{"id":679042,"date":"2026-05-19T05:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679042\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T05:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:46:08","slug":"stamps-down-riders-in-pre-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679042\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamps Down Riders In Pre-season Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s3\">The first edition of the Battle of the Prairies kicked off with a bang in some 2026 CFL pre-season action, as the Stamps took down the Roughriders 20-15 at McMahon Stadium on Victoria Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">The Red &amp; White\u2019s defence showed up with three sacks to go along with an interception. They didn\u2019t give up a touchdown until the fourth quarter with five seconds remaining on the clock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WILSON WITH THE PICK \ud83d\ude24 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dt7P38Txjc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Dt7P38Txjc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Stampeders (@calstampeders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calstampeders\/status\/2056456209235124450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">STAT PACK <\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">Vernon Adams Jr. \u2013 3-for-5, 87 yards, TD, INT<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">Josh Love \u2013 5-for-10, 68 yards, 2 carries, 22 yards, TD<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">Jalen Philpot \u2013 two receptions, 83 yards, TD<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">Kayron Lynch-Adams \u2013 two receptions, 34 yards<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">Elijah Hills\u2013 four tackles, one sack<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">LB Kyle Wilson snagged a pick in the first quarter of the game to get the momentum going. On the following drive, pivot Vernon Adams Jr. connected with Jalen Philpot on a deep ball for a 70-yard touchdown and the Stamps never looked back. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FILL THE POT \ud83c\udf6f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IvvZAajiXP\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/IvvZAajiXP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Stampeders (@calstampeders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calstampeders\/status\/2056457523377606733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">Second-year Stamps QB Josh Love entered the game in the second quarter, punching in a touchdown after a six play, 64\u2013yard drive to the house with a minute to go before halftime. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Things we LOVE to see: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4pOdWyOPQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/d4pOdWyOPQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Stampeders (@calstampeders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calstampeders\/status\/2056468449233403960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">The Red &amp; White played four different quarterbacks \u2013 along with Ben Woolridge and Jacolby Criswell\u00a0\u2013 in the tilt giving up only one interception en route to the win. <\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">NEXT UP<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">\u00a0The Stampeders are on the road on Friday, May 29 to take on the Edmonton Elks at Clarke Stadium for their final pre-season contest. <\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">They will return to McMahon Stadium to kick off their home\u2013opener against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on June 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\"><a class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-lg\" style=\"background-color: #c92132 !important; color: white; width: 100%; font-size: 18px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stampeders.com\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first edition of the Battle of the Prairies kicked off with a bang in some 2026 CFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-679042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679042","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=679042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}