2008 Calgary Stampeders season

2008 Calgary Stampeders season
Head coach	John Hufnagel
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	13–5–0
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform

The 2008 Calgary Stampeders season was the 51st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 70th overall. The Stampeders finished in 1st place in the West division, won the West Final and played in the 96th Grey Cup in Montreal. The Stampeders defeated the hometown Montreal Alouettes to win their 6th Grey Cup championship.

Offseason

Transactions

April 24, 2008 – Montreal native Kevin Challenger signed with the Calgary Stampeders on Friday April 25. The former Boston College star was eligible for the NFL Draft but Challenger was ranked number 108 among NCAA receivers. Challenger spent five years at Boston College and was a starter the 2006 and 2007 seasons.^[1]
May 27, 2008 – Calgary Stampeders head coach/GM John Hufnagel traded Duncan Mahony to the Edmonton Eskimos. Calgary received a conditional draft pick for the 31-year-old O'Mahony.^[2]

CFL Draft

In the 2008 CFL Draft, 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.^[3] The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN.ca with host Rod Black.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	2	Dimitri Tsoumpas	OL	Weber State
1	3	Jesse Newman	OL	Louisiana-Lafayette
2	16	Fernand Kashama	DE	Western Michigan
3	27	Ronald Hilaire	DL	Buffalo
5	35	Jon Gott	OL	Boise State
6	43	Jonathan Lapointe	FB	Montreal

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 13	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	39–14	Win	27,580	1–0
B	June 19	at BC Lions	39–35	Loss	26,242	1–1

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Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Y-Calgary Stampeders	18	13	5	0	595	420	26	Details
X-Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	12	6	0	500	471	24	Details
X-BC Lions	18	11	7	0	559	479	22	Details
X-Edmonton Eskimos	18	10	8	0	512	536	20	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	June 26	vs. BC Lions	28–18	Win	30,159	1–0
2	July 3	at Edmonton Eskimos	34–31	Loss	32,706	1–1
3	July 10	at Montreal Alouettes	23–19	Win	20,202	2–1
4	July 17	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	43–16	Win	31,116	3–1
5	July 24	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	32–28	Loss	26,882	3–2
6	August 2	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	22–21	Loss	35,650	3–3
7	August 7	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–25	Win	28,800	4–3
8	Bye					4–3
9	August 22	at BC Lions	36–29	Win	34,221	5–3
10	September 1	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	37–16	Loss	35,650	5–4
11	September 5	at Edmonton Eskimos	38–33	Win	46,014	6–4
12	September 12	vs. Montreal Alouettes	41–30	Win	30,960	7–4
13	September 20	vs. Toronto Argonauts	34–4	Win	33,135	8–4
14	September 27	at Toronto Argonauts	44–16	Win	29,672	9–4
15	October 3	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	37–34	Loss	30,945	9–5
16	October 13	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	42–5	Win	35,650	10–5
17	October 18	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	37–16	Win	30,110	11–5
18	October 24	at Hamilton Tiger Cats	28–17	Win	20,614	12–5
19	November 1	vs. BC Lions	41–30	Win	30,275	13–5

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Roster

Calgary Stampeders roster

Quarterbacks

1 Henry Burris QB
4 Will Proctor QB
7 Ben Sankey QB
17 Barrick Nealy QB

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

2 JoJuan Armour OLB
23 Shannon James OLB
37 Marc Calixte OLB
39 Charleston Hughes LB
43 Saleem Rasheed MLB
44 Justin Phillips LB
48 Juwan Simpson LB

Defensive Backs

14 Milton Collins DB
25 Keon Raymond DB
27 Brandon Browner CB
28 Brandon Smith HB
29 Dwaine Carpenter DB
31 Wes Lysack S
33 Dwight Anderson CB
35 Lenny Walls DB
88 Markus Howell CB/WR

Special Teams

12 Sandro DeAngelis Kicker
16 Burke Dales Punter

Injured

Practice Roster

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2008-10-24
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active, 11 Inactive, 7 PS

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Player stats

Passing

Player	Att	Comp	%	Yards	TD	INT	Rating
Henry Burris	591	381	64.5	5093	39	14	103.8
Dave Dickenson	9	5	55.6	79	0	0	85.0
Will Proctor	1	1	100.0	49	0	0	158.3
Barrick Nealy	12	5	41.7	32	0	0	47.9
Jermaine Copeland	1	1	100.0	16	0	0	152.1

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Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Avg	TD	Fumbles
Joffrey Reynolds	227	1310	5.8	10	4
Henry Burris	87	595	6.8	3	9
Jon Cornish	30	254	8.5	1	0
Demetris Summers	19	121	6.4	1	1
Barrick Nealy	9	112	12.4	3	1

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Receiving

Player	No.	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Ken-Yon Rambo	100	1473	14.7	81	8
Nikolas Lewis	87	1109	12.7	85	10
Jermaine Copeland	52	763	14.7	60	7

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Awards and records

Henry Burris, Led West Division, Passing Touchdowns (39)
Henry Burris, Led West Division, Passer Rating (103.8)^[5]
Joffrey Reynolds, CFL Rushing Champion, 1310 Yards^[6]
Joffrey Reynolds, Led CFL, Rushing Attempts (227)
John Hufnagel, Annis Stukus Trophy winner as the CFL's coach of the year.^[8]

All-Star Selections

Brandon Browner, Western Division All-Star, Defence
Henry Burris, Western Division All-Star, Offence
Sandro DeAngelis, Western Division All-Star, Special Teams
Rob Lazeo, Western Division All-Star, Offence
Ken-Yon Rambo, Western Division All-Star, Offence
Joffrey Reynolds, Western Division All-Star, Offence

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Playoffs

Game	Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
West Final	November 15	2:30 PM MST	vs. BC Lions	22-18	Win	35,650
Grey Cup	November 23	4:00 PM MST	Montreal Alouettes	22-14	Win	66,308

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West Final

Date and time: Saturday, November 15, 2:30 PM Mountain Standard Time
Venue: McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	6	6	3	3	18
Calgary Stampeders	0	9	6	7	22

Grey Cup

Date and time: Sunday, November 23, 4:00 PM Mountain Standard Time
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Calgary Stampeders	0	10	6	6	22
Montreal Alouettes	3	10	1	0	14

References

↑ CANOE – SLAM! Sports – CFL – Calgary: Stampeders sign Boston College receiver
↑ CANOE – SLAM! Sports – CFL – Calgary: Kicked to the curb
↑ "Draft List for Year 2008" (PDF). Canadian Football League. 2008-01-28. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
1 2 3 2008 CFL Schedule
1 2 http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Passing/year/2008/
1 2 http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2008/
↑ http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2008/
↑ "Hufnagel named CFL's top coach". CBC Sports. 2009-03-03. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
↑ http://www.cfl.ca/article/2008-east-west-division-all-stars

2008 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Toronto Winnipeg

See also	2008 CFL Draft 96th Grey Cup

Calgary Stampeders seasons

1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory.

Calgary Stampeders

Founded in 1935 Based in Calgary, Alberta

Franchise	Records Seasons Head coaches Mascot

Stadiums	Mewata Stadium McMahon Stadium

Lore	Labour Day Classic Battle of Alberta Norman Kwong Perfect season

Important figures	Willie Burden Tom Forzani Doug Flutie Dean Griffing Wayne Harris Herman Harrison John Helton John Hufnagel Jerry Keeling Earl "The Earthquake" Lunsford Don Luzzi Tony Pajaczkowski Allen Pitts Rocco Romano Paul Rowe Harvey Wylie

Retired numbers	5 10 13 18 22 55 67 75

Key personnel	Owners: Calgary Flames Limited Partnership, John Forzani, Ted Hellard and Doug Mitchell. Coach and General Manager: John Hufnagel

Grey Cup championships (7)	1948 1971 1992 1998 2001 2008 2014

Western Division championships (15)	1948 1949 1968 1970 1971 1991 1992 1995 1998 1999 2001 2008 2012 2014 2016

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

Calgary Stampeders 96th Grey Cup champions

Head Coach John Hufnagel

Assistant Coaches Cornell Brown
Corey Chamblin
George Cortez
Pete Costanza
Craig Dickenson
Mark Kilam
Chris Jones
Kris Sweet
General Manager John Hufnagel
Owner Tom Forzani

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