This game marked the first regular season CFL game for the expansion team from Memphis. Although the final outcome did not go in their favour, a message was sent to the rest of the CFL, “Beware of the Dogs”. Led by former Edmonton Eskimo QB Damon Allen, the Mad Dogs came up a TD short, dropping a 24-18 decision to the Stampeders in front of 25,071 faithful fans at McMahon Stadium. K Chris Gardner recorded Memphis’ first CFL point with a 40 yard single off a missed FG. The 1-point lead however was short-lived as Calgary QB Doug Flutie hooked up with SB Dave Sapunjis for a 3 yard TD strike at 8:27 of the opening frame. The Mark McLoughlin convert made it 7-1. Gardner redeemed himself, booting a 26 yard FG 3:00 minutes later to narrow the gap to just three at the end of a quarter of play. Allen then went to work connecting for a 50 yard pass and run play to WR Joe Horn. The Gardner convert gave the Mad Dogs their first lead of the game. A Tony Martino single narrowed the gap to 3 before McLoughlin would then tie it up with 8:36 gone in the second frame, this one from 33 yards out. He would then put the Stamps up with a 47 yarder, before Gardner and he traded FGs to bring the first half to a close with the Stamps clinging to a slim 3-point lead at 17-14. Calgary opened the second half scoring with another McLoughlin FG, this one from 49 yards out 2:29 into the third quarter. Gardner connected for his third FG of the night, a 25 yarder with 9:01 left in the third. Martino rounded out the third quarter scoring with a 40 yard punting single. McLoughlin booted his 5th FG of the night 4:26 into the fourth before Gardner added a single with 2:05 left to round out the scoring giving the Stamps a 24-18 victory.
1995 | Week 1 | MPH 18 @ CGY 24 |
1.
MPH: Single GARDNER
(47 yards off a Missed Field Goal)
2:04
2.
CGY: Touchdown SAPUNJIS
(3 yard pass from FLUTIE)
8:27
CGY: Convert Kick MCLOUGHLIN
3.
MPH: Field Goal
GARDNER
(26 yards)
11:34
4.
MPH: Touchdown HORN
(50 yard pass from ALLEN)
5:51
MPH: Convert Kick GARDNER
5.
CGY: Single MARTINO
(49 yards off a Punt)
8:26
6.
CGY: Field Goal
MCLOUGHLIN
(34 yards)
6:24
7.
CGY: Field Goal
MCLOUGHLIN
(47 yards)
13:21
8.
MPH: Field Goal
GARDNER
(49 yards)
14:22
9.
CGY: Field Goal
MCLOUGHLIN
(29 yards)
15:00
10.
CGY: Field Goal
MCLOUGHLIN
(49 yards)
2:24
11.
MPH: Field Goal
GARDNER
(26 yards)
5:59
12.
CGY: Single MARTINO
(50 yards off a Punt)
7:53
13.
CGY: Field Goal
MCLOUGHLIN
(19 yards)
4:26
14.
MPH: Single GARDNER
(49 yards off a Missed Field Goal)
13:55
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mad Dogs | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
Stampeders | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
MPH | CGY | |
---|---|---|
First Downs | 19 | 25 |
Rushing | 116 | 115 |
Passing | 203 | 259 |
Total Offence | 319 | 374 |
Team Losses | 9 | 32 |
Net Offence | 310 | 342 |
Pass Comp-Att | 13-29 | 29-44 |
Interceptions by-yards | 0-0 | 1-16 |
Fumbles-Lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
Punts-Net Avg. | 5-43.0 | 6-40.3 |
Penalties-Yards | 7-60 | 8-74 |
Time of Possession | 26:54 | 33:06 |
MPH – ALLEN: 13/29, 203 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT; CGY – FLUTIE: 29/44, 259 YDS, 1 TD, 0 INT;
MPH – ANDERSON: 11/60 YDS, 0 TD; ALLEN: 7/38 YDS, 0 TD; PERKINS: 2/9 YDS, 0 TD; SHIPMAN: 2/9 YDS, 0 TD; CGY – STEWART: 15/93 YDS, 0 TD; FLUTIE: 5/22 YDS, 0 TD;
MPH – HORN: 7/131 YDS, 1 TD; MORRIS: 3/28 YDS, 0 TD; BROWN: 1/17 YDS, 0 TD; BREEDLOVE: 1/17 YDS, 0 TD; MCKAY: 1/10 YDS, 0 TD; CGY – PITTS: 11/121 YDS, 0 TD; SMITH: 6/52 YDS, 0 TD; STEWART: 6/43 YDS, 0 TD; SAPUNJIS: 3/17 YDS, 1 TD; VAUGHN: 2/17 YDS, 0 TD; DANIELSEN: 1/9 YDS, 0 TD;
Mad Dogs coach: Jack Pardee (L)
Stampeders coach: Wally Buono (W)
Mad Dogs (0-1-0) Next vs Lions Jul 08
Stampeders (1-0-0) Next @ Pirates Jul 09
MPH | CGY | ||
---|---|---|---|
Largest Lead / Deficit | +4 / -7 | +7 / -4 | |
Final | -6 | +6 | |
MPH | Tied | CGY | |
Time in Lead | -6:04 | 05:21 | 61:35 |
Site | Local Time | Condition | Temp. | Wind | Humidity | Pressure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
COP Upper | 7:00 PM | Partly Cloudy | 16.1°C | NNE (150°) at 20 km/h | 60% | 102.77 kPa |
COP Upper | 8:00 PM | Partly Cloudy | 14.8°C | NNE (160°) at 11 km/h | 67% | 102.74 kPa |
COP Upper | 9:00 PM | Partly Cloudy | 13.4°C | NNE (190°) at 28 km/h | 79% | 102.65 kPa |
COP Upper | 10:00 PM | Partly Cloudy | 13.3°C | NNE (170°) at 24 km/h | 76% | 102.61 kPa |
Conditions at COP Upper (8.78 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.
Data from Dark Sky. Contains supplemental data (Conditions, Pressure, Cloud cover) from Dark Sky estimated conditions.