The 2020 Calgary Stampeders season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 76th overall. Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020 that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020. On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. On August 17, 2020 however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.
This season would have been Dave Dickenson's fifth season as head coach and John Hufnagel's 13th season as general manager. The team had planned to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the team's inception in 1945.
Offseason
CFL national draft The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. The Stampeders obtained the first overall pick after completing a trade with the Ottawa Redblacks that saw the teams swap first-round picks and Calgary acquire another third-round pick following the trade and subsequent re-signing of Nick Arbuckle to the Redblacks. However, shortly after the draft began, the Stampeders then traded the first and 15th overall picks to the BC Lions for the third and 12th overall picks.
The Stampeders also traded their fifth-round selection and Justin Renfrow to BC in exchange for a fourth-round pick in this year's draft and a negotiation list player.
Round Pick Player Position University team Hometown 1 3 Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund DL Southeastern Louisiana Dartmouth, NS 2 12 Trivel Pinto WR British Columbia Toronto, ON 3 21 Rysen John WR Simon Fraser Vancouver, BC 3 26 Jonathan Zamora OL St. Francis Xavier Toronto, ON 4 31 Kurtis Gray LB Waterloo Waterloo, ON 4 34 Tyson Middlemost WR McMaster Dundas, ON 6 52 Andrew Seinet-Spaulding OL McGill Montreal, QC 7 61 Kieran Burnham K St. Francis Xavier Cambridge, ON 8 70 Michael Asibuo CB Concordia LaSalle, QC
CFL global draft The 2020 CFL global draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. The Stampeders were scheduled to select sixth in each round with the number of rounds never announced.
Planned schedule
Preseason Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent TV Venue A Bye B 1 Sat, May 30 2:00 p.m. MDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders McMahon Stadium C 2 Fri, June 5 8:00 p.m. MDT at BC Lions BC Place
Regular season Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent TV Venue 1 1 Fri, June 12 8:00 p.m. MDT vs. Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS McMahon Stadium 2 2 Thu, June 18 7:00 p.m. MDT vs. BC Lions TSN McMahon Stadium 3 3 Fri, June 26 6:30 p.m. MDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSN IG Field 4 4 Sat, July 4 5:00 p.m. MDT at Toronto Argonauts TSN BMO Field 5 5 Fri, July 10 5:30 p.m. MDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSN Tim Hortons Field 6 6 Fri, July 17 5:00 p.m. MDT at Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 7 7 Sat, July 25 5:00 p.m. MDT vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSN McMahon Stadium 8 Bye 9 8 Sat, Aug 8 5:00 p.m. MDT vs. Toronto Argonauts TSN McMahon Stadium 10 9 Sat, Aug 15 8:00 p.m. MDT at BC Lions TSN BC Place 11 10 Thu, Aug 20 7:00 p.m. MDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSN McMahon Stadium 12 Bye 13 11 Mon, Sept 7 2:30 p.m. MDT vs. Edmonton Football Team TSN McMahon Stadium 14 12 Sat, Sept 12 5:00 p.m. MDT at Edmonton Football Team TSN Commonwealth Stadium 15 13 Fri, Sept 18 8:00 p.m. MDT at Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN Mosaic Stadium 16 14 Fri, Sept 25 7:30 p.m. MDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSN McMahon Stadium 17 Bye 18 15 Sat, Oct 10 5:00 p.m. MDT at BC Lions TSN BC Place 19 16 Fri, Oct 16 7:00 p.m. MDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks TSN McMahon Stadium 20 17 Fri, Oct 23 5:00 p.m. MDT at Ottawa Redblacks TSN TD Place Stadium 21 18 Fri, Oct 30 7:30 p.m. MDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN McMahon Stadium
Team
Roster Calgary Stampeders roster Quarterbacks
Receivers
Running backs
Fullbacks
Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams LS K K
Italics indicate American player Bold indicates Global player Roster updated 2020-08-17 Depth Chart • Transactions
Coaching staff Calgary Stampeders staff Front office President and coo – Lyle Bauer General manager – John Hufnagel Assistant general manager of football operations – Michael Petrie Director of canadian scouting – Brendan Mahoney Director of U.S. Scouting – Cole Hufnagel
Head coaches Head coach – Dave Dickenson Assistant head coach – Mark Kilam
Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator and offensive line – Pat DelMonaco Quarterbacks – Marc Mueller Running backs and offensive assistant – George Cortez Receivers – Marquay McDaniel Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Brent Monson Defensive line – Corey Mace Linebackers – Dwayne Cameron Defensive backs – Josh Bell
Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Mark Kilam Assistant special teams – Taylor Altilio
Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Keenan MacDougall
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