2003 BC Lions season
General managerWally Buono
Head coachWally Buono
Home fieldBC Place Stadium
Results
Record11–7
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishLost East Semi-Final
Uniform

The 2003 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the West Division with an 11–7 record, but they made the playoffs because of the "cross-over" rule. They appeared in the East-Semi Final. The Lions wore orange alternate uniforms c. 1954 to celebrate the team's 50th season.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd Pick Player Position School
1 6 Paris Jackson WR Utah
2 16 Javier Glatt LB British Columbia
3 24 Carl Gourgues OL Laval
5 41 Nicholas Hoffman RB McGill

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
B June 3 at Calgary Stampeders 26–19 Loss 25,013 0–1
C June 10 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 38–9 Loss 12,319 0–2

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 18 13 5 0 569 414 26 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 11 7 0 514 487 22 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 11 7 0 535 430 22 Details
BC Lions 18 11 7 0 531 430 22 Details
Calgary Stampeders 18 5 13 0 323 501 10 Details

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Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
1 June 20 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34–27 Loss 20,191 0–1
2 June 28 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 32–30 Loss 22,155 0–2
3 July 3 vs. Toronto Argonauts 30–27 (OT) Win 20,131 1–2
4 July 12 at Montreal Alouettes 28–27 Win 20,202 2–2
5 July 18 at Ottawa Renegades 48–14 Win 23,800 3–2
6 July 24 vs. Ottawa Renegades 37–18 Win 21,554 4–2
7 Aug 1 at Toronto Argonauts 28–26 (2OT) Loss 15,623 4–3
8 Aug 8 vs. Calgary Stampeders 48–4 Win 24,222 5–3
9 Aug 16 at Calgary Stampeders 30–7 Win 30,217 6–3
10 Aug 22 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 47–25 Win 23,010 7–3
11 Bye 7–3
12 Sept 6 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 28–2 Loss 27,495 7–4
13 Sept 13 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 34–30 Loss 27,070 7–5
14 Sept 20 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 26–20 Win 27,605 8–5
15 Sept 26 at Edmonton Eskimos 27–7 Loss 44,432 8–6
16 Oct 4 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 35–31 Win 25,591 9–6
17 Oct 11 vs. Montreal Alouettes 28–24 Win 21,046 10–6
18 Oct 18 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 29–23 Win 13,106 11–6
19 Oct 25 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 26–23 Loss 29,706 11–7

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Player stats

Passing

Player Att. Comp % Yards TD INT Rating
Dave Dickenson 549 370 67.4 5496 36 12 112.7
Spergon Wynn 65 46 70.8 626 4 1 115.3
Geroy Simon 2 1 50.0 52 1 0 158.3
Casey Printers 2 1 50.0 4 1 0 158.3

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Rushing

Player Att. Yards Avg. Longest TD
Kelvin Anderson 188 1048 5.6 52 6
Dave Dickenson 44 311 7.1 21 2
Geroy Simon 7 135 19.3 88 1
Spergon Wynn 28 126 4.5 31 1
Mark Nohra 25 123 4.9 29 0

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Receiving

Player No. Yards Avg. Long TD
Geroy Simon 94 1687 17.9 103 13
Chris Brazzell 68 1111 16.3 74 6
Ryan Thelwell 59 925 15.7 62 4
Frank Cutolo 64 908 14.2 70 8
Jason Clermont 41 615 15.0 39 7

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Awards and records

2003 CFL All-Stars

Western Division All-Star Selections

Playoffs

East Semi-Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Toronto Argonauts 0 13 8 7 28
BC Lions 0 7 0 0 7

References

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  4. ^ "2003 British Columbia Lions (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
  5. ^ "CFL.ca – Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  6. ^ "Rushing 2005 | Statistics | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  7. ^ "Receiving 2005 | Statistics | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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