2012 Calgary Stampeders season

2012 Calgary Stampeders season
Owner	Calgary Sports and Entertainment
General manager	John Hufnagel
President	Lyle Bauer
Head coach	John Hufnagel
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	12–6
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
Team MOP	Jon Cornish
Team MOC	Jon Cornish
Team MOR	Chris Randle
Uniform

The 2012 Calgary Stampeders season was the 55th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 74th overall. The Stampeders finished in second place in the West Division with a 12–6 record. The Stampeders won the West Semi-Final over the Saskatchewan Roughriders by a score of 36–30, earning their first playoff victory over Saskatchewan since 1994. The Stampeders then traveled to Vancouver and upset the 1st place BC Lions 34–29, advancing to the Grey Cup game. Calgary were the Grey Cup favourites by two points, but they lost 35–22 to the hometown Toronto Argonauts.

Offseason

CFL Draft

The 2012 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2012. The Stampeders had eight selections in the six-round draft, after trading away their second round pick and acquiring additional picks in the third, fourth, and sixth rounds.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	5	Ameet Pall	DL	Wofford
3	15	Keenan MacDougall	DB	Saskatchewan
3	19	Billy Peach	OL	Jacksonville
4	27	Bradley Erdos	OL	Simon Fraser
4	30	Adam Berger	DB	Simon Fraser
5	31	Mike Filer	OL	Mount Allison
6	43	Jordan Spence	DL	Eastern Oregon
6	45	Wilkerson Desouza	LB	Toronto Varsity Blues

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	Fri, June 15	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	20–17	Win	23,629	1–0
B	Fri, June 22	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	33–31	Win	30,998	2–0

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	18	13	5	0	481	354	26	Details
Calgary Stampeders	18	12	6	0	534	431	24	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	8	10	0	457	409	16	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	18	7	11	0	422	450	14	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Sun, July 1	vs. Montreal Alouettes	38–10	Win	26,387	1–0
2	Sat, July 7	at Toronto Argonauts	39–36	Loss	20,682	1–1
3	Thurs, July 12	at Montreal Alouettes	33–32	Loss	21,074	1–2
4	Thurs, July 19	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	41–38 (OT)	Win	32,228	2–2
5	Sat, July 28	vs. BC Lions	34–8	Loss	27,968	2–3
6	Bye					2–3
7	Thurs, Aug 9	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	31–20	Win	22,635	3–3
8	Sat, Aug 18	vs. Toronto Argonauts	22–14	Loss	28,246	3–4
9	Sat, Aug 25	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	17–10	Win	33,427	4–4
10	Mon, Sept 3	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	31–30	Win	32,102	5–4
11	Fri, Sept 7	at Edmonton Eskimos	20–18	Win	39,363	6–4
12	Fri, Sept 14	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	44–3	Win	28,247	7–4
13	Sun, Sept 23	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–25	Loss	33,427	7–5
14	Fri, Sept 28	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	39–15	Win	29,290	8–5
15	Sat, Oct 6	at BC Lions	27–22	Loss	31,347	8–6
16	Sat, Oct 13	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	32–21	Win	25,462	9–6
17	Sat, Oct 20	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34–32	Win	26,502	10–6
18	Fri, Oct 26	vs. BC Lions	41–21	Win	27,014	11–6
19	Fri, Nov 2	at Edmonton Eskimos	30–27	Win	21,147	12–6

Playoffs

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
20	West Semi-Final	Nov 11	2:30 PM MST	Saskatchewan Roughriders	36–30	Win	30,027
21	West Final	Nov 18	2:30 PM MST	at BC Lions	34–29	Win	43,216
21	Grey Cup	Nov 25	4:00 PM MST	Toronto Argonauts	35–22	Loss	53,208

West Semi-Final

Saskatchewan at Calgary

1 2 3 4 Total Roughriders 3 13 0 14 30 • Stampeders 0 19 7 10 36 Date: November 11 Location: McMahon Stadium Calgary, AB Game start: 2:30 PM MST Game attendance: 30,027 Game weather: Partly Cloudy; -3°C; wind 12 km/h SW Referee: Al Bradbury TV announcers (TSN): Rod Black (Play by Play), Duane Forde (Colour), Lee Jones (Sideline)

West Final

Calgary at BC

1 2 3 4 Total • Stampeders 14 3 14 3 34 Lions 7 9 0 13 29 Date: November 18 Location: BC Place Stadium Vancouver, BC Game start: 2:30 PM MST Game attendance: 43,216 Game weather: None (Retractable roof closed) TV announcers (TSN): Chris Cuthbert (Play by Play), Glen Suitor (Colour), Farhan Lalji (Sideline), Ryan Rishaug (Sideline)

Grey Cup

Calgary vs. Toronto

1 2 3 4 Total Stampeders 3 3 5 11 22 • Argonauts 7 17 3 8 35 Date: November 25 Location: Rogers Centre Toronto, ON Game start: 4:00 PM MST Game attendance: 53,208 Game weather: None (Retractable roof closed) TV announcers (TSN): Chris Cuthbert (Play by Play), Glen Suitor (Colour), Farhan Lalji (Sideline), Sara Orlesky (Sideline)

External links

• 2012 Calgary Stampeders at Official Site