{"id":226444,"date":"2025-10-20T08:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/226444\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:27:25","slug":"stamps-impress-very-much-calgary-stampeders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/226444\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamps Impress Very Much &#8211; Calgary Stampeders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian country music icon Shania Twain and the Stampeders gave fans at McMahon Stadium more than enough \u201cprerogative to have a little fun\u201d on Saturday night!<\/p>\n<p>Twain got the party started as she took Quick 6 for a ride during the pre-game warmups and the Stamps did the rest.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary\u2019s offence was rolling in their regular-season home finale en route to their second-straight win with a 44-13 victory over the Toronto Argonauts. QB Vernon Adams Jr. reached the 20,000 passing yard mark to become the 39th player overall in league history to achieve the feat.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary improves to 10-7 and are tied with the BC Lions for second place in the CFL West Division heading into the final week of regular season action.<\/p>\n<p>The win ensures the Stampeders will not crossover to the East Division and will play against the Lions or Bombers in the Western-Semi Final.<\/p>\n<p>STAT PACK\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vernon Adams Jr. \u2013 12-for-14, 213 yards, three touchdowns<\/p>\n<p>Dedrick Mills \u2013 14 carries, 115 yards, one touchdown, two receptions, 62 yards<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Philpot \u2013 six receptions, 98 yards, one touchdown<\/p>\n<p>Dominique Rhymes \u2013 one reception, 55 yards, one touchdown<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019ll see you in 2026 for the 113th <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GreyCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#GreyCup<\/a> in Calgary!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calstampeders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@calstampeders<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSN_Sports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TSN_Sports<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#CFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QrTjJ2ycXc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QrTjJ2ycXc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CFL (@CFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFL\/status\/1979708391607115803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Stampeders got off to a quick start thanks to Adrian Greene making a huge pick-six off a pass attempt from Argos pivot Jarrett Doege. Greene took it 64-yards to the house for a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter. It was the Toronto native\u2019s second pick-six against his hometown team this season, the first coming in Week 2 at BMO Field.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AG TO THE HOUSE \ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LPThMLBJil\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/LPThMLBJil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Stampeders (@calstampeders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calstampeders\/status\/1979687327980302445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Argos offence had momentum until a Charles Wiley sack sent their offence of the field and forced Argos kicker Liriam Harjullahu to boot a 56-yard field-goal to cut the score to 7-3.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the quarter the Stampeders offence began to hum after a 31-yard completion to Dedrick Mills. A couple plays later Adams connected with Dominique Rhymes for a 55-yard touchdown to put the Red &amp; White up 14-3 with 4:30 remaining in the 1st quarter. With that TD throw Adams Jr. surpassed 20,000+ CFL passing yards!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">VA \u27a1\ufe0f DR \ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ilr8qYjMv8\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Ilr8qYjMv8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Stampeders (@calstampeders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calstampeders\/status\/1979693306947965105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toronto\u2019s offence gained some traction towards the end of the first quarter, but the Argos opted for another Harjullahu field-goal to cut the lead to 14-6.<\/p>\n<p>The Stamps were rolling in their first drive of the second quarter with an eight-play, 91-yard drive that concluded with a three-yard touchdown pass to Tevin Jones to extend the lead to 21-6.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JONES TOUCHDOOOWN \ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9BK4bos8kc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9BK4bos8kc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Stampeders (@calstampeders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calstampeders\/status\/1979699281297809641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Argos offence tried to answer with a march of their own, but a couple of intentional grounding calls on Doege forced them to kick a field-goal to shorten the Stamps lead to 21-7.<\/p>\n<p>The following drive the Red and White got up the field quickly into Argos territory thanks to a couple nice passes from Adams and a rush from Mills. To cap it off, Adams found Jalen Philpot in the endzone for a 7-yard touchdown to extend the lead to 28-7 at half.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PHILPOT IN THE ENDZONE \ud83d\udca5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MUwImteVjh\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/MUwImteVjh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Stampeders (@calstampeders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calstampeders\/status\/1979703795610489256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the third quarter the Stampeders offensive onslaught continued. A seven-play drive capped off by a 1-yard Mills rushing TD got the Stamps rolling to a 35-7 lead.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MILLS IS IN FOR A TD \ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k7C9ScZc00\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/k7C9ScZc00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Stampeders (@calstampeders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calstampeders\/status\/1979712763753853094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Toronto\u2019s next offensive drive, pivot Tucker Horn came in for Doege to spark some offence. The Stampeders were able to take advantage as Godfrey Onyeka intercepted a pass from Horn for 14-yards to put the Red and White right back on offence. The following drive, kicker Rene Paredes nailed a 49-yard field-goal to stretch the lead to 38-7 heading into the final frame.<\/p>\n<p>The Stampeders swapped out Adams with backup quarterback Josh Love at the start of the fourth quarter and Paredes managed to kick a couple field-goals in the frame. There was no coming back for the Double Blue as Calgary closed out the game 44-13.<\/p>\n<p>NEXT UP<\/p>\n<p>The Stampeders are on the road for a Battle of Alberta with the Edmonton Elks on Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. MT at Commonwealth Stadium. Calgary can clinch a home playoff date for the Western-Semi Final with a win over their provincial rivals and a BC Lions loss.<\/p>\n<p>                                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadian country music icon Shania Twain and the Stampeders gave fans at McMahon Stadium more than enough \u201cprerogative&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-226444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}