2006 Calgary Stampeders season

2006 Calgary Stampeders season
Head coach	Tom Higgins
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	10–8
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Semi-Final
Uniform

The 2006 Calgary Stampeders season was the 49th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 68th overall. The Stampeders finished second place in the West division with a 10–8 record. They appeared in the West Semi-Final where they lost to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
2	13	Jon Cornish	RB	Kansas
4	27	Riley Clayton	OL	Manitoba
4	30	Gerald Commissiong	RB	Stanford
5	38	Derek Armstrong	OL	St. Francis Xavier
6	44	Andre Knights	DB	Saint Mary's
6	46	Marc Trepanier	LB	Montreal

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 2	at BC Lions	26–23	Win	23,154	1–0
B	June 8	vs. BC Lions	57–13	Loss	7,335	1–1

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	18	13	5	0	555	355	26	Details
Calgary Stampeders	18	10	8	0	477	426	20	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	9	9	0	465	434	18	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	18	7	11	0	399	468	14	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	June 17	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	24–14	Win	25,895	1–0
2	June 24	at Edmonton Eskimos	18–14	Loss	40,491	1–1
3	June 29	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	23–22	Win	28,396	2–1
4	July 8	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	53–36	Win	23,942	3–1
5	July 14	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20–17	Loss	26,944	3–2
6	July 21	vs. BC Lions	43–20	Loss	31,210	3–3
7	July 29	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	19–9	Loss	23,107	3–4
8	August 5	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	23–7	Win	34,319	4–4
9	August 12	vs. Montreal Alouettes	27–24	Win	29,452	5–4
10	Bye					5–4
11	August 24	at Montreal Alouettes	41–23	Win	20,202	6–4
12	September 4	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	44–23	Win	35,744	7–4
13	September 8	at Edmonton Eskimos	35–26	Loss	47,965	7–5
14	September 15	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	43–9	Win	26,843	8–5
15	September 23	vs. Toronto Argonauts	39–18	Win	31,539	9–5
16	September 30	at Toronto Argonauts	23–16	Loss	32,410	9–6
17	October 6	at BC Lions	39–13	Loss	32,232	9–7
18	October 15	vs. BC Lions	32–25	Win	33,546	10–7
19	October 21	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28–13	Loss	30,092	10–8
20	Bye					10–8

Playoffs

Schedule

Game	Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
West Semi-Final	Nov 5	2:00 PM MST	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–21	Loss	35,650

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Saskatchewan Roughriders	3	9	8	10	30
Calgary Stampeders	4	17	0	0	21

Awards and records

2006 CFL All-Stars

• LB – Brian Clark
• K – Sandro DeAngelis
• OG – Jay McNeil
• RB – Joffrey Reynolds
• CB – Coby Rhinehart