BC Lions 1983 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the West Division
West Division Final
- Nov. 20, 1983 Won 39 – 21 vs Winnipeg
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 27, 1983 Lost 17 – 18 vs Toronto

BC Lions 1983 Season Resources 1983 BC Team Roster 1983 BC Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Fri Jun 10 9:30 PM	BC 52 @ EDM 20	W	42,196
B	Fri Jun 17 8:30 PM	BC 24 @ WPG 23	W	15,938
C	Thu Jun 23 11:00 PM	CGY 19 @ BC 41	W	53,472
D	Thu Jun 30 11:00 PM	SSK 26 @ BC 37	W	30,984


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
2	Thu Jul 14 8:00 PM	BC 14 @ TOR 17	L	39,347	CBC
3	Sun Jul 24 5:00 PM	SSK 28 @ BC 44	W	41,801	CBC
4	Sat Jul 30 7:00 PM	BC 34 @ HAM 20	W	16,101	CBC
5	Sun Aug 7 5:00 PM	CGY 16 @ BC 32	W	37,496	CTV
6	Fri Aug 12 9:30 PM	BC 43 @ EDM 13	W	52,765	CTV
7	Sat Aug 20 10:30 PM	WPG 6 @ BC 44	W	56,852
8	Sat Aug 27 10:30 PM	MTL 6 @ BC 28	W	36,743	CBC
9	Fri Sep 2 8:00 PM	BC 19 @ OTT 49	L	22,234	CTV
10	Sat Sep 10 10:30 PM	TOR 32 @ BC 14	L	52,656	CBC
11	Sat Sep 17 1:30 PM	BC 42 @ MTL 26	W	17,161	CBC
12	Sun Sep 25 4:00 PM	EDM 30 @ BC 31	W	52,430	CBC
14	Mon Oct 10 3:00 PM	BC 30 @ WPG 18	W	31,508	CBC
15	Sun Oct 16 4:00 PM	BC 16 @ CGY 25	L	24,013	CBC
16	Sat Oct 22 10:30 PM	HAM 16 @ BC 41	W	45,513	CTV
17	Sun Oct 30 3:30 PM	BC 5 @ SSK 11	L	23,895
18	Sat Nov 5 10:30 PM	OTT 13 @ BC 40	W	42,901	CTV


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 20 4:00 PM	WPG 21 @ BC 39	W	59,409	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sun Nov 27 5:00 PM	TOR 18 @ BC 17	L	59,345	CTV, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	4	0	0	8	154	88	W4	4-0-0
Regular Season	16	11	5	0	22	477	326	W1	4-2-0
Home	8	7	1	0	14	274	147	W3	5-1-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	203	179	L2	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	8	6	2	0	12	245	147	L2	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	5	3	0	10	232	179	W3	4-2-0

Full 1983 League Standings

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	6 (6-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (3-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	12 (9-3-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)
After 2nd	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	12 (11-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)
After 3rd	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (4-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	12 (11-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	11 (11-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ BC	BC @
Divisional	0.469	4-0-0 (4)	2-2-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.484	3-1-0 (4)	2-2-0 (4)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.563	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.344	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.344	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1983	1982 +/-
Average Combined Score	50.19	-2.25
Average Winning Score	37.18	-1.37
Average Losing Score	13.60	-0.97
Average Home Score	34.25	+5.62
Average Visitor Score	25.38	-2.12
Average Margin of Victory	19.73	+2.51
Average Margin of Loss	13.20	-0.51

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	BC	274 (34.3)	203 (25.4)	477 (29.8)
Total	Opponent	179 (22.4)	147 (18.4)	326 (20.4)
1st	BC	77 (9.6)	52 (6.5)	129 (8.1)
1st	Opponent	23 (2.9)	16 (2.0)	39 (2.4)
2nd	BC	77 (9.6)	83 (10.4)	160 (10.0)
2nd	Opponent	48 (6.0)	44 (5.5)	92 (5.8)
3rd	BC	57 (7.1)	29 (3.6)	86 (5.4)
3rd	Opponent	36 (4.5)	51 (6.4)	87 (5.4)
4th	BC	63 (7.9)	39 (4.9)	102 (6.4)
4th	Opponent	72 (9.0)	36 (4.5)	108 (6.8)

Head Coach

Don Matthews (Jan. 5, 1983 – Oct. 14, 1987)

BC Lions 1983 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – Mervyn Fernandez
1 – John Pankratz
1 – Roy Dewalt

Defensive Star

2 – Kerry Parker
2 – Larry Crawford
1 – Bernie Glier
1 – Jo Jo Heath

Lineman Star

2 – John Blain
1 – Al Wilson
1 – Mack Moore

1983 Player Awards and Nominations

1983 Most Outstanding

Player — Roy Dewalt (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Larry Crawford (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — John Blain (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Lui Passaglia (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Sammy Greene (Team Nominee)

BC Lions 1983 All-Star Selections

6 All-Canadian Selections

T	John Blain
DT	Mack Moore
DHB	Larry Crawford
CB	Kerry Parker
P	Lui Passaglia
K	Lui Passaglia

7 All-Division Selections

WR	Mervyn Fernandez
T	John Blain
DT	Mack Moore
DHB	Larry Crawford
CB	Kerry Parker
P	Lui Passaglia
K	Lui Passaglia (Tie)

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1983 BC Lions Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–5 (5)		Jacques Chapdelaine (WR)	Simon Fraser
1–8 (8)	[TOR]	Jamie Buis (OT)	Simon Fraser
2–5 (14)		Kevin Lapa (LB)	Weber State
2–8 (17)	[TOR]	Peter LeClaire (FB)	British Columbia (UBC)
3–5 (23)		William Bychowski (FB)	Wilfrid Laurier
4–5 (32)		Jerome Erdman (WR)	Simon Fraser
5–5 (41)		Harold Jackmann (OT)	Minnesota State-Moorhead
6–5 (50)		Kyle Barrow (LB)	Western Ontario
7–5 (59)		Mike Brown (DB)	Toronto
8–5 (68)		Ken Munro (WR)	British Columbia (UBC)