# 2001 Calgary Stampeders season

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

| 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