[1] [2] [2] [3] at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta The Stampeders' opened the season with a strong performance, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37–9.

Maas was pulled in the fourth quarter in favour of rookie Timmy Chang, but he was unable to produce more points: the Stampeders defence limited the Tiger-Cats offence to Nick Setta's three field goals.

The game was delayed twice in the second quarter by a rabbit, one of many that roam the University of Calgary campus, that made its way onto the field.

[6] at Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario The Stampeders' offensive and defensive woes continued this week, being heavily defeated by the Argonauts.

The Stampeders padded their lead in the fourth quarter with two Sandro DeAngelis field goals and touchdowns to Marc Boerigter and Trey Young.

The Argonauts failed to register any more points until the final play of the game, in which Allen threw a touchdown pass to rookie Obed Cétoute.

[9] at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta The Stampeders and Eskimos offences started off this game quite poorly, managing to produce only a field goal and a single, respectively, in the first quarter.

Gass and Kenny Onatolu were ejected) gave them excellent field position, but the Eskimos responded with a touchdown of their own, a pass from Ricky Ray to Tyler Ebell, before the end of the half.

After a final drive to the Eskimos end zone in the last minute of the game the Stampeders offence set up DeAngelis for a 34-yard field goal attempt with no time left.

Note: Att = Attempts; Comp = Completions; % = Completions/Attempts; Avg = Yards/Completion; Long = Longest Completion (in yards); Int = Interceptions; TD = Touchdowns Note: Rec = Receptions; Avg = Yards/Reception; Long = Longest Reception (yards); TD = Touchdowns Note: Avg = Yards/Carry; Long = Longest Carry (yards); TD = Touchdowns Note: Att = Attempted field goals; Good = Good field goals; Avg = Yards/kick; Long = Longest kick (yards); KO = Kickoffs; Sing = Singles Note: DTkl = Defensive Tackles; STTkl = Special Teams Tackles; TotTkl = Total Tackles; Int = Interceptions; IntTD = Touchdowns on interceptions; FumR = Fumble Recoveries; Forced = Forced fumbles; FumTD = Touchdowns on fumbles; KD = Knock Downs