1997 British Columbia Lions (CFL) |
| 3rd place • West Division • 8-10-0 .444 |
| Head Coach: Adam Rita |
| Charlie Carpenter | Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line |
| Dave Easley | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs |
| Amos Jones | Defensive Line/Linebackers |
| Jim Sandusky | Receivers |
| Frank Smith | Special Teams |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 6/8/1997 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 32-15 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 10284 | |
| Tue | 6/17/1997 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 18-30 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 29000 | |
| Thu | 6/26/1997 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23-24 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 18881 | |
| Thu | 7/3/1997 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 17-16 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 17206 | |
| Thu | 7/10/1997 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 41-31 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 26010 | |
| Sat | 7/19/1997 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 21-17 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 22312 | |
| Thu | 7/24/1997 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 20-34 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 23330 | |
| Sat | 8/2/1997 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 42-24 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 12032 | |
| Sat | 8/9/1997 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 31-45 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 19106 | |
| Fri | 8/15/1997 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 39-26 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 28556 | |
| Fri | 8/22/1997 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 37-23 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 20303 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1997 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 33-34 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 11050 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1997 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12-46 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 22966 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1997 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 27-1 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 25088 | |
| Fri | 9/19/1997 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-26 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21732 | |
| Fri | 9/26/1997 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34-33 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 18258 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1997 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 3-46 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 17019 | |
| Fri | 10/10/1997 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19-26 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 22399 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1997 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 7-41 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 31958 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1997 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 9-43 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 24690 | |
| Eastern Division Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/2/1997 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 35-45 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 16257 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Damon Allen | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 170 | 34 | Fullerton State | 18 | |
| Bret Anderson | 12 | SB | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 13 | |
| Shalon Baker | 23 | WR | 5-6 | 170 | 24 | Montana | 2 | |
| Daved Benefield | 3 | LB | 6-4 | 231 | 29 | Glendale CC; Northridge State | 7 | |
| Sheldon Benoit | 95 | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Western Kentucky | 1 | |
| Chuck Bradley | 65 | C | 6-5 | 296 | 27 | Kentucky | 14 | |
| Sammie Brennan | 28 | DB | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Bishop's | 6 | |
| Victor Bryan | 27 | DB | 6-2 | 196 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 2 | |
| Giulio Caravatta | 2 | QB-P | 6-0 | 220 | 31 | Simon Fraser | 18 | |
| Tyrone Chatman | 36 | LB | 5-8 | 220 | 26 | Arkansas | 10 | |
| Dave Chaytors | 74 | NT | 6-2 | 258 | 28 | Utah | 12 | |
| Jimmy Cunningham | 21 | WR | 5-7 | 160 | 24 | Howard | 1 | |
| Doug Davies | 55 | C | 6-4 | 270 | 33 | Simon Fraser | 8 | |
| Dave Donaldson | 10 | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Manitoba | 12 | |
| Wayne Drinkwalter | 51 | DT | 6-3 | 265 | 31 | 10 | ||
| Mo Elewonibi | 64 | OT | 6-4 | 298 | 32 | Snow JC; Brigham Young | 18 | |
| Andrew English | 80 | SB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Brooks Findlay | 97 | LB | 6-4 | 235 | 27 | Portland State | 11 | |
| Joe Fleming | 76 | DT | 6-3 | 290 | 26 | New Hampshire | 18 | |
| Greg Frers | 40 | S | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 18 | |
| Todd Furdyk | 59 | OT | 6-7 | 305 | 28 | Rocky Mountain | 18 | |
| B.J. Gallis | 29 | LB | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Lafayette | 12 | |
| Rashid Gayle | 14 | DB | 5-8 | 174 | 23 | Boise State | 6 | |
| Steve Glenn | 90 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Ottawa | 6 | |
| Mark Hatfield | 57 | OT-OG | 6-6 | 305 | 27 | Bishop's | 7 | |
| John Holland | 22 | DH | 5-11 | 185 | 32 | Monterey Peninsula JC; Sacramento State | 15 | |
| Leonard Humphries | 24 | CB | 5-9 | 180 | 27 | Penn State | 17 | |
| Alfred Jackson | 7 | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | San Diego State | 18 | 18 |
| Leonard Jean-Pierre | 35 | SB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | York | 3 | |
| Maurice Kelly | 11 | LB | 6-0 | 199 | 25 | East Tennessee State | 18 | |
| Kelly Lochbaum | 33 | LB | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Northern Arizona | 11 | |
| Damion Lyons | 4 | CB | 6-4 | 215 | 29 | Laney JC; UCLA | 16 | |
| David Maeva | 31 | LB | 6-0 | 210 | 29 | Hawaii | 9 | |
| Cory Mantyka | 68 | OG | 6-5 | 275 | 27 | Jamestown | 18 | |
| Nick Mazzoli | 82 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | Simon Fraser | 6 | |
| Martin Miller | 21 | S | 5-10 | 160 | 25 | Manitoba | 1 | |
| Peter Miller | 91 | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Pacific | 9 | |
| Sean Millington | 25 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Lui Passaglia | 5 | K-P | 5-11 | 180 | 43 | Simon Fraser | 18 | 0 |
| Cory Philpot | 6 | RB | 5-9 | 186 | 27 | Itawamba CC; Mississippi | 14 | |
| Frank Pimiskern | 18 | S | 5-9 | 186 | 26 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Nick Richards | 39 | LB | 6-2 | 240 | 30 | Acadia | 4 | |
| Virgil Robertson | 96 | DE | 6-2 | 230 | 31 | Nicholls State | 18 | |
| Johnny Scott | 72 | DT | 6-2 | 265 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Trevor Shaw | 86 | SB | 6-2 | 205 | 28 | Weber State | 18 | |
| Al Shipman | 1 | SB | 5-8 | 175 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | |
| Andre Strode | 8 | DH | 5-8 | 176 | 25 | Colorado State | 1 | |
| Jamie Taras | 60 | OG | 6-2 | 230 | 31 | Western Ontario | 18 | |
| Eddie Lee Thomas | 17 | DH | 5-9 | 180 | 29 | San Jose State | 5 | |
| Larry Thompson | 88 | WR | 5-11 | 171 | 26 | Solano CC | 16 | |
| Mike Trevathan | 77 | SB | 6-1 | 205 | 29 | Montana | 18 | |
| Harry Van Hofwegen | 78 | DT | 6-2 | 246 | 31 | Carleton | 10 | |
| Don Wilson | 20 | DB | 6-2 | 190 | 36 | Ellsworth CC; North Carolina State | 12 | |
| Mike Withycombe | 53 | C | 6-5 | 298 | 33 | West Hills CC; Fresno State | 15 | |
| Brad Yamaoka | 34 | FB | 5-11 | 206 | 24 | British Columbia | 18 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 10 | Bob Beveridge | OL | British Columbia |
| 3 | 19 | Paul Stoilen | LB | Simon Fraser |
| 3 | 20 | John Partchenko | OT | Michigan |
| 4 | 25 | Bret Anderson | P | Simon Fraser |
| 4 | 27 | Martin Miller | CB | Manitoba |
| 4 | 28 | Mark Nohra | RB | British Columbia |
| 5 | 35 | Jamie MacDonald | OT | Northern Illinois |
| 6 | 43 | Kelly Lochbaum | LB | Northern Arizona |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 141 | 71 | 140 | 429 |
| Opponents Totals | 90 | 182 | 115 | 149 | 536 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 345 | 130 | 198 | 17 | 213 | 1507 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 356 | 115 | 220 | 21 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lui Passaglia | 0 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 45 | 77.8 | 7 | 0 | 155 | |
| Alfred Jackson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||
| Damon Allen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
| Sean Millington | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Al Shipman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Cory Philpot | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Larry Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Mike Trevathan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Virgil Robertson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Maurice Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| David Maeva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Cory Mantyka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jimmy Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Leonard Humphries | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Team Totals | 45 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 45 | 77.8 | 7 | 2 | 429 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 53 | 53 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 536 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Millington | 153 | 865 | 5.7 | 54 | 5 |
| Damon Allen | 111 | 837 | 7.5 | 28 | 8 |
| Cory Philpot | 68 | 304 | 4.5 | 48 | 3 |
| Brad Yamaoka | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Giulio Caravatta | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Al Shipman | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 7 | 1 |
| Shalon Baker | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Andrew English | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cory Mantyka | 0 | 0 | 0Lt | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 351 | 2109 | 6.0 | 54 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 354 | 1966 | 5.6 | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damon Allen | 583 | 378 | 64.8 | 194 | 4653 | 8.0 | 12.3 | 73 | 21 | 3.6 | 11 | 1.9 | 46 | 93.5 | ||
| Giulio Caravatta | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 5 | 64 | 4.9 | 9.1 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 35.4 | |||
| Lui Passaglia | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | -3 | -1.5 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 16.7 | |||
| Team Totals | 598 | 386 | 64.5 | 199 | 4714 | 7.9 | 12.2 | 73 | 21 | 3.5 | 13 | 2.2 | 49 | 91.4 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 593 | 358 | 60.4 | 210 | 4887 | 8.2 | 13.7 | 29 | 4.9 | 25 | 4.2 | 44 | 85.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Jackson | 79 | 1322 | 16.7 | 73 | 10 |
| Larry Thompson | 71 | 746 | 10.5 | 45 | 3 |
| Mike Trevathan | 49 | 846 | 17.3 | 45 | 3 |
| Sean Millington | 49 | 469 | 9.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Al Shipman | 45 | 483 | 10.7 | 66 | 3 |
| Cory Philpot | 36 | 294 | 8.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Nick Mazzoli | 14 | 136 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Brad Yamaoka | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Trevor Shaw | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Andrew English | 12 | 125 | 10.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Jimmy Cunningham | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 39 | 1 |
| Shalon Baker | 10 | 72 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 386 | 4714 | 12.2 | 73 | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 358 | 4887 | 13.7 | 29 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Kelly | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Wilson | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Leonard Humphries | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 76 | 1 |
| Greg Frers | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 59 | 0 |
| Rashid Gayle | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 46 | 0 |
| John Holland | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Damion Lyons | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Eddie Lee Thomas | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| David Maeva | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Doug Davies | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 387 | 15.5 | 76 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lui Passaglia | 114 | 4703 | 41.3 | 76 | 4 | |
| Giulio Caravatta | 31 | 1214 | 39.2 | 54 | 0 | |
| Bret Anderson | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 146 | 5950 | 40.8 | 76 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Shipman | 52 | 665 | 12.8 | 76 | 1 |
| Larry Thompson | 27 | 224 | 8.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Rashid Gayle | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Shalon Baker | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jimmy Cunningham | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Andrew English | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Cory Philpot | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Trevathan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 91 | 984 | 10.8 | 76 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bret Anderson | 52 | 2728 | 52.5 | 67 | 0 |
| Giulio Caravatta | 24 | 1266 | 52.8 | 67 | 0 |
| Lui Passaglia | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 79 | 4035 | 51.1 | 67 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Shipman | 35 | 751 | 21.5 | 80 | 0 |
| Larry Thompson | 17 | 353 | 20.8 | 62 | 0 |
| Cory Philpot | 12 | 224 | 18.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Rashid Gayle | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jimmy Cunningham | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Greg Frers | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Andrew English | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Shalon Baker | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dave Donaldson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Eddie Lee Thomas | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Daved Benefield | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sean Millington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 87 | 1700 | 19.5 | 80 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Virgil Robertson | 9.0 | 71.0 |
| Joe Fleming | 9.0 | 48.0 |
| Dave Chaytors | 8.0 | 47.0 |
| Johnny Scott | 4.0 | 32.0 |
| B.J. Gallis | 4.0 | 20.0 |
| Maurice Kelly | 3.0 | 30.0 |
| David Maeva | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Daved Benefield | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| Tyrone Chatman | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| Team Totals | 44.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damon Allen | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Daved Benefield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Bradley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Chatman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Chaytors | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew English | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brooks Findlay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Fleming | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| Greg Frers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Furdyk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B.J. Gallis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leonard Humphries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alfred Jackson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maurice Kelly | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 112 | 1 | |
| Damion Lyons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Maeva | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 1 | |
| Cory Mantyka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Millington | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cory Philpot | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Pimiskern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Virgil Robertson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 2 | |
| Johnny Scott | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Shipman | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Thompson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Withycombe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Yamaoka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 186 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 19 | 19 |
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