1971 Calgary Stampeders season

The 1971 Calgary Stampeders season was the 14th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 27th overall. The team finished in first place in the Western Conference with a 9–6–1 record and won the franchise's second Grey Cup title with a 14–11 victory over the Toronto Argonauts in the 59th Grey Cup game.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	Bye
B	Wed, July 7	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	27–0	Win	18,910	1–0
B	Mon, July 12	at Montreal Alouettes	25–14	Win	12,529	2–0
C	Fri, July 16	at Edmonton Eskimos	24–21	Loss	16,000	2–1
D	Thu, July 22	vs. Montreal Alouettes	41–8	Win	18,046	3–1

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	1	Fri, July 30	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 21–0	1–0	Taylor Field	16,000
2	2	Wed, Aug 4	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 9–8	2–0	McMahon Stadium	22,251
3	3	Wed, Aug 11	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 31–1	3–0	Clarke Stadium	23,049
3	4	Mon, Aug 16	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 36–12	4–0	McMahon Stadium	23,425
4	Bye
5	5	Tues, Aug 24	vs. BC Lions	W 32–1	5–0	McMahon Stadium	23,616
6	6	Wed, Sept 1	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 15–31	5–1	Winnipeg Stadium	22,553
6	7	Mon, Sept 6	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 23–7	6–1	McMahon Stadium	23,616
7	8	Sun, Sept 12	at BC Lions	W 25–10	7–1	Empire Stadium	30,660
8	9	Wed, Sept 15	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 20–7	8–1	McMahon Stadium	23,616
9	10	Wed, Sept 22	at Montreal Alouettes	L 11–26	8–2	Autostade	30,821
9	11	Sat, Sept 25	at Toronto Argonauts	L 7–18	8–3	Exhibition Stadium	33,135
10	12	Sun, Oct 3	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 17–1	9–3	McMahon Stadium	23,616
11	13	Mon, Oct 11	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 17–24	9–4	McMahon Stadium	23,616
12	14	Sun, Oct 17	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	T 7–7	9–4–1	Taylor Field	21,706
13	15	Sat, Oct 23	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 12–34	9–5–1	McMahon Stadium	19,549
14	16	Sat, Oct 30	at BC Lions	L 7–31	9–6–1	Empire Stadium	21,489

**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.

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

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v t e 1971 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	1971 CFL Draft 59th Grey Cup

v t e Calgary Stampeders
Founded in 1935 Based in Calgary, Alberta
Franchise	Records Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Mascot
Stadiums	Mewata Stadium McMahon Stadium
Lore	Labour Day Classic Battle of Alberta Canada Day Games 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 Sports and Entertainment, John Forzani, Ted Hellard and Doug Mitchell. General Manager: John Hufnagel Head Coach: Dave Dickenson
Grey Cup championships (8)	1948 1971 1992 1998 2001 2008 2014 2018
Western Division championships (17)	1948 1949 1968 1970 1971 1991 1992 1995 1998 1999 2001 2008 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018
Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West