Winnipeg gutted out a two-point win in Calgary, surviving a massive Calgary second-quarter explosion to open 2026 1-0.<\/p>\n
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers<\/a> escaped McMahon Stadium with a 30\u201328 win over the Calgary Stampeders<\/a> in a Week 1 slugfest that came down to the wire. Calgary rallied with 21 second-quarter points<\/a> to flip the game on its head, but Winnipeg’s defense clamped down over the final two quarters to hold on. The Bombers move to 1-0 while the Stamps fall to 0-1 to open the 2026 season.<\/p>\n Box Score<\/p>\n Team<\/p>\n Q1<\/p>\n Q2<\/p>\n Q3<\/p>\n Q4<\/p>\n OT<\/p>\n Final<\/p>\n Winnipeg Blue Bombers<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 30<\/p>\n Calgary Stampeders<\/a><\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 21<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n 28<\/p>\n See full player stats and game details<\/a><\/p>\n Game Highlights<\/p>\n Top PerformersWinnipeg Blue BombersCalgary Stampeders<\/p>\n Vernon Adams Jr.<\/a> (QB) \u2014 17\/27, 239 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT; 6 att, 48 yds, 1 TD rushing<\/p>\n Dedrick Mills<\/a> (RB) \u2014 16 att, 112 yds, 1 TD<\/p>\n Jalen Philpot<\/a> (WR) \u2014 5 rec, 96 yds<\/p>\n Erik Brooks<\/a> (WR) \u2014 2 rec, 54 yds, 1 TD<\/p>\n Derrick Moncrief<\/a> (CB) \u2014 6 tackles<\/p>\n Team Stats<\/p>\n Stat<\/p>\n Winnipeg<\/p>\n Calgary<\/p>\n Total Yards<\/p>\n 367<\/p>\n 410<\/p>\n Passing<\/p>\n 17\/28, 233 yds, 1 TD<\/p>\n 17\/27, 239 yds, 1 TD<\/p>\n Rushing<\/p>\n 23 att, 134 yds, 2 TD<\/p>\n 29 att, 171 yds, 3 TD<\/p>\n Turnovers<\/p>\n 1 (1 INT)<\/p>\n 0<\/p>\n Quick Hits<\/p>\n Jake Ceresna was a one-man wrecking crew up front, racking up 3 of Winnipeg’s 4 sacks on the night \u2014 Calgary’s offense had no answer for him.<\/p>\n Calgary outgained Winnipeg 410\u2013367 in total yards and won the turnover battle, yet still lost \u2014 the Stamps will be kicking themselves after this one.<\/p>\n Brady Oliveira topped 100 rushing yards and found the end zone, making him an early fantasy must-start out of Winnipeg’s backfield.<\/p>\n What’s Next<\/p>\n Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1-0) \u2014 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats<\/a>, June 11<\/p>\n Calgary Stampeders (0-1) \u2014 No Week 2 game listed; bye week<\/p>\n CFL Standings<\/a> | Full Schedule<\/a> | League Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n What’s your takeaway? Drop your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg gutted out a two-point win in Calgary, surviving a massive Calgary second-quarter explosion to open 2026 1-0.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-720565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720565","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=720565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}