Stamps Fall On The Road
06/15/2024 10:38 PM
VANCOUVER – It was a back-and-forth battle on Saturday night in Vancouver but the BC Lions pulled away late to take a 26-17 victory over the Stampeders.
The loss drops the Stamps to 1-1 on the season while the Lions move to 1-1.
Marken Michel and Reggie Begelton had receiving touchdowns in the loss.
STAT PACK
Jake Maier – 339-yards passing, two touchdowns, one interception.
Dedrick Mills – 11-carries, 46-yards, 99 receiving-yards.
Jalen Philpot – five-receptions, 56-yards.
Cam Judge – five tackles, two tackles for a loss.
After a defensive stop both ways to begin the game the Stampeders put together a nice drive that ended with a Jake Maier to Marken Michel connection into the endzone to make the score 7-0 early.
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That would be all the scoring in a tight first-quarter.
The Lions found the pay-dirt early in the second-quarter but their extra-point was blocked making it 7-6 Stampeders.
BC intercepted Maier on the next drive off a deflected pass however the Stamps defence would hold strong and force a punt which rolled into the endzone for a single to even the score 7-7.
The Stamps ended their next drive with a field-goal from 13-yards out to regain the lead, 10-7.
The Lions got the ball with a short field to work with and put up a major just before halftime to go up 14-10.
The Stamps put up seven on their first drive of the second-half as Reggie Begelton made a highlight-reel catch in the back of the endzone to make the score 17-14 Calgary.
BACK. ON. TOP.@ReggieBegelton gives the @calstampeders the lead!#CFLGameday on TSN, RDS2, & CBS SN
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The Lions evened the score once again with a field-goal midway through the third making it 17-17.
BC punched it in from a yard out following a long passing play to take the lead. The Stamps blocked their second extra-point of the night making the score 23-17 Lions.
The Stampeders went for it on third-and-medium from the Lions side of half but were unable to get the yards necessary and turned the ball over on downs halfway through the fourth-quarter.
Calgary was driving again with just under four-minutes to go but the Lions forced, and recovered, a fumble to take the ball away.
BC would add on a late field-goal to make the final 26-17 Lions.
NEXT UP
The Stamps head to their first bye-week of the season before returning to McMahon Stadium June 29 to take on the Blue Bombers.
