Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23 @ BC Lions 34

Game Details

  • The 99th The Grey Cup
  • 85th Game of 2011
  • Sunday, Nov 27, 2011 6:30 PM EST ( )
  • (Local)
  • at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, BC
    • Surface: Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)
    • Field condition: Dry
    • Roof closed
    • Attendance: 54,313 (Sellout)
    • Capacity: 52,465
  • Broadcasters:
    • TSN in HD 4.38 million Avg. Viewers
    • RDS in HD 216,000 Avg. Viewers
Awards
  • Grey Cup Most Valuable Player
    • Travis Lulay (QB – BC)
  • Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian Player
    • Andrew Harris (RB – BC)

Game Links

Game Notes

  • 5.8 million peak
  • 11 million watched some part of game
  • over half of Vancouver market and 65% of those watching TV viewed the Grey Cup
  • 2.49 million pre-game
  • 2.07 million post-game
2010 and 2011 BC and Winnipeg Matchups
2010Week 14WPG 14 @ BC 16
Week 15BC 35 @ WPG 47 OT
2011Week 5BC 20 @ WPG 25
Week 7WPG 30 @ BC 17
The Grey CupWPG 23 @ BC 34

Lions record vs Blue Bombers (Grey Cup)

All-time (through 2010)
  • BC Total 0–1–0 (0.000)

Streaks as of Nov. 27, 2011 (Grey Cup)

Lions streak at home vs Blue Bombers
  • —
Lions streak overall vs Blue Bombers
  • 1L — Nov. 27, 1988

Boxscore

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter

1. BC: Touchdown HARRIS (19 yards) 6:33
  BC: Convert Kick MCCALLUM 6:17
2. BC: Field Goal MCCALLUM (22 yards) 3:26
3. BC: Single MCCALLUM (57 yards off a Punt) 0:26

2nd Quarter

4. BC: Field Goal MCCALLUM (16 yards) 4:32
5. WPG: Field Goal PALARDY (30 yards) 2:36
6. WPG: Field Goal PALARDY (15 yards) 0:30

3rd Quarter

7. WPG: Field Goal PALARDY (33 yards) 10:10
8. BC: Field Goal MCCALLUM (22 yards) 2:44
9. BC: Touchdown JOHNSON (66 yard pass from LULAY) 0:07
  BC: Convert Kick MCCALLUM 15:00

4th Quarter

10. BC: Touchdown BRUCE (6 yard pass from LULAY) 6:50
  BC: Convert Kick MCCALLUM 6:29
11. WPG: Touchdown CARR (45 yard pass from PIERCE) 3:38
  WPG: Convert Kick PALARDY 3:32
12. WPG: Touchdown EDWARDS (13 yard pass from PIERCE) 1:37
  WPG: Convert Kick PALARDY 1:37
13. BC: Field Goal MCCALLUM (34 yards) 0:58

Linescore
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Blue Bombers 0 6 3 14 23
Lions 11 3 10 10 34
Quarter scores
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Blue Bombers 0 6 9 23 23
Lions 11 14 24 34 34
Statistics
WPGBC
First Downs
(Pass/Rush/Penalty) 		12
(10/2/0)		17
(13/4/0)
Net Rushing4191
Net Passing250320
Net Offence291411
Pass Att/Com19/37
51.4%		21/38
55.3%
Interceptions by01
Fumbles Lost00
Turnovers on Downs00
2nd Down Conversions 4/208/23
Two and Out 95
Points Off Turnovers 01
Punts/Net Avg.9/36.18/44.2
Penalties/Yards5/355/72
Individual
PASSING

WPG – PIERCE: 19/37, 250 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT; BC – LULAY: 21/37, 320 YDS, 2 TD, 0 INT; HARRIS: 0/1, 0 YDS, 0 TD, 0 INT;

RUSHING

WPG – GARRETT: 8/26 YDS, 0 TD; PIERCE: 4/17 YDS, 0 TD; DENMARK: 1/-2 YDS, 0 TD; BC – HARRIS: 10/65 YDS, 1 TD; JACKSON: 3/16 YDS, 0 TD; LULAY: 2/8 YDS, 0 TD; BROWN: 2/2 YDS, 0 TD;

RECEIVING

WPG – CARR: 7/107 YDS, 1 TD; EDWARDS: 6/83 YDS, 1 TD; WATSON: 3/42 YDS, 0 TD; GARRETT: 2/12 YDS, 0 TD; HARGREAVES: 1/6 YDS, 0 TD; BC – JOHNSON: 2/81 YDS, 1 TD; SIMON: 4/79 YDS, 0 TD; BRUCE: 5/73 YDS, 1 TD; JACKSON: 2/43 YDS, 0 TD; GORE: 3/18 YDS, 0 TD; FOSTER: 1/12 YDS, 0 TD; HARRIS: 1/6 YDS, 0 TD; LUMBALA: 1/6 YDS, 0 TD; IANNUZZI: 2/2 YDS, 0 TD;

Blue Bombers coach: Paul LaPolice (L)
Lions coach: Wally Buono (W)

Scoring summary, team and individual statistics courtesy of the CFL.

Game Extra

Lead Changes (Experimental)
  • Total: 1
  • Times WPG held lead: 0
  • Times tied: 1
  • Times BC held lead: 1
Lead/Trailed and Time in Lead
WPGBC
Largest Lead / DeficitNone / -22+22 / None
Final-11+11
WPGTiedBC
Time in Lead00:0008:0651:54
Consecutive Points
WPG 9 14 
BC14 17 3

Stadium Conditions at Kickoff

Indoors, 22°C , Field: Dry

Kickoff stadium and field conditions courtesy the CFL.

Game Time Weather in Vancouver, BC

November 27th Hourly Weather Summary for Vancouver
Site Local Time Condition Temp. Wind Humidity Pressure
Vancouver Harbour CS 3:00 PM Rain 9.5°C NNE (130°) at 8 km/h 83% 100.94 kPa
Vancouver Harbour CS 4:00 PM Rain 8.9°C NNE (160°) at 10 km/h 77% 100.99 kPa
Vancouver Harbour CS 5:00 PM Rain 8.0°C NNE (180°) at 6 km/h 76% 101.06 kPa
Vancouver Harbour CS 6:00 PM Rain 8.1°C NNE (180°) at 7 km/h 73% 101.10 kPa
Vancouver Harbour CS 7:00 PM Light Rain 7.9°C NNE (170°) at 7 km/h 71% 101.22 kPa
Vancouver Harbour CS 8:00 PM Mostly Cloudy 7.8°C NNE (190°) at 6 km/h 68% 101.26 kPa

Conditions at Vancouver Harbour CS (2.24 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.

Data from Dark Sky. Contains supplemental data (Conditions, Wind direction, Wind speed, Visibility, Pressure, Cloud cover) from Dark Sky estimated conditions.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2011 Grey Cup Roster
# PosName
20 DB Beasley, Deon
30 K, P Boreham, Jamie
38 LB Bowman, Marcellus
7 QB Brink, Alex
97 DL Brown, Doug
25 DB Browne, Brady
84 WR Carr, Greg
50 LS Cvetkovic, Chris
89 WR Denmark, Clarence
59 OT Douglas, Andre
82 WR Edwards, Terrence
33 RB Fitzgibbon, Nick
45 DT Fritz, Rodney Jr.
34 RB Garrett, Chris
13 QB Goltz, Justin
64 OL Greaves, Chris
43 FB Green, James
15 WR Hargreaves, Aaron
23 DB Hefney, Jonathan
69 OL January, Glenn Jr.
2 CB Johnson, Jovon
46 LB Johnson, Merrill Jr.
56 DL Kashama, Fernand
41 DB Kent, Clint
60 OL Khan, Obby
57 OL LaBatte, Brendon
47 LB Labbé, Pierre-Luc
31 DB Logan, Ian
62 OT Morley, Steven
10 LB Muamba, Hénoc
93 DT Oramasionwu, Don
17 K Palardy, Justin
22 DB Pasco, Darrell
4 QB Pierce, Buck
27 WR Poblah, Kito
39 FB Pontbriand, Michel-Pierre
0 DB Sears, Johnny Jr.
21 DB Suber, Alex
92 DT Turner, Bryant Jr.
98 DE Vega, Jason
81 WR Watson, Cory
40 DE Willis, Odell

Note: Jersey numbers and positions listed are all numbers used and positions played for the whole season, but only players dressed for Grey Cup are shown.

BC Lions 2011 Grey Cup Roster
# PosName
45 DB Arakgi, Jason
65 T Archibald, Ben
24 DB Banks, Korey
50 LB Bighill, Adam
35 RB Brown, Tim
1 WR Bruce, Arland III
56 LB Elimimian, Solomon
88 WR Foster, Akeem
85 WR Gore, Shawn
67 G Hameister-Ries, Jon
33 RB Harris, Andrew
90 DL Hunt, Aaron
87 WR Iannuzzi, Marco
7 QB Jackson, Jarious
19 WR Jackson, Paris
97 DL Johnson, Brent
10 DL Johnson, Kierrie
57 G Jones, Andrew
11 DB Kornegay, Tad
27 DB LaRose, J.R.
23 RB Lee, Jamall
14 QB Lulay, Travis
46 RB Lumbala, Rolly
31 CB Marsh, Dante
4 K, P McCallum, Paul
70 DL McCullough, Dan
42 LB McKenzie, Anton
36 LB McKinlay, Neil
96 DT Mitchell, Khalif
3 DB Muamba, Cauchy
53 G Newman, Jesse
63 T Olafioye, Jovan
21 DB Phillips, Ryan
26 DB Reddick, Anthony
64 C Reid, Angus
13 QB Reilly, Michael
81 SB Simon, Geroy
94 DL Smith, Khreem
79 DL Taylor, Eric
54 G Valli, Dean
9 DE Williams, Keron
47 LB Yurichuk, James

Note: Jersey numbers and positions listed are all numbers used and positions played for the whole season, but only players dressed for Grey Cup are shown.

League Records Set and Approached in WPG @ BC
Including known plays over 55 yards

CategoryCurrent
Rank		Original
Rank		ValuePersonRecord Held Span OR

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