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Stampeders keep playoff hopes alive with 45-31 victory over winless Redblacks

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Cummings, D. (2026, September 26). Stampeders keep playoff hopes alive with 45-31 victory over winless Redblacks. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/football/cfl/stampeders-keep-playoff-hopes-alive-with-45-31-victory-over-winless-redblacks/article_57235e8f-91a4-59cb-ae6f-1cecd19aa16e.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-26 · by David Cummings

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The Calgary Stampeders secured a 45-31 victory over the winless Ottawa Redblacks in a CFL game on Saturday, improving their playoff chances to 7-8 while extending Ottawa's losing streak to 20 games. Vernon Adams Jr. led Calgary with 422 passing yards and three touchdowns, helping them maintain control of the game from start to finish. Despite significant offensive efforts by both teams, the Stampeders' consistent scoring kept their playoff hopes alive as they clinched fourth place in the West Division temporarily.
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On Saturday, the Calgary Stampeders defeated the Ottawa Redblacks in a Canadian Football League (CFL) game with a score of 45-31. The win kept the Stampeders' playoff hopes alive as they improved their record to 7-8, while the Redblacks remained winless at 0-14 and extended their losing streak to an unprecedented modern-day CFL record of 20 straight games. Deonta McMahon scored two touchdowns for Calgary, with Vernon Adams Jr., completing 24 of 30 pass attempts for a total of 422 yards, throwing three touchdowns without any interceptions. For Ottawa, Justin Hardy and Ayden Eberhardt caught touchdown passes while Mario Anderson Jr. made a rushing touchdown; their quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson completed 30 out of 47 passes for 418 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.

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CFL Calgary OTTAWA Redblacks Stampeders

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OTTAWA GPE · 7× Stampeders ORG · 5× Calgary GPE · 4× McMahon PERSON · 4× Redblacks ORG · 4× CFL ORG · 2× Deonta McMahon PERSON · 1× Tevin Jones PERSON · 1× the Calgary Stampeders ORG · 1× the Ottawa Redblacks ORG · 1×

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McMahon scored both a rushing and a receiving touchdown, Tevin Jones and Clark Barnes caught touchdown passes and Tyreik McAllister scored a rushing touchdown for the Stampeders. Calgary’s quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. completed 24 of 30 pass attempts for 422 yards and three touchdowns, and was interception-free.
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OTTAWA - Deonta McMahon scored a pair of touchdowns for the Calgary Stampeders in a 45-31 win over the Ottawa Redblacks in the CFL on Saturday. asserted
McMahon → score → Saturday
The Stampeders (7-8) kept their playoff hopes alive while the Redblacks’ winless woes continued this season with an 0-14 record. asserted
woes → keep → record
Ottawa’s losing streak of 20 straight games, a modern-day CFL record, extends back to last September. asserted
streak → extend → September
McMahon scored both a rushing and a receiving touchdown, Tevin Jones and Clark Barnes caught touchdown passes and Tyreik McAllister scored a rushing touchdown for the Stampeders. Calgary’s quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. completed 24 of 30 pass attempts for 422 yards and three touchdowns, and was interception-free. asserted
quarterback → score → yards
Justin Hardy and Ayden Eberhardt had touchdown catches and Mario Anderson Jr. scored a rushing touchdown for Ottawa. asserted
Jr. → have → Ottawa
He was intercepted once. asserted
He → intercept → ?
Calgary led the entire game Saturday after needing a 62-yard field goal by Rene Paredes to beat the visiting Redblacks last week at McMahon Stadium. asserted
Calgary → lead → Stadium
Paredes kicked field goals from 40, 49 and 43 yards and contributed five convert points Saturday. asserted
Paredes → kick → points
His Ottawa counterpart Brett Lauther was good from 13, 56 and 28 yards and added two convert points. asserted
counterpart → add → points
Calgary was tied for fourth with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the West Division at 14 points each. asserted
Calgary → tie → points
The Hamilton Tigers-Cats (4-10) ranked third in the East heading into Saturday night’s game against the Edmonton Elks. asserted
Cats → rank → Elks
The team that ranks fourth in the West can cross over and take a playoff berth from the No. 3 team in the East with more points at the end of the regular season. asserted
that → rank → season
The Stampeders scored on their opening drive Saturday when Adams threw 45 yards to Barnes to get to Ottawa’s 12-yard line, and then threw to McMahon to score. asserted
Adams → score → McMahon
McAllister scored on a 28-yard rush and McMahon ran four yards for his second touchdown of the game in the second quarter. asserted
McMahon → score → quarter
Anthony Johnson intercepted Bethel-Thompson on the drive after McMahon’s touchdown. asserted
Johnson → intercept → touchdown
But Bethel-McLeod ended a 75-yard, eight-play drive with a 13-yard catch and run with Eberhardt for Ottawa’s first touchdown of the game with less than a minute remaining in the first half. asserted
McLeod → end → half
Calgary kept the pressure on in the third quarter when Jones capped the final seconds with a 15-yard scoring catch. asserted
Jones → keep → catch
Ottawa mustered a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter and a two-point convert by Hardy with less than five minutes to go. asserted
Ottawa → muster → minutes
It wasn’t enough to overtake the Stampeders, however, and earn a first win this season. asserted
It → overtake → win
Redblacks: Host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday. asserted
Redblacks → host → Friday
Stampeders: Visit the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday. asserted
Stampeders → visit → Friday
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 26, 2026. asserted
report → publish → Press
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