1983 BC Lions season

Canadian football team season March 2026 BC Lions 1983 11–5 1st, West Bob Ackles Don Matthews BC Place Stadium Lost 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 SchoolTTJim MillsOffensive tackleHawaii 18Jamie BuisTackleSimon Fraser214Kevin LapaLinebackerWeber State217Peter LeClaireFullbackUBC 323William BickowskiFullbackWilfrid Laurier432Jerome ErdmanWide receiverSimon Fraser541Harold JackmanTackleMoorhead State650Kyle BarrowLinebackerWestern Ontario759Mike BrownDefensive backToronto868Ken MunroeWide receiverUBC 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 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 42,901British Columbia Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/brcolumb.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040646/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/brcolumb.htm 2009-03-11 live 2009-03-08 Roster 1983 BC Lions final roster Quarterbacks 14 I Tim Cowan  9 I Roy Dewalt  6 I Joe Paopao Running backs 23 I Larry Jones 33 N Ryan Potter 34 I Ray Strong 19 N Don Taylor 20 I John Henry White Wide receivers  8 I Ned Armour 72 I Gerald Bradley 71 N Jacques Chapdelaine 24 I Mervyn Fernandez 21 N John Pankratz Tight ends  3 N Mark Debrueys Offensive linemen 68 N John Blain T 69 N Jamie Buis C/T 67 N Dennis Guevin T 54 N Glenn Leonhard G 51 N Warner Miles G/T 65 N Gerald Roper G 63 I Don Swafford T 52 N Al Wilson C Defensive linemen 66 N Ron Cherkas DE 58 N Nick Hebeler DE 60 N Rick Klassen DT 78 I Mack Moore DT 74 N Brent Racette DE 79 I Ruben Vaughan DT Linebackers 50 I Tyrone Crews  7 N Bernie Glier 37 N Glen Jackson 31 N Kevin Konar 45 I Dave McNeel Defensive backs 10 I Melvin Byrd 28 I Larry Crawford 26 I Jo Jo Heath 32 I Andre Jones 11 N Joe Kuklo  4 N Nelson Martin 16 I Billy McBride 17 I Kerry Parker Special teams  5 N Lui Passaglia K/P Italics indicate American player Awards and records Rick Klassen: Dick Suderman Trophy 1983 CFL All-Stars OT – John Blain, CFL All-Star P/K – Lui Passaglia, CFL All-Star DT – Mack Moore, CFL All-Star DB – Kerry Parker, CFL All-Star DB – Larry Crawford, CFL All-Star Playoffs West Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalWinnipeg Blue Bombers 14 0 7 0 21BC Lions 3 7 8 21 39 Grey Cup 71st Grey Cup Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalToronto Argonauts 7 0 2 9 18BC Lions 7 10 0 0 17 References Category:BC Lions seasons Category:N. J. Taylor Trophy championship seasons Category:1983 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1983 in British Columbia Category:1983 in sports in British Columbia Category:Long stubs with short prose