Canadian rock band The Northern Pikes were the halftime act for Thursday Night Football at McMahon Stadium.

The band, of course, is best known for their hit She Ain’t Pretty, which they sang for the crowd of more than 23,000 as part of their set at the break.

When it came to the game on the field between the Stampeders and visiting Toronto Argonauts, it wasn’t always pretty, either.

In a tilt full of interceptions (seven total, five for the Stamps), fumbles, broken plays and 20 penalties (two declined), the homeside still got the job done, improving to 3-2 with a 26-16 victory over the still winless Argos (0-5)

Juwan Brescacin was the star of the night for the offence, hauling in two touchdown catches.

Cory Greenwood was a monster on the other side of the ball, with one interception, one fumble recovery, one forced fumble and five tackles.

Veteran defensive back Brandon Smith – who returned to the lineup after missing two games due to injury – set the tone early.

Smith picked off a McLeod Bethel-Thompson pass that was intended for SJ Green, leading to the Stamps opening score.

The Argos had got on the board first, with Tyler Crapigna booting a 50-yard field-goal for the early lead.

But after Smith’s interception near midfield, Stamps pivot Nick Arbuckle – starting again in place of the injured Bo Levi Mitchell – led his team on a quick three-play, 43-yard drive to paydirt before the end of the first quarter.

He hooked up with Markeith Ambles and Ka’Deem Carey on short passes, before hitting a sweeping Brescacin on a two-yard pass and he legged it another 18 yards getting the edge on a trio of Toronto defenders to beat them to the endzone.

A 30-yard Rene Paredes field-goal and a single from a Rob Maver punt extended the lead to 11-3.

Arbuckle’s three-yard run on a third and inches set the Stamps up for another score, but the pivot threw an interception in the endzone, picked off by Alden Darby.

Bethel-Thompson then marched his club on a seven-play, 85-yard drive as time expired in the half, finding Derel Walker for the major.

They went for a two-point convert but missed.

Looking to pick up where they left off, the Argos were making their way down the field again to start the second half when Greenwood hit an already wrapped up Armanti Edwards, the ball popping out of the Toronto receivers hands and was scooped up by Tre Roberson, who ran it back 93 yards for the touchdown.

Arbuckle made good on a two-point convert when he completed a throw to Reggie Begelton.

The Calgary defence continued to come up big, with Raheem Wilson getting his first career interception not long after, running it back to the Toronto 46-yard line.

That set up a Calgary drive – aided by a spearing penalty on Toronto – that ended with Brescacin catching his second TD.

Toronto running back James Wilder Jr. then capped off an eight-play drive with a catch-and-run TD to pull the Argos back into it.

On the next Calgary possession, Arbuckle was picked off by Toronto’s Micah Awe, giving the Argos good field position to get some more points and continue to close the gap.

However, keeping with the theme of the night, Greenwood then ballhawked a pass from Bethel-Thompson to end the threat.

Later, buried deep in their own zone, Rob Maver kicked a punt out of the endzone instead of conceding two points.

It was a good call.

On the ensuing Toronto drive, Wilder Jr. fumbled on the second play from scrimmage, with Greenwood recovering under a pile of players.

The game finished, fittingly, with Robertson Daniel making an interception late with five second left to play to cap off the night.