1985 BC Lions season

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.

1985 BC Lions season
General managerBob Ackles
Head coachDon Matthews
Home fieldBC Place Stadium
Results
Record13–3
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
Uniform

Offseason

CFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School
13John UlmerDENorth Dakota
17Rick RyanDBWeber State
214Bruce BarnettDBBritish Columbia
216Joe PariselliTBYork
322Bob JedickeDLWestern Ontario
326Chris SpenceTBSimon Fraser
434Kurt WilchuckLBOregon
543John MoffattWRWestern Ontario
652Chester KralaLBCalgary
870John MelvinDLBritish Columbia
979Bob RosTEBritish Columbia

Preseason
Week Date Opponent Result Record
A Sun, June 9 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 19–9 1–0
B Mon, June 17 at Edmonton Eskimos W 17–16 2–0
C Fri, June 21 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 18–28 2–1
D Fri, June 28 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 21–3 3–1

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Regular season

Season standings
West Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
BC Lions16133048129726
Winnipeg Blue Bombers16124050025924
Edmonton Eskimos16106043237320
Saskatchewan Roughriders16511032046210
Calgary Stampeders1631302564296

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

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Awards and records

1985 CFL All-Stars

Playoffs
Game Date Opponent Result Record
West Semi-Final Bye
West Final Sun, Nov 17 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 42–22 1–0
Grey Cup Sun, Nov 24 Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 37–24 2–0

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West Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers880622
BC Lions71022342

Grey Cup
Main article: 73rd Grey Cup
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
BC Lions10136837
Hamilton Tiger-Cats01401024

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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
  1. "1985 CFL Season Schedule & Scores". Canadian Football League. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  2. "1985 CFL Season Standings". Canadian Football League. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  3. "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  4. "CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  5. "CFL.ca - HISTORY >> Grey Cup >> 1985". Archived from the original on 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2017-08-23.


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