# 1970 Calgary Stampeders season

The 1970 Calgary Stampeders finished in third place in the Western Conference with a 9–7 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup where they lost to the Montreal Alouettes.

## Regular season
### Season standings

Western Football Conference :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 369 | 206 | 28 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 282 | 287 | 18 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 293 | 209 | 18 |
| BC Lions | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 295 | 384 | 12 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 184 | 332 | 4 |

### Season schedule

| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | 1 | Wed, July 29 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 34–10 | 1–0 | McMahon Stadium | 19,436 |
| 2 | 2 | Wed, Aug 5 | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 2–14 | 1–1 | Clarke Stadium | 21,267 |
| 2 | 3 | Mon, Aug 10 | vs. BC Lions | W 16–9 | 2–1 | McMahon Stadium | 20,402 |
| 3 | 4 | Mon, Aug 17 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 30–0 | 3–1 | Taylor Field | 18,553 |
| 4 | 5 | Thu, Aug 20 | at BC Lions | L 13–27 | 3–2 | Empire Stadium | 35,627 |
| 5 | 6 | Wed, Aug 26 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 17–21 | 3–3 | McMahon Stadium | 23,616 |
| 6 | 7 | Wed, Sept 2 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 29–18 | 4–3 | Winnipeg Stadium | 23,553 |
| 6 | 8 | Mon, Sept 7 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 28–13 | 5–3 | McMahon Stadium | 23,310 |
| 7 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 8 | 9 | Wed, Sept 16 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 18–39 | 5–4 | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21,100 |
| 8 | 10 | Sat, Sept 19 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | L 1–9 | 5–5 | Lansdowne Park | 23,013 |
| 9 | 11 | Sun, Sept 27 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | W 27–12 | 6–5 | McMahon Stadium | 21,292 |
| 10 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 11 | 12 | Wed, Oct 7 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | W 11–4 | 7–5 | McMahon Stadium | 18,970 |
| 11 | 13 | Mon, Oct 12 | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 13–16 | 7–6 | Clarke Stadium | 23,846 |
| 12 | 14 | Sun, Oct 18 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 14–29 | 7–7 | McMahon Stadium | 23,616 |
| 13 | 15 | Sun, Oct 25 | vs. BC Lions | W 29–0 | 8–7 | McMahon Stadium | 20,916 |
| 14 | 16 | Sun, Nov 1 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 11–6 | 9–7 | Winnipeg Stadium | 10,131 |

## Playoffs
### West Semi-Final

Western Semi-Finals :
| Calgary Stampeders @ Edmonton Eskimos ||||
| Date | Away | Home |
| November 8 | Calgary Stampeders 16 | Edmonton Eskimos 9 |

### West Final

Western Finals – Game 1 :
| Calgary Stampeders @ Saskatchewan Roughriders ||||
| Date | Away | Home |
| November 14 | Calgary Stampeders 28 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 11 |
Western Finals – Game 2 :
| Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Calgary Stampeders ||||
| Date | Away | Home |
| November 18 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 11 | Calgary Stampeders 3 |
Western Finals – Game 3 :
| Calgary Stampeders @ Saskatchewan Roughriders ||||
| Date | Away | Home |
| November 22 | Calgary Stampeders 15 | Saskatchewan Roughriders 14 |
* Calgary wins the best of three series 2–1. The Stampeders will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

### Grey Cup

November 28
58th Annual Grey Cup Game: Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, Ontario :
| Western Champion | Eastern Champion |
| Calgary Stampeders 10 | Montreal Alouettes 23 |
| The Montreal Alouettes are the 1970 Grey Cup Champions ||||
| Sonny Wade (QB), Montreal Alouettes – Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player. ||||

## Awards and records

* CFL's Most Outstanding Lineman Award – Wayne Harris (LB)

### 1970 CFL All-Stars

* RB – Hugh McKinnis, CFL All-Star
* TE – Herman Harrison, CFL All-Star
* LB – Wayne Harris, CFL All-Star

## Videos

Game 3 of the Western finals in its entirety