2011 BC Lions season

2011 BC Lions season
Head coach	Wally Buono
General manager	Wally Buono
Home field	Empire Field BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	11–7
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Grey Cup Champions
Team MOP	Travis Lulay
Team MOC	Paul McCallum
Team MOR	Tim Brown
Uniform

The 2011 BC Lions season was the 54th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 58th overall. The Lions finished in first place in the West division with an 11–7 record. The Lions won their sixth Grey Cup championship over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers by a score of 34–23.^[1] The Lions became the first team in league history to start a season 0–5 and finish in first place.^[2] They also became the first team to lose their first five regular season games and win the Grey Cup.^[1] The Lions were also the first team to win a Grey Cup championship in their home stadium since the 1994 BC Lions and were only the fourth team to win at home since the inception of the Canadian Football League in 1958. Because of their remarkable season, the Lions were named the Canadian Press Team of the Year for 2011, becoming only the second CFL team to win the award since 1983.^[3]^[4]

The Lions opened their training camp at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, British Columbia with rookie camp beginning June 1 and main camp beginning on June 5.^[5] Due to ongoing construction at BC Place Stadium, the Lions played their first five regular season games at Empire Field before moving to BC Place for the remaining four. On October 10, 2011, the Lions clinched a playoff berth after the Saskatchewan Roughriders lost their game to the Edmonton Eskimos. This extends the franchise record to 15 straight years in the playoffs, with that mark also tied for fourth-best in CFL history.^[6]

Offseason

BC Place construction

Due to the continued construction of BC Place Stadium, the Lions started their season at Empire Field, the temporary stadium that they played in for all ten games in 2010. However, it was unclear as to when the Lions would move into the refurbished stadium, as the contractor, PCL Westcoast Constructor, would not reveal a date.^[7] It was likely that between three and five regular season games would be played at BC Place Stadium and it has been guaranteed that it will be complete by November 1, in time for the 99th Grey Cup, which it is scheduled to host.^[7]

On February 7, 2011, it was announced that the BC Lions would be opening the newly renovated BC Place on September 30, 2011.^[8] When the schedule was released on February 18, 2011, it was announced that the Lions' opponent would be the Edmonton Eskimos and that they would play four 2011 regular season games in BC Place Stadium.

CFL Draft

The 2011 CFL Draft took place on Sunday, May 8, 2011.^[9] The Lions had five selections in the draft, with the first coming in the sixth spot overall, after trading their third overall pick with Calgary. Through the trade, BC was still able to select their first choice, Marco Iannuzzi, with their first pick and then draft kicker/punter Hugh O'Neill to replace the recently traded Sean Whyte.^[10] BC also selected Alex Ellis in the 2011 supplemental draft, and must forfeit a sixth-round 2012 draft pick.^[11]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	6	Marco Iannuzzi	WR	Harvard
2	11	Hugh O'Neill	K/P	Alberta
3	19	Michael Carter	DB	Maryland
5	37	Yannick Sage	OL	Sherbrooke
6	42	Chris Hodgson	DL	Saint Mary's

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	Wed, June 15	at Calgary Stampeders	24–0	Win	8,235	1–0
B	Wed, June 22	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	34–6	Win	18,742	2–0

# Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

Standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Y-BC Lions	18	11	7	0	511	385	22	Details
X-Edmonton Eskimos	18	11	7	0	427	401	22	Details
X-Calgary Stampeders	18	11	7	0	511	476	22	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	13	0	346	482	10	Details

Season schedule

The Lions played their first five regular season games at Empire Field and played their remaining four at BC Place Stadium.

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Thurs, June 30	at Montreal Alouettes	30–26	Loss	22,317	0–1
2	Fri, July 8	vs. Calgary Stampeders	34–32	Loss	22,738	0–2
3	Sat, July 16	at Edmonton Eskimos	33–17	Loss	32,297	0–3
4	Fri, July 22	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	39–31	Loss	24,117	0–4
5	Thurs, July 28	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25–20	Loss	29,533	0–5
6	Fri, Aug 5	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–11	Win	25,238	1–5
7	Sat, Aug 13	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	30–17	Loss	24,131	1–6
8	Fri, Aug 19	at Edmonton Eskimos	36–1	Win	35,216	2–6
9	Bye					2–6
10	Fri, Sept 2	at Toronto Argonauts	29–16	Win	19,593	3–6
11	Sat, Sept 10	vs. Toronto Argonauts	28–6	Win	25,263	4–6
12	Sat, Sept 17	at Calgary Stampeders	32–19	Win	29,929	5–6
13	Sat, Sept 24	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	42–5	Win	30,048	6–6
14	Fri, Sept 30	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	33–24	Win	50,213	7–6
15	Sat, Oct 8	vs. Calgary Stampeders	33–31	Win	30,622	8–6
16	Sun, Oct 16	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–18	Win	30,048	9–6
17	Sat, Oct 22	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	42–10	Loss	25,536	9–7
18	Sat, Oct 29	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	29–20	Win	29,749	10–7
19	Sat, Nov 5	vs. Montreal Alouettes	43–1	Win	35,454	11–7

# Games played with colour uniforms.

# Games played with white uniforms.

# Games played with alternate uniforms.

Roster

BC Lions Roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

90 Aaron Hunt DT
97 Brent Johnson DE
96 Khalif Mitchell DT
94 Khreem Smith DT
79 Eric Taylor DT
9 Keron Williams DE

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

45 Jason Arakgi S
24 Korey Banks DB
20 Jerome Dennis DB
11 Tad Kornegay DB
27 J.R. LaRose S
41 Hamid Mahmoudi CB
31 Dante Marsh CB
3 Cauchy Muamba S
21 Ryan Phillips DB
26 Anthony Reddick DB

Special Teams

55 Dan McCullough LS
4 Paul McCallum K

Injured List

6 Stanley Franks CB (9 Game)
51 Joash Gesse LB (9 Game)
44 Adam Leonard LB (9 Game)
12 Corey Leonard QB (9 Game)
18 Hugh O'Neill K (9 Game)
28 J. R. Ruffin DB (1 Game)
2 Davis Sanchez CB (9 Game)

Practice Roster

61 Adam Baboulas OL
40 Tim Cronk FB
76 Rajon Henley DL
62 Nick Hennessey OL
49 Amara Kamara LB
83 Nick Moore WR
29 Rafael Priest DB
17 Jock Sanders RB/SB
86 Courtney Taylor WR
98 Teryl White DT

Italics indicate Import players
Roster updated 2011-11-28
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active

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Coaching staff

BC Lions Staff

Front Office

Owner – David Braley
President & CEO – Dennis Skulsky
General Manager – Wally Buono
Director of Player Personnel – Roy Shivers
Player Personnel Coordinator and Assistant to GM – Neil McEvoy
Player Personal Assistant – Barron Miles
Northwest Regional Scout – Jeff Smith

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Wally Buono

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks – Jacques Chapdelaine
Receivers – Travis Moore
Running Backs – Chuck McMann
Offensive Line – Dan Dorazio
Offensive Line Assistant – Kelly Bates

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers – Mike Benevides
Defensive Line – Randy Melvin
Defensive Backs – Mark Washington
Defensive Assistant – Barron Miles

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Chuck McMann

Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning Trainer – Chris Boyko

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Player stats

Passing

Player	Att.	Comp	%	Yards	TD	INT	Rating
Travis Lulay	583	342	58.7	4,815	32	11	95.8
Jarious Jackson	39	18	46.2	263	1	2	55.8
Mike Reilly	2	1	50.0	12	0	0	68.8
Paul McCallum	2	0	00.0	0	0	2	−414.6

^[12]

Rushing

Player	Att.	Yards	Avg.	TD	Fumbles
Andrew Harris	96	458	4.8	1	2
Travis Lulay	47	391	8.3	3	1
Tim Brown	64	376	5.9	5	3
Jamal Robertson	63	296	4.7	3	0
Shawn Gore	12	85	7.1	0	1
Jarious Jackson	22	80	3.6	0	2
Kierrie Johnson	7	53	7.6	0	0

^[13]

Receiving

Player	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	TD
Geroy Simon	84	1,350	16.1	63	8
Arland Bruce	58	859	14.8	100	8
Shawn Gore	60	836	13.9	51	1
Akeem Foster	33	593	18.0	56	6
Andrew Harris	30	395	13.2	63	7
Kierrie Johnson	20	235	11.8	29	0

^[14]

Awards and records

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Travis Lulay, QB
John Agro Special Teams Award – Paul McCallum, K/P

Milestones

On September 10, 2011, Lions receiver Geroy Simon became the franchise's all-time touchdowns leader when he scored his 88th touchdown as a BC Lion, surpassing Willie Fleming.^[15]

Playoffs

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
20	Bye
21	West Final	Nov 20	1:30 PM PST	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	40–23	Win	41,313
22	Grey Cup	Nov 27	3:30 PM PST	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	34–23	Win	54,313

# Games played with colour uniforms.

Bracket

November 13:
Division Semi-Finals

November 20:
Division Finals

November 27: 99th Grey Cup
BC Place Stadium – Vancouver

East

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

52*

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Montreal Alouettes

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

BC Lions

West

Edmonton Eskimos

Calgary Stampeders

BC Lions

Edmonton Eskimos

*-Team won in Overtime.

West Final

Edmonton at BC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eskimos	0	3	6	14	23
• Lions	6	20	7	7	40

Date: November 20
Location: BC Place Stadium
Vancouver, BC
Game start: 1:30 PM PST
Game attendance: 41,313
Game weather: None (Retractable roof closed)
Referee: Glen Johnson
TV announcers (TSN): Chris Cuthbert (Play by Play), Glen Suitor (Colour), Farhan Lalji (Sideline)

Grey Cup

Winnipeg vs. BC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Bombers	0	6	3	14	23
• Lions	11	3	10	10	34

Date: November 27
Location: BC Place Stadium
Vancouver, BC
Game start: 3:30 PM PST
Game attendance: 54,313
Game weather: None (Retractable roof closed)
Referee: Andre Proulx
TV announcers (TSN): Chris Cuthbert (Play by Play), Glen Suitor (Colour), Farhan Lalji (Sideline), Sara Orlesky (Sideline), Duane Forde (Sideline)

References

External links

2011 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Toronto Winnipeg

See also	2011 CFL Draft 99th Grey Cup

BC Lions seasons

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory

BC Lions

Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks First-round draft picks

Stadiums	Empire Stadium Empire Field BC Place

Culture	The Lions Leo the Lion Nickname: The Leos Fight song: "Roar You Lions Roar" composed by Dal Richards and his Orchestra

Lore	Annis Stukus Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Defeated Baltimore in the Grey Cup First Grey Cup of New Millennium Labour Day Classic Kapp becomes first Lion to win MVP of West Division Joe Paopao, The Throwin’ Samoan James "Quick" Parker

Important figures	David Braley Wally Buono Annis Stukus Bob Ackles By Bailey Clem Crowe Herb Capozzi Tom Hinton Tom Brown Joe Kapp Dave Skrien Lonnie Dennis Ted Gerela Jim Evenson Jackie Parker Al Wilson Cal Murphy Lui Passaglia Jerry Tagge Roy Dewalt Matt Dunigan Doug Flutie Mervyn Fernandez Don Matthews Mark Gastineau Danny McManus Darren Flutie Damon Allen Robert Drummond Sean Millington Casey Printers Dave Dickenson Geroy Simon

Retired numbers	5 15 22 30 38 52 60 75 81 97

Key personnel	Owner: David Braley General Manager/Head Coach: Wally Buono

Grey Cup Championships (6)	1964 1985 1994 2000 2006 2011

Western Division Championships (10)	1963 1964 1983 1985 1988 1994 2000 2004 2006 2011

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

BC Lions 99th Grey Cup champions

Head coach: Wally Buono

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