1983 BC Lions season

1983 BC Lions season
Head coach	Don Matthews
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	11–5
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Lost in Grey Cup

The 1983 BC Lions finished in first place in the West Division with an 11–5 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup but lost to the Toronto Argonauts.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 10	at Edmonton Eskimos	52–20	Win	42,196	1–0
B	June 17	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–23	Win	15,938	2–0
C	June 23	Calgary Stampeders	41–19	Win	53,472	3–0
D	June 30	Saskatchewan Roughriders	37–26	Win	30,984	4–0

Regular season

Season standings

**West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	16	11	5	477	326	22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	9	7	412	402	18
Edmonton Eskimos	16	8	8	450	377	16
Calgary Stampeders	16	8	8	425	378	16
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	5	11	360	536	10

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Bye					0–0
2	July 14	at Toronto Argonauts	17–14	Loss	39,437	0–1
3	July 24	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	44–28	Win	41,801	1–1
4	July 30	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34–28	Win	16,101	2–1
5	Aug 7	vs. Calgary Stampeders	32–16	Win	37,496	3–1
6	Aug 12	at Edmonton Eskimos	43–13	Win	52,765	4–1
7	Aug 20	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	44–6	Win	56,852	5–1
8	Aug 27	vs. Montreal Concordes	28–6	Win	36,743	6–1
9	Sept 2	at Ottawa Rough Riders	49–19	Loss	22,234	6–2
10	Sept 10	vs. Toronto Argonauts	32–14	Loss	52,656	6–3
11	Sept 17	at Montreal Concordes	42–26	Win	17,161	7–3
12	Sept 25	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	31–30	Win	52,430	8–3
13	Bye					8–3
14	Oct 10	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30–18	Win	31,508	9–3
15	Oct 16	at Calgary Stampeders	25–16	Loss	24,013	9–4
16	Oct 22	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	41–16	Win	43,513	10–4
17	Oct 30	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	11–5	Loss	23,471	10–5
18	Nov 5	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	40–13	Win	42,901	11–5

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Awards and records

Rick Klassen: Dick Suderman Trophy

1983 CFL All-Stars

OT – John Blain, CFL All-Star
P/K – Lui Passaglia, CFL All-Star
DT – Mack Moore, CFL All-Star
DB – Kerry Parker, CFL All-Star
DB – Larry Crawford, CFL All-Star

Playoffs

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	?	?	?	?	21
BC Lions	?	?	?	?	39

Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Toronto Argonauts	0	7	2	9	18
BC Lions	14	3	0	0	17

References

↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
↑ "British Columbia Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.

1983 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	1983 CFL Draft 71st Grey Cup

BC Lions seasons

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

BC Lions
Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia
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/Head Coach: Wally Buono
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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