The following is an incomplete list of starting quarterbacks for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League that have started a regular season game for the team. They are listed in order of appearance during the regular season or post-season, since 1990. Prior years do not include post-season starts and list number of starts from greatest to fewest.
Where known, the number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:
Quarterbacks are listed by number of starts for Calgary Stampeders. [1]
| Name | GS | W–L–T | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | TD | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Burris | 118 | 71–45–2 | 2,267 | 3,677 | 61.7 | 32,191 | 203 | 111 |
| Bo Levi Mitchell | 117 | 90–25–2 | 2,496 | 3,866 | 64.6 | 32,541 | 188 | 89 |
| Jerry Keeling | 72 | 38–32–2 | 937 | 1,788 | 52.4 | 13,300 | 89 | 127 |
| Eagle Day | 67 | 44–21–2 | 818 | 1,392 | 58.8 | 11,810 | 61 | 56 |
| Peter Liske | 64 | 34–30–0 | 1,145 | 1,971 | 58.1 | 16,741 | 106 | 101 |
| Doug Flutie | 63 | 50–13–0 | 1,438 | 2,382 | 60.4 | 20,551 | 140 | 71 |
| Jeff Garcia | 61 | 42–19–0 | 1,250 | 2,024 | 61.8 | 16,449 | 111 | 53 |
| Marcus Crandell | 46 | 16–30–0 | 865 | 1,565 | 55.3 | 11,887 | 57 | 60 |
| Jake Maier | 45 | 18–26–1 | 1,022 | 1,497 | 68.3 | 11,685 | 60 | 39 |
| Ken Johnson | 41 | 27–14–0 | 620 | 1,079 | 57.5 | 8,427 | 58 | 38 |
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