BC Lions 2017 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 5th in the West Division

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BC Lions 2017 Season Resources 2017 BC Team Roster 2017 BC Attendance 2017 CFL Team Stats (CFL.ca) 2017 Individual Passing Stats (CFL.ca) 2017 Individual Rushing Stats (CFL.ca) 2017 Individual Receiving Stats (CFL.ca) 2017 Individual Defensive Stats (CFL.ca)

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Tue Jun 6 9:00 PM	BC 18 @ CGY 23	L	25,139
B	Fri Jun 16 10:00 PM	SSK 10 @ BC 42	W	15,632	TSN


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Jun 24 10:00 PM	EDM 30 @ BC 27	L	19,175	TSN, ESPN2
2	Fri Jun 30 7:00 PM	BC 28 @ TOR 15	W	11,219	TSN, ESPN2
3	Thu Jul 6 7:30 PM	BC 23 @ MTL 16	W	18,728	TSN, RDS, ESPNN
4	Sat Jul 15 7:30 PM	BC 41 @ HAM 26	W	24,135	TSN, RDS
5	Fri Jul 21 10:00 PM	WPG 42 @ BC 45	W	21,017	TSN
6	Fri Jul 28 9:30 PM	BC 26 @ EDM 37	L	32,837	TSN, RDS2, ESPN2
7	Sat Aug 5 7:00 PM	SSK 15 @ BC 30	W	23,415	TSN
8	Sun Aug 13 8:00 PM	BC 8 @ SSK 41	L	33,350	TSN, ESPN2
9	Fri Aug 18 10:30 PM	CGY 21 @ BC 17	L	20,622	TSN
10	Sat Aug 26 3:30 PM	BC 24 @ OTT 31	L	24,887	TSN, RDS2
11	Bye
12	Fri Sep 8 10:00 PM	MTL 18 @ BC 41	W	18,029	TSN, RDS
13	Sat Sep 16 7:00 PM	BC 13 @ CGY 27	L	28,176	TSN, RDS
14	Fri Sep 22 11:00 PM	HAM 24 @ BC 23	L	18,091	TSN, ESPN2
15	Bye
16	Sat Oct 7 7:00 PM	OTT 30 @ BC 25	L	19,324	TSN
17	Sat Oct 14 4:00 PM	BC 20 @ WPG 26	L	26,434	TSN, RDS2
18	Sat Oct 21 10:00 PM	EDM 35 @ BC 29 OT	L	19,816	TSN
19	Sat Oct 28 4:00 PM	BC 36 @ WPG 27	W	25,034	TSN, RDS2
20	Sat Nov 4 10:00 PM	TOR 40 @ BC 13	L	19,233	TSN

	GP	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	2	60	33	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	7	11	14	469	501	L1	1-5-0
Home	9	3	6	6	250	255	L4	1-5-0
Visitor	9	4	5	8	219	246	W1	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	10	3	7	6	251	301	W1	1-5-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	4	4	8	218	200	L3	2-4-0

Full 2017 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)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	7 (5-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	10 (1-9-0)
After 2nd	4 (3-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	7 (6-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	8 (0-8-0)
After 3rd	5 (2-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	9 (6-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (0-5-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	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	0.661	2-3-0 (5)	1-4-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.368	1-3-0 (4)	3-1-0 (4)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.667	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.556	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.333	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.472	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	2017	2016 +/-
Average Combined Score	53.89	-1.61
Average Winning Score	34.86	+2.27
Average Losing Score	20.45	-5.21
Average Home Score	27.78	-2.33
Average Visitor Score	24.33	-6.11
Average Margin of Victory	12.14	+0.31
Average Margin of Loss	10.64	+2.14

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	BC	250 (27.8)	219 (24.3)	469 (26.1)
Total	Opponent	246 (27.3)	255 (28.3)	501 (27.8)
1st	BC	39 (4.3)	33 (3.7)	72 (4.0)
1st	Opponent	64 (7.1)	54 (6.0)	118 (6.6)
2nd	BC	84 (9.3)	38 (4.2)	122 (6.8)
2nd	Opponent	76 (8.4)	44 (4.9)	120 (6.7)
3rd	BC	51 (5.7)	41 (4.6)	92 (5.1)
3rd	Opponent	32 (3.6)	70 (7.8)	102 (5.7)
4th	BC	76 (8.4)	107 (11.9)	183 (10.2)
4th	Opponent	74 (8.2)	81 (9.0)	155 (8.6)
OT1	BC	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
OT1	Opponent	0 (0.0)	6 (6.0)	6 (6.0)

Head Coach

Wally Buono (Dec. 2, 2015 – Nov. 13, 2018)

Assistant Coaches

Khari Jones – Offensive Coordinator (until 2017-12-09), Quarterbacks (until 2017-12-09)
Dan Dorazio – Offensive line
Adam Blasetti – Running backs
Marcel Bellefeuille – Receivers
Mark Washington – Defensive Coordinator, Defensive backs
Robin Ross – Defensive line (until 2017-12-09)
Chris Tormey – Linebackers
Marcello Simmons – Special Teams Coordinator (until 2017-12-09)

BC Lions 2017 Top Performers of the Week

1 – Bryan Burnham
1 – Chris Rainey
1 – Nick Moore
1 – Solomon Elimimian
1 – Travis Lulay

2017 Player Awards and Nominations

2017 Most Outstanding

Player — Solomon Elimimian (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Solomon Elimimian (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Cody Husband (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Shaq Johnson (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Ty Long (Team Nominee)
Special Teams Player — Ty Long (Team Nominee)

2017 Other Awards

Tom Pate Memorial Award — Emmanuel Arceneaux (Team Nominee)
Jake Gaudaur Veteran's Award — Mike Benson (Team Nominee)

BC Lions 2017 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

R	Bryan Burnham
LB	Solomon Elimimian
P	Ty Long

3 All-Division Selections

R	Bryan Burnham
LB	Solomon Elimimian
P	Ty Long

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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2017 BC Lions Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–3 (3)	[MTL]	Danny Vandervoort (WR)	McMaster
1–7 (7)		Junior Luke (DL)	Montreal
2–7 (16)		Jeremy Zver (OL)	Regina
3–7 (24)		Frederic Chagnon (LB)	Montreal
4–7 (33)		Nate Hamlin (DB)	Carleton
5–7 (42)		Edward Godin (DL)	Laval
6–7 (51)		Dakota Brush (WR)	Mount Allison
7–7 (60)		Jordan Herdman-Reed (LB)	Simon Fraser
8–7 (69)		Mitch Hillis (WR)	Saskatchewan