BC Lions 1985 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

13 wins, 3 losses, 0 ties
Finished 1st in the West Division
West Division Final
- Nov. 17, 1985 Won 42 – 22 vs Winnipeg
CFL Grey Cup
- Nov. 24, 1985 Won 37 – 24 vs Hamilton in Montreal, QC

BC Lions 1985 Season Resources 1985 BC Team Roster 1985 BC Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Sun Jun 9 5:00 PM	CGY 9 @ BC 19	W	CTVW
B	Mon Jun 17 9:30 PM	BC 17 @ EDM 16	W	CTVW
C	Fri Jun 21 10:00 PM	WPG 28 @ BC 18	L
D	Fri Jun 28 9:00 PM	BC 21 @ SSK 3	W	CBCW


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Sat Jul 6 7:30 PM	BC 42 @ HAM 8	W	CTV
2	Sat Jul 13 10:00 PM	EDM 10 @ BC 25	W	CBC
3	Sun Jul 21 4:00 PM	BC 39 @ CGY 14	W	CBC
4	Sat Jul 27 10:00 PM	MTL 15 @ BC 28	W	CTV
5	Thu Aug 1 7:30 PM	BC 43 @ TOR 18	W	CBC
6	Bye
7	Sat Aug 17 10:00 PM	CGY 35 @ BC 32	L	CBC
8	Sat Aug 24 10:00 PM	HAM 11 @ BC 21	W	CBC
9	Fri Aug 30 7:30 PM	BC 18 @ OTT 13	W	CTV
10	Fri Sep 6 10:00 PM	TOR 23 @ BC 32	W	CTV
11	Bye
12	Fri Sep 20 7:30 PM	BC 31 @ MTL 20	W	CTV
13	Sat Sep 28 10:00 PM	SSK 9 @ BC 33	W	CBC
14	Sun Oct 6 4:00 PM	BC 26 @ WPG 33	L	CTV
15	Fri Oct 11 10:00 PM	WPG 31 @ BC 10	L	CBC
16	Sun Oct 20 3:30 PM	BC 42 @ SSK 18	W	CTV
17	Sun Oct 27 4:00 PM	BC 42 @ EDM 29	W	CBC
18	Fri Nov 1 10:00 PM	OTT 10 @ BC 17	W	CTV


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Final	Sun Nov 17 3:00 PM	WPG 22 @ BC 42	W	CBC, R/C


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		TV
Grey Cup	Sun Nov 24 1:00 PM	BC 37 vs HAM 24	W	CBC, CTV, R/C

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	3	1	0	6	75	56	W1	3-1-0
Regular Season	16	13	3	0	26	481	297	W3	4-2-0
Home	8	6	2	0	12	198	144	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	8	7	1	0	14	283	153	W2	5-1-0
Divisional opponent	8	5	3	0	10	249	179	W2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	8	0	0	16	232	118	W8	6-0-0

Full 1985 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	5 (4-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (5-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	11 (9-2-0)	3 (3-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)
After 2nd	5 (5-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	11 (11-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)
After 3rd	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	12 (12-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	13 (13-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ BC	BC @
Divisional	0.469	2-2-0 (4)	3-1-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.453	4-0-0 (4)	4-0-0 (4)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.188	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.625	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.438	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1985	1984 +/-
Average Combined Score	48.63	+3.25
Average Winning Score	31.77	+0.44
Average Losing Score	22.67	+6.67
Average Home Score	24.75	-4.00
Average Visitor Score	35.38	+8.50
Average Margin of Victory	16.54	-1.04
Average Margin of Loss	10.33	-5.33

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	BC	198 (24.8)	283 (35.4)	481 (30.1)
Total	Opponent	153 (19.1)	144 (18.0)	297 (18.6)
1st	BC	56 (7.0)	57 (7.1)	113 (7.1)
1st	Opponent	17 (2.1)	27 (3.4)	44 (2.8)
2nd	BC	52 (6.5)	99 (12.4)	151 (9.4)
2nd	Opponent	52 (6.5)	27 (3.4)	79 (4.9)
3rd	BC	39 (4.9)	46 (5.8)	85 (5.3)
3rd	Opponent	34 (4.3)	20 (2.5)	54 (3.4)
4th	BC	51 (6.4)	81 (10.1)	132 (8.3)
4th	Opponent	50 (6.3)	70 (8.8)	120 (7.5)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

Adam Rita – Offensive Coordinator
Ron Smeltzer – Offensive line
Greg Newhouse – Defensive Coordinator
Bob Vespaziani – Linebackers
Rich Ellerson – Defensive line
Roy Shivers – Special teams

BC Lions 1985 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – Keyvan Jenkins
2 – Roy Dewalt
1 – Lui Passaglia
1 – Mervyn Fernandez

Defensive Star

3 – Darnell Clash
1 – Tyrone Crews

Lineman Star

2 – James Parker
2 – Mike Gray
1 – Al Wilson
1 – Nick Hebeler

1985 Player Awards and Nominations

1985 Most Outstanding

Player — Mervyn Fernandez (Winner)
Defensive Player — Mike Gray (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — John Blain (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Lui Passaglia (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Mike Gray (Winner)

BC Lions 1985 All-Star Selections

7 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Keyvan Jenkins
WR	Mervyn Fernandez
T	John Blain
DT	Mike Gray
DE	James “Quick” Parker
OLB	Kevin Konar
DB	Darnell Clash

10 All-Division Selections

RB	Keyvan Jenkins
WR	Mervyn Fernandez
T	John Blain
DT	Rick Klassen
DT	Mike Gray
DE	James “Quick” Parker
OLB	Glen Jackson (Tie)
OLB	Kevin Konar (Tie)
DB	Melvin Byrd (Tie)
DB	Darnell Clash

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1985 BC Lions Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–3 (3)	[SSK]	John Ulmer (DE)	North Dakota
1–7 (7)		Rick Ryan (DB)	Weber State
2–5 (14)	[EDM]	Bruce Barnett (DB)	British Columbia (UBC)
2–7 (16)		Joe Pariselli (RB)	York
3–4 (22)	[MTL]	Bob Jedicke (DL)	Western Ontario
3–8 (26)	[HAM]	Chris Spence (RB)	Simon Fraser
4–7 (34)		Kent Wilchuck (LB)	Oregon
5–7 (43)		John Moffat (WR)	Western Ontario
6–7 (52)		Chester Krala (LB)	Calgary
8–7 (70)		John Melvin (DL)	British Columbia (UBC)
9–7 (79)		Bob Ros (TE)	British Columbia (UBC)