The
2019
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Calgary Stampeders season was the 62nd season for the team in the
Canadian Football League and their 85th overall. The Stampeders finished with a 12–6 record and hosted the West Semi-Final game in a year where they were also hosting the
107th Grey Cup
The 107th Grey Cup decided the champion of the 2019 season in the Canadian Football League (CFL). The match was played on November 24, 2019, between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta. Wi ...
. Having lost to the Blue Bombers team in the aforementioned playoff game, however, the Stampeders failed to repeat as
Grey Cup
The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...
champions in 2019, marking the first time since
2011
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where the Stampeders failed to reach the West Division Final and only the second time since their
2008 Championship-Winning Season. Despite the loss in the opening round of the postseason, the Stampeders qualified for the playoffs for the 15th consecutive year with a week 15 win over the
Toronto Argonauts coupled with a loss by the
Ottawa Redblacks, the playoff berth being clinched on September 21, 2019.
It is the longest playoff streak in franchise history and tied for the fifth-longest streak in CFL history.
The 2019 season marked
Dave Dickenson
David Dickenson (born January 11, 1973) is a Canadian football head coach with the Calgary Stampeders and former professional player with the Stampeders and the BC Lions where he won the 2006 Grey Cup and was named the game's MVP. Dickenson ...
's fourth season as
head coach and
John Hufnagel
John Coleman Hufnagel (born September 13, 1951) is the president and general manager of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He was previously the Stampeders' head coach and played quarterback for fifteen professional seaso ...
's 12th season as
general manager.
Offseason
Foreign drafts
For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from
Mexico and
Europe.
Like all other CFL teams, the Stampeders held three non-tradeable selections in the
2019 CFL–LFA Draft
The 2019 CFL–LFA Draft took place on January 14, 2019. 27 players were chosen from an invited pool of 51 Mexican players: 34 from the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) (a professional American football league) and 17 seniors from Mexic ...
, which took place on January 14, 2019. The
2019 European CFL Draft
The 2019 CFL European Draft took place on April 11, 2019. Nine players were chosen from a pool of 18 European players who attended the 2019 CFL Combine.
Background
In October 2018, Canadian Football League (CFL) commissioner Randy Ambrosie outlin ...
took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.
CFL Draft
The
2019 CFL Draft
The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019 at 8:00 pm ET and was broadcast on TSN and RDS. 73 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the United States on NCAA or ...
took place on May 2, 2019. By virtue of winning the
106th Grey Cup
The 106th Grey Cup (branded as the 106th Grey Cup presented by Shaw for sponsorship reasons) was the Canadian Football League (CFL) championship game for the 2018 season. It was played on November 25, 2018, between the Ottawa Redblacks and the C ...
, the Stampeders had the last selection in each of the eight rounds. The team acquired another fourth-round pick after trading
Charleston Hughes to the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...
.
[On the Move Again: Hughes traded to Riders for QB Adams](_blank)
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Preseason
Schedule
[2019 Schedule](_blank)
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Regular season
Standings
Schedule
CFL schedule through August 2019
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Post-season
Schedule
Team
Roster
Coaching staff
References
External links
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