An old fashioned shoot out!

Both teams wanted a win, in the end neither got their wish.

But while they were on the field at McMahon Stadium the BC Lions and Calgary Stampeders put on a most entertaining display of Canadian Football. One guaranteed to keep the Stats guys busy into the early morning hours.

For Calgary it was sign to the hometown faithful to hold on and not give up on the season, the Stamps rediscovered the talents of Joffrey Reynolds and Henry Burris all but willed the team on to victory, coming up just a little short and having to settle for a tie.

For the Lions it was another gutsy performance from a team that has seen more than its fair share of injuries this year and might possibly be adding to the doctor's roster by this time tomorrow. Both Buck Pierce and Geroy Simon left the game with injuries, Pierce looking the more battered as he retired to the dressing room before the overtime session had gotten under way.

Before Pierce exited however both Simon and Joe Smith were on their way to pretty successful evenings as the Lions running back Smith rambled for 94 yards and Simon had captured six Pierce passes for 94 yards.

With Pierce out the Lions turned to Jarious Jackson as the QB substitution and he never seemed to miss a beat, Jackson led them down the field to put them in the lead going into the final moments of the game.

In fact things were looking pretty good for the Leos as they were closing in on field goal territory and a chance for a ten point lead when an untimely fifteen yard penalty by Sherko Haji-Rasouli for Unnecessary Roughness set the Lions back out of field goal range turning the ball over to the Stamps and guaranteeing himself a place in Wally Buono's dog house for the next two weeks.

Burris countered with his own drive down the field and the game went into Overtime which saw the teams trade points on the way to the 45-45 draw.

A thoroughly entertaining affair for the over 30,000 at McMahon and for TSN's Friday Night football audience across Canada.