Stampeders fall 35-13 to Roughriders in CFL West Final
Posted Nov 17, 2013 6:42 am.
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The Calgary Stampeders fall 35-13 to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL West Final at McMahon Stadium on Sunday.
The Riders go on to play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 101st Grey Cup in Regina next weekend who beat the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final 34-26.
The Riders and Stamps have already met nine times in the divisional round, dating back to 1948. The Stamps lead the all-time match-up 5-4 and this year, Calgary took two of three tilts.
The cold weather was certainly a factor in both game play and fan disappointment with temperatures reaching -11 degrees Celsius before factoring in wind-chill.
An estimated 33,000 people attended Sunday’s game.
Jean Lefebve, communications director for the Calgary Stampeders Football Club, tells 660News, despite it being an almost capacity game, the Western Final isn’t actually a huge financial boost to the club.
“The CFL runs the playoff game, actually so it is more of a league initiative at this stage. We get to host the game; obviously it’s a nice reward for our fans,” said Lefabve.
He said, for the club and the fans, hosting the Western Final is more about prestige than anything else.
