Canadian football season
Sports league season
1985 CFL season Duration July 4 – November 3, 1985 Start date November 10, 1985 East Champions Hamilton Tiger-Cats West Champions BC Lions Date November 24, 1985 Site Olympic Stadium , Montreal Champions BC Lions
The 1985 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 32nd season in modern-day Canadian football , although it is officially the 28th Canadian Football League season.
CFL News in 1985 [ ]
The CFL adopted a regular season overtime format that will consist of two-minute halves (no sudden death), which would be implemented for the 1986 season . In addition, the CFL changed the playoff overtime format from two ten-minute halves (with no sudden death) to two five-minute halves (no sudden death).
Regular season standings [ ]
Final regular season standings [ ]
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
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
East Division
Team
GP
W
L
T
PF
PA
Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
16
8
8
0
377
315
16
Montreal Concordes
16
8
8
0
284
332
16
Ottawa Rough Riders
16
7
9
0
272
402
14
Toronto Argonauts
16
6
10
0
344
397
12
Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
BC and Hamilton have first round byes.
Grey Cup playoffs [ ]
The BC Lions are the 1985 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37–24, at Montreal 's Olympic Stadium . This was BC's first Grey Cup victory since 1964 . The Lions' Roy Dewalt (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and James "Quick" Parker (DE) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence , while Lui Passaglia (K/P) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian .
Playoff bracket [ ]
CFL Leaders [ ]
CFL Passing Leaders
CFL Rushing Leaders
CFL Receiving Leaders [1]
1985 CFL All-Stars [ ]
Offence [ ]
QB – Matt Dunigan , Edmonton Eskimos
RB – Willard Reaves , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
RB – Keyvan Jenkins , BC Lions
SB – Joe Poplawski , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
TE – Ray Elgaard , Saskatchewan Roughriders
WR – Mervyn Fernandez , BC Lions
WR – Jeff Boyd , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
C – John Bonk , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
OG – Dan Ferrone , Toronto Argonauts
OG – Nick Bastaja , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
OT – John Blain , BC Lions
OT – Chris Walby , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Defence [ ]
DT – Mike Gray , BC Lions
DT – James Curry , Toronto Argonauts
DE – Grover Covington , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DE – James "Quick" Parker , BC Lions
LB – Ben Zambiasi , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
LB – Tyrone Jones , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
LB – Kevin Konar , BC Lions
DB – Darnell Clash , BC Lions
DB – Less Browne , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Ken Hailey , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DB – Howard Fields , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Paul Bennett , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Special teams [ ]
1985 Eastern All-Stars [ ]
Offence [ ]
QB – Ken Hobart , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
RB – , Toronto Argonauts
RB – Lester Brown , Ottawa Rough Riders
SB – , Montreal Concordes
TE – Nick Arakgi , Montreal Concordes
WR – Terry Greer , Toronto Argonauts
WR – Steve Stapler , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
C – Marv Allemang , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
OG – Dan Ferrone , Toronto Argonauts
OG – Lloyd Fairbanks , Montreal Concordes
OT – , Ottawa Rough Riders
OT – Kevin Powell , Ottawa Rough Riders
Defence [ ]
DT – Doug Scott , Montreal Concordes
DT – James Curry , Toronto Argonauts
DE – Grover Covington , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DE – Lloyd Lewis , Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – Ben Zambiasi , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
LB – Rick Sowieta , Ottawa Rough Riders
LB – William Mitchell , Toronto Argonauts
DB – Carl Brazley , Toronto Argonauts
DB – Less Browne , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – , Ottawa Rough Riders
DB – Howard Fields , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
DB – Paul Bennett , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Special teams [ ]
1985 Western All-Stars [ ]
Offence [ ]
QB – Matt Dunigan , Edmonton Eskimos
RB – Willard Reaves , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
RB – Keyvan Jenkins , BC Lions
SB – Joe Poplawski , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
TE – Ray Elgaard , Saskatchewan Roughriders
WR – Mervyn Fernandez , BC Lions
WR – Jeff Boyd , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
C – John Bonk , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
OG – Leo Blanchard , Edmonton Eskimos
OG – Nick Bastaja , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
OT – John Blain , BC Lions
OT – Chris Walby , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Defence [ ]
DT – Mike Gray , BC Lions
DT – Rick Klassen , BC Lions
DE – Tony Norman , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DE – James "Quick" Parker , BC Lions
LB – Dan Bass , Edmonton Eskimos
LB – Tyrone Jones , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
LB – Kevin Konar , BC Lions
LB – Glen Jackson , BC Lions
DB – Darnell Clash , BC Lions
DB – Dave Shaw , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DB – Ken Hailey , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DB – , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DB – , BC Lions
DB – Scott Flagel , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Special teams [ ]
1985 CFL Awards [ ]
References [ ]