CALGARY - Henry Burris ran for one touchdown and threw for two more to lead the Calgary Stampeders to a 28-18 win over the B.C. Lions on the opening night of the Canadian Football League season.

Ken-Yon Rambo and rookie Chris Jackson each caught TD passes, while Sandro DeAngelis kicked two field goals and a single.

Burris completed 22 of 33 passes for 274 yards and ran for 62 more. Cory Rodgers caught a pair of touchdown passes, Paul McCallum kicked two singles and the Lions also scored on a safety.

With just two starters back from last season, Calgary's revamped defence held the B.C. Lions to just 65 yards rushing in front of 30,159 appreciative fans at McMahon Stadium.

In the first quarter, Burris capped off a five-play, 55-yard scoring drive by rambling seven yards into the end zone. On the drive, Burris went three-for-three for 30 yards, while running back Joffrey Reynolds broke free for an 18-yard gain to get the Stamps into the red zone.

McCallum kicked a single for the Lions early in the second quarter before Burris went to work again and led the Stamps on a four-play, 75-yard drive culminating in a 32-yard touchdown pass to Rambo.

DeAngelis then kicked a 40-yard field goal to give the Stamps a 17-1 lead before punter Burke Dales conceded a safety.

On the ensuing drive for the Lions, Geroy Simon hauled in a 38-yard pass from Buck Pierce before the B.C. quarterback tossed a 37-yard TD strike to Rodgers.

McCallum tried a last-gasp 59-yard field goal as time ran down in the first half, but his attempt went wide left.

Miguel Robede, Howard Hodges, Eddie Freeman and Juwan Simpson all sacked Pierce in the second quarter.

McCallum and DeAngelis traded singles in the third quarter before the Burris engineered a nine-play, 93-yard scoring drive in the fourth, which was capped off by a diving catch by Jackson in the end zone for his first-ever CFL touchdown.

The Stampeder defenders then took over as they forced a turnover on downs before Dwaine Carpenter picked off an errant pass by back-up B.C. quarterback Jarious Jackson to set up an 11-yard field goal by DeAngelis.

Jackson tossed an 18-yard TD pass to Rodgers with 23 seconds left in the game to round out the scoring.

Notes: Retired offensive lineman Jay McNeil, who spent his entire 14-year career with the Stampeders, was honoured at halftime.  The Lions went 3-0-1 against the Stamps last season including an exciting 45-45 tie at McMahon Stadium.  As coach of the Lions, former Stampeder bench boss Wally Buono now has an 11-3-1 record against his former squad.