The 1997 Calgary Stampeders finished in second place in the West Division with a 10–8 record. They appeared in the West Semi-Final and lost to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Offseason CFL draft Rd Pick Player Position School15 (via Winnipeg)Doug BrownDLSimon Fraser17Jason ClemettLBSImon Fraser215Jeff TraversyDTEdinboro321Frank RoccaOLEastern Michigan429Uzo UbaniSBConcordia537Trent BagnailOLSaskatchewan644Paul DonkersleyRBAcadia

Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft RoundPickPlayerPos17Joseph RogersWR215Ray BernardLB323Troy MillsRB430Charles EstyG

Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance A Sat, June 7 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 24–20 1–0 23,438 B Tue, June 17 vs. BC Lions W 30–18 2–0 29,000

Regular season Season standings

Season schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 Wed, June 25 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 22–23 0–1 24,868 2 Tue, July 3 at BC Lions L 16–17 0–2 17,206 3 Wed, July 9 at Montreal Alouettes L 28–34 0–3 7,669 4 Fri, July 18 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 22–13 1–3 30,366 5 Sat, July 26 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 19–21 1–4 26,483 6 Fri, Aug 1 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 43–22 2–4 22,752 7 Thu, Aug 7 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 45–35 3–4 25,311 8 Thu, Aug 14 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 35–24 4–4 19,674 9 Fri, Aug 22 at BC Lions L 23–37 4–5 20,303 10 Mon, Sep 1 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 27–14 5–5 37,611 11 Fri, Sept 5 at Edmonton Eskimos L 20–24 5–6 43,913 12 Sun, Sep 14 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 28–24 6–6 28,414 13 Sun, Sep 21 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 25–21 7–6 13,010 14 Sun, Sep 28 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 43–22 8–6 27,153 15 Sun, Oct 5 at Edmonton Eskimos L 32–42 8–7 31,572 16 Mon, Oct 13 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 31–13 9–7 29,298 17 Sat, Oct 18 at Toronto Argonauts L 17–48 9–8 24,083 18 Sun, Oct 26 vs. BC Lions W 43–9 10–8 24,690

Awards and records Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Jeff Garcia (QB)

Playoffs West Semi-Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalSaskatchewan Roughriders ? ? ? ? 33Calgary Stampeders ? ? ? ? 30 Roster 1997 Calgary Stampeders final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen T G/T C G G T

Defensive linemen DT DE DE DE DT Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams P K

Injured list T DB DB DB SB

Italics indicate International player

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