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Features October 12, 2024

Stamps Lose Home Finale

Calgary battled back and had a shot to win the game from the five-yardline on the last play of the game, but were unable to score as they fell 23-18 to the Edmonton Elks on Saturday afternoon at McMahon Stadium.

Jalen Philpot and Tommy Stevens had touchdowns in the loss.

STAT PACK 

Matt Shiltz – 18-for-33, 215-yards, one touchdown, one interception, 64 rushing-yards

Dedrick Mills – seven rushes, 36-yards

Reggie Begelton – five receptions, 79-yards

Ben Labrosse – six tackles, one pass knockdown

After a coffin-corner punt from Cody Grace on the Stamps first drive, global player Bailey Devine-Scott sacked Tre Ford in the endzone for a safety and his first career sack in the CFL. The score was 2-0 Stampeders.

Calgary added a field goal following a 54-yard pass from Matt Shiltz to Reggie Begelton. Begelton crossed the 1,000 yard mark for the third time in his career on the play and the score was 5-0.

James Vaughters got a sack on the Elks next drive forcing Edmonton into a second-and-29 and eventually a punt.

The Elks found the endzone with 9:27 remaining in the half, in large part due to Ford using his legs to escape pressure. The score was 7-5 Edmonton.

Edmonton added a kickoff-single on the ensuing kick to make it 8-5.

The Elks found the endzone again on a lengthy drive with 2:22 left in the second quarter and added another kickoff-single to make the score 16-5.

That was the score at the half.

It took until 5:13 left in the third quarter for any points to hit the board in the second half and they came by way of the Elks third rouge of the afternoon making the score 17-5.

The Stampeders got into the endzone with 7:30 remaining in the fourth quarter as Shiltz found Jalen Philpot from three-yards out. The two-point conversion was unsuccessful making the score 17-11 Elks.

Clarence Hicks picked off Ford with a beautiful tip to himself and diving catch giving the Stampeders the ball at the Edmonton 29-yardline.

Shiltz ran the ball 16-yards on the first play of the drive and then the possession was finished off with a Tommy Stevens rushing touchdown to give the Stamps the 18-17 lead with 4:38 to go.

The Elks answered back with a strong ground attack leading to a major and giving them the lead back, 23-18, with 1:09 remaining.

Calgary moved the ball down to the Edmonton five-yardline with two-seconds remaining thanks to a pass-interference call but were unable to find the endzone on the last play of the game losing 23-18 in the final game at McMahon Stadium this season.

NEXT UP

Calgary is in Hamilton to take on the Tiger-Cats Friday, Oct. 18 at 5pm MT.

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