1985 BC Lions season

1985 BC Lions season
Head coach	Don Matthews
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	13–3
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup

The 1985 BC Lions finished in first place in the West Division with a 13–3 record and won the Grey Cup.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Date	Opponent	Score	Result

Regular season

Season standings

**West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	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
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	5	11	320	462	10
Calgary Stampeders	16	3	13	256	429	6

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 6	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	42–8	Win	1–0
2	July 13	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	25–10	Win	2–0
3	July 21	at Calgary Stampeders	39–14	Win	3–0
4	July 27	vs. Montreal Concordes	28–15	Win	4–0
5	Aug 1	at Toronto Argonauts	43–18	Win	5–0
6	Bye				5–0
7	Aug 17	vs. Calgary Stampeders	35–32	Loss	5–1
8	Aug 24	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21–11	Win	6–1
9	Aug 30	at Ottawa Rough Riders	18–13	Win	7–1
10	Sept 6	vs. Toronto Argonauts	32–23	Win	8–1
11	Bye				8–1
12	Sept 20	at Montreal Concordes	31–20	Win	9–1
13	Sept 28	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	33–9	Win	10–1
14	Oct 6	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	33–26	Loss	10–2
15	Oct 11	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	31–10	Loss	10–3
16	Oct 20	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	42–18	Win	11–3
17	Oct 27	at Edmonton Eskimos	42–29	Win	12–3
18	Nov 1	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	17–10	Win	13–3

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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)^[3]
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

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8	8	?	?	22
BC Lions	7	10	?	?	42

Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	10	13	6	8	37
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	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)

References

↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
↑ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
↑ http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1985

BC Lions 73rd Grey Cup champions

1 Darnell Clash
3 Jim Sandusky
4 Nelson Martin
5 Lui Passaglia
7 Bernie Glier
8 Ned Armour
9 Roy Dewalt
10 Melvin Byrd
11 Tim Cowan
12 Bruce Barnett
14 Freddie Sims
16 Ron Robinson
18 Keith Gooch
20 John Henry White
21 John Pankratz
28 Larry Crawford
31 Kevin Konar
33 Ryan Potter
37 Glen Jackson
40 James "Quick" Parker
44 John Ulmer
52 Al Wilson
54 Glenn Leonhard
55 Ian Sinclair
60 Bennie Jones
61 Bryan Illerbrun
65 Gerald Roper
68 John Blain
69 Jamie Buis
72 Mark Debrueys
77 Mike Gray
90 Rick Klassen
91 Tyrone Crews
99 Nick Hebeler

Head coach: Don Matthews

Assistant coaches: Adam Rita
Rich Ellerson
Greg Newhouse
Roy Shivers
Ron Smeltzer
Bob Vespaziani

1985 CFL season by team
Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg
Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto
See also	1985 CFL Draft 73rd 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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