2009 BC Lions season | |
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General manager | Wally Buono |
Head coach | Wally Buono |
Home field | BC Place Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 8–10 |
Division place | 4th, West |
Playoff finish | Lost East Final |
Team MOP | Geroy Simon |
Team MOR | Martell Mallett |
Uniform | |
The 2009 BC Lions season was the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 56th overall. The Lions finished the season in fourth place in the West Division with a disappointing 8–10 record after losing their last three regular season games. While it was their first losing record since 2001, they still managed to play in the East-Semi Final playoff game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats after that same team eliminated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the last game of the season. The Lions would go on to play in the first East Final in franchise history, which they lost to the Montreal Alouettes. It was the sixth consecutive appearance for the Lions in a division final and the third consecutive season that their season was ended by the eventual Grey Cup champions.
The 2009 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2009. The Lions traded their sixth and thirteenth overall picks for Hamilton's third overall pick in order to secure the chance to draft Bishop's running back Jamall Lee.[1]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
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1 | 3 | Jamall Lee | RB | Bishop's |
1 | 4 | James Yurichuk | LB | Bishop's |
1 | 5 | Matt Carter | WR | Acadia |
3 | 21 | Matt Morencie | OL | Windsor |
4 | 29 | Tang Bacheyie | DB | Kansas |
5 | 37 | Jonathan Pierre-Etienne | DE | Montreal |
Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
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A | June 17 | at Calgary Stampeders | 37–30 | Loss | 25,463 | 0–1 |
B | June 23 | Edmonton Eskimos | 31–19 | Loss | 23,217 | 0–2 |
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | |
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Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 514 | 484 | 21 | Details |
Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 514 | 443 | 21 | Details |
Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 469 | 502 | 18 | Details |
BC Lions | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 431 | 502 | 16 | Details |
Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
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1 | July 3 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28–24 | Loss | 30,062 | 0–1 |
2 | July 10 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 31–28 | Loss | 26,885 | 0–2 |
3 | July 16 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 40–22 | Win | 33,661 | 1–2 |
4 | July 24 | Calgary Stampeders | 48–10 | Loss | 27,191 | 1–3 |
5 | July 31 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 30–18 | Loss | 20,103 | 1–4 |
6 | August 7 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 35–20 | Win | 30,117 | 2–4 |
7 | August 14 | at Toronto Argonauts | 36–28 | Win | 24,754 | 3–4 |
8 | August 21 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 37–10 | Loss | 27,983 | 3–5 |
9 | Bye | 3–5 | ||||
10 | Sept 4 | Montreal Alouettes | 19–12 | Win | 27,199 | 4–5 |
11 | Sept 13 | at Montreal Alouettes | 28–24 | Loss | 20,202 | 4–6 |
12 | Sept 19 | Toronto Argonauts | 23–17 | Win | 27,515 | 5–6 |
13 | Sept 25 | at Calgary Stampeders | 27–18 | Loss | 36,702 | 5–7 |
14 | Oct 2 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19–16 | Win | 31,958 | 6–7 |
15 | Oct 9 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 34–31 | Win | 30,120 | 7–7 |
16 | Oct 18 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24–21 | Win | 24,048 | 8–7 |
17 | Oct 24 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 33–30 (OT) | Loss | 30,945 | 8–8 |
18 | Oct 31 | Calgary Stampeders | 28–26 | Loss | 27,131 | 8–9 |
19 | Nov 6 | Edmonton Eskimos | 45–13 | Loss | 31,515 | 8–10 |
2009 BC Lions staff | ||||||
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Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
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Player | Att. | Comp | % | Yards | TD | INT | Rating |
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Buck Pierce | 315 | 199 | 63.2% | 2272 | 10 | 12 | 79.5 |
Jarious Jackson | 155 | 90 | 58.1% | 1252 | 12 | 8 | 88.4 |
Casey Printers | 68 | 43 | 63.2% | 686 | 3 | 2 | 99.3 |
Travis Lulay | 36 | 22 | 61.1% | 324 | 2 | 2 | 85.9 |
Zac Champion | 28 | 8 | 28.6% | 70 | 0 | 4 | −23.2 |
Paul McCallum | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 |
Player | Att. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Fumbles |
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Martell Mallett | 214 | 1240 | 5.8 | 6 | 2 |
Buck Pierce | 39 | 276 | 7.1 | 1 | 6 |
Jarious Jackson | 32 | 143 | 4.5 | 2 | 5 |
A.J. Harris | 33 | 141 | 4.3 | 1 | 0 |
Travis Lulay | 17 | 133 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 |
Casey Printers | 10 | 58 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Grice-Mullen | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 2 | 3 |
Ian Smart | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 |
Player | No. | Yards | Avg. | Long | TD |
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Geroy Simon | 79 | 1239 | 15.7 | 62 | 6 |
Paris Jackson | 76 | 1042 | 13.7 | 57 | 8 |
Emmanuel Arceneaux | 63 | 858 | 13.6 | 60 | 7 |
O'Neil Wilson | 35 | 405 | 11.6 | 33 | 1 |
Martell Mallett | 43 | 342 | 8.0 | 26 | 2 |
Ryan Grice-Mullen | 20 | 210 | 10.5 | 27 | 1 |
Rufus Skillern | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 46 | 0 |
Week | Game | Date | Time | Opponent | Score | Result | Attendance |
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20 | East Semi-Final | Nov 15 | 10:00 AM PST | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34–27 (OT) | Win | 27,430 |
21 | East Final | Nov 22 | 10:00 AM PST | at Montreal Alouettes | 56–18 | Loss | 53,792 |
November 15: Division Semifinals | November 22: Division Finals | November 29: 97th Grey Cup McMahon Stadium – Calgary | ||||||||||||
W4 | BC Lions | 18 | ||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||
E1 | Montreal Alouettes | 56 | ||||||||||||
W4 | BC Lions | 34* | ||||||||||||
E2 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Montreal Alouettes | 28 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 17 | ||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||
W1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Edmonton Eskimos | 21 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Calgary Stampeders | 24 |
*-Team won in Overtime.
Date and time: Sunday, November 15, 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time
Venue: Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario
Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Total |
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BC Lions | 3 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 34 |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
Date and time: Sunday, November 22, 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
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BC Lions | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
Montreal Alouettes | 17 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 56 |