2007 Calgary Stampeders season The 2007 Calgary Stampeders season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 69th overall . After promising 2nd place finishes in the West Division in 2005 ( 11 – 7 ) and 2006 ( 10 – 8 ) they finished 3rd in the West Division in 2007 , with a disappointing 7 – 10 – 1 record , their first losing record in three seasons . They were defeated in the Western Semi - Final 26 – 24 by the eventual Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders . Offseason . CFL Draft . The 2007 CFL Draft took place on Wednesday , May 2 , 2007 where the Stampeders made eight selections including three in the first round . Regular season . Week 1 : vs . Hamilton Tiger - Cats . " at McMahon Stadium , Calgary , Alberta " The Stampeders ' opened the season with a strong performance , defeating the Hamilton Tiger - Cats 37 – 9 . Quarterback Henry Burris opened the scoring with a 10 - yard touchdown pass to Nik Lewis within the first five minutes of the first quarter . In the second quarter Tiger - Cat cornerback Dwight Anderson committed a costly illegal block on a punt return ; the penalty resulted in the Tiger - Cat offence being sent back to their own goal line . Tiger - Cat quarterback Jason Maas ' s pass on the ensuing play was nearly intercepted by Cornelius Anthony . On the following play his pass was caught by Brock Ralph ( older brother of Stampeder Brett Ralph ) in their end zone , but the ball was knocked from Ralph ' s hands by Crance Clemons , and halfback Jermaine Chatman picked up the fumble for another Stampeder touchdown . Maas was pulled in the fourth quarter in favour of rookie Timmy Chang , but he was unable to produce more points : the Stampeders defence limited the Tiger - Cats offence to Nick Setta ' s three field goals . The game was delayed twice in the second quarter by a rabbit , one of many that roam the University of Calgary campus , that made its way onto the field . Week 2 : at Saskatchewan Roughriders . " at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field , Regina , Saskatchewan " The Stampeders were unable to carry forward any of the momentum from their defeat of the Tiger - Cats the week earlier , as the Roughriders went on to defeat them handily . Henry Burris threw a pass to Joffrey Reynolds for the Stampeders ' only touchdown , in the first quarter . The Stampeders led the game 8 – 7 at the end of the first quarter , but the Roughriders defence smothered the Stampeders offence for the rest of the game . Burris was limited to 12 completions in 25 pass attempts for 124 yards before being replaced by Akili Smith . Smith ' s efforts were even more futile , completing only 6 passes for 64 yards and throwing an interception . Week 3 : at Toronto Argonauts . " at Rogers Centre , Toronto , Ontario " The Stampeders ' offensive and defensive woes continued this week , being heavily defeated by the Argonauts . The defence surrendered five touchdowns , five converts and two field goals in the first three quarters , while the offence failed to record a point until punter Burke Dales scored a single at the beginning of the fourth quarter . Henry Burris threw a touchdown to Jeremaine Copeland later in the quarter , but was generally ineffective . Running back Joffrey Reynolds was limited to a paltry 39 yards rushing on 10 carries . Akili Smith replaced Burris in the first half and was again limited to six completed passes while throwing three interceptions , consequently being pulled in favour of Burris . Week 4 : vs . Toronto Argonauts . " at McMahon Stadium , Calgary , Alberta " After two miserable losses in Regina and Toronto in the previous two weeks the Stampeders returned home to the confines of McMahon Stadium . Argonaut quarterback Michael Bishop , who had a stellar game the week before , sat out this game due to having broken his wrist . Mike McMahon started in his place . Unlike Bishop , McMahon was unable to generate any points for the Argonauts . He began the game auspiciously throwing incompletions in his first five passing attempts , and could not recover . Veteran Damon Allen replaced him at the start of the second half with the score standing at 13 – 3 for the Stampeders . The Stampeders padded their lead in the fourth quarter with two Sandro DeAngelis field goals and touchdowns to Marc Boerigter and Trey Young . The latter was thrown by receiver Brett Ralph on a fake field goal play . The Argonauts failed to register any more points until the final play of the game , in which Allen threw a touchdown pass to rookie Obed Cétoute . Week 5 : vs . BC Lions . " at McMahon Stadium , Calgary , Alberta " BC came into this game with a perfect 4 – 0 record . Starting quarterback Dave Dickenson was out of the lineup with a concussion , and back - up Buck Pierce played with sore ribs , but the Stampeders were unable to stop the potent Lions offence while unable to generate their own . The Stamps finished the first quarter with a measly 21 yards of offence . They regained composure in the second quarter , scoring 11 points to tie the game before the end of the half . Sandro DeAngelis missed a 46 - yard field goal attempt with 10 seconds remaining in the half . Unfortunately for the Stampeders they allowed the Lions to retake control of the game in the third quarter with two touchdowns . Henry Burris threw several key interceptions , among them one to Korey Banks in the Lions ' end zone in the third quarter on a play which would have tied the game and another to LaVar Glover in the fourth quarter , giving the Lions excellent field position to score the winning touchdown . With the loss the Stampeders fell to last place in the West Division , one point behind the Eskimos . Week 6 : at Edmonton Eskimos . " at Commonwealth Stadium , Edmonton , Alberta " The Stampeders and Eskimos offences started off this game quite poorly , managing to produce only a field goal and a single , respectively , in the first quarter . The Stampeders scored the first touchdown in the second quarter on a pass from Henry Burris to Brett Ralph . Eskimo kicker Sean Fleming kicked a field goal , a single on the ensuing kickoff , and another field goal in the span of 3 : 33 to keep the game close . Burris threw another touchdown late in the quarter to Jeremaine Copeland after penalties to the Eskimos ( A . J . Gass and Kenny Onatolu were ejected ) gave them excellent field position , but the Eskimos responded with a touchdown of their own , a pass from Ricky Ray to Tyler Ebell , before the end of the half . The Eskimos took the lead in the third quarter on a touchdown pass to Kamau Peterson , but Sandro DeAngelis regained the Stampeders ' lead with a field goal and a single . Joffrey Reynolds ran into the end zone for another touchdown to solidify the slim lead , but another touchdown pass to Peterson and field goal by Fleming gave the Eskimos a 32 – 31 lead with only 1 : 38 left in the game . The Eskimos had been in excellent position to score a touchdown after a roughing the kicker penalty put them only 13 yards from the Stampeders end zone with a 1st down , but they were unable to score the major and resorted to Fleming ' s field goal . The inability to score a touchdown in that key moment may have cost the Eskimos the game , as it left the Stampeders in the position to take the lead and win the game with only a safety or field goal . After a final drive to the Eskimos end zone in the last minute of the game the Stampeders offence set up DeAngelis for a 34 - yard field goal attempt with no time left . DeAngelis ' s attempt was good , and the Stampeders won the game 34 – 32 . Week 7 : at Montreal Alouettes . " at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium , Montreal , Quebec " Week 8 : vs . BC Lions . " at McMahon Stadium , Calgary , Alberta " Week 10 : vs . Edmonton Eskimos . " at McMahon Stadium , Calgary , Alberta " Week 11 : at Edmonton Eskimos . " at Commonwealth Stadium , Edmonton , Alberta " Week 12 : vs . Saskatchewan Roughriders . " at McMahon Stadium , Calgary , Alberta " Week 13 : at Hamilton Tiger - Cats . " at Ivor Wynne Stadium , Hamilton , Ontario " Week 14 : at BC Lions . " at BC Place Stadium , Vancouver , British Columbia " Week 15 : vs . Saskatchewan Roughriders . " at McMahon Stadium , Calgary , Alberta " Week 16 : vs . Winnipeg Blue Bombers . " at McMahon Stadium , Calgary , Alberta " Week 17 : at Winnipeg Blue Bombers . " at Canad Inns Stadium , Winnipeg , Manitoba " Week 18 : vs . Montreal Alouettes . " at McMahon Stadium , Calgary , Alberta " Week 19 : at BC Lions . " at BC Place Stadium , Vancouver , British Columbia " Postseason . Western Semi - Final . The Saskatchewan Roughriders rode the foot of Luca Congi and the arm and legs of Kerry Joseph to a 26 – 24 victory over the Calgary Stampeders at Mosaic Stadium . Congi matched a season high and tied a league playoff record with six field goals , while Joseph passed for 395 yards and added another 108 on the ground in the first playoff game in Regina in 19 years . Statistics . Passing . " Note : Att = Attempts ; Comp = Completions ; % = Completions / Attempts ; Avg = Yards / Completion ; Long = Longest Completion ( in yards ) ; Int = Interceptions ; TD = Touchdowns " Receiving . " Note : Rec = Receptions ; Avg = Yards / Reception ; Long = Longest Reception ( yards ) ; TD = Touchdowns " Rushing . " Note : Avg = Yards / Carry ; Long = Longest Carry ( yards ) ; TD = Touchdowns " Kicking . " Note : Att = Attempted field goals ; Good = Good field goals ; Avg = Yards / kick ; Long = Longest kick ( yards ) ; KO = Kickoffs ; Sing = Singles " Defence . " Note : DTkl = Defensive Tackles ; STTkl = Special Teams Tackles ; TotTkl = Total Tackles ; Int = Interceptions ; IntTD = Touchdowns on interceptions ; FumR = Fumble Recoveries ; Forced = Forced fumbles ; FumTD = Touchdowns on fumbles ; KD = Knock Downs "