegal block on a punt return; the penalty resulted in the Tiger-Cat offence being sent back to their own goal line. Tiger-Cat quarterback Jason Maas's pass on the ensuing play was nearly intercepted by Cornelius Anthony. On the following play his pass was caught by Brock Ralph (older brother of Stampeder Brett Ralph) in their end zone, but the ball was knocked from Ralph's hands by Crance Clemons, and halfback Jermaine Chatman picked up the fumble for another Stampeder touchdown. Maas was pulled in the fourth quarter in favour of rookie Timmy Chang, but he was unable to produce more points: the Stampeders defence limited the Tiger-Cats offence to Nick Setta's three field goals.

The game was delayed twice in the second quarter by a rabbit, one of many that roam the University of Calgary campus, that made its way onto the field.

Week 2: at Saskatchewan Roughriders

1 2 3 4 Total
Stampeders 8 0 0 0 8
Roughriders 7 18 14 10 49

[5]

at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field, Regina, Saskatchewan

The Stampeders were unable to carry forward any of the momentum from their defeat of the Tiger-Cats the week earlier, as the Roughriders went on to defeat them handily. Henry Burris threw a pass to Joffrey Reynolds for the Stampeders' only touchdown, in the first quarter. The Stampeders led the game 8–7 at the end of the first quarter, but the Roughriders defence smothered the Stampeders offence for the rest of the game. Burris was limited to 12 completions in 25 pass attempts for 124 yards before being replaced by Akili Smith. Smith's efforts were even more futile, completing only 6 passes for 64 yards and throwing an interception.

Week 3: at Toronto Argonauts

1 2 3 4 Total
Stampeders 0 0 0 15 15
Argonauts 10 17 14 7 48

[6]

at Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario

The Stampeders' offensive and defensive woes continued this week, being heavily defeated by the Argonauts. The defence surrendered five touchdowns, five converts and two field goals in the first three quarters, while the offence failed to record a point until punter Burke Dales scored a single at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Henry Burris threw a touchdown to Jeremaine Copeland later in the quarter, but was generally ineffective. Running back Joffrey Reynolds was limited to a paltry 39 yards rushing on 10 carries. Akili Smith replaced Burris in the first half and was again limited to six completed passes while throwing three interceptions, consequently being pulled in favour of Burris.

Week 4: vs. Toronto Argonauts

1 2 3 4 Total
Argonauts 0 3 0 7 10
Stampeders 10 3 0 20 33

[7]

at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

After two miserable losses in Regina and Toronto in the previous two weeks the Stampeders returned home to the confines of McMahon Stadium. Argonaut quarterback Michael Bishop, who had a stellar game the week before, sat out this game due to having broken his wrist. Mike McMahon started in his place. Unlike Bishop, McMahon was unable to generate any points for the Argonauts. He began the game auspiciously throwing incompletions in his first five passing attempts, and could not recover. Veteran Damon Allen replaced him at the start of the second half with the score standing at 13–3 for the Stampeders. The Stampeders padded their lead in the fourth quarter with two Sandro DeAngelis field goals and touchdowns to Marc Boerigter and Trey Young. The latter was thrown by receiver Brett Ralph on a fake field goal play. The Argonauts failed to register any more points until the final play of the game, in which Allen threw a touchdown pass to rookie Obed Cétoute.

Week 5: vs. BC Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 5 6 14 7 32
Stampeders 0 11 0 16 27

[8]

at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

BC came into this game with a perfect 4–0 record. Starting quarterback Dave Dickenson was out of the lineup with a concussion, and back-up Buck Pierce played with sore ribs, but the Stampeders were unable to stop the potent Lions offence while unable to generate their own. The Stamps finished the first quarter with a measly 21 yards of offence. They regained composure in the second quarter, scoring 11 points to tie the game before the end of the half. Sandro DeAngelis missed a 46-yard field goal attempt with 10 seconds remaining in the half. Unfortunately for the Stampeders they allowed the Lions to retake control of the game in the third quarter with two touchdowns. Henry Burris threw several key interceptions, among them one to Korey Banks in the Lions' end zone in the third quarter on a play which would have tied the game and another to LaVar Glover in the fourth quarter, giving the Lions excellent field position to score the winning touchdown.

With the loss the Stampeders fell to last place in the West Division, one point behind the Eskimos.

Week 6: at Edmonton Eskimos

1 2 3 4 Total
Stampeders 3 14 7 10 34
Eskimos 1 14 7 10 32

[9]

at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta

The Stampeders and Eskimos offences started off this game quite poorly, managing to produce only a field goal and a single, respectively, in the first quarter. The Stampeders scored the first touchdown in the second quarter on a pass from Henry Burris to Brett Ralph. Eskimo kicker Sean Fleming kicked a field goal, a single on the ensuing kickoff, and another field goal in the span of 3:33 to keep the game close. Burris threw another touchdown late in the quarter to Jeremaine Copeland after penalties to the Eskimos (A.J. Gass and Kenny Onatolu were ejected) gave them excellent field position, but the Eskimos responded with a touchdown of their own, a pass from Ricky Ray to Tyler Ebell, before the end of the half. The Eskimos took the lead in the third quarter on a touchdown pass to Kamau Peterson, but Sandro DeAngelis regained the Stampeders' lead with a field goal and a single. Joffrey Reynolds ran into the end zone for another touchdown to solidify the slim lead, but another touchdown pass to Peterson and field goal by Fleming gave the Eskimos a 32–31 lead with only 1:38 left in the game. The Eskimos had been in excellent position to score a touchdown after a roughing the kicker penalty put them only 13 yards from the Stampeders end zone with a 1st down, but they were unable to score the major and resorted to Fleming's field goal. The inability to score a touchdown in that key moment may have cost the Eskimos the game, as it left the Stampeders in the position to take the lead and win the game with only a safety or field goal. After a final drive to the Eskimos end zone in the last minute of the game the Stampeders offence set up DeAngelis for a 34-yard field goal attempt with no time left. DeAngelis's attempt was good, and the Stampeders won the game 34–32.

Week 7: at Montreal Alouettes

1 2 3 4 Total
Stampeders 1 7 3 7 18
Alouettes 1 21 1 7 30

[10]

at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Week 8: vs. BC Lions

1 2 3 4OT Total
Lions 7 14 7 314 45
Stampeders 10 7 7 714 45

[11]

at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

Week 10: vs. Edmonton Eskimos

1 2 3 4 Total
Eskimos 8 13 0 3 24
Stampeders 7 8 14 6 35

[12]

at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

Week 11: at Edmonton Eskimos

1 2 3 4 Total
Stampeders 0 6 14 0 20
Eskimos 10 3 1 3 17

[13]

at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta

Week 12: vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders

1 2 3 4 Total
Roughriders 1 7 7 7 22
Stampeders 7 21 10 6 44

[14]

at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

Week 13: at Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1 2 3 4 Total
Stampeders 7 10 1 2 20
Tiger-Cats 0 9 4 11 24

[15]

at Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario

Week 14: at BC Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Stampeders 1 3 0 5 9
Lions 14 7 7 14 42

[16]

at BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia

Week 15: vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders

1 2 3 4 Total
Roughriders 6 16 7 4 33
Stampeders 0 7 7 7 21

[17]

at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

Week 16: vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Bombers 0 8 10 7 25
Stampeders 7 10 14 7 38

[18]

at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

Week 17: at Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1 2 3 4 Total
Stampeders 0 6 0 7 13
Blue Bombers 7 3 2 15 27

[19]

at Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Week 18: vs. Montreal Alouettes

1 2 3 4 Total
Alouettes 10 14 6 3 33
Stampeders 7 12 3 10 32

[20]

at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

Week 19: at BC Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Stampeders 7 10 0 7 24
Lions 9 3 13 0 25

[21]

at BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia

Postseason

Schedule

Game Date Time Opponent Score Result Attendance
West Semi-Final Nov 13 3:00 PM MST at Saskatchewan Roughriders 26–24 Loss 28,800

[2]

Western Semi-Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Calgary Stampeders 0 7 10 7 24
Saskatchewan Roughriders 13 6 3 4 26

[22]

The Saskatchewan Roughriders rode the foot of Luca Congi and the arm and legs of Kerry Joseph to a 26–24 victory over the Calgary Stampeders at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field. Congi matched a season high and tied a league playoff record with six field goals, while Joseph passed for 395 yards and added another 108 on the ground in the first playoff game in Regina in 19 years.

Statistics

Passing

Note: Att = Attempts; Comp = Completions; % = Completions/Attempts; Avg = Yards/Completion; Long = Longest Completion (in yards); Int = Interceptions; TD = Touchdowns

Player Att Comp % Yards Avg Long Int TD
Henry Burris 471 285 60.5 4279 15.0 85 14 34
Ben Sankey 90 62 68.9 818 13.2 50 2 5
Akili Smith 47 22 46.8 219 10.0 21 5 0
Barrick Nealy 17 5 29.4 91 18.2 34 0 0
Brett Ralph 2 1 50.0 39 39.0 39 0 1
Jeremaine Copeland 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0

Receiving

Note: Rec = Receptions; Avg = Yards/Reception; Long = Longest Reception (yards); TD = Touchdowns

Player Rec Yards Avg Long TD
Jeremaine Copeland 67 1110 16.6 84 10
Nik Lewis 67 1101 16.4 85 5
Ken-Yon Rambo 62 983 15.9 57 10
Ryan Thelwell 40 733 18.3 70 4
Brett Ralph 53 695 13.1 39 3
Joffrey Reynolds 49 336 6.9 18 3
Marc Boerigter 16 246 15.4 70 1
Rob Cote 11 112 10.2 21 2
J. R. Tolver 1 47 47.0 47 0
Trey Young 1 39 39.0 39 1
Ken Simonton 4 33 8.3 16 0
Markus Howell 1 8 8.0 8 0
Gerald Commissiong 2 2 1.0 5 0
Randy Chevrier 1 1 1.0 1 1

Rushing

Note: Avg = Yards/Carry; Long = Longest Carry (yards); TD = Touchdowns

Player Carries Yards Avg Long TD
Joffrey Reynolds 214 1231 5.8 46 2
Henry Burris 85 623 7.3 39 5
Ken Simonton 18 114 6.3 33 1
Gerald Commissiong 18 64 3.6 16 0
Barrick Nealy 7 50 7.1 16 0
Ben Sankey 6 34 5.7 21 0
Jon Cornish 1 30 30.0 18 0
Brett Ralph 5 30 6.0 24 0
Markus Howell 1 17 17.0 17 0
Akili Smith 4 16 4.0 8 0
Duncan O'Mahony 1 5 5.0 5 0
Rob Cote 2 3 1.5 3 0
Nik Lewis 1 0 0.0 0 0
Jeremaine Copeland 1 −5 −5.0 0 0

Kicking

Note: Att = Attempted field goals; Good = Good field goals; Avg = Yards/kick; Long = Longest kick (yards); KO = Kickoffs; Sing = Singles

Field goals Kickoffs
Player Att Good Yards Avg Long Sing KO Yards Avg Long Sing
Sandro DeAngelis 35 30 850 28.3 48 2 76 4586 60.3 86 1
Duncan O'Mahony 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 – – – – –

Punting

Player Punts Yards Avg Long RetYds NetYds NetAvg Sing
Burke Dales 72 3218 44.7 80 370 2751 38.2 4
Duncan O'Mahony 51 2158 42.3 65 306 1773 34.8 3

Defence

Note: DTkl = Defensive Tackles; STTkl = Special Teams Tackles; TotTkl = Total Tackles; Int = Interceptions; IntTD = Touchdowns on interceptions; FumR = Fumble Recoveries; Forced = Forced fumbles; FumTD = Touchdowns on fumbles; KD = Knock Downs

Player DTkl STTkl TotTkl Sacks Int IntTD FumR Forced FumTD KD
Trey Young 69 8 77 0 4 0 3 1 1 2
Brandon Browner 55 16 71 1 1 1 0 4 0 5
Shannon James 60 7 67 4 2 0 0 1 0 5
Cornelius Anthony 56 4 60 8 0 0 1 2 0 5
Scott Coe 56 4 60 1 0 0 2 3 0 3
Dwaine Carpenter 46 12 58 0 0 0 2 1 0 4
Brian Clark 44 4 48 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
Terrence Patrick 41 0 41 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
Tearrius George 33 1 34 8 0 0 1 1 0 0
Crance Clemons 30 0 30 0 1 0 0 3 0 5
Keron Williams 28 0 28 6 0 0 2 2 0 1
Randy Chevrier 15 12 27 2 0 0 1 1 0 1
Anthony Gargiulo 21 0 21 5 0 0 1 1 0 0
Julian Battle 20 0 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Grootegoed 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
J. R. Ruffin 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Calvin Bannister 17 2 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Marc Calixte 5 12 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sadrick Williams 16 0 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jon Cornish 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jermaine Chatman 11 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Rob Cote 2 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brett Ralph 7 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Lysack 2 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neil Ternovatsky 6 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Bua 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Phillips 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Shannon Garrett 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Labinjo 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Syptak 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeremaine Copeland 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat MacDonald 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerald Commissiong 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Haw 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garrick Jones 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nik Lewis 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Thelwell 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marc Boerigter 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Comiskey 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Freeman 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rob Lazeo 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcus Parker 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken-Yon Rambo 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Stewart 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sandro DeAngelis 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Markus Howell 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Manning 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lamont Brightful 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henry Burris 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jay McNeil 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Demetrious Maxie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Pilon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joffrey Reynolds 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Rodriguez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burke Dales 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards and records

2007 CFL All-Stars

References

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  2. 1 2 3 2007 CFL Schedule
  3. ↑ "Recap: Hamilton @ Calgary, Saturday Jun. 30, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
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  5. ↑ "Recap: Calgary @ Saskatchewan, Sunday Jul. 8, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
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  7. ↑ "Recap: Toronto @ Calgary, Saturday Jul. 21, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
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  9. ↑ "Recap: Calgary @ Edmonton, Saturday Aug. 4, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  10. ↑ "Recap: Calgary @ Montreal, Thursday Aug. 9, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  11. ↑ "Recap: BC @ Calgary, Friday Aug. 17, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  12. ↑ "Recap: Edmonton @ Calgary, Monday Sep. 3, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  13. ↑ "Recap: Calgary @ Edmonton, Friday Sep. 7, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  14. ↑ "Recap: Saskatchewan @ Calgary, Saturday Sep. 15, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  15. ↑ "Recap: Calgary @ Hamilton, Friday Sep. 21, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  16. ↑ "Recap: Calgary @ BC, Saturday Sep. 29, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  17. ↑ "Recap: Saskatchewan @ Calgary, Monday Oct. 8, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  18. ↑ "Recap: Winnipeg @ Calgary, Sunday Oct. 14, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  19. ↑ "Recap: Calgary @ Winnipeg, Friday Oct. 19, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  20. ↑ "Recap: Montreal @ Calgary, Saturday Oct. 27, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  21. ↑ "Recap: Calgary @ BC, Saturday Nov. 3, 2007". Canadian Football League. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  22. ↑ CFL Scores – Sportsnet.ca
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