# 1991 Calgary Stampeders season

The 1991 Calgary Stampeders finished in second place in the West Division with an 11–7 record. The Stampeders won their first playoff game(s) since 1979 and also appeared in the Grey Cup game for the first time in 20 years but they lost to the Toronto Argonauts.
The Stampeders had been community owned throughout their history. The team became privately owned when Larry Ryckman purchased it on October 23.

## Offseason
### CFL Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School |
| 1 | 6 | Duane Forde | HB | Western Ontario |
| 2 | 14 | Don Douglas | TE | Western Ontario |
| 3 | 22 | Bob Torrance | QB | Calgary |
| 5 | 38 | Earl Knight | CB | New Mexico State |
| 6 | 46 | Nigel Smith | SB | Concordia |
| 7 | 54 | Dlair Zerr | FB | San Jose State |
| 8 | 62 | Darren Ferner | WR | Northern State |

## Preseason

| Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| A | Wed, June 26 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 49–14 | 1–0 | Taylor Field | 20,693 |
| B | Tue, July 2 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 25–21 | 2–0 | McMahon Stadium | 32,649 |

## Regular season
### Season Standings

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | PF | PA | Div | Stk | |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 671 | 569 | 7–3 | W2 | Details |
| Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 596 | 552 | 6–4 | W1 | Details |
| BC Lions | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 661 | 587 | 5–5 | L1 | Details |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 606 | 710 | 3–7 | L2 | Details |

### Season schedule

| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | 1 | Thu, July 11 | at BC Lions | W 39–34 | 1–0 | BC Place | 24,722 |
| 2 | 2 | Thu, July 18 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 48–28 | 2–0 | McMahon Stadium | 22,055 |
| 3 | 3 | Wed, July 24 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | W 42–28 | 3–0 | Lansdowne Park | 18,788 |
| 4 | 4 | Fri, Aug 2 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 21–11 | 4–0 | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 11,802 |
| 5 | 5 | Thu, Aug 8 | vs. BC Lions | W 34–30 (OT) | 5–0 | McMahon Stadium | 31,159 |
| 6 | 6 | Thu, Aug 15 | at BC Lions | W 37–28 (OT) | 6–0 | BC Place | 45,485 |
| 7 | 7 | Thu, Aug 22 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 26–39 | 6–1 | McMahon Stadium | 27,011 |
| 8 | 8 | Tue, Aug 27 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 15–28 | 6–2 | Winnipeg Stadium | 29,102 |
| 8 | 9 | Mon, Sept 2 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 48–36 | 7–2 | McMahon Stadium | 32,511 |
| 9 | 10 | Fri, Sept 6 | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 37–51 | 7–3 | Commonwealth Stadium | 57,843 |
| 10 | 11 | Sun, Sept 15 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | W 33–24 | 8–3 | McMahon Stadium | 26,122 |
| 11 | 12 | Sun, Sept 22 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 28–17 | 9–3 | McMahon Stadium | 21,512 |
| 12 | 13 | Sun, Sept 29 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 21–40 | 9–4 | Taylor Field | 22,736 |
| 13 | 14 | Sun, Oct 6 | vs. BC Lions | L 34–49 | 9–5 | McMahon Stadium | 21,146 |
| 14 | 15 | Sun, Oct 13 | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | W 44–24 | 10–5 | McMahon Stadium | 18,761 |
| 15 | 16 | Sun, Oct 20 | at Toronto Argonauts | L 27–34 | 10–6 | SkyDome | 33,590 |
| 16 | 17 | Sun, Oct 27 | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 23–24 | 10–7 | Commonwealth Stadium | 23,391 |
| 17 | 18 | Sun, Nov 3 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 39–27 | 11–7 | McMahon Stadium | 18,488 |

## Playoffs
### West Semi-Final

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| BC Lions | 10 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 7 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 43 |

### West Final

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Calgary Stampeders | 7 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 38 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 36 |

### Grey Cup

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Calgary Stampeders | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 8 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 36 |