1995 BC Lions season

1995 BC Lions season
Head coach	Dave Ritchie
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	10–8
Division place	3rd, North
Playoff finish	Lost North Semi-Final

The 1995 BC Lions finished in third place in the North Division with a 10–8 record. They appeared in the North Semi-Final but were defeated by the Edmonton Eskimos, denying the team a chance to defend their Grey Cup title.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	8	Mark Hatfield	OT	Bishop's
2	16	Brian Conlan	OT	British Columbia
5	47	Larry Jusdanis	QB	Acadia
6	55	Ian Crawford	WR	Bishop's

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 13	at Edmonton Eskimos	23–22	Loss	39,293	0–1
A	June 17	vs. Calgary Stampeders	36–18	Win	21,301	1–1

Regular season

Season Standings

**North Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	18	15	3	631	404	30
Edmonton Eskimos	18	13	5	599	359	26
BC Lions	18	10	8	535	470	20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	8	10	427	509	16
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	7	11	404	653	14
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	6	12	422	451	12
Toronto Argonauts	18	4	14	376	519	8
Ottawa Rough Riders	18	3	15	348	685	6

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	June 30	vs. Baltimore Stallions	37–34	Win	23,999	1–0
2	July 7	at Memphis Mad Dogs	31–13	Win	14,278	2–0
3	July 13	vs. Toronto Argonauts	35–34	Win	24,276	3–0
4	July 21	at Calgary Stampeders	46–24	Loss	30,012	3–1
5	July 27	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	48–11	Win	22,226	4–1
6	Aug 3	vs. Birmingham Barracudas	30–23 (OT)	Win	21,948	5–1
7	Aug 9	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	43–25	Win	20,421	6–1
7	Aug 14	at Toronto Argonauts	19–6	Win	17,084	7–1
8	Aug 18	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11–6	Loss	22,769	7–2
9	Aug 26	vs. Shreveport Pirates	20–19	Loss	24,535	7–3
10	Bye					7–3
11	Sept 9	at Ottawa Rough Riders	43–24	Win	22,564	8–3
12	Sept 16	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	49–14	Win	25,432	9–3
13	Sept 22	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	33–18	Loss	32,837	9–4
14	Oct 1	at Edmonton Eskimos	39–36	Loss	30,046	9–5
15	Oct 9	vs. Calgary Stampeders	41–27	Loss	32,907	9–6
16	Oct 15	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	43–13	Loss	23,112	9–7
17	Oct 21	at Baltimore Stallions	28–26	Loss	33,208	9–8
18	Oct 28	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	30–25	Win	27,464	10–8

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Awards and records

1995 CFL All-Stars

OG – Jamie Taras, CFL All-Star

Northern All-Star Selections

RB – Cory Philpot, CFL Northern All-Star
OG – Jamie Taras, CFL Northern All-Star
OT – Vic Stevenson, CFL Northern All-Star
DE – Andrew Stewart, CFL Northern All-Star
DS – Tom Europe, CFL Northern All-Star

Playoffs

North Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	?	?	?	?	26
BC Lions	?	?	?	?	15

References

↑ http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1995/reg
↑ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.

1995 CFL season by team

North	BC Calgary Edmonton Hamilton Ottawa Saskatchewan Toronto Winnipeg

South	Baltimore Birmingham Memphis San Antonio Shreveport

See also	1995 CFL Draft 83rd Grey Cup CFL USA

BC Lions seasons

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

BC Lions

Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

The Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head Coaches Starting quarterbacks First-round draft picks

Stadiums	Empire Stadium Empire Field BC Place

Culture	The Lions Leo the Lion Nickname: The Leos Fight song: "Roar You Lions Roar" composed by Dal Richards and his Orchestra

Lore	Annis Stukus Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic Kapp becomes first Lion to win MVP of West Division Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker

Important Figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Clem Crowe Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Jackie Parker Al Wilson Cal Murphy Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Mark Gastineau Danny McManus Darren Flutie Damon Allen Robert Drummond Sean Millington Casey Printers Dave Dickenson Geroy Simon

Retired Numbers	5 15 22 30 38 52 60 75 81 97

Key Personnel	Owner: David Braley General Manager: Wally Buono Head Coach: Jeff Tedford

Grey Cup Championships (6)	1964 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011

Western Division Championships (10)	1963 1964 1983 1985 1988 1994 2000 2004 2006 2011

Current League Affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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