An extra week of practice didn't help the B.C. Lions end their struggles against Calgary or solve their own problems.

The Stampeders came off a bye week and outscored the hometown Lions 21-15 in the second half en route to their ninth straight win over B.C., 48-35 in the lone CFL game on Friday night.

Calgary has yet to lose to a division opponent this season and improved its record to 7-1, tops in the West and the club's best start since 1996 when current B.C. head coach Wally Buono patrolled the sidelines.

Buono's Lions dropped their seventh consecutive game to fall to a CFL-worst 1-7.

"When do you get tired of losing?" said dejected Lions slotback Geroy Simon, who caught one touchdown pass. "When do you get tired of getting your ass handed to you?

"We still have a long season left but it's getting shorter and shorter every week. We played Calgary but the B.C. Lions beat B.C. again."

The unbeaten-in-five Stampeders have scored 104 points in their last two games, having throttled the 1-6 Edmonton Eskimos 56-15 leading into the bye week.

Quarterback Henry Burris threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another to lead a Calgary offence that racked up 499 yards to B.C.'s 266. The Stampeders rushed for 215 yards, the Lions 44.

Highs and lows

"We had our highs and we had some lows," said Burris, who also threw three interceptions to bring his league-leading total to 12.

"We were able to overcome some adversity. Some things happened, it's nothing to worry about. We will get those things right. We will get better."

Burris passed for 276 yards, leaving him two yards shy of passing Dieter Brock for 10th spot all-time in CFL passing yardage.

He did move ahead of Montreal's Anthony Calvillo in TD passes this season with No. 18 in the second quarter, a 20-yard strike to Ken-Yon Rambo. Calvillo, currently sidelined with a bruised sternum, has tossed 17 TD passes.

Deon Murphy hauled in Burris's other toss for a major, a 48-yard pass-and-run to cap a six-play, 75-yard drive and put Calgary ahead to stay at 14-10.

Leading 27-20 coming out of the break — the most points scored in the first half this season — the Stampeders increased their lead to 41-20 on touchdown runs by Arjei Franklin and backup quarterback Drew Tate.

But the Lions didn't quit as quarterback Casey Printers connected with Emmanuel Arceneaux for a 58-yard major late in the fourth quarter and then gave way to Travis Lulay, who found Simon for a five-yard touchdown with three seconds left on the clock.

The B.C. offence, which entered the game having scored a league-least 135 points, did put up the most points against Calgary in 2010. But the offensive line's season-long struggles continued as the Stampeders' defensive front seven gave Printers fits with three sacks.

Printers struggles

The Lions' signal caller made his return to the lineup following a four-game absence with a knee injury but struggled like Lulay and Jarious Jackson during his absence. Printers especially struggled to move the B.C. offence in the second half and connected on just 10 of 26 passes on the night for 191 yards and a touchdown.

"We just didn't make the plays that were right there in front of us," said Printers. "There's a couple of throws I'd like to have back but that's just kind of how it goes."

He came up big during the home side's first possession of the game, finding Arceneaux for a 44-yard gain. A few plays later, Printers kept the ball himself and crossed the plain to answer Burris's nine-yard TD run.

Paul McCallum gave the Lions their only lead of the game, 10-7, with a 33-yard field goal, and also connected from 40 yards later in the first half.

Jamal Robertson also scored on a one-yard run on a play set up by a Lions' interception.

Stampeders kicker Rob Maver booted an 11-yard field goal, while regular punter Burke Dales split the uprights from 37 yards.

Calgary's victory did come at a cost as Ryan Thelwell exited the game in the first half with a lower-body injury. Fellow receiver Romby Bryant also got hurt, while running back Jon Cornish was seen icing his right hamstring in the second half.

Late in the third quarter, a hush fell over the crowd of 25,127 at Empire Field when B.C. wide receiver Darius Passmore ran out of bounds trying to catch an overthrown pass, then collided with some advertising signs.

The corner of one sign cut him across the throat, but Passmore gave the crowd a thumbs-up as he was taken off the field on a stretcher. He had difficulty breathing and was taken to hospital, where he was recovering Friday night.

"Everything should be fine," Buono said after the game. "He fell and I guess he jammed his throat with either a piece of wood or the sign."

The Lions' next game is Sept. 3 in Montreal. B.C. returns home Sept. 11 against Toronto

With files from The Canadian Press