1983 BC Lions season

1983 BC Lions season
Head coach	Don Matthews
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	11–5
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Lost in 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.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 10	at Edmonton Eskimos	52–20	Win	42,196	1–0
B	June 17	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–23	Win	15,938	2–0
C	June 23	Calgary Stampeders	41–19	Win	53,472	3–0
D	June 30	Saskatchewan Roughriders	37–26	Win	30,984	4–0

Regular season

Season Standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	16	11	5	0	477	326	22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	9	7	0	412	402	18
Edmonton Eskimos	16	8	8	0	450	377	16
Calgary Stampeders	16	8	8	0	425	378	16
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	5	11	0	360	536	10

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Bye					0–0
2	July 14	at Toronto Argonauts	17–14	Loss	39,437	0–1
3	July 24	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	44–28	Win	41,801	1–1
4	July 30	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34–28	Win	16,101	2–1
5	Aug 7	vs. Calgary Stampeders	32–16	Win	37,496	3–1
6	Aug 12	at Edmonton Eskimos	43–13	Win	52,765	4–1
7	Aug 20	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	44–6	Win	56,852	5–1
8	Aug 27	vs. Montreal Concordes	28–6	Win	36,743	6–1
9	Sept 2	at Ottawa Rough Riders	49–19	Loss	22,234	6–2
10	Sept 10	vs. Toronto Argonauts	32–14	Loss	52,656	6–3
11	Sept 17	at Montreal Concordes	42–26	Win	17,161	7–3
12	Sept 25	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	31–30	Win	52,430	8–3
13	Bye					8–3
14	Oct 10	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30–18	Win	31,508	9–3
15	Oct 16	at Calgary Stampeders	25–16	Loss	24,013	9–4
16	Oct 22	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	41–16	Win	43,513	10–4
17	Oct 30	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	11–5	Loss	23,471	10–5
18	Nov 5	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	40–13	Win	42,901	11–5

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	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	?	?	?	?	21
BC Lions	?	?	?	?	39

Grey Cup

Main article: 71st Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Toronto Argonauts	0	7	2	9	18
BC Lions	14	3	0	0	17