2001 BC Lions season

2001 BC Lions season
Head coach	Steve Buratto
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West-Semi Final

The 2001 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with an 8–10 record. They appeared in the West-Semi Final.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	2	Ian Williams	LB	Memphis
1	3	Lyle Green	FB	Toledo
1	8	Leif Thorsen	G	Montana
2	16	Jamie Boreham	K/WR	Saskatchewan
3	24	Scott Robinson	WR	Simon Fraser
4	32	Kelly Bates	OL	Saskatchewan
5	40	Dave Tucker	LB	Manitoba
6	48	Eric Collings	OL	British Columbia

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	June 21	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	19–14	Loss	0–1
B	June 26	vs. Calgary Stampeders	35–28	Loss	0–2

Regular season

Season Standings

**West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	18	9	9	1	439	463	19
Calgary Stampeders	18	8	10	1	478	476	17
BC Lions	18	8	10	0	417	445	16
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	6	12	0	308	416	12

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 7	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	35–28	Win	1–0
2	July 12	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	26–5	Loss	1–1
3	July 21	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	12–7	Loss	1–2
4	July 27	at Calgary Stampeders	35–28	Loss	1–3
5	August 4	vs. Montreal Alouettes	44–31	Win	2–3
6	August 11	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	42–39	Win	3–3
7	August 17	at Edmonton Eskimos	35–17	Win	4–3
8	August 25	vs. Calgary Stampeders	27–13	Win	5–3
9	August 31	at Montreal Alouettes	23–19	Loss	5–4
10	Sept 8	at Toronto Argonauts	32–17	Loss	5–5
11	Sept 15	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Postponed
12	Sept 23	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	17–15	Win	6–5
13	Sept 28	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	23–22	Loss	6–6
14	Oct 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	34–17	Loss	6–7
15	Oct 12	at Edmonton Eskimos	28–22	Loss	6–8
16	Oct 20	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	26–18	Loss	6–9
17	Oct 28	at Calgary Stampeders	34–16	Win	7–9
18	Nov 3	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	42–10	Loss	7–10
18	Nov 6	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	24–12	Win	8–10

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Awards and records

Barrin Simpson, Outstanding Rookie^[4]
Barrin Simpson, Norm Fieldgate Trophy

Playoffs

East Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	4	11	1	3	19
Calgary Stampeders	0	10	0	18	28

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References

↑ http://www.cfl.ca/standings/2001/reg
↑ http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/archive/
↑ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
↑ http://www.cfl.ca/page/more_player_awards_orook
↑ http://stats.cfldb.ca/league/cfl/schedule/2001/11/11/bc-at-cgy/

2001 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Toronto Winnipeg

See also	2001 CFL Draft 89th Grey Cup

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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