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October 14, 2017

About Last Night…

Here’s a closer at the Stamps’ 28-25 victory in Hamilton on Friday night:

Nothing unlucky about 13

The Stampeders picked up their 13th win of the season, and they did it on Friday the 13th, no less.

And, while we’re on the theme of that particular number, let’s take note of the fact that this is the 13th year in franchise history Calgary has won at least 13 regular-season games.

The Stamps have won at least 13 games the past five seasons and have accomplished the feat seven times in a decade since John Hufnagel became general manager.

Eyeing the title

Friday’s last-gasp win puts the Stamps within one step of clinching first place.

Calgary needs to win one of its final three games – or for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to lose one of their final four contests – to lock up top spot.

The Stamps are looking for the 20th regular-season division championship in their history.

Heaven eleven

For the fourth time in franchise history, the Stamps have an 11-game regular-season winning streak.

Calgary holds the CFL record of 22 straight wins – set in 1948 and 1949 – and had a 14-game winning streak a season ago. The Red and White also won their final game of 1992 before starting the 1993 season with a 10-game winning streak.

Four of the nine winning streaks of at least 11 games in CFL history belong to the Stamps as well as three of the five runs of 11 wins or more within the same season.

Rene kicks the Cats

Rene Paredes’ tie-breaking field goal with zeroes on the clock Friday represented the fifth final-play game-winning three-pointer of his career.

Coincidentally, three of those buzzer-beaters have come against the Tiger-Cats including a pair of Tim Hortons Field.

Paredes’ final-play game-winning field goals:

  • Nov. 2, 2012, at Edmonton (44 yards for a 30-27 win)
  • June 26, 2015, vs Hamilton (50 yards for a 24-23 win)
  • Oct. 2, 2015, at Hamilton (37 yards for a 23-20 win)
  • Sept. 24, 2016, vs Winnipeg (52 yards for 36-34 win)
  • Oct. 13, 2017, at Hamilton (17 yards for a 28-25 win)

 

Dave piling up the wins

Calgary’s Dave Dickenson keeps adding to his record for most victories by a head coach in his first two seasons.

Dickenson is now 28-3-2 through the first 33 games of his head-coaching career for a winning percentage of .879. He’s well ahead of Edmonton’s Frank Ivy (1954-55) and Winnipeg’s Bud Grant (1957-58) who had 25-7 records and a .781 winning percentage on their first two seasons on the job.

Feasting on the East

Calgary improves its record against the East Division since 2012 to 36-7-2.

The Stampeders are also 13-0-2 in their 15 most recent regular-season meetings against the CFL’s three Ontario-based teams – Hamilton, Toronto and Ottawa.

Mitchell tames Tabbies again

Bo Levi Mitchell remains perfect in his career against Hamilton. He sports a 9-0 mark against the Ticats in regular-season action and, including the 2014 Grey Cup, Mitchell is 10-0 against the Men of Steeltown.

The six-year vet from Katy, Tex., is also unbeaten against Toronto (8-0) and Saskatchewan (7-0) during his career.

Mitchell’s career record improves to 56-8-2 for a CFL-best .864 winning percentage.

Four grand, times three

Bo Levi Mitchell has cracked the 4,000 mark in passing yards for the season.

He becomes just the fourth Stamp to hit the 4,000-yard in three separate seasons, joining Henry Burris (who did it six times), Doug Flutie and Jeff Garcia.

The Stamps, bye and large

The Stamps have extended their winning streak when coming off a bye week.

Calgary is 16-0 when returning from a week off since the 2005 season including 10-0 on the road.

The Red and White have outscored the opposition 567-346 in those 16 victories.

Something special

The combination of Terry Williams and William Langlais gave the Stamps’ punt-return teams its sixth touchdown of the season.

After five scores on actual returns – three by Roy Finch and two by Tunde Adeleke – the Stamps picked up a major on a block on Friday.

First, Williams roared in to smother the first punt attempt in the CFL career of Ticats newcomer Kenny Allen. After Williams failed to get a handle on the loose ball, Langlais pounced and fell into the end zone for the first touchdown of his CFL career.