1985 BC Lions season explained

Team:	BC Lions
Year:	1985
Record:	13–3
Division Place:	1st, West
Coach:	Don Matthews
General Manager:	Bob Ackles
Stadium:	BC Place Stadium
Playoffs:	Won Grey Cup
Uniform:	CFL BCL Jersey 1978-86.png

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	John Ulmer	Defensive end	North Dakota
1	7	Rick Ryan	Defensive back	Weber State
2	14	Bruce Barnett	Defensive back	British Columbia
2	16	Joe Pariselli	Running back	York
3	22	Bob Jedicke	Defensive line	Western Ontario
3	26	Chris Spence	Running back	Simon Fraser
4	34	Kurt Wilchuck	Linebacker	Oregon
5	43		Wide receiver	Western Ontario
6	52	Chester Krala	Linebacker	Calgary
8	70	John Melvin	Defensive line	British Columbia
9	79	Bob Ros	Tight end	British Columbia

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
A	Sun, June 9	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 19–9	1–0	BC Place	29,238
B	Mon, June 17	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 17–16	2–0	Commonwealth Stadium
C	Fri, June 21	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 18–28	2–1	BC Place	26,921
D	Fri, June 28	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 21–3	3–1	Taylor Field	19,651

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Regular season

Season standings

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

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Season schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
1	1	Sat, July 6	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 42–8	1–0	Ivor Wynne Stadium	13,101
2	2	Sat, July 13	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 25–10	2–0	BC Place	38,055
3	3	Sun, July 21	at Calgary Stampeders	W 39–14	3–0	McMahon Stadium	15,769
4	4	Sat, July 27	vs. Montreal Concordes	W 28–15	4–0	BC Place	48,281
5	5	Thurs, Aug 1	at Toronto Argonauts	W 43–18	5–0	Exhibition Stadium	31,276
6	Bye
7	6	Sat, Aug 17	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 32–35	5–1	BC Place Stadium	37,462
8	7	Sat, Aug 24	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 21–11	6–1	BC Place	34,351
9	8	Fri, Aug 30	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 18–13	7–1	Lansdowne Park	23,611
10	9	Fri, Sept 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 32–23	8–1	BC Place	40,782
11	Bye
12	10	Fri, Sept 20	at Montreal Concordes	W 31–20	9–1	Olympic Stadium	24,363
13	11	Sat, Sept 28	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 33–9	10–1	BC Place	41,618
14	12	Sun, Oct 6	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 26–33	10–2	Winnipeg Stadium	32,946
15	13	Fri, Oct 11	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 10–31	10–3	BC Place	59,478
16	14	Sun, Oct 20	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 42–18	11–3	Taylor Field	19,940
17	15	Sun, Oct 27	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 42–29	12–3	Commonwealth Stadium	48,193
18	16	Fri, Nov 1	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 17–10	13–3	BC Place	38,661

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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

Round	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
West Semi-Final	Bye
West Final	Sun, Nov 17		W 42–22	1–0	BC Place	59,478
Grey Cup	Sun, Nov 24	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 37–24	2–0	Olympic Stadium	56,723

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West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
	8	8	0	6	22
	7	10	22	3	42

Grey Cup

See main article: 73rd Grey Cup.

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
	10	13	6	8	37
	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)

Notes and References

Web site: 1985 CFL Season Schedule & Scores . . December 4, 2020.
Web site: 1985 CFL Season Standings . . December 4, 2020 .
Web site: BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records . https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040646/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/brcolumb.htm . 2009-03-11 . live . 2009-03-28 .
Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2010-10-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110422013422/http://www.cfl.ca/page/more_player_awards_orook . 2011-04-22 .
Web site: CFL.ca - HISTORY >> Grey Cup >> 1985 . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090622184449/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1985 . 2009-06-22 . dead .