1985 BC Lions season

1985 BC Lions season
Owner(s)	{{{owner}}}
Head Coach	Don Matthews
Home Field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	13–3
Place	1st, West
Playoff Finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform
File:CFL BCL Jersey 1978.png
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1984	1986

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	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	16	13	3	0	481	297	26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	12	4	0	500	259	24
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	6	0	432	373	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	5	11	0	320	462	10
Calgary Stampeders	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 – Mervyn Fernandez (WR)
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Mike Gray (DT)
• 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	?	?	?	?	22
BC Lions	?	?	?	?	42

Grey Cup

Main article: 73rd Grey Cup

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