1983 British Columbia Lions (CFL) |
1st place • Western Division • 11-5-0 .688 |
Head Coach: Don Matthews |
Jerry Bruner | Offensive Line |
Steve Buratto | Defensive Coordinator |
Greg Newhouse | Defensive Backfield |
Adam Rita | Offensive Coordinator |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 6/10/1983 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 52-20 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42196 | |
Fri | 6/17/1983 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-23 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15938 | |
Thu | 6/23/1983 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 41-19 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 53472 | |
Thu | 6/30/1983 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 37-26 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 30984 | |
Thu | 7/14/1983 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 14-17 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 39437 | |
Sun | 7/24/1983 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 44-28 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 41801 | |
Sat | 7/30/1983 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34-20 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16101 | |
Sun | 8/7/1983 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 32-16 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 37496 | |
Fri | 8/12/1983 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 43-13 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 52765 | |
Sat | 8/20/1983 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 44-6 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 56852 | |
Sat | 8/27/1983 | H | Montreal Concordes | 28-6 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 36743 | |
Fri | 9/2/1983 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 19-49 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22234 | |
Sat | 9/10/1983 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 14-32 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 52656 | |
Sat | 9/17/1983 | A | Montreal Concordes | 42-26 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 17161 | |
Sun | 9/25/1983 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 31-30 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 52430 | |
Mon | 10/10/1983 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 30-18 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 31508 | |
Sun | 10/16/1983 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 16-25 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 24013 | |
Sat | 10/22/1983 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 41-16 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 43513 | |
Sun | 10/30/1983 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5-11 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 23471 | |
Sat | 11/5/1983 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 40-13 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 42901 | |
Western Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/20/1983 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 39-21 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 59409 | |
Grey Cup | |||||||||
Sun | 11/27/1983 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 17-18 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 59345 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Ned Armour | 8 | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | San Diego Mesa JC; San Diego State | 3 | |
John Blain | 68 | OT | 6-6 | 265 | 28 | San Jose State | 16 | |
Gerald Bradley | 72 | WR | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | Weber State | 1 | |
Jamie Buis | 69 | OT | 6-4 | 265 | 21 | Simon Fraser | 1 | |
Melvin Byrd | 10 | DB | 5-9 | 160 | 25 | UC Davis | 15 | |
Jacques Chapdelaine | 71 | SB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
Ron Cherkas | 66 | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 30 | Utah | 5 | |
Tim Cowan | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Washington | 3 | |
Jon Craver | 64 | DE | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | James Madison | 2 | |
Larry Crawford | 28 | DB | 5-11 | 175 | 24 | Iowa State | 16 | |
Tyrone Crews | 50 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Kansas State | 16 | |
James Curry | 55 | DT | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Nevada-Reno | 9 | |
Mark DeBrueys | 3 | SB | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Western Ontario | 12 | |
Roy Dewalt | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Texas-Arlington | 15 | |
Mervyn Fernandez | 24 | WR | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | San Jose CC; DeAnza JC; San Jose State | 16 | |
Bernie Glier | 7 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | British Columbia | 16 | |
Sammy Greene | 35 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 14 | |
Dennis Guevin | 67 | OT | 6-5 | 275 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
Jo Jo Heath | 26 | DB | 5-10 | 182 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 14 | |
Nick Hebeler | 58 | DE | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 5 | |
Donnie Hickman | 62 | OT | 6-2 | 261 | 28 | Southern California | 10 | |
Ken Hinton | 18 | DB | 5-9 | 169 | 28 | San Diego State | 1 | |
Glen Jackson | 37 | LB | 6-3 | 206 | 29 | Simon Fraser | 15 | |
Andre Jones | 32 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 8 | |
Larry Jones | 23 | RB | 5-10 | 184 | 24 | Colorado State | 8 | |
Tim Kearse | 1 | WR | 5-10 | 186 | 24 | San Jose State | 1 | |
Mike Kirkley | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 24 | Western Ontario | 1 | ||
Rick Klassen | 60 | DE | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
Kevin Konar | 31 | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | British Columbia | 16 | |
Joe Kuklo | 11 | S | 6-2 | 175 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 6 | |
Pete Lavorato | 27 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | Utah State | 6 | |
Glenn Leonhard | 54 | OG | 6-4 | 255 | 29 | Manitoba | 16 | |
Nelson Martin | 4 | S | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Simon Fraser; Seneca | 16 | |
Billy McBride | 16 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Tennessee State | 2 | |
Dave McNeel | 45 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Missouri | 2 | |
Warner Miles | 51 | OG | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Ottawa | 12 | |
Mack Moore | 78 | DT | 6-4 | 258 | 24 | Texas A&M | 16 | |
John Pankratz | 21 | SB | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
Joe Paopao | 6 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 28 | MiraCosta JC; Long Beach State | 14 | |
Kerry Parker | 17 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Grambling State | 16 | |
Lui Passaglia | 5 | K-P | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | Simon Fraser | 16 | 0 |
Ryan Potter | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 202 | 24 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
Brent Racette | 74 | DE | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | British Columbia | 14 | |
Gerald Roper | 65 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Golden West JC; Arizona | 13 | |
Ray Strong | 34 | RB | 5-9 | 184 | 27 | Contra Costa JC; Nevada-Las Vegas | 4 | |
Don Swafford | 63 | OT | 6-7 | 260 | 26 | Florida | 6 | |
Don Taylor | 19 | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 28 | Central (Iowa) | 16 | |
Ruben Vaughan | 79 | DT | 6-2 | 255 | 27 | Colorado | 4 | |
Ray Waddy | 25 | DB | 5-11 | 175 | 27 | Wharton County JC; Texas A&M-Kingsville | 6 | |
Rob Waite | DT | 6-1 | 251 | 26 | British Columbia | 3 | ||
Mike Washburn | 23 | SB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | New Brunswick | 2 | |
John Henry White | 20 | RB | 5-9 | 190 | 28 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | |
Al Wilson | 52 | C | 6-1 | 240 | 33 | Montana State | 16 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Jim Mills | OT | Hawaii |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 5 | Jacques Chapdelaine | WR | Simon Fraser |
1 | 8 | Jamie Buis | OT | Simon Fraser |
2 | 14 | Kevin Lapa | LB | Weber State |
2 | 17 | Peter Leclaire | FB | British Columbia |
3 | 23 | Bill Bickowski | FB | Wilfrid Laurier |
4 | 32 | Jerome Erdman | WR | Simon Fraser |
5 | 41 | Harold Jackmann | OT | Minnesota State-Moorhead |
6 | 50 | Kyle Barrow | LB | Western Ontario |
7 | 59 | Mike Brown | DB | Toronto |
8 | 68 | Ken Munroe | WR | British Columbia |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 129 | 160 | 86 | 102 | 477 |
Opponents Totals | 39 | 92 | 87 | 108 | 326 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 340 | 109 | 197 | 34 | 111 | 889 | |||
Opponents Totals | 282 | 81 | 180 | 21 | 131 | 1091 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lui Passaglia | 0 | 45 | 46 | 97.8 | 0 | 0 | - | 43 | 59 | 72.9 | 17 | 0 | 191 |
John Henry White | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
John Pankratz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Larry Crawford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Roy Dewalt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Jo Jo Heath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Kerry Parker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Melvin Byrd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Don Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mervyn Fernandez | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | ||
Larry Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Ray Strong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Andre Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Sammy Greene | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 47 | 45 | 46 | 97.8 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 59 | 72.9 | 17 | 1 | 477 | |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 29 | 0 | 26 | 35 | 74.3 | 15 | 3 | 326 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Henry White | 84 | 441 | 5.3 | 30 | 7 |
Roy Dewalt | 58 | 352 | 6.1 | 40 | 2 |
Larry Jones | 65 | 273 | 4.2 | 37 | 1 |
Ray Strong | 34 | 173 | 5.1 | 21 | 2 |
Don Taylor | 29 | 117 | 4.0 | 14 | 1 |
Sammy Greene | 9 | 64 | 7.1 | 48 | 1 |
Joe Paopao | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
Ryan Potter | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 292 | 1464 | 5.0 | 14 | |
Opponents Totals | 294 | 1401 | 4.8 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roy Dewalt | 442 | 275 | 62.2 | 151 | 3637 | 8.2 | 13.2 | 79 | 22 | 5.0 | 16 | 3.6 | 89.7 | |||
Joe Paopao | 147 | 85 | 57.8 | 51 | 968 | 6.6 | 11.4 | 34 | 2 | 1.4 | 11 | 7.5 | 51.1 | |||
Tim Cowan | 21 | 5 | 23.8 | 16 | 53 | 2.5 | 10.6 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||
Lui Passaglia | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
Team Totals | 612 | 365 | 59.6 | 219 | 4568 | 7.5 | 12.5 | 24 | 3.9 | 28 | 4.6 | 76.9 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 569 | 295 | 51.8 | 232 | 4182 | 7.3 | 14.2 | 42 | 7.4 | 57 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Pankratz | 63 | 961 | 15.3 | 79 | 7 |
John Henry White | 31 | 404 | 13.0 | 57 | 1 |
Don Taylor | 18 | 205 | 11.4 | 24 | 0 |
Ned Armour | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 27 | 0 |
Ryan Potter | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
Gerald Bradley | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
Joe Kuklo | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Gerald Roper | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Mervyn Fernandez | 78 | 1284 | 16.5 | 74 | 10 |
Larry Jones | 33 | 320 | 9.7 | 25 | 1 |
Jacques Chapdelaine | 22 | 258 | 11.7 | 34 | 0 |
Ray Strong | 16 | 141 | 8.8 | 33 | 0 |
Sammy Greene | 75 | 755 | 10.1 | 33 | 5 |
Mark DeBrueys | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 32 | 0 |
Tim Kearse | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
Team Totals | 365 | 4568 | 12.5 | 24 | |
Opponents Totals | 295 | 4182 | 14.2 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Crawford | 12 | 172 | 14.3 | 44 | 2 |
Kerry Parker | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 65 | 1 |
Jo Jo Heath | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 34 | 1 |
Bernie Glier | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 23 | 0 |
Melvin Byrd | 4 | 140 | 35.0 | 107 | 1 |
Nelson Martin | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 23 | 0 |
Tyrone Crews | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 40 | 0 |
Kevin Konar | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
Billy McBride | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 42 | 726 | 17.3 | 5 | |
Opponents Totals | 28 | 516 | 18.4 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lui Passaglia | 117 | 5868 | 50.2 | 93 | 6 | |
Team Totals | 117 | 5868 | 50.2 | |||
Opponents Totals | 154 | 7149 | 46.4 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Crawford | 74 | 766 | 10.4 | 50 | 0 |
Jo Jo Heath | 34 | 305 | 9.0 | 25 | 0 |
Melvin Byrd | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 20 | 0 |
Billy McBride | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 18 | 0 |
Mervyn Fernandez | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
Kerry Parker | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Pete Lavorato | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Tyrone Crews | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
Team Totals | 120 | 1205 | 10.0 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 111 | 1193 | 10.7 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lui Passaglia | 69 | 3815 | 55.3 | 82 | 1 |
Team Totals | 69 | 3815 | 55.3 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sammy Greene | 27 | 749 | 27.7 | 113 | 1 |
Larry Jones | 8 | 209 | 26.1 | 61 | 0 |
Ray Strong | 7 | 187 | 26.7 | 58 | 0 |
Larry Crawford | 6 | 150 | 25.0 | 32 | 0 |
Ned Armour | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 |
Warner Miles | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 11 | 0 |
Tim Kearse | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Jacques Chapdelaine | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Glenn Leonhard | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Don Swafford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
James Curry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 57 | 1419 | 24.9 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 66 | 1468 | 22.2 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Mack Moore | 15.0 | |
Rick Klassen | 7.0 | |
Brent Racette | 6.0 | |
James Curry | 6.0 | |
Glen Jackson | 5.5 | |
Kevin Konar | 3.0 | |
Tyrone Crews | 3.0 | |
Melvin Byrd | 3.0 | |
Nick Hebeler | 2.0 | |
Jon Craver | 2.0 | |
Ruben Vaughan | 1.5 | |
Jo Jo Heath | 1.0 | |
Bernie Glier | 1.0 | |
Ron Cherkas | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 57.0 | |
Opponents Totals |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ned Armour | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Blain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Crawford | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tyrone Crews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Curry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mark DeBrueys | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Dewalt | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mervyn Fernandez | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bernie Glier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sammy Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dennis Guevin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jo Jo Heath | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 73 | 1 |
Glen Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Andre Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 1 |
Larry Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Klassen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin Konar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nelson Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Mack Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
John Pankratz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Paopao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kerry Parker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 1 |
Lui Passaglia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Potter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Brent Racette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Gerald Roper | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Strong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rob Waite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Henry White | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Al Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 33 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 181 | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 21 | 16 | 16 |
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