1985 CFL season

1985 CFL season
Regular season
Duration	July 4 – November 3, 1985
Playoffs
Start date	November 10, 1985
East Champions	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
West Champions	BC Lions
73rd Grey Cup
Date	November 24, 1985
Site	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
Champions	BC Lions
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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[]

November 10: Division Semifinals

November 17: Division Finals

November 24: 73rd Grey Cup @ Olympic Stadium – Montreal, Quebec

E2

Montreal Concordes

26

E3

Ottawa Rough Riders

20

E1

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

50

E2

Montreal Concordes

30

E1

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

24

W1

BC Lions

37

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

22

W3

Edmonton Eskimos

15

W1

BC Lions

42

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

22

CFL Leaders[]

• CFL Passing Leaders
• CFL Rushing Leaders
• CFL Receiving Leaders^[1]

1985 CFL All-Stars[]

Special teams[]

• P – Ken Clark, Ottawa Rough Riders
• K – Trevor Kennerd, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1985 Eastern All-Stars[]

Special teams[]

• P – Ken Clark, Ottawa Rough Riders
• K – Bernie Ruoff, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1985 Western All-Stars[]

Special teams[]

• P – Tom Dixon, Edmonton Eskimos
• K – Trevor Kennerd, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1985 CFL Awards[]

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Mervyn Fernandez (WR), BC Lions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Paul Bennett (DB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Tyrone Jones (LB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Nick Bastaja (OT), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Mike Gray (DT), BC Lions
• CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award – Tyrone Crews (LB), BC Lions
• CFL's Coach of the Year – Don Matthews, BC Lions

References[]