Calgary Stampeders

Photo: Larry MacDougal/3DownNation. All rights reserved. Bo Levi Mitchell has passed Henry Burris to become the all-time passing yardage leader in Calgary ...

The quarterback passed that mark early in the first quarter with an eight-yard pass to Shawn Bane Jr. He is still 17 majors shy of the all-time passing touchdowns mark. He owns the best winning percentage among starting quarterbacks in league history, winning two Grey Cups with the Stamps and twice taking home the league’s Most Outstanding Player award.

Shawn Bane Jr. had five receptions for 64 yards and a touchdown. Defensively it was Nick Statz, who made his debut at safety and recorded four tackles to go ...

BC went for it on a third-and-two around mid-field on their next drive and hit a 53 yard touchdown through the air to make it a two point game, 33-31. BC moves to 7-1. Another field-goal followed for the Lions after a Stamps fumble to make the score 33-24 early in the fourth quarter. The Lions got on the board with about a minute to go, but it was of the rouge variety after a punt through the endzone to make it 30-18 Stampeders. The Lions seemed to make an adjustment into the second quarter as they found the endzone once again on their next drive as Rourke dove in from one yard out to make the score 23-17 Stampeders. The Stamps fell in a heartbreaker 41-40 to the Lions to drop to 5-3 on the season.

For the second consecutive week, BC quarterback Nathan Rourke broke his own record and career-high in total passing yards, completing 39 of his 53 attempts for ...

BC was forced to settle for a field goal as Whyte made his 23-yard attempt, cutting the Stamps lead to nine points. Rourke heaved a deep pass downfield, connecting with Burnham for a 53-yard touchdown, cutting the Calgary lead to two-points. The Calgary kicker connected on a 33-yard attempt for this third made field goal of the game, pushing his team’s lead to 13. A 21-yard pass from Rourke found Rhymes in the end zone for what appeared to be their second touchdown connection of the evening. However, offensive pass interference was ruled on the play, forcing the Lions to settle for a 38-yard field goal from Whyte. Needing just five plays to find the end zone, Mitchell completed a 24-yard touchdown pass to Bane pushing the Calgary lead back to 13. Orimolade would return the interception 28-yard for a touchdown, helping his team to a 20-3 lead early in the second quarter. Despite facing the 17-point lead that Calgary had built, the Lions showed no signs of wavering as Rourke led his team on a touchdown drive that needed just five plays. Paredes split the uprights on a deep 53-yard field goal attempt, tying his career-long and pushing the Stampeders lead to 10-points. The Lions would still manage points as kicker Sean Whyte made good on a 19-yard attempt to open the scoring and give his team and early three-point lead BC was able to recover the loose ball, giving their offence a fresh set of downs on the Calgary 28-yard line. The win pushes BC to a 7-1 record and they retain their hold over second place in the West Division standings.

Lead by yet another jaw-dropping performance from Canadian superstar Nathan Rourke, the Lions made a statement with a 46-14 win over the Edmonton Elks in ...

Getting to BC’s Rourke and making him uncomfortable in the pocket will significantly help in limiting the Lions offence. The Stampeders are looking for a similar effort from Week 9. However, getting into the Lions backfield won’t be easy as the BC offesnive line has allowed a league low seven sacks. The Lions offence is a tight knit group both on and off the field. There’s not much to dislike when your defence surrenders just a single field goal over 60 minutes of football in the previous week. However, that’s something the Stamps aren’t used to, in what has proven to be a tough West Division. This is a stream of the topflight TSN network television broadcast. Defensive back Marcus Sayles and linebacker Jordan Williams lead the Leos with 27 defensive tackles. If those three receivers don’t provide enough of a test for the Stampeders, Bryan Burnham also returned last week. The return of Burnham is a welcome sight for a Lions offence that prepares for a stout Stampeders secondary. While adding another rushing touchdown with his legs, pushing his total to six on the evening. While Keon Hatcher had 88 receiving yards in the game.

For the second consecutive week, BC quarterback Nathan Rourke broke his own record and career-high in total passing yards, completing 39 of his 53 attempts for ...

BC was forced to settle for a field goal as Whyte made his 23-yard attempt, cutting the Stamps lead to nine points. Rourke heaved a deep pass downfield, connecting with Burnham for a 53-yard touchdown, cutting the Calgary lead to two-points. The Calgary kicker connected on a 33-yard attempt for this third made field goal of the game, pushing his team’s lead to 13. A 21-yard pass from Rourke found Rhymes in the end zone for what appeared to be their second touchdown connection of the evening. However, offensive pass interference was ruled on the play, forcing the Lions to settle for a 38-yard field goal from Whyte. Needing just five plays to find the end zone, Mitchell completed a 24-yard touchdown pass to Bane pushing the Calgary lead back to 13. Orimolade would return the interception 28-yard for a touchdown, helping his team to a 20-3 lead early in the second quarter. Despite facing the 17-point lead that Calgary had built, the Lions showed no signs of wavering as Rourke led his team on a touchdown drive that needed just five plays. Paredes split the uprights on a deep 53-yard field goal attempt, tying his career-long and pushing the Stampeders lead to 10-points. The Lions would still manage points as kicker Sean Whyte made good on a 19-yard attempt to open the scoring and give his team and early three-point lead BC was able to recover the loose ball, giving their offence a fresh set of downs on the Calgary 28-yard line. The win pushes BC to a 7-1 record and they retain their hold over second place in the West Division standings.

The Calgary Stampeders have found themselves losing in close games against Lions, Blue Bombers.

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Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke recovered from two early interceptions that the Stampeders converted to touchdowns, scored two rushing touchdowns, and threw for ...

The Paredes closed out the drive with a 28-yard field goal. The Stampeders fought back with 3 points on the ensuing drive. Rourke beat Lucky Whitehead in the end zone to force White to score a 23-yard field goal. Gary Peters recovered at his 35-yard line, but the Lions ended up scoring his 3-pointer on White’s 19-yard boot. He performed well from 38 yards on the , reducing the deficit. Rourke engineered a 9-play, 86-yard drive to put White in field goal range.

University of Calgary alumnus Jalen Philpot scored his first CFL touchdown, as did defensive lineman Folarin Orimolade on an interception return for Calgary.

Whyte was good from 38 yards midway through the quarter to cut the deficit. "It wasn't pretty by any means but we found a way to win, but I'm proud of the guys for staying together and finding a way," Rourke said. "I'm just excited to be a part of it." After Nick Statz picked off Rourke on B.C.'s second drive of the game, Mitchell's second pass was a 19-yard throw to Philpot in the end zone to score. After Orimolade's pick-six, Rourke quickly marched the Lions downfield and threw a 30-yard pass to Rhymes in the end zone to score. Rourke scored his first rushing touchdown of the night with a one-yard plunge in the second quarter. "We had in our mind around 51, 52 maxed out. "I get nervous anything 50-plus especially with their returner back there," Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson explained. Calgary parlayed a pair of Rourke interceptions into a 20-3 lead by the first minute of the second quarter, when Orimolade ran his first career pick back 28 yards to score. "Bad penalties, bad decisions. You score 40 points, you can't lose a game." After two straight games without a touchdown pass, Mitchell threw two Saturday. The Stampeders quarterback completed 18 of 32 pass attempts for 206 yards and was interception-free, but he was unhappy with Calgary's inability to finish the Lions off.

Canadian pivot Nathan Rourke has been a dominant force in his first season as a starter, throwing for 2,418 yards, 21 touchdowns and just six interceptions ...

While Rourke has one year remaining on his rookie contract with the Lions, insiders expect him to receive significant NFL interest in the offseason. We want to get up on them early and keep it that way.” Rourke may well get that chance, as he is currently on pace to reach heights Mitchell has never come close to. While some want to take the cautious approach before anointing a player with so little experience, he is firmly on the Rourke bandwagon. Neither compares to Rourke’s domination and the 32-year-old sits well behind the youngster with just 1,655 passing yards and seven touchdowns on the season. The Canadian is projected to become the first passer to cross the 6,000-yard threshold since 2004 and could shatter the CFL records for both passing touchdowns and completion percentage in a season.

Nathan Rourke throws for two touchdowns to lead the B.C. Lions to a 41-40 victory over the Calgary Stampeders.

They gave Rourke the chances he needed and he got the job done. Again, this was a game where momentum genuinely seemed to just go wherever it pleased, and the Lions responded to Logan’s big moment by going back to Burnham for an impossible-to-describe catch and then handing the ball to Rourke to run it into the endzone. And then, Logan worked his magic and the whole game seemed to flip on its head – and not for the last time.The Stamps returner took the Lions kickoff deep in his own territory and ran like there was nobody else on the field. It felt almost inevitable that the Lions were going to complete the comeback. Once there, Mitchell did the rest, connecting with Shawn Bane in the endzone for a 24-yard TD. A field goal put the Stamps up 23-10, but Rourke had found his confidence. If he was rattled at all by the two interceptions he’d thrown, it didn’t show. They dropped extra guys into coverage and closed-up space between the Lions receivers. I know the road gets harder because of the loss.” Against a potent offence like the Lions, that was never a recipe for winning. That only made the second half feel worse. The Calgary Stampeders had a defensive gameplan that seemed to throw B.C. Lions superstar Nathan Rourke off his game for a little while.

The West Division clash between the Calgary Stampeders and B.C. Lions on Saturday felt exactly like one of those segments by the time the final whistle sounded ...

That didn’t mean that Dickenson considered sending Paredes out for what would have been a 55-yard try late in the fourth, instead utilizing Cody Grace to try and bury the Lions deep. Otherwise, they might find themselves facing down a crossover berth as the Riders are now just a half-game back at 5-4. Given what Mills has done, I was shocked to see him not get the ball late with the game on the line and time winding down. He bobbled another kick return later where he was lucky not to duplicate that result. In the next four games, we’ve seen a 52 percent rate and 187 yards on average. He would finish with 141 total return yards on just three kicks. I feel like it was a good play, but we just didn’t stop them.” Through the first four games of the year, Mitchell averaged a 69 percent completion rate and 278 yards passing. “I felt like we had a good plan. We had in our mind 51 or 52 yards maxed out [distance]. We did hit one because the wind shifted,” the coach explained. I think they were on the field way too much,” he said. I didn’t even really think about it at that time.