1996 Calgary Stampeders season

The 1996 Calgary Stampeders finished in first place in the West Division with a 13–5 record. They appeared in the West Final but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	8	Farell Duclair	LB	Concordia
2	17	Rob Robinson	DT	Cincinnati
3	21	Jean-Agnes Charles	DB	Michigan
3	26	Cory Stevens	P/K	Minot State
4	35	Vito Greco	LB/FB	Carleton
5	44	Jung-Yul Kim	OT	Toronto
6	52	David Lane	OL	Simon Fraser

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
A	June 10	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 26–15	1–0	19,214
B	June 14	at BC Lions	W 33–21	2–0

Regular season

Season standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	18	13	5	0	608	375	26
Edmonton Eskimos	18	11	7	0	459	354	22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	9	9	0	421	495	18
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	13	0	360	498	10
BC Lions	18	5	13	0	410	483	10

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	June 23	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 33–13	1–0
2	June 29	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 39–12	2–0
3	July 10	at Montreal Alouettes	W 62–22	3–0
4	July 20	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 40–22	4–0
5	July 27	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 36–38	4–1
6	Aug 5	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 38–11	5–1
7	Aug 10	at BC Lions	W 32–7	6–1
8	Aug 16	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 47–10	7–1
9	Aug 21	vs. BC Lions	W 23–21	8–1
10	Sept 2	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 31–13	9–1
11	Sept 6	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 19–20	9–2
12	Sept 13	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 23–25	9–3
13	Sept 21	at Toronto Argonauts	L 22–23	9–4
14	Sept 27	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 24–17	10–4
15	Oct 5	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 31–24	11–4
16	Oct 14	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 30–23	12–4
17	Oct 27	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 32–41	12–5
18	Nov 3	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 46–23	13–5

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Awards and records

• Jackie Parker Trophy – Kelvin Anderson (RB)

1996 CFL All-Stars

Offence

• OG – Rocco Romano
• OT – Fred Childress

Defence

• CB – Al Jordan
• CB – Marvin Coleman

Special teams

• K – Mark McLoughlin

Western All-Star selections

Offence

• QB – Jeff Garcia
• SB – Allen Pitts
• WR – Terry Vaughn
• OG – Rocco Romano
• OT – Fred Childress

Defence

• DT – Rodney Harding, Calgary Stampeders
• CB – Al Jordan, Calgary Stampeders
• CB – Marvin Coleman, Calgary Stampeders

Special teams

• P – Tony Martino, Calgary Stampeders
• K – Mark McLoughlin, Calgary Stampeders
• ST –Marvin Coleman, Calgary Stampeders

Playoffs

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	6	6	0	3	15
Calgary Stampeders	3	3	3	3	12

References