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REGINA - Drew Tate put the Calgary Stampeders on his back and carried them into the playoffs. C.J. Anderson Broncos Jersey .Tate drove into the end zone with 34 seconds left to play as Calgary earned a 31-24 victory over Tino Sunseri and the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday.Tates one-yard touchdown plunge proved to be the winning score, one that crushed any hopes of an improbable Roughriders comeback win.When it came down to it and we needed to drive the field, we did it. Thats what you have to do, said Tate, who marched the Stamps 85 yards on the winning drive and improved his teams record to 12-2.(The coaches) wanted to kneel it down, but Dave (Dickenson, offensive co-ordinator) changed his mind. Thats playing aggressive football, Tate said. I wanted the offence to end it.The decisive drive evaporated three minutes from the clock and killed the momentum Saskatchewan had built in the second half. The Riders record slipped to 9-5.That last drive, our defence played well and we just couldnt stop them at the end, said Saskatchewan safety Tyron Brackenridge. They executed and we didnt.Tate finished the night 16-for-29 passing for 194 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for two scores.With the win, the Stampeders became the first team in the CFL to clinch a playoff berth this season.Thats the first step to where we wanted to go, said linebacker Juwan Simpson. But weve been here before. Ive been in this league for seven years and Ive been (in the playoffs) a lot of times with only one championship ring to show for it.If we dont get a Grey Cup this year its going to be a failure, point blank, period. We play this game for no other reason. We dont play to just make the playoffs. Our goal is to win a championship, and making the playoffs is just one step toward that goal.The Stamps may be without running back Jon Cornish. The CFLs leading rusher did not play in the second half because of an undisclosed injury. Cornish rushed for 74 yards on 11 carries in the first half.Sunseri caught fire after halftime and erased a 24-0 deficit in bringing the Roughriders even at 24-24 with nine minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. Saskatchewans 10-play, 101-yard game-tying score was punctuated with Jerome Messams one-yard touchdown run and Anthony Allens two-point convert.Sunseri relieved an ineffective Seth Doege midway through the second quarter and nearly completed a spirited comeback. It was Sunseri who led the Riders to a thrilling overtime win over the Ottawa Redblacks two weeks ago, a game in which the Riders trailed 22-10 at the half.On Friday, Saskatchewan was down 9-0 at halftime and 24-0 late in the third quarter before the offence got on track.Dan DePalma broke a Riders scoring drought of six and a half quarters when he raced 66 yards for a touchdown. Sunseri had a one-yard touchdown run on the Riders next possession, with Weston Dressler adding two-point converts on each score to make it 24-16 after three quarters.Whenever you put yourself in a 24-0 deficit, even though were not the type of team thats going to quit, youre not doing yourself any favours against a good football team, said Roughriders receiver Rob Bagg. The good news is we continued to stick together.Sunseris final line was 16-for-19 passing for 289 yards and one touchdown. He rushed for 21 yards.For Saskatchewan, the Seth Doege experiment fell flat rather quickly.Making his first start in the CFL, Doeges night was finished midway through the second quarter after he threw his third interception of the first half. The rookie completed 3-of-9 pass attempts for 28 yards. He also lost a fumble.Since 2012, the Riders are 26-16 in games started by Darian Durant. They are 2-6 without Durant in the lineup. Durant isnt eligible to return to the Riders lineup until at least the Oct. 24 contest in Calgary, if he returns at all this season. He had surgery last month to repair a torn tendon in right elbow.Calgary is 10-2 in its last 12 meetings with Saskatchewan. Demaryius Thomas Broncos Jersey . The 28-year-old from Rochester, Alta., was selected by the Redblacks from the Saskatchewan Roughriders roster in the 2013 CFL Expansion Draft. Karl Mecklenburg Jersey . 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