Eric Rodgers has 2 touchdowns in Stampeders 33-16 win over Lions

VANCOUVER - Eric Rogers caught two touchdown passes as the Calgary Stampeders downed the B.C. Lions 33-16 on Friday night in the CFL regular-season finale for both teams.

The Stampeders, who had already clinched first place in the West Division, finished the regular season with a 15-3 record and tied the league's 54-year-old road victory total with eight, set and matched by Winnipeg in 1960 and 1961. Calgary bettered its club road-win record of seven set 65 years ago in 1949 and matched in 1995.

B.C. wound up 9-9 on the season and missed a chance to clinch third place in the West. It could now face a cross-over playoff game against an Eastern team, depending on how Saskatchewan fares against Edmonton on Saturday.

Although both the Lions and Stamps had secured playoff berths and rested key players, the game featured dazzling touchdowns as both clubs scored on long passes.

Despite the score being close in the first and second quarters, Calgary led from start to finish.

In a rare start, Calgary quarterback Drew Tate completed 14 of 20 passes for 206 yards and one touchdown with one interception.

Usual starter Bo Levi Mitchell completed 13 of 18 for one touchdown.

B.C. quarterback Kevin Glenn completed 26 of 36 of for 312 yards and one touchdown, but was hurt by two interceptions.

Tate led the Stampeders to a 13-yard Rene Paredes field goal on their first series. But the Lions produced an identical opening eight-play march of their own, which went 66 yards and culminated with McCallum's 18-yard field goal. Tailback Stefan Logan, who returned after missing four games due to injury and coaches' decisions, racked up 44 of the 66 yards on three rushes and a reception.

But Tate's 21-yard touchdown pass to Rogers staked Calgary to an advantage that they never relinquished. After Dante Marsh intercepted a Tate pass, Mitchell entered the game on Calgary's next series and took the Stamps to the B.C. one before third-string QB Bryant Moniz scored on a plunge.

The Lions came right back and scored on Glenn's 46-yard touchdown pass to Emmanuel Arceneaux, reducing their deficit to 17-13. But on Calgary's next sequence, Rogers posted his second receiving TD on Mitchell's 44-yard pass, staking the Stamps to a 24-13 half-time lead.

Three Paredes field goals and one from McCallum accounted for the second-half scoring.

Notes: A moment of silence was held before the game for late Stampeders player and owner John Forzani, who died of a heart attack last week at the age of 67. … Calgary receiver Marquay McDaniel returned after missing six games with a broken wrist. … Calgary's Shawn Lemon tied a CFL single-season record of eight forced fumbles as he sacked Glenn in the second quarter. … Military veterans received a standing ovation during a rousing half-time salute.