BC Lions 1989 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

7 wins, 11 losses, 0 ties
Finished 4th in the West Division

BC Lions 1989 Season Resources 1989 BC Team Roster 1989 BC Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
A	Thu Jun 29 9:30 PM	BC 25 @ CGY 7	W
B	Tue Jul 4 10:30 PM	SSK 13 @ BC 30	W


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		TV
1	Thu Jul 13 9:30 PM	BC 15 @ EDM 20	L	CFN
2	Tue Jul 18 10:30 PM	SSK 42 @ BC 37	L	CFN
3	Wed Jul 26 10:30 PM	CGY 28 @ BC 26	L	TSN
4	Fri Aug 4 7:30 PM	BC 38 @ HAM 44	L	CFN
5	Wed Aug 9 10:30 PM	EDM 33 @ BC 13	L	TSN
6	Tue Aug 15 10:30 PM	TOR 11 @ BC 16	W	CFN
7	Thu Aug 24 9:30 PM	BC 37 @ SSK 25	W	CBC
8	Thu Aug 31 7:30 PM	BC 39 @ OTT 30	W	CBC
9	Tue Sep 5 10:30 PM	OTT 32 @ BC 49	W	CFN
10	Sun Sep 10 2:30 PM	BC 34 @ WPG 53	L	TSN
11	Sat Sep 16 10:30 PM	WPG 24 @ BC 20 OT	L	CBC
12	Sun Sep 24 3:00 PM	BC 25 @ EDM 32	L	CBC
13	Sat Sep 30 9:00 PM	BC 32 @ SSK 30	W	CBC
14	Fri Oct 6 10:30 PM	HAM 27 @ BC 46	W	TSN
15	Sat Oct 14 7:30 PM	BC 11 @ CGY 51	L	CFN
16	Sat Oct 21 7:30 PM	BC 18 @ TOR 29	L	CFN
17	Sat Oct 28 10:30 PM	EDM 25 @ BC 19	L	CFN
18	Sat Nov 4 10:30 PM	CGY 21 @ BC 46	W	CFN

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	2	0	0	4	55	20	W2	2-0-0
Regular Season	18	7	11	0	14	521	557	W1	3-3-0
Home	9	4	5	0	8	272	243	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	9	3	6	0	6	249	314	L2	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	10	3	7	0	6	261	307	W1	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	4	4	0	8	260	250	L1	3-3-0

Full 1989 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 (3-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (2-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	9 (5-4-0)	2 (0-2-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 2nd	5 (4-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (3-5-0)	6 (4-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	11 (3-8-0)
After 3rd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	9 (7-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (0-4-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	7 (7-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	10 (0-10-0)
After OT1	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ BC	BC @
Divisional	0.672	1-4-0 (5)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.417	3-1-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.556	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (4)	0.889	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.222	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.389	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.389	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1989	1988 +/-
Average Combined Score	59.89	+9.56
Average Winning Score	37.86	+3.96
Average Losing Score	23.27	+4.52
Average Home Score	30.22	-2.78
Average Visitor Score	27.67	+6.33
Average Margin of Victory	12.71	-3.79
Average Margin of Loss	11.36	-0.26

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	BC	272 (30.2)	249 (27.7)	521 (28.9)
Total	Opponent	314 (34.9)	243 (27.0)	557 (30.9)
1st	BC	53 (5.9)	65 (7.2)	118 (6.6)
1st	Opponent	71 (7.9)	39 (4.3)	110 (6.1)
2nd	BC	69 (7.7)	38 (4.2)	107 (5.9)
2nd	Opponent	98 (10.9)	67 (7.4)	165 (9.2)
3rd	BC	63 (7.0)	66 (7.3)	129 (7.2)
3rd	Opponent	67 (7.4)	54 (6.0)	121 (6.7)
4th	BC	84 (9.3)	80 (8.9)	164 (9.1)
4th	Opponent	78 (8.7)	76 (8.4)	154 (8.6)
OT1	BC	3 (3.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (3.0)
OT1	Opponent	0 (0.0)	7 (7.0)	7 (7.0)

Head Coaches

Lary Kuharich (Nov. 29, 1989 – Sept. 7, 1990)
Joe Galat (Aug. 6, 1989 – Nov. 29, 1989)
Larry Donovan (Oct. 14, 1987 – Aug. 6, 1989)

Assistant Coaches

Ron Smeltzer – Offensive Coordinator
Jim Young – Receivers
Joe Paopao – Offensive backfield
Steve Buratto – Defensive Coordinator
Bob Vespaziani – Front Seven

BC Lions 1989 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Tony Cherry
1 – Darrell Wallace
1 – Eric Streater

Defensive Star

None

Lineman Star

1 – James Parker

1989 Player Awards and Nominations

1989 Most Outstanding

Player — Matt Dunigan (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Alondra Johnson (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Jim Mills (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Lui Passaglia (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Darrell Wallace (Division Finalist)

1989 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — Matt Dunigan (Winner)

BC Lions 1989 All-Star Selections

1 All-Division Selections

WR	David Williams^*

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1989 BC Lions Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–6 (6)	[TOR]	Derek MacCready (DE)	Ohio State
2–7 (15)		Paul Wetmore (LB)	Acadia
3–7 (23)		Mike Choma (OT)	Wilfrid Laurier
4–7 (31)		Rohan Dove (CB)	Wilfrid Laurier
5–7 (39)		Pat Nield (LB)	Guelph
6–7 (47)		Wayne England (LB)	Guelph
7–7 (55)		Dave Shaw (LB)	Waterloo
8–7 (63)		Mark Nykolaichuk (HB)	British Columbia (UBC)