1961 Calgary Stampeders season

Canadian football team season

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The 1961 Calgary Stampeders finished in third place in the Western Conference of the Canadian Football League (CFL) with a 7–9 record. They were defeated in the Western Finals by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Regular season

Season standings

**Western Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	13	3	0	360	251	26
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	5	1	334	257	21
Calgary Stampeders	16	7	9	0	300	311	14
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	5	10	1	211	314	11
BC Lions	16	1	13	2	215	393	4

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Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
	1		Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 17–18	0–1
	2		Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 20–10	1–1
	3		Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 15–22	1–2
	4		Ottawa Rough Riders	L 1–32	1–3
	5		Edmonton Eskimos	L 9–10	1–4
	6		BC Lions	W 35–17	2–4
	7		Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 36–37	2–5
	8		BC Lions	W 28–9	3–5
	9		Toronto Argonauts	L 19–22	3–6
	10		Montreal Alouettes	W 6–2	4–6
	11		Edmonton Eskimos	W 28–21	5–6
	12		Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 6–25	5–7
	13		Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 22–17	6–7
	14		Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 7–42	6–8
	15		Edmonton Eskimos	L 8–20	6–9
	16		BC Lions	W 43–7	7–9

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Playoffs

Cenference Semi-Finals

**Western Semi-Finals** – Game 1
Edmonton Eskimos @ Calgary Stampeders
Date	Away	Home
November 11	Edmonton Eskimos 8	Calgary Stampeders 10

**Western Semi-Finals** – Game 2
Calgary Stampeders @ Edmonton Eskimos
Date	Away	Home
November 13	Calgary Stampeders 17	Edmonton Eskimos 18

Calgary won the total-point series by 27–26. The Stampeders will play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Western Finals.

Conference finals

**Western Finals** – Game 1
Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Calgary Stampeders
Date	Away	Home
November 18	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14	Calgary Stampeders 1

**Western Finals** – Game 2
Calgary Stampeders @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Date	Away	Home
November 22	Calgary Stampeders 14	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 43

Winnipeg wins the best of three series 2–0. The Blue Bombers will advance to the Grey Cup Championship game.

Awards and records

CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Tony Pajaczkowski (DE)

References

^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
^ "Calgary Stampeders Historical Canadian Football League (CFL) Scores Since 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-06-17.

1961 CFL season by team

Western

BC
Calgary
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg

Eastern

Hamilton
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto

See also

v t e Calgary Stampeders seasons
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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Bold indicates Grey Cup victory.

Calgary Stampeders seasons

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory.

v t e Calgary Stampeders
Founded in 1935 Based in Calgary, Alberta
Franchise	Records Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Mascot
Stadiums	Mewata Stadium McMahon Stadium
Lore	Labour Day Classic Battle of Alberta Canada Day Games 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 Sports and Entertainment, John Forzani, Ted Hellard and Doug Mitchell. General Manager: John Hufnagel Head Coach: Dave Dickenson
Grey Cup championships (8)	1948 1971 1992 1998 2001 2008 2014 2018
Western Division championships (17)	1948 1949 1968 1970 1971 1991 1992 1995 1998 1999 2001 2008 2012 2014 2016 2017 2018
Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West