2001 Calgary Stampeders season

2001 Calgary Stampeders season
General manager	Wally Buono
Head coach	Wally Buono
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform

The 2001 Calgary Stampeders season was the 44th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 63rd overall. The Stampeders finished in second place in the West Division with an 8–10 record and qualified for the playoffs for the 13th consecutive season, establishing a franchise record. After defeating the BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos in the West Division playoffs, the team advanced to the 89th Grey Cup. The Stampeders defeated the heavily favoured Winnipeg Blue Bombers to win their fifth Grey Cup championship.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	6	Kamau Peterson	WR	New Hampshire
2	10	Lawrence Deck	DB	Fresno State
2	14	Duncan O'Mahony	K	British Columbia
3	22	Farwan Zubedi	WR	Washington State
3	23	Lukas Shaver	S	Ottawa
4	30	Andrew Carter	OL	Bishop's
5	38	Jeffrey Simmer	LB	Regina
6	46	David D'Onofrio	LB	York

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 20	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	34–10	Win	29,090	1–0
B	June 26	at BC Lions	35–28	Win	9,273	2–0

Regular season

Season standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	18	9	9	0	1	439	463	19
Calgary Stampeders	18	8	10	0	1	478	476	17
BC Lions	18	8	10	0	0	417	445	16
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	6	12	0	0	308	416	12

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 4	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	48–20	Loss	33,678	0–1
2	July 11	at Montreal Alouettes	32–14	Loss	19,544	0–2
3	July 20	at Edmonton Eskimos	33–23	Loss	33,524	0–3
4	July 27	vs. BC Lions	28–22	Win	32,210	1–3
5	August 3	vs. Toronto Argonauts	36–35	Loss	32,605	1–4
6	August 11	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	35–4	Win	22,438	2–4
7	August 16	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	37–13	Win	35,967	3–4
8	August 25	at BC Lions	27–13	Loss	23,642	3–5
9	September 3	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	33–32	Loss	35,967	3–6
10	September 7	at Edmonton Eskimos	34–33	Win	48,279	4–6
11	September 17	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	21–14	Win	32,548	5–6
12	September 22	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	29–26 (OT)	Loss	15,500	5–7
13	September 28	at Toronto Argonauts	33–31	Loss	15,387	5–8
14	October 8	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35–33	Loss	31,794	5–9
15	October 14	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–26	Win	18,496	6–9
16	October 20	vs. Montreal Alouettes	29–9	Win	33,144	7–9
17	October 28	vs. BC Lions	34–16	Loss	27,678	7–10
18	November 2	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–15	Win	27,678	8–10

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
West Semi-Final	November 11	vs. BC Lions	28–19	Win	23,642
West Final	November 18	at Edmonton Eskimos	34–16	Win	42,156
Grey Cup	November 25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27–19	Win	65,255

Grey Cup

Main article: 89th Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Calgary Stampeders	0	17	0	10	27
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	4	0	8	7	19

Awards and records

2001 CFL All-Stars

• RB – Kelvin Anderson
• WR – Travis Moore
• OG – Jay McNeil
• DT – Joe Fleming