VANCOUVER – Things got way more exciting for the B.C. Lions on Saturday than Nathan Rourke wanted them to be.

The Lions looked to have the game well under control but then had to fend off a fourth-quarter rally to defeat the Calgary Stampeders 38-24 to clinch a CFL playoff berth.

The Lions took a 31-9 lead into the fourth quarter, but the Stampeders used two interceptions to cut the margin to seven points.

“You never want to give them the ball, no matter the position,” said Rourke, who finished the night completing 25 of 32 passes for 414 yards and four touchdowns, two of them to Keon Hatcher. “It made it a little bit too exciting there at the end.

“There’s a lot of relief right now that we pulled that one out.”

B.C. cornerback Robert Carter Jr. had two picks that snuffed out late Sta

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