Calgary Stampeders keep playoff hopes alive after 32-13 win over B.C. Lions

Calgary Stampeders keep playoff hopes alive after 32-13 win over B.C. Lions

Published 6:50 pm Saturday, October 17, 2026

Vernon Adams Jr. tossed for 324 yards and a touchdown, leading the Calgary Stampeders to a 32-13 win over the visiting B.C. Lions in CFL action Saturday at McMahon Stadium.

With the win the Stamps (9-9) kept their playoff hopes alive as they jockey for position in the West Division with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Lions (10-7) have already clinched second place in the division and will host the West Semifinal on Oct. 31 at BC Place.

Quincy Vaughn had two short touchdown runs for the Stampeders, with Ajou Ajou adding another major and Rene Paredes booting four field goals and an extra point.

Nathan Rourke was 8-for-11 for 149 yards and a TD for the Lions, who rested a variety of key players in the second half. Rourke’s backup Kaidon Salter was 5-for-11 for 82 yards and an interception. Justin McInnis had the lone B.C. touchdown, with Sean Whyte kicking two field goals and an extra point.

Whyte opened the scoring three minutes in, connecting on a 48-yard field goal to give the Lions a 3-0 lead. Calgary replied three minutes later with a 24-yard Paredes boot to tie things at 3-3.

With 4:11 left in the quarter, Rourke made a perfect back-shoulder throw to McInnis in the end zone for an 18-yard major. Whyte’s convert made it 10-3 B.C.

In the second quarter, Calgary drew even at 4:36, when Vaughn plunged in from a yard out on a QB sneak. Paredes added the point after.

With three minutes left in the half, Whyte’s 26-yard field goal gave B.C. a 13-10 lead, and it marked Whyte’s 1,000th career point as a Lion.

AND THAT’S 1000 POINTS FOR SEAN WHYTE AS A BC LION 🔥🦁 https://t.co/V6eao2pQSi

— BC LIONS (@BCLions) October 18, 2026

Paredes connected from 22 yards out with 38 seconds left and the teams were tied 13-13 at the break.

Four minutes into the third quarter, the Stamps took their first lead of the game at 16-13, on a 29-yard Paredes field goal.

With their playoff spot settled, Rourke was replaced at QB by Kaidon Salter, who went two-and-out on his first two drives.

B.C. picked up a turnover midway through the quarter, when Cristophe Beaulieu intercepted Adams deep in B.C. territory. Adams had gone 163 pass attempts since his last pick.

Whyte missed a 46-yard field goal into the wind and the quarter ended with B.C. down by three.

After a roughing the passer penalty on Shaun Peterson Jr. deep in Calgary territory extended a drive early in the fourth, the Stamps added another score, a 32-yard field goal from Paredes to go up 19-13.

Calgary gave themselves some cushion with five minutes to play when Adams found Ajou Ajou for a 12-yard touchdown to up the lead to 25-13. A two-point conversion attempt failed. With 1:20 to play, Vaughn scored on another short run to up the Calgary lead to 11, with Paredes converting to make the final 32-13.

The Lions host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Friday (7:30 p.m.) to wrap up the regular season.

NOTES: Whyte, from White Rock, is only the third in franchise history after fellow legends Lui Passaglia and Paul McCallum to reach the 1,000-point mark with the franchise. He is one field goal shy of 600 for his CFL career…