Strong second half spurs Stampeders to 32-15 win over Roughriders

A second-half surge in a 32-15 win over the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday kept the Calgary Stampeders in the hunt for first place in the CFL's West Division.

Trailing by a point at halftime, an 18-point burst aided by Calgary's defence that shut down Saskatchewan in the third and fourth quarters had the Stampeders' locker room buzzing after the game played in front of an announced 28,295 at McMahon Stadium.

"It means a lot, but we didn't win a Grey Cup today," Stampeders quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. cautioned.

"I'm sure we're going to have to see them in the playoffs or Winnipeg or one of these other good teams." 

But the Roughriders, 8-2-0 atop the division, dropped their second game to the Stampeders (7-3-0) who moved closer in Saskatchewan's rear-view mirror.

Calgary also won 24-10 in Regina on July 12.

"If we put ourselves in a situation to be able to play them again, you never [know] how that goes," Saskatchewan head coach Corey Mace said. "That's a different ball game, right? So we've got two games of tape to look at and hopefully find an answer to that."

Jaylen Philpot, Daylen Baldwin and Erik Brooks each caught touchdown passes. Dedrick Mills contributed a rushing touchdown and Rene Paredes a 53-yard field goal to the victory.

Adams threw for 222 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for a two-point conversion. He was intercepted twice.

Dohnte Meyers and Dhel Duncan-Busby caught touchdown passes for the Roughriders. Kicker Brett Lauther missed his lone field-goal attempt from 28 yards on the opening drive of the game to go 22 for 34 this season.

Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns and was intercepted twice.

"We've talked about our character all year and so