1983 BC Lions season
General managerBob Ackles
Head coachDon Matthews
Home fieldBC Place Stadium
Results
Record11–5
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishLost 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.

This season marks the Lions' first at the new BC Place Stadium in downtown Vancouver, which to this day remains their home field.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School
T T Jim Mills Offensive tackle Hawaii
1 8 Jamie Buis Tackle Simon Fraser
2 14 Kevin Lapa Linebacker Weber State
2 17 Peter LeClaire Fullback UBC
3 23 William Bickowski Fullback Wilfrid Laurier
4 32 Jerome Erdman Wide receiver Simon Fraser
5 41 Harold Jackman Tackle Moorhead State
6 50 Kyle Barrow Linebacker Western Ontario
7 59 Mike Brown Defensive back Toronto
8 68 Ken Munroe Wide receiver UBC

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A Fri, June 10 at Edmonton Eskimos W 52–20 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium 42,196
B Fri, June 17 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 24–23 2–0 Winnipeg Stadium 15,938
C Thu, June 23 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 41–19 3–0 BC Place 53,472
D Thu, June 30 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 37–26 4–0 BC Place 30,984

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
BC Lions 16 11 5 0 477 326 22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 9 7 0 412 402 18
Edmonton Eskimos 16 8 8 0 450 377 16
Calgary Stampeders 16 8 8 0 425 378 16
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 5 11 0 360 536 10

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Season schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 Bye
2 1 Thu, July 14 at Toronto Argonauts L 14–17 0–1 Exhibition Stadium 39,437
3 2 Sun, July 24 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 44–28 1–1 BC Place 41,801
4 3 Sat, July 30 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 34–28 2–1 Ivor Wynne Stadium 16,101
5 4 Sun, Aug 7 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 32–16 3–1 BC Place 37,496
6 5 Fri, Aug 12 at Edmonton Eskimos W 43–13 4–1 Commonwealth Stadium 52,765
7 6 Sat, Aug 20 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 44–6 5–1 BC Place 56,852
8 7 Sat, Aug 27 vs. Montreal Concordes W 28–6 6–1 BC Place 36,743
9 8 Fri, Sept 2 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 19–49 6–2 Lansdowne Park 22,234
10 9 Sat, Sept 10 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 14–32 6–3 BC Place 52,656
11 10 Sat, Sept 17 at Montreal Concordes W 42–26 7–3 Olympic Stadium 17,161
12 11 Sun, Sept 25 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 31–30 8–3 BC Place 52,430
13 Bye
14 12 Mon, Oct 10 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 30–18 9–3 Winnipeg Stadium 31,508
15 13 Sun, Oct 16 at Calgary Stampeders L 16–25 9–4 McMahon Stadium 24,013
16 14 Sat, Oct 22 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 41–16 10–4 BC Place 43,513
17 15 Sun, Oct 30 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 5–11 10–5 Taylor Field 23,471
18 16 Sat, Nov 5 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 40–13 11–5 BC Place 42,901

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Awards and records

1983 CFL All-Stars

Playoffs

West Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14 0 7 0 21
BC Lions 3 7 8 21 39

Grey Cup

Main article: 71st Grey Cup
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Toronto Argonauts 7 0 2 9 18
BC Lions 7 10 0 0 17

References

  1. ^ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  2. ^ "British Columbia Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.


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