1985 BC Lions season

1985 BC Lions season
Head coach	Don Matthews
General manager	Bob Ackles
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	13–3
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform
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The 1985 BC Lions season was the 28th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 32nd overall. The Lions finished in first place in the West Division with a 13–3 record and won the Grey Cup by defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37–24 in the 73rd Grey Cup game. The win captured the second championship in franchise history and also ended the longest Grey Cup drought for the Lions at 21 years.

Offseason[]

CFL Draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	3		DE	North Dakota
1	7		DB	Weber State
2	14		DB	British Columbia
2	16		TB	York
3	22		DL	Western Ontario
3	26	Chris Spence	TB	Simon Fraser
4	34		LB	Oregon
5	43		WR	Western Ontario
6	52		LB	Calgary
8	70		DL	British Columbia
9	79		TE	British Columbia

Preseason[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	Sun, June 9	vs. Calgary Stampeders	19–9	Win	1–0
B	Mon, June 17	at Edmonton Eskimos	17–16	Win	2–0
C	Fri, June 21	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28–18	Loss	2–1
D	Fri, June 28	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	21–3	Win	3–1

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Regular season[]

Season standings[]

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	16	13	3	0	481	297	26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	12	4	0	500	259	24
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	6	0	432	373	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	5	11	0	320	462	10
Calgary Stampeders	16	3	13	0	256	429	6

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Season schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Sat, July 6	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	42–8	Win	1–0
2	Sat, July 13	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	25–10	Win	2–0
3	Sun, July 21	at Calgary Stampeders	39–14	Win	3–0
4	Sat, July 27	vs. Montreal Concordes	28–15	Win	4–0
5	Thurs, Aug 1	at Toronto Argonauts	43–18	Win	5–0
6	Bye				5–0
7	Sat, Aug 17	vs. Calgary Stampeders	35–32	Loss	5–1
8	Sat, Aug 24	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21–11	Win	6–1
9	Fri, Aug 30	at Ottawa Rough Riders	18–13	Win	7–1
10	Fri, Sept 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	32–23	Win	8–1
11	Bye				8–1
12	Fri, Sept 20	at Montreal Concordes	31–20	Win	9–1
13	Sat, Sept 28	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	33–9	Win	10–1
14	Sun, Oct 6	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	33–26	Loss	10–2
15	Fri, Oct 11	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	31–10	Loss	10–3
16	Sun, Oct 20	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	42–18	Win	11–3
17	Sun, Oct 27	at Edmonton Eskimos	42–29	Win	12–3
18	Fri, Nov 1	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	17–10	Win	13–3

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Awards and records[]

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Mervyn Fernandez (WR)
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Mike Gray (DT)^[4]
• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – Tyrone Crews (LB)
• CFL's Coach of the Year – Don Matthews
• Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Mervyn Fernandez (WR)

1985 CFL All-Stars[]

• RB – Keyvan Jenkins, CFL All-Star
• WR – Mervyn Fernandez, CFL All-Star
• OT – John Blain, CFL All-Star
• DT – Mike Gray, CFL All-Star
• DE – James "Quick" Parker, CFL All-Star
• LB – Kevin Konar, CFL All-Star
• DB – Darnell Clash, CFL All-Star

Playoffs[]

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
West Semi-Final	Bye
West Final	Sun, Nov 17	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	42–22	Win	1–0
73rd Grey Cup	Sun, Nov 24	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	37–24	Win	2–0

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West Final[]

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8	8	0	6	22
BC Lions	7	10	22	3	42

Grey Cup[]

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	10	13	6	8	37
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	0	14	0	10	24

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First Quarter

BC – TD Armour 84 yard pass from Dewalt (Passaglia convert)
BC – FG Passaglia

Second Quarter

BC – FG Passaglia
HAM – TD Ingram 35 yard pass from Hobart (Ruoff convert)
HAM – TD Shepherd 00 yard pass from Hobart (Ruoff convert)
BC – TD Armour 59 yard pass from Dewalt (Passaglia convert)
BC – FG Passaglia

Third Quarter
BC – FG Passaglia
BC – FG Passaglia

Fourth Quarter

HAM – FG Ruoff
BC – Single Passaglia
BC – TD Sandusky 66 yard pass from Dewalt (Passaglia convert)
HAM – TD Stapler 35 yard pass from Hobart (Ruoff convert)

References[]