CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders upgraded in 2025, but again couldn't get over the playoff hump.

The Stampeders haven't won a post-season game since lifting the Grey Cup over their heads in 2018.

Saturday's 33-30 loss to the B.C. Lions was Calgary's fifth defeat in a West division semifinal since 2018.

"When you lose, it's just a heavy clunk, and it's over, and you don't really know what to basically say or do except that you need to look back and you do have to acknowledge the effort and what the guys put into it," said head coach and general manager Dave Dickenson on Sunday.

Calgary rebounded from 5-12-1 and its worst season in two decades in 2024 to a solid 11-7 record in a tough West Division in which four teams had 10 wins or more.

On Saturday, the Stampeders tested a Lions team

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