Calgary Stampeders need help to reach CFL playoffs - BERITAJA

TORONTO – The Calgary Stampeders will beryllium playing for overmuch much than the play bid pinch the B.C. Lions connected Saturday night.

Calgary (8-9) visits B.C. (10-6) pinch the 2 teams having divided their erstwhile 2 contests this season. The Lions could cement a location playoff crippled pinch a victory.

Calgary doesn’t power its playoff fate. It could neither clinch a post-season berth pinch a triumph nor beryllium eliminated from contention pinch a loss, acknowledgment to past week’s 33-28 setback to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

That nonaccomplishment gave Winnipeg the play bid pinch Calgary 2-1. The Bombers divided their bid pinch Saskatchewan 1-1 but person a amended constituent differential successful those 2 contests, giving them the tiebreaker pinch the Riders.

If Calgary thumps B.C., location exists the anticipation of a necktie among 3 teams astatine 9-9 successful the West Division. The tiebreaker would beryllium mixed head-to-head records involving the tied teams.

Winnipeg would get 3rd based upon a 3-2 record, Saskatchewan would beryllium 4th (2-2) while Calgary (2-3) would decorativeness 5th and retired of the playoffs.

If the Stampeders and Riders were to extremity the play pinch identical records, Calgary would decorativeness up of Saskatchewan connected constituent differential. The Stamps outscored the Riders 74-71 successful their head-to-head contests.

Calgary could still scope the playoffs pinch a nonaccomplishment to B.C., truthful agelong arsenic Saskatchewan (8-8) drops some of its last 2 regular-season games. But a Riders triumph — either Saturday versus Montreal aliases versus Edmonton connected Oct. 24 — would destruct the Stampeders from playoff contention.

Either a Calgary nonaccomplishment aliases a Winnipeg triumph complete Edmonton (12-4) connected Friday would clinch a playoff berth for the Bombers.

Edmonton could clinch first successful the West — and location section for the section last Nov. 7 — pinch a triumph complete Winnipeg adjacent week complete Saskatchewan. The Elks would besides cement apical spot if the Lions were to suffer either of their last 2 regular-season contests.

If Edmonton cements first, B.C. could unafraid 2nd — and big the West semifinal Oct. 31 — pinch 1 much triumph aliases a Winnipeg loss.

The Bombers still person an extracurricular chance of capturing 2nd if they decorativeness tied pinch the Lions astatine the extremity of the season, but would request to hit B.C. by 17 points successful the last week of the season.

B.C. won the first gathering of the teams 35-19 astatine Princess Auto Stadium connected July 30.

The East Division playoff image is settled. The Toronto Argonauts (9-7) will big the West’s fourth-place finisher successful the semifinal title Oct. 31, pinch the victor visiting Montreal (13-3) connected Nov. 7.

The Grey Cup will beryllium held Nov. 15 astatine Calgary’s McMahon Stadium.

This study by BERITAJA was first published Oct. 15, 2026.