# 1983 BC Lions season

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.
This season marks the Lions' first at the new BC Place Stadium in downtown Vancouver, which to this day remains their home field.

## Offseason
### CFL Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School |
| T | T | Jim Mills | Offensive tackle | Hawaii |
| 1 | 8 | Jamie Buis | Tackle | Simon Fraser |
| 2 | 14 | Kevin Lapa | Linebacker | Weber State |
| 2 | 17 | Peter LeClaire | Fullback | UBC |
| 3 | 23 | William Bickowski | Fullback | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 4 | 32 | Jerome Erdman | Wide receiver | Simon Fraser |
| 5 | 41 | Harold Jackman | Tackle | Moorhead State |
| 6 | 50 | Kyle Barrow | Linebacker | Western Ontario |
| 7 | 59 | Mike Brown | Defensive back | Toronto |
| 8 | 68 | Ken Munroe | Wide receiver | UBC |

## Preseason

| Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| A | Fri, June 10 | at Edmonton Eskimos | W 52–20 | 1–0 | Commonwealth Stadium | 42,196 |
| B | Fri, June 17 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 24–23 | 2–0 | Winnipeg Stadium | 15,938 |
| C | Thu, June 23 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 41–19 | 3–0 | BC Place | 53,472 |
| D | Thu, June 30 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 37–26 | 4–0 | BC Place | 30,984 |

## 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 | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 2 | 1 | Thu, July 14 | at Toronto Argonauts | L 14–17 | 0–1 | Exhibition Stadium | 39,437 |
| 3 | 2 | Sun, July 24 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 44–28 | 1–1 | BC Place | 41,801 |
| 4 | 3 | Sat, July 30 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 34–28 | 2–1 | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16,101 |
| 5 | 4 | Sun, Aug 7 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 32–16 | 3–1 | BC Place | 37,496 |
| 6 | 5 | Fri, Aug 12 | at Edmonton Eskimos | W 43–13 | 4–1 | Commonwealth Stadium | 52,765 |
| 7 | 6 | Sat, Aug 20 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 44–6 | 5–1 | BC Place | 56,852 |
| 8 | 7 | Sat, Aug 27 | vs. Montreal Concordes | W 28–6 | 6–1 | BC Place | 36,743 |
| 9 | 8 | Fri, Sept 2 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | L 19–49 | 6–2 | Lansdowne Park | 22,234 |
| 10 | 9 | Sat, Sept 10 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | L 14–32 | 6–3 | BC Place | 52,656 |
| 11 | 10 | Sat, Sept 17 | at Montreal Concordes | W 42–26 | 7–3 | Olympic Stadium | 17,161 |
| 12 | 11 | Sun, Sept 25 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 31–30 | 8–3 | BC Place | 52,430 |
| 13 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 14 | 12 | Mon, Oct 10 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 30–18 | 9–3 | Winnipeg Stadium | 31,508 |
| 15 | 13 | Sun, Oct 16 | at Calgary Stampeders | L 16–25 | 9–4 | McMahon Stadium | 24,013 |
| 16 | 14 | Sat, Oct 22 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 41–16 | 10–4 | BC Place | 43,513 |
| 17 | 15 | Sun, Oct 30 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 5–11 | 10–5 | Taylor Field | 23,471 |
| 18 | 16 | Sat, Nov 5 | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | W 40–13 | 11–5 | BC Place | 42,901 |

## 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 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| BC Lions | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 39 |

### Grey Cup

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Toronto Argonauts | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| BC Lions | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |