1983 BC Lions season

1983 BC Lions season
Head coach Don Matthews
Home field BC Place Stadium
Results
Record 11–5
Division place 1st, West
Playoff finish Lost in Grey Cup

The 1983 BC Lions finished in first place in the West Division with an 11–5 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup but lost to the Toronto Argonauts.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd Pick Player Position School

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
A June 10 at Edmonton Eskimos 52–20 Win 42,196 1–0
B June 17 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24–23 Win 15,938 2–0
C June 23 Calgary Stampeders 41–19 Win 53,472 3–0
D June 30 Saskatchewan Roughriders 37–26 Win 30,984 4–0

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
BC Lions16115047732622
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1697041240218
Edmonton Eskimos1688045037716
Calgary Stampeders1688042537816
Saskatchewan Roughriders16511036053610

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Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
1 Bye 0–0
2 July 14 at Toronto Argonauts 17–14 Loss 39,437 0–1
3 July 24 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 44–28 Win 41,801 1–1
4 July 30 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 34–28 Win 16,101 2–1
5 Aug 7 vs. Calgary Stampeders 32–16 Win 37,496 3–1
6 Aug 12 at Edmonton Eskimos 43–13 Win 52,765 4–1
7 Aug 20 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 44–6 Win 56,852 5–1
8 Aug 27 vs. Montreal Concordes 28–6 Win 36,743 6–1
9 Sept 2 at Ottawa Rough Riders 49–19 Loss 22,234 6–2
10 Sept 10 vs. Toronto Argonauts 32–14 Loss 52,656 6–3
11 Sept 17 at Montreal Concordes 42–26 Win 17,161 7–3
12 Sept 25 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 31–30 Win 52,430 8–3
13 Bye 8–3
14 Oct 10 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 30–18 Win 31,508 9–3
15 Oct 16 at Calgary Stampeders 25–16 Loss 24,013 9–4
16 Oct 22 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 41–16 Win 43,513 10–4
17 Oct 30 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 11–5 Loss 23,471 10–5
18 Nov 5 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders 40–13 Win 42,901 11–5

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Awards and records

1983 CFL All-Stars

Playoffs

West Final

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers????21
BC Lions????39

Grey Cup

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Toronto Argonauts072918
BC Lions1430017

References

  1. ↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  2. ↑ "British Columbia Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.


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