BC Lions 1997 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th (in tiebreaker) in the West Division and won a playoff position in the crossover
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 2, 1997 Lost 35 – 45 @ Montreal

BC Lions 1997 Season Resources 1997 BC Team Roster 1997 BC Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sun Jun 8 11:00 PM	EDM 15 @ BC 32	W	10,284
B	Tue Jun 17 9:30 PM	BC 18 @ CGY 30	L	29,102


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jun 26 10:30 PM	SSK 24 @ BC 23	L	18,881	RDS, TSN
2	Thu Jul 3 10:30 PM	CGY 16 @ BC 17	W	17,206	TSN
3	Thu Jul 10 10:00 PM	BC 41 @ EDM 31	W	26,010	TSN
4	Sat Jul 19 10:30 PM	WPG 17 @ BC 21	W	22,312	TSN
5	Thu Jul 24 10:30 PM	TOR 34 @ BC 20	L	23,330	TSN
6	Sat Aug 2 1:00 PM	BC 42 @ HAM 24	W	12,032	TSN
7	Sat Aug 9 10:30 PM	MTL 45 @ BC 31	L	19,106	TSN
8	Fri Aug 15 9:30 PM	BC 39 @ SSK 26	W	28,556	TSN, RDS
9	Fri Aug 22 10:30 PM	CGY 23 @ BC 37	W	20,303	RDS, TSN
10	Sat Aug 30 7:00 PM	BC 33 @ MTL 34	L	11,050	CBC, RDS
11	Sun Sep 7 3:00 PM	BC 12 @ SSK 46	L	22,966	CBC
12	Sat Sep 13 10:30 PM	EDM 1 @ BC 27	W	25,088
13	Fri Sep 19 8:30 PM	BC 14 @ WPG 26	L	21,732	TSN
14	Fri Sep 26 10:30 PM	HAM 33 @ BC 34	W	18,258	TSN
15	Sat Oct 4 2:00 PM	BC 3 @ TOR 46	L	17,019	CBC
16	Fri Oct 10 11:00 PM	SSK 26 @ BC 19	L	22,399	TSN
17	Sun Oct 19 3:00 PM	BC 7 @ EDM 41	L	31,958
18	Sun Oct 26 4:00 PM	BC 9 @ CGY 43	L	24,860	TSN, RDS


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 2 12:45 PM	BC 35 @ MTL 45	L	16,257	CBC
32	Bye

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	50	45	L1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	8	10	0	16	429	536	L4	1-5-0
Home	9	5	4	0	10	229	219	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	9	3	6	0	6	200	317	L6	0-6-0
Divisional opponent	10	5	5	0	10	231	277	L3	2-4-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	3	5	0	6	198	259	L1	2-4-0

Full 1997 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	4 (2-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (0-5-0)	7 (5-2-0)	3 (1-2-0)	8 (2-6-0)
After 2nd	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	8 (5-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (3-7-0)
After 3rd	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	7 (4-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	11 (4-7-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (0-10-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ BC	BC @
Divisional	0.544	3-2-0 (5)	2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.472	2-2-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.556	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)	0.444	0-2-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.111	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.722	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.833	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.222	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1997	1996 +/-
Average Combined Score	53.61	+3.83
Average Winning Score	32.25	+3.45
Average Losing Score	17.10	-3.36
Average Home Score	25.44	+2.67
Average Visitor Score	22.22	-0.56
Average Margin of Victory	10.88	+0.07
Average Margin of Loss	19.40	+9.40

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	BC	229 (25.4)	200 (22.2)	429 (23.8)
Total	Opponent	317 (35.2)	219 (24.3)	536 (29.8)
1st	BC	33 (3.7)	44 (4.9)	77 (4.3)
1st	Opponent	65 (7.2)	25 (2.8)	90 (5.0)
2nd	BC	77 (8.6)	64 (7.1)	141 (7.8)
2nd	Opponent	79 (8.8)	103 (11.4)	182 (10.1)
3rd	BC	26 (2.9)	45 (5.0)	71 (3.9)
3rd	Opponent	79 (8.8)	36 (4.0)	115 (6.4)
4th	BC	93 (10.3)	47 (5.2)	140 (7.8)
4th	Opponent	94 (10.4)	55 (6.1)	149 (8.3)

Head Coach

Adam Rita (Dec. 23, 1996 – Aug. 1, 1998)

Assistant Coaches

Charlie Carpenter – Offensive Coordinator
Jim Sandusky – Receivers
Dave Easley – Defensive Coordinator
Amos Jones – Defensive line
Frank Smith – Special teams

BC Lions 1997 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – Damon Allen
1 – Alfred Jackson
1 – Sean Millington

Defensive Star

1 – B.J. Gallis
1 – Maurice Kelly

Lineman Star

3 – Johnny Scott
1 – Jamie Taras

1997 Player Awards and Nominations

1997 Most Outstanding

Player — Damon Allen (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Maurice Kelly (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Mike Withycombe (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Sean Millington (Winner)
Rookie — B.J. Gallis (Division Finalist)

BC Lions 1997 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

WR	Alfred Jackson, Jr.
LB	Maurice Kelly

5 All-Division Selections

FB	Sean Millington
WR	Alfred Jackson, Jr.
C	Mike Withycombe
DT	Joe Fleming
LB	Maurice Kelly

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1997 BC Lions Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–1 (10)	[SSK]	Bob Beveridge (OL)	British Columbia (UBC)
3–2 (19)		Paul Stoilen (LB)	Simon Fraser
3–4 (20)	[WPG]	John Partchenko (OT)	Michigan
4–1 (25)	[OTT]	Bret Anderson (P)	Simon Fraser
4–3 (27)		Martin Miller (CB)	Manitoba
5–2 (35)		Jamie MacDonald (OT)	Northern Illinois
6–2 (43)		Kelly Lochbaum (LB)	Northern Arizona