1985 BC Lions season
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The 1985
1985 CFL season
The 1985 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 32nd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 28th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1985:...

 BC Lions
BC Lions
The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

finished in 1st place in the West Division with a 13–3 record and won the Grey Cup
73rd Grey Cup
The 73rd Grey Cup was the 1985 Canadian Football League championship game that was played at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, between the BC Lions and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats...

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CFL Draft

Rd Pick Player Position School

Preseason

Date Opponent Score Result

Season Standings

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
BC Lions
BC Lions
The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

16 13 3 0 481 297 26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...

16 12 4 0 500 259 24
Edmonton Eskimos
Edmonton Eskimos
The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...

16 10 6 0 432 373 20
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Saskatchewan Roughriders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...

 
16 5 11 0 320 462 10
Calgary Stampeders
Calgary Stampeders
The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...

 
16 3 13 0 256 429 6

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


Awards and records

  • CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award
    CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award
    The Most Outstanding Player Award is annually awarded to the best player in the Canadian Football League. The Most Outstanding Player award can be compared to the National Football League's Most Valuable Player, otherwise known as the "MVP" award...

     – Mervyn Fernandez
    Mervyn Fernandez
    Mervyn "Swervin' Mervyn" Fernandez is a former professional American and Canadian football player who played wide receiver with the NFL Los Angeles-Oakland Raiders and the Canadian Football League BC Lions....

     (WR)
  • CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award
    CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award
    The Most Outstanding Rookie Award is annually rewarded to the player deemed to be the best player in his first year in the Canadian Football League. This is the fifth-last award to be given during the CFL Awards banquet, which takes place the week before Grey Cup weekend in the same city where it...

     – Mike Gray
    Mike Gray (Canadian football)
    Mike Gray is a former award winning and all-star Canadian Football League defensive tackle and Grey Cup champion.After playing his college football at the University of Oregon Gray started pro career with the British Columbia Lions in 1985. He played 16 games and had 13 sacks, good for an all-star...

     (DT)
  • CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award
    Tom Pate Memorial Award
    Every year the Canadian Football League Players' Association presents the Tom Pate Award. It is not a "Jock Award," but rather an award given to players who display qualities that distinguish them from their peers....

     – Tyrone Crews (LB)
  • CFL's Coach of the Year
    Annis Stukus Trophy
    The Annis Stukus Trophy is a Canadian Football League trophy, which is presented annually by the Edmonton Eskimos Alumni Association to the Coach of the Year, as determined by the members of the Football Reporters of Canada...

     – Don Matthews
    Don Matthews
    Don Matthews, a.k.a. "The Don", is a former head coach of several teams in the Canadian Football League and is the second winningest head coach in CFL history with 231 wins...

  • Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy
    Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy
    The Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy is a trophy awarded to the Canadian Football League West Division's Most Outstanding Player, chosen from the nominees from each team in the division...

     – Mervyn Fernandez (WR)

1985 CFL All-Stars

  • RB – Keyvan Jenkins
    Keyvan Jenkins
    Keyvan Lewis Jenkins is a former running back who played 8 seasons in the Canadian Football League. He also played two seasons in the National Football League. He won the Grey Gup for the BC Lions in 1985, and with the Calgary Stampeders in 1992....

    , CFL All-Star
  • WR – Mervyn Fernandez
    Mervyn Fernandez
    Mervyn "Swervin' Mervyn" Fernandez is a former professional American and Canadian football player who played wide receiver with the NFL Los Angeles-Oakland Raiders and the Canadian Football League BC Lions....

    , CFL All-Star
  • OT – John Blain, CFL All-Star
  • DT – Mike Gray
    Mike Gray (Canadian football)
    Mike Gray is a former award winning and all-star Canadian Football League defensive tackle and Grey Cup champion.After playing his college football at the University of Oregon Gray started pro career with the British Columbia Lions in 1985. He played 16 games and had 13 sacks, good for an all-star...

    , CFL All-Star
  • DE – James "Quick" Parker
    James Parker (football player)
    James "Quick" Parker, is a former Canadian football player who was a leading defensive player in the Canadian Football League...

    , CFL All-Star
  • LB – Kevin Konar
    Kevin Konar
    Kevin Konar is a former star linebacker for the BC Lions.After playing his university football with the University of British Columbia, Konar would play 10 years with the Leos, from 1980 to 1989, and two Grey Cups and one championship . He was a CFL All Star two times.-References:...

    , CFL All-Star
  • DB – Darnell Clash, CFL All-Star

West Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...

 
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BC Lions
BC Lions
The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

 
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Grey Cup

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
BC Lions
BC Lions
The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

 
10 13 6 8 37
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...

0 14 0 10 24


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)
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