# 2010 BC Lions season

The 2010 BC Lions season was the 53rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 57th overall. The Lions finished the season in third place in the West Division with a second consecutive 8–10 record and qualified for the playoffs by winning their last game of the season. If they had lost, the Edmonton Eskimos would have qualified instead. The team had a dismal start, posting a 1–7 record to start the season, but won seven of their last 10 games to qualify for the playoffs for the 14th consecutive season. The Lions played the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the West Semi-Final, but lost the game in double overtime 41–38.
Due to renovations to BC Place, the Lions played at a temporary stadium located on the site of their old home field, Empire Stadium. Additionally, Head Coach and General Manager Wally Buono announced that training camp would be held in Kamloops for the next three seasons, beginning with 2010.

## Offseason
### CFL draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
| 1 | 4 | Danny Watkins | OT | Baylor |
| 2 | 10 | Shawn Gore | WR | Bishop's |
| 3 | 16 | Joash Gesse | LB | Montréal |
| 3 | 20 | Hamid Mahmoudi | DB | Montréal |
| 4 | 24 | Nate Binder | WR | Tusculum College |
| 4 | 25 | Akeem Foster | WR | St. Francis Xavier |
| 5 | 34 | Cauchy Muamba | DB | St. Francis Xavier |
| 6 | 41 | Adam Baboulas | OL | Saint Mary's |
| 6 | 42 | Matthew Chapdelaine | WR | Simon Fraser |

## Preseason

| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
| A | Sun, June 13 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19–17 | Win | 29,227 | 1–0 |
| B | Sun, June 20 | Edmonton Eskimos | 36–32 | Loss | 24,763 | 1–1 |
    # Games played with white uniforms.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | |
| Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 626 | 459 | 26 | Details |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 497 | 488 | 20 | Details |
| BC Lions | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 466 | 466 | 16 | Details |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 382 | 545 | 14 | Details |

### Season schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Sun, July 4 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 25–10 | Win | 32,439 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Sat, July 10 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 37–18 | Loss | 27,528 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Fri, July 16 | Montreal Alouettes | 16–12 | Loss | 25,162 | 1–2 |
| 4 | Fri, July 23 | at Toronto Argonauts | 24–20 | Loss | 19,709 | 1–3 |
| 5 | Fri, July 30 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 28–25 | Loss | 32,281 | 1–4 |
| 6 | Sat, Aug 7 | Calgary Stampeders | 27–22 | Loss | 24,876 | 1–5 |
| 7 | Thurs, Aug 12 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 37–13 | Loss | 30,048 | 1–6 |
| 8 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 1–6 |
| 9 | Fri, Aug 27 | Calgary Stampeders | 48–35 | Loss | 25,127 | 1–7 |
| 10 | Fri, Sept 3 | at Montreal Alouettes | 38–17 | Win | 25,012 | 2–7 |
| 11 | Sat, Sept 11 | Toronto Argonauts | 37–16 | Win | 22,703 | 3–7 |
| 12 | Sat, Sept 18 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 35–31 | Loss | 21,481 | 3–8 |
| 13 | Sat, Sept 25 | at Calgary Stampeders | 29–10 | Win | 29,637 | 4–8 |
| 14 | Sat, Oct 2 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16–14 | Win | 23,186 | 5–8 |
| 15 | Mon, Oct 11 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 47–35 (2OT) | Loss | 25,016 | 5–9 |
| 16 | Sat, Oct 16 | Edmonton Eskimos | 31–28 (OT) | Loss | 21,414 | 5–10 |
| 17 | Fri, Oct 22 | at Calgary Stampeders | 36–31 | Win | 28,054 | 6–10 |
| 18 | Sun, Oct 31 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23–17 | Win | 25,479 | 7–10 |
| 19 | Sat, Nov 6 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 23–21 | Win | 23,913 | 8–10 |
    # Games played with colour uniforms.
    # Games played with white uniforms.
    # Games played with alternate uniforms.
    # Games played with retro uniforms.

### Coaching staff
## Player stats

As of the end of Week 13 (Game 12):

### Passing

| Player | Att. | Comp | % | Yards | TD | INT | Rating |
| Casey Printers | 237 | 129 | 54.4 | 1731 | 10 | 6 | 81.4 |
| Travis Lulay | 318 | 205 | 64.5 | 2602 | 9 | 11 | 84.9 |
| Jarious Jackson | 48 | 26 | 54.2 | 293 | 0 | 3 | 46.6 |
| Geroy Simon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 143.8 |

### Rushing

| Player | Att. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Fumbles |
| Jamal Robertson | 154 | 953 | 6.2 | 8 | 3 |
| Travis Lulay | 62 | 396 | 6.4 | 3 | 8 |
| Yonus Davis | 34 | 213 | 6.3 | 3 | 4 |
| Jerome Messam | 23 | 92 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Casey Printers | 13 | 75 | 5.8 | 1 | 4 |
| Emmanuel Arceneaux | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarious Jackson | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Jordan | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul McCallum | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |

### Receiving

| Player | No. | Yards | Avg. | Long | TD |
| Geroy Simon | 78 | 1190 | 15.3 | 98 | 6 |
| Emmanuel Arceneaux | 67 | 1114 | 16.6 | 74 | 5 |
| Paris Jackson | 61 | 758 | 12.4 | 53 | 1 |
| Jamal Robertson | 54 | 387 | 7.2 | 26 | 1 |
| Steven Black | 22 | 370 | 16.8 | 65 | 5 |
| Derick Armstrong | 22 | 316 | 14.4 | 58 | 0 |
| O'Neil Wilson | 30 | 256 | 8.5 | 20 | 0 |

## Awards and records

* Solomon Elimimian (LB) – CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award

### 2010 CFL All-Stars

* DB – Ryan Phillips, CFL All-Star
* K – Paul McCallum, CFL All-Star

### CFL Western All-Stars

* OG – Jovan Olafioye, Western All-Star
* DE – Brent Johnson, Western All-Star
* LB – Korey Banks, Western All-Star
* DB – Ryan Phillips, Western All-Star
* K – Paul McCallum, Western All-Star
* ST – Yonus Davis, Western All-Star

### Milestones
## Playoffs
### Schedule

| Week | Game | Date | Time | Opponent | Score | Result | Attendance |
| 20 | West Semi-Final | Nov 14 | 1:30 PM PST | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 41–38 (2OT) | Loss | 29,215 |
    # Games played with white uniforms.

### Bracket

| November 14: Division Semi-Finals | November 14: Division Semi-Finals | November 14: Division Semi-Finals | November 21: Division Finals | November 21: Division Finals | November 21: Division Finals | November 28: 98th Grey Cup Commonwealth Stadium – Edmonton | November 28: 98th Grey Cup Commonwealth Stadium – Edmonton | November 28: 98th Grey Cup Commonwealth Stadium – Edmonton |
| | | | E3 | Toronto Argonauts | 17 | | | |
| E3 | Toronto Argonauts | 16 | E1 | Montreal Alouettes | 48 | | | |
| E2 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13 | | | | E1 | Montreal Alouettes | 21 |
| | | | | | | W2 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 |
| | | | W2 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20 | | | |
| W3 | BC Lions | 38 | W1 | Calgary Stampeders | 16 | | | |
| W2 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 41* | | | | | | |
*-Team won in Overtime.

### West Semi-Final

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Lions | 3 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 38 |
| • Roughriders | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 41 |