1991 Calgary Stampeders season

1991 Calgary Stampeders season
Owner	Community Ownership, then Larry Ryckman starting October 23
General manager	Norman Kwong
Head coach	Wally Buono
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	11–7
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup

The 1991 Calgary Stampeders finished in second place in the West Division with an 11–7 record. The Stampeders won their first playoff game(s) since 1979 and also appeared in the Grey Cup game for the first time in 20 years but they lost to the Toronto Argonauts.

The Stampeders had been community owned throughout their history. The team became privately owned when Larry Ryckman purchased it on October 23.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	6	Duane Forde	HB	Western Ontario
2	14	Don Douglas	TE	Western Ontario
3	22	Bob Torrance	QB	Calgary
5	38	Earl Knight	CB	New Mexico State
6	46	Nigel Smith	SB	Concordia
7	54	Dlair Zerr	FB	San Jose State
8	62	Darren Ferner	WR	Northern State

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
A	Wed, June 26	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 49–14	1–0	Taylor Field	20,693
B	Tue, July 2	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 25–21	2–0	McMahon Stadium	32,649

Regular season

Season Standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Edmonton Eskimos	18	12	6	0	24	671	569	7–3	W2	Details
Calgary Stampeders	18	11	7	0	22	596	552	6–4	W1	Details
BC Lions	18	11	7	0	22	661	587	5–5	L1	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	6	12	0	12	606	710	3–7	L2	Details

Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	Thu, July 11	at BC Lions	W 39–34	1–0	BC Place	24,722
2	2	Thu, July 18	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 48–28	2–0	McMahon Stadium	22,055
3	3	Wed, July 24	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 42–28	3–0	Lansdowne Park	18,788
4	4	Fri, Aug 2	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 21–11	4–0	Ivor Wynne Stadium	11,802
5	5	Thu, Aug 8	vs. BC Lions	W 34–30 (OT)	5–0	McMahon Stadium	31,159
6	6	Thu, Aug 15	at BC Lions	W 37–28 (OT)	6–0	BC Place	45,485
7	7	Thu, Aug 22	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 26–39	6–1	McMahon Stadium	27,011
8	8	Tue, Aug 27	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 15–28	6–2	Winnipeg Stadium	29,102
8	9	Mon, Sept 2	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 48–36	7–2	McMahon Stadium	32,511
9	10	Fri, Sept 6	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 37–51	7–3	Commonwealth Stadium	57,843
10	11	Sun, Sept 15	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 33–24	8–3	McMahon Stadium	26,122
11	12	Sun, Sept 22	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 28–17	9–3	McMahon Stadium	21,512
12	13	Sun, Sept 29	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 21–40	9–4	Taylor Field	22,736
13	14	Sun, Oct 6	vs. BC Lions	L 34–49	9–5	McMahon Stadium	21,146
14	15	Sun, Oct 13	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 44–24	10–5	McMahon Stadium	18,761
15	16	Sun, Oct 20	at Toronto Argonauts	L 27–34	10–6	SkyDome	33,590
16	17	Sun, Oct 27	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 23–24	10–7	Commonwealth Stadium	23,391
17	18	Sun, Nov 3	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 39–27	11–7	McMahon Stadium	18,488

Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	10	21	3	7	41
Calgary Stampeders	7	8	28	0	43

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Calgary Stampeders	7	8	3	20	38
Edmonton Eskimos	14	12	7	3	36

Grey Cup

Main article: 79th Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Calgary Stampeders	7	3	4	7	21
Toronto Argonauts	8	3	8	17	36