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The Stampeders have an all-time record of 33-11 (regular and post-season) while wearing their black jerseys, good for a .750 winning percentage.

The Stamps were the first Canadian Football League team to introduce a permanent third jersey when they unveiled black jerseys for the Labour Day Classic on Sept. 6, 1994. They capped the occasion with a 48-15 win over Edmonton.

Calgary played its first black-jersey playoff game in the 1998 West Division final and defeated Edmonton. A week later, while again sporting black, the Stamps beat Hamilton 26-24 in the Grey Cup.

The mystique of the third top continued a year later. The Stamps warmed up for a regular-season game against the BC Lions in their traditional red tops, but when the team was introduced, players ran out of the locker-room wearing a re-designed black jersey. The Stamps went on to defeat the Lions 14-1, marking their sixth straight victory in black and improving their regular-season record to 11-4 in an alternate black jersey. The streak ended at eight games with a loss in the 2000 West final.

As part of a league-wide initiative, the Stamps unveiled new Reebok jerseys in 2005 and wore the revamped black alternate jersey on Sept. 5 — a 25-23 loss to Edmonton. Updated black jerseys were released in 2014.

In June 2011, the Stamps introduced a new black helmet to wear during road games. The black helmets were dropped prior to the 2019 season when the league introduced a one-shell rule.

History of the black jersey

 

Regular season
Year Date Opp. Score Result
1994 Sept. 6 Edm. 48-15 Win
1995 Oct. 22 Ssk. 18-15 Win
1996 Oct. 14 Tor. 30-23 Win
1997 Sept. 1 Edm. 27-14 Win
1998 Sept. 7 Edm. 26-8 Win
1999 Oct. 24 BC 14-1 Win
2002 Oct. 18 Wpg. 20-35 Loss
2003 Sept. 6 Edm. 7-25 Loss
2004 Oct. 16 Tor. 29-11 Win
2005 Sept. 5 Edm. 23-25 Loss
2005 Oct. 1 Mtl. 11-32 Loss
2006 Sept. 15 Wpg. 43-9 Win
2007 Sept. 3 Edm. 35-24 Win
2008 Oct. 13 Ssk. 42-5 Win
2009 Sept. 7 Edm. 32-8 Win
2010 Sept. 6 Edm. 52-5 Win
2011 Sept. 5 Edm. 7-35 Loss
2012 Sept. 3 Edm 31-30 Win
2013 Sept. 2 Edm. 37-34 Win
2014 Sept. 1 Edm. 28-13 Win
2014 Nov. 1 Wpg. 13-18 Loss
2015 Sept. 7 Edm. 16-7 Win
2015 Oct. 31 Ssk. 42-19 Win
2016 Sept. 5 Edm. 45-24 Win
2016 Oct. 21 Tor. 31-13 Win
2017 Sept. 4 Edm. 39-18 Win
2017 Oct. 20 Ssk. 30-7 Loss
2018 Sept. 3 Edm. 23-20 Win
2018 Oct. 21 Sask. 24-29 Loss
2019 Sept. 2 Edm. 25-9 Win
2019 Oct. 11 Sask. 30-28 Win
2021 Sept. 6 Edm. 20-23 Loss

 

Post-season
Year Game Date Opp. Score Result
1998 West Final Nov. 15 Edm. 33-10 Win
1998 Grey Cup Nov. 22 Ham. 26-24 Win
1999 West Semi-final Nov. 14 Edm. 30-17 Win
2000 West Final Nov. 19 BC 23-37 Loss
2008 West Final Nov. 15 BC 22-18 Win
2009 West Semi-final Nov. 15 Edm. 24-21 Win
2010 West Final Nov. 21 Ssk. 16-20 Loss
2014 West Final Nov. 23 Edm. 43-18 Win
2015 West Semi-final Nov. 15 BC 35-9 Win
2016 West Final Nov. 20 BC 42-15 Win
2017 West final Nov. 19 Edm. 32-28 Win
2018 West final Nov. 18 Wpg. 22-14 Win