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July 10, 2009

INSIDER: Stamps in Winnipeg

FINAL

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WARM-UP

Kickoff at Winnipeg’s Canad Inns Stadium is 6:30 p.m. local time in Manitoba, which is 5:30 p.m. Calgary time. The game is available on TSN as well as on QR AM770 radio.

The Stamps are looking to square their mark at 1-1 after losing to the Montreal Alouettes in their season-opener on Canada Day at McMahon Stadium.

In addition to the live updates that will be provided here, there’ll be a Twitter chat going on over at StampsConnect. Talk about the game and qualify to win a SIRIUS satellite radio.

>> Contest details
>> StampsConnect Twitter feed

While waiting for kick-off, here’s some reading to get you ready for the contest:

>> Coach John Hufnagel’s pre-game audio
>> Game preview (with links to game notes and the Calgary depth chart)
>> Game Day Locker-Room Blog by Jesse Newman
>> Locker-Room Blog by Markus Howell
>> Locker-Room Blog by Brandon Browner
>> Locker-Room Blog by Ken-Yon Rambo
>> Stampeders’ up-to-date roster

FIRST QUARTER

  • Wind’s quite tame by Winnipeg standards, so the passing game should be free to fly
  • Amazing flyover by a couple of F18 Hornets prior to the game
  • Centre Tim O’Neill making his first ever CFL start for the Stampeders
  • Bombers recover short kick on the kick-off
  • Bombers first down after a pass to Romby Bryant
  • Another first down, this time it’s Fred Reid
  • Alexis Serna with a 24-yard field goal to get the Blue Bombers on the scoreboard
  • Regular kick this time, Titus Ryan return to the Calgary 26
  • Stamps go two and out on the first possession
  • Stefan LeFors finds Terrence Edwards from eight yards out, extra point is good and Bombers go up 10-0
  • Make it 90 games in a row with a catch for Stampeders receiver Nik Lewis
  • Sandro DeAngelis chimes a 45-yard field goal in off the upright as Calgary closes to within 10-3
  • Stamps defence forces a two-and-out to end the first quarter
  • Burris 5-for-6 for 37 yards in the first 15 minutes

SECOND QUARTER

  • Stamps start with the ball at their own 48
  • Calgary moves the ball into Winnipeg territory but the drive stalls
  • Stamps get a point on a Burke Dales punt single
  • Calgary goes for a third and short deep in their own territory and they make it
  • Serna kicks his second field goal of the night to make the score 13-4 for Winnipeg
  • Making up for lost time, Ken-Yon Rambo already has four catches
  • Burris has completed 11 of 14 passes to this point for 81 yards
  • After a Calgary two and out, Bombers will get the ball back late in the half
  • Dwaine Carpenter gets good hang time to knock down a Stefan LeFors pass
  • Serna wide on 46-yard field goal try, Bombers settle for a single
  • Edwards from LeFors for a 12-yard TD, extra point is good as Bombers go up 21-4
  • That’s how the first half ends

THIRD QUARTER

  • Calgary had just 117 yards of offence in the first half
  • Bombers get the ball to start second half
  • Odell Willis registers his first sack for the Stampeders
  • It’s also Calgary’s first sack of the season
  • Official attendance at Canad Inns Stadium is 29,533
  • Winnipeg’s Ike Charlton picks off a Henry Burris pass and brings it back to the Calgary 28
  • Tempers flare and flags fly after Calgary defensive back Brandon Browner’s solid but clean hit on Stefan LeFors
  • Stamps get slapped with the extra penalty on the fracas, which turns a Winnipeg third down into a first down
  • Bombers running back Lavarus Giles runs the ball in from the two-yard line for a Winnipeg touchdown; extra point makes it 28-4
  • Calgary turns the ball over again as Ian Logan makes the interception
  • But Stamps get a pick of their own thanks to Davanzo Tate
  • Ryan Thelwell makes his 400th career catch
  • Touchdown on a pitch to Joffrey Reynolds
  • Two-point try is no good, score is now 28-10 for the Bombers
  • Henry Burris and Ryan Thelwell are in the zone with completion after completion
  • Quarter ends with the Stamps on the march, but down by 18

FOURTH QUARTER

  • Stamps twice gamble on third down and make it each time
  • Jeremaine Copeland thinks he has a touchdown but he’s ruled out at the one-yard line
  • The Stampeders challenge the call
  • Ruling upheld, so its second and goal
  • Burris scores on a one-yard keeper
  • Burris hits Ken-Yon Rambo on the two-point convert attempt as Calgary cuts the Bombers’ lead to 28-18 with 10-minutes plus left to play
  • That scoring drive for the Stamps was 99 yards by the way
  • Siddeeq Shabazz intercepts a Burris pass and runs it back for a Bombers touchdown
  • Extra point makes it 35-18 for Winnipeg
  • Barrick Nealy comes in at quarterback to play the final few minutes of the game
  • Giles scores his second TD of the game as the Bombers keep tacking on
  • Nealy hits Copeland for his first CFL touchdown pass; two-point try is unsuccessful
  • Nealy with another touchdown pass, this time to Teyo Johnson
  • It’s over, Calgary falls to 0-2