1984 British Columbia Lions (CFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 12-3-1 .781 |
| Head Coach: Don Matthews |
| Rich Ellerson | Defensive Line |
| Greg Newhouse | Defensive Coordinator |
| Adam Rita | Offensive Coordinator |
| Roy Shivers | Special Teams |
| Ron Smeltzer | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 6/5/1984 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 55-17 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 20583 | |
| Mon | 6/11/1984 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 32-8 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 28732 | |
| Mon | 6/18/1984 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-18 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 28619 | |
| Thu | 6/21/1984 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13-4 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24809 | |
| Fri | 7/6/1984 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 44-10 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 43501 | |
| Sun | 7/15/1984 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 39-29 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 34092 | |
| Sun | 7/22/1984 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3-25 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 31113 | |
| Sat | 7/28/1984 | H | Montreal Concordes | 22-7 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 39991 | |
| Sun | 8/5/1984 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 29-7 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 24558 | |
| Sat | 8/11/1984 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 34-21 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 37560 | |
| Sun | 8/19/1984 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 19-11 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14101 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1984 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 15-4 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 38419 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1984 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 46-11 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 34630 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1984 | A | Montreal Concordes | 17-33 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 15085 | |
| Sat | 9/22/1984 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-37 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 35955 | |
| Fri | 9/28/1984 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 34-32 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 47015 | |
| Sat | 10/6/1984 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 21-21 | T | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 49358 | |
| Sat | 10/13/1984 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 33-17 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21280 | |
| Sat | 10/20/1984 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 41-13 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 23230 | |
| Sat | 10/27/1984 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20-3 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 59421 | |
| Western Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/11/1984 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-31 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 59421 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Kesi Afalava | 64 | DT | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Hawaii | 1 | |
| Ned Armour | 8 | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | San Diego Mesa JC; San Diego State | 12 | |
| John Blain | 68 | OT | 6-6 | 265 | 29 | San Jose State | 16 | |
| Jamie Buis | 69 | OT-C | 6-4 | 265 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Melvin Byrd | 10 | CB | 5-9 | 160 | 26 | UC Davis | 16 | |
| Jacques Chapdelaine | 71 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Ron Cherkas | 66 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | 31 | Utah | 16 | |
| Darnell Clash | 1 | CB | 5-9 | 170 | 22 | Wyoming | 14 | |
| Tim Cowan | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Washington | 16 | |
| Larry Crawford | 28 | DH | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | Iowa State | 16 | |
| Tyrone Crews | 91 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Kansas State | 14 | |
| Mark DeBrueys | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Western Ontario | 1 | ||
| Roy Dewalt | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | Texas-Arlington | 12 | |
| Mervyn Fernandez | 24 | WR | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | San Jose CC; DeAnza JC; San Jose State | 15 | |
| Randy Fournier | 63 | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Cincinnati | 6 | |
| Bernie Glier | 7 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Keith Gooch | 18 | DB | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | Fresno State | 5 | |
| Dennis Guevin | 67 | OT | 6-5 | 275 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Nick Hebeler | 99 | DE | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 9 | |
| Bryan Illerbrun | 61 | OT | 6-4 | 270 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Glen Jackson | 37 | OLB | 6-3 | 206 | 30 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Keyvan Jenkins | 23 | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 3 | |
| Andre Jones | 32 | DH | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 16 | |
| Ed Jones | 26 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 32 | Rutgers | 9 | |
| Rick Klassen | 90 | DT-DE | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Kevin Konar | 31 | OLB | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Joe Kuklo | 12 | DB | 6-2 | 175 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 3 | |
| Glenn Leonhard | 54 | OG | 6-4 | 255 | 30 | Manitoba | 13 | |
| Nelson Martin | 4 | S | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Simon Fraser; Seneca | 16 | |
| Billy McBride | 16 | DH | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | Tennessee State | 4 | |
| Dave McNeel | 35 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Missouri | 3 | |
| Mack Moore | 78 | DT | 6-4 | 258 | 25 | Texas A&M | 16 | |
| John Pankratz | 21 | SB | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| James Parker | 40 | DE | 5-10 | 215 | 26 | Wake Forest | 16 | |
| Lui Passaglia | 5 | K-P | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | Simon Fraser | 16 | 0 |
| Ryan Potter | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 202 | 25 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Ron Robinson | 72 | SB | 6-4 | 192 | 28 | Contra Costa JC; Utah State | 10 | |
| Gerald Roper | 65 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Golden West JC; Arizona | 16 | |
| Jim Sandusky | 6 | WR | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | Walla Walla CC; Nevada-Las Vegas; San Diego State | 9 | |
| Don Taylor | 19 | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 29 | Central (Iowa) | 16 | |
| David Toloumu | 27 | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Hawaii | 8 | |
| Henry Vereen | 36 | SB | 5-10 | 176 | 27 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 5 | |
| John Henry White | 20 | RB | 5-9 | 190 | 29 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | |
| Mike Williams | 11 | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Grambling State | 4 | |
| Al Wilson | 52 | C | 6-1 | 240 | 34 | Montana State | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Laurent DesLauriers | DB | British Columbia |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Frank Balkovec | LB | Toronto |
| 2 | 17 | Roy Kurtz | K | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 3 | 26 | Murry McKay | C | Alberta |
| 4 | 35 | Joe Brouwers | DE | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 5 | 44 | Tom Timlin | DB | Carleton |
| 6 | 53 | Irv Daymond | OG | Western Ontario |
| 7 | 62 | Greg Kitchen | LB | British Columbia |
| 8 | 71 | Brad Peperdy | CB | Saskatchewan |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 94 | 142 | 87 | 122 | 445 |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 97 | 73 | 52 | 281 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 321 | 90 | 212 | 19 | 152 | 1200 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 276 | 123 | 971 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lui Passaglia | 0 | 46 | 46 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 35 | 48 | 72.9 | 16 | 0 | 167 |
| Mervyn Fernandez | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | ||
| Ned Armour | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| John Henry White | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Keyvan Jenkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Melvin Byrd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Darnell Clash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roy Dewalt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Glen Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Pankratz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| David Toloumu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Robinson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jim Sandusky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 46 | 46 | 46 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 48 | 72.9 | 16 | 1 | 445 | |
| Opponents Totals | 281 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henry White | 102 | 523 | 5.1 | 42 | 3 |
| Don Taylor | 42 | 196 | 4.7 | 38 | 1 |
| David Toloumu | 52 | 186 | 3.6 | 13 | 1 |
| Keyvan Jenkins | 30 | 170 | 5.7 | 19 | 2 |
| Roy Dewalt | 23 | 113 | 4.9 | 25 | 1 |
| Tim Cowan | 28 | 53 | 1.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Ryan Potter | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lui Passaglia | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Henry Vereen | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 284 | 1252 | 4.4 | 42 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 311 | 1298 | 4.2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Dewalt | 437 | 258 | 59.0 | 164 | 3613 | 8.3 | 14.0 | 78 | 21 | 4.8 | 15 | 3.4 | 87.4 | |||
| Tim Cowan | 186 | 96 | 51.6 | 80 | 1434 | 7.7 | 14.9 | 57 | 13 | 7.0 | 10 | 5.4 | 78.1 | |||
| Mike Williams | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 45 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 50.0 | |||
| Lui Passaglia | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 26 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 630 | 359 | 57.0 | 245 | 5118 | 8.1 | 14.3 | 78 | 34 | 5.4 | 26 | 4.1 | 84.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 581 | 309 | 53.2 | 240 | 4040 | 7.0 | 13.1 | 32 | 5.5 | 68 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mervyn Fernandez | 89 | 1486 | 16.7 | 78 | 17 |
| Ned Armour | 50 | 788 | 15.8 | 57 | 6 |
| John Henry White | 47 | 492 | 10.5 | 66 | 2 |
| John Pankratz | 41 | 590 | 14.4 | 45 | 1 |
| David Toloumu | 19 | 241 | 12.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Don Taylor | 11 | 80 | 7.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Ryan Potter | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Jacques Chapdelaine | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Keyvan Jenkins | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Henry Vereen | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Bernie Glier | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Robinson | 45 | 774 | 17.2 | 75 | 6 |
| Jim Sandusky | 27 | 406 | 15.0 | 62 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 359 | 5118 | 14.3 | 78 | 34 |
| Opponents Totals | 309 | 4040 | 13.1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Crawford | 5 | 165 | 33.0 | 99 | 0 |
| Andre Jones | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Melvin Byrd | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 115 | 1 |
| Tyrone Crews | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Glen Jackson | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Billy McBride | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | |
| Keith Gooch | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Nelson Martin | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Darnell Clash | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bernie Glier | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Klassen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Konar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 560 | 17.5 | 115 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 299 | 11.5 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lui Passaglia | 125 | 5803 | 46.4 | 89 | 4 | |
| Team Totals | 125 | 5803 | 46.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 164 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darnell Clash | 62 | 664 | 10.7 | 83 | 1 |
| Henry Vereen | 21 | 271 | 12.9 | 79 | 0 |
| Larry Crawford | 23 | 221 | 9.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Melvin Byrd | 16 | 151 | 9.4 | 66 | 0 |
| Jim Sandusky | 13 | 137 | 10.5 | 42 | 0 |
| David Toloumu | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Nelson Martin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 139 | 1491 | 10.7 | 83 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 1198 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lui Passaglia | 70 | 3834 | 54.8 | 70 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 70 | 3834 | 54.8 | 70 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darnell Clash | 22 | 506 | 23.0 | 41 | 0 |
| David Toloumu | 8 | 204 | 25.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Keyvan Jenkins | 6 | 173 | 28.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Henry Vereen | 7 | 168 | 24.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Larry Crawford | 5 | 127 | 25.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Andre Jones | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Taylor | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 52 | 1226 | 23.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1425 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| James Parker | 26.5 | |
| Rick Klassen | 11.5 | |
| Nick Hebeler | 10.5 | |
| Mack Moore | 9.0 | |
| Glen Jackson | 4.5 | |
| Andre Jones | 3.0 | |
| Tyrone Crews | 2.5 | |
| Kevin Konar | 2.0 | |
| Larry Crawford | 1.0 | |
| Dave McNeel | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 68.0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Blain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Buis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Byrd | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Cherkas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darnell Clash | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Cowan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Crawford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 1 |
| Tyrone Crews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Roy Dewalt | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Glier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 1 |
| Keyvan Jenkins | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Klassen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Kevin Konar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nelson Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy McBride | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Mack Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Pankratz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Potter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Sandusky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Toloumu | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Henry White | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 79 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 27 | 27 |
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