# 1984 BC Lions season

The 1984 BC Lions finished in first place in the West Division with a 12–3–1 record. They appeared in the West Final but lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Joe Kapp and Tom Brown were inducted into the Football Hall of Fame.

## Offseason
### CFL Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School |
| T | T | Laurent DesLauriers | Defensive back | UBC |
| 1 | 1 | Frank Balkovec | Linebacker | Toronto |
| 2 | 17 | Roy Kurtz | Kicker | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 4 | 27 | Murry McKay | Centre | Alberta |
| 5 | 35 | Joe Brouwers | Defensive end | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 5 | 45 | Tom Timlin | Defensive back | Carleton |
| 6 | 53 | Irv Daymond | Guard | Western Ontario |
| 7 | 62 | Greg Kitchen | Linebacker | UBC |
| 8 | 71 | Brad Peperdy | Cornerback | Saskatchewan |

## Preseason

| Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| A | Tue, June 5 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 55–17 | 1–0 | McMahon Stadium | 20,583 |
| B | Mon, June 11 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 32–8 | 2–0 | BC Place | 28,732 |
| C | Mon, June 18 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 24–18 | 3–0 | BC Place | 28,619 |
| D | Thu, June 21 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 13–4 | 4–0 | Winnipeg Stadium | 24,809 |

## Regular season
### Season standings

Source:
West Division :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| BC Lions | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 445 | 281 | 25 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 523 | 309 | 23 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 464 | 443 | 18 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 348 | 479 | 13 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 314 | 425 | 12 |

### Season schedule

Source:
| 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 | Fri, July 6 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 44–10 | 1–0 | BC Place | 43,501 |
| 3 | 2 | Sun, July 15 | at Toronto Argonauts | W 39–29 | 2–0 | Exhibition Stadium | 34,092 |
| 4 | 3 | Sun, July 22 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | L 3–25 | 2–1 | Winnipeg Stadium | 31,113 |
| 5 | 4 | Sat, July 28 | vs. Montreal Concordes | W 22–7 | 3–1 | BC Place | 39,991 |
| 6 | 5 | Sun, Aug 5 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 29–27 | 4–1 | Taylor Field | 24,558 |
| 7 | 6 | Sat, Aug 11 | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | W 46–34 | 5–1 | BC Place | 37,560 |
| 8 | 7 | Sun, Aug 19 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 19–11 | 6–1 | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14,101 |
| 9 | 8 | Sat, Aug 25 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 15–4 | 7–1 | BC Place | 38,419 |
| 10 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 11 | 9 | Sun, Sept 9 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 46–11 | 8–1 | BC Place | 34,630 |
| 12 | 10 | Sat, Sept 15 | at Montreal Concordes | L 17–33 | 8–2 | Olympic Stadium | 15,085 |
| 13 | 11 | Sat, Sept 22 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 28–37 | 8–3 | BC Place | 35,955 |
| 14 | 12 | Fri, Sept 28 | at Edmonton Eskimos | W 34–32 | 9–3 | Commonwealth Stadium | 47,015 |
| 15 | 13 | Sat, Oct 6 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | T 21–21 | 9–3–1 | BC Place | 49,358 |
| 16 | 14 | Sat, Oct 13 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | W 40–33 | 10–3–1 | Lansdowne Park | 21,280 |
| 17 | 15 | Sat, Oct 20 | at Calgary Stampeders | W 41–13 | 11–3–1 | McMahon Stadium | 23,230 |
| 18 | 16 | Sat, Oct 27 | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 20–3 | 12–3–1 | BC Place | 59,421 |

## Awards and records

* CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – James "Quick" Parker (DE)

### 1984 CFL All-Stars

* WR – Mervyn Fernandez, CFL All-Star
* OT – John Blain, CFL All-Star
* K – Lui Passaglia, CFL All-Star
* DT – Mack Moore, CFL All-Star
* DE – James "Quick" Parker, CFL All-Star
* DB – Larry Crawford, CFL All-Star

## Playoffs
### West Final

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| BC Lions | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 14 |