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1985 CFL season

1985 CFL season
Regular season
DurationJuly 4 – November 3, 1985
Playoffs
Start dateNovember 10, 1985
East ChampionsHamilton Tiger-Cats
West ChampionsBC Lions
73rd Grey Cup
DateNovember 24, 1985
SiteOlympic Stadium, Montreal
ChampionsBC Lions
CFL seasons

The 1985 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 32nd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 28th Canadian Football League season.

CFL News in 1985

The CFL adopted a regular season overtime format that will consist of two-minute halves (no sudden death), which would be implemented for the 1986 season. In addition, the CFL changed the playoff overtime format from two ten-minute halves (with no sudden death) to two five-minute halves (no sudden death).

Regular season standings

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
BC Lions 16 13 3 0 481 297 26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 12 4 0 500 259 24
Edmonton Eskimos 16 10 6 0 432 373 20
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 5 11 0 320 462 10
Calgary Stampeders 16 3 13 0 256 429 6
East Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 8 8 0 377 315 16
Montreal Concordes 16 8 8 0 284 332 16
Ottawa Rough Riders 16 7 9 0 272 402 14
Toronto Argonauts 16 6 10 0 344 397 12
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
  • BC and Hamilton have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs

The BC Lions are the 1985 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37–24, at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. This was BC's first Grey Cup victory since 1964. The Lions' Roy Dewalt (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and James "Quick" Parker (DE) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, while Lui Passaglia (K/P) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

November 10: Division Semifinals November 17: Division Finals November 24: 73rd Grey Cup @ Olympic StadiumMontreal, Quebec
East E2 Montreal Concordes 26
E3 Ottawa Rough Riders 20 E1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 50
E2 Montreal Concordes 30 E1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24
W1 BC Lions 37
West W2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22
W3 Edmonton Eskimos 15 W1 BC Lions 42
W2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22

CFL Leaders

  • CFL Passing Leaders
  • CFL Rushing Leaders
  • CFL Receiving Leaders [1]

1985 CFL All-Stars

Offence

  • QB – Matt Dunigan, Edmonton Eskimos
  • RB – Willard Reaves, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • RB – Keyvan Jenkins, BC Lions
  • SB – Joe Poplawski, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • TE – Ray Elgaard, Saskatchewan Roughriders
  • WR – Mervyn Fernandez, BC Lions
  • WR – Jeff Boyd, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • C – John Bonk, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • OG – Dan Ferrone, Toronto Argonauts
  • OG – Nick Bastaja, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • OT – John Blain, BC Lions
  • OT – Chris Walby, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Defence

  • DT – Mike Gray, BC Lions
  • DT – James Curry, Toronto Argonauts
  • DE – Grover Covington, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • DE – James "Quick" Parker, BC Lions
  • LB – Ben Zambiasi, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • LB – Tyrone Jones, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • LB – Kevin Konar, BC Lions
  • DB – Darnell Clash, BC Lions
  • DB – Less Browne, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • DB – Ken Hailey, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • DB – Howard Fields, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • DB – Paul Bennett, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Special teams

  • P – Ken Clark, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • K – Trevor Kennerd, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1985 Eastern All-Stars

Offence

  • QB – Ken Hobart, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • RB – Bob Bronk, Toronto Argonauts
  • RB – Lester Brown, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • SB – Mike McTague, Montreal Concordes
  • TE – Nick Arakgi, Montreal Concordes
  • WR – Terry Greer, Toronto Argonauts
  • WR – Steve Stapler, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • C – Marv Allemang, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • OG – Dan Ferrone, Toronto Argonauts
  • OG – Lloyd Fairbanks, Montreal Concordes
  • OT – Roger Cattelan, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • OT – Kevin Powell, Ottawa Rough Riders

Defence

  • DT – Doug Scott, Montreal Concordes
  • DT – James Curry, Toronto Argonauts
  • DE – Grover Covington, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • DE – Lloyd Lewis, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • LB – Ben Zambiasi, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • LB – Rick Sowieta, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • LB – William Mitchell, Toronto Argonauts
  • DB – Carl Brazley, Toronto Argonauts
  • DB – Less Browne, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • DB – Ricky Barden, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • DB – Howard Fields, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  • DB – Paul Bennett, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Special teams

  • P – Ken Clark, Ottawa Rough Riders
  • K – Bernie Ruoff, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1985 Western All-Stars

Offence

  • QB – Matt Dunigan, Edmonton Eskimos
  • RB – Willard Reaves, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • RB – Keyvan Jenkins, BC Lions
  • SB – Joe Poplawski, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • TE – Ray Elgaard, Saskatchewan Roughriders
  • WR – Mervyn Fernandez, BC Lions
  • WR – Jeff Boyd, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • C – John Bonk, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • OG – Leo Blanchard, Edmonton Eskimos
  • OG – Nick Bastaja, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • OT – John Blain, BC Lions
  • OT – Chris Walby, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Defence

  • DT – Mike Gray, BC Lions
  • DT – Rick Klassen, BC Lions
  • DE – Tony Norman, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • DE – James "Quick" Parker, BC Lions
  • LB – Dan Bass, Edmonton Eskimos
  • LB – Tyrone Jones, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • LB – Kevin Konar, BC Lions
  • LB – Glen Jackson, BC Lions
  • DB – Darnell Clash, BC Lions
  • DB – Dave Shaw, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • DB – Ken Hailey, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • DB – Wiley Turner, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • DB – Melvin Byrd, BC Lions
  • DB – Scott Flagel, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Special teams

  • P – Tom Dixon, Edmonton Eskimos
  • K – Trevor Kennerd, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1985 CFL Awards

References

  1. ^ "CFLapedia".
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