2009 BC Lions season

2009 BC Lions season
Head coach	Wally Buono
General manager	Wally Buono
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	Lost East Final
Team MOP	Geroy Simon
Team MOR	Martell Mallett
Uniform

The 2009 BC Lions season was the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 56th overall. The Lions finished the season in fourth place in the West Division with a disappointing 8–10 record after losing their last three regular season games. While it was their first losing record since 2001, they still managed to play in the East-Semi Final playoff game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats after that same team eliminated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the last game of the season. The Lions would go on to play in the first East Final in franchise history, which they lost to the Montreal Alouettes. It was the sixth consecutive appearance for the Lions in a division final and the third consecutive season that their season was ended by the eventual Grey Cup champions.

Offseason

CFL Draft

The 2009 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2009. The Lions traded their sixth and thirteenth overall picks for Hamilton's third overall pick in order to secure the chance to draft Bishop's running back Jamall Lee.^[1]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	3	Jamall Lee	RB	Bishop's
1	4	James Yurichuk	LB	Bishop's
1	5	Matt Carter	WR	Acadia
3	21	Matt Morencie	OL	Windsor
4	29	Tang Bacheyie	DB	Kansas
5	37	Jonathan Pierre-Etienne	DE	Montreal

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	June 17	at Calgary Stampeders	37–30	Loss	25,463	0–1
B	June 23	Edmonton Eskimos	31–19	Loss	23,217	0–2

# Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

Season Standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Y-Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	10	7	1	514	484	21	Details
X-Calgary Stampeders	18	10	7	1	514	443	21	Details
X-Edmonton Eskimos	18	9	9	0	469	502	18	Details
X-BC Lions	18	8	10	0	431	502	16	Details

Season Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 3	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	28–24	Loss	30,062	0–1
2	July 10	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	31–28	Loss	26,885	0–2
3	July 16	at Edmonton Eskimos	40–22	Win	33,661	1–2
4	July 24	Calgary Stampeders	48–10	Loss	27,191	1–3
5	July 31	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–18	Loss	20,103	1–4
6	August 7	Saskatchewan Roughriders	35–20	Win	30,117	2–4
7	August 14	at Toronto Argonauts	36–28	Win	24,754	3–4
8	August 21	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	37–10	Loss	27,983	3–5
9	Bye					3–5
10	Sept 4	Montreal Alouettes	19–12	Win	27,199	4–5
11	Sept 13	at Montreal Alouettes	28–24	Loss	20,202	4–6
12	Sept 19	Toronto Argonauts	23–17	Win	27,515	5–6
13	Sept 25	at Calgary Stampeders	27–18	Loss	36,702	5–7
14	Oct 2	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19–16	Win	31,958	6–7
15	Oct 9	at Edmonton Eskimos	34–31	Win	30,120	7–7
16	Oct 18	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–21	Win	24,048	8–7
17	Oct 24	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	33–30 (OT)	Loss	30,945	8–8
18	Oct 31	Calgary Stampeders	28–26	Loss	27,131	8–9
19	Nov 6	Edmonton Eskimos	45–13	Loss	31,515	8–10

# Games played with colour uniforms.

# Games played with white uniforms.

# Games played with alternate uniforms.

# Games played with retro uniforms.

Roster

BC Lions roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

6 Javier Glatt ILB
11 JoJuan Armour LB
42 Anton McKenzie OLB
49 Courtney Smith LB
47 James Yurichuk LB

Defensive Backs

45 Jason Arakgi S
24 Korey Banks DB
3 Tad Crawford S
25 Jerome Dennis DB
43 Trestin George DB
27 Lavar Glover CB
31 Dante Marsh CB
16 Barron Miles S
21 Ryan Phillips DB
17 Darren Toney DB

Special Teams

Inactive List

Practice Roster

69 Damane Duckett OT
34 A. J. Harris RB
33 Andrew Harris RB
20 Mike McEachern S
39 Shane Simmons LB

Italics indicate Import players
Roster updated 2009-10-08
Depth Chart • Transactions
47 Active, 6 Inactive, 5 PR

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Coaching Staff

BC Lions Staff

Front Office

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

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Wally Buono

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line – Dan Dorazio
Receivers – Jacques Chapdelaine
Quarterbacks – Steff Kruck
Running Backs – Chuck McMann

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers – Mike Benevides
Defensive Line – Mike Roach
Defensive Backs – Mark Washington

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Chuck McMann

→ 2009 Coaching Staff
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Player stats

Passing

Player	Att.	Comp	%	Yards	TD	INT	Rating
Buck Pierce	315	199	63.2%	2272	10	12	79.5
Jarious Jackson	155	90	58.1%	1252	12	8	88.4
Casey Printers	68	43	63.2%	686	3	2	99.3
Travis Lulay	36	22	61.1%	324	2	2	85.9
Zac Champion	28	8	28.6%	70	0	4	−23.2
Paul McCallum	1	0	0.0%	0	0	0	2.1

^[2]

Rushing

Player	Att.	Yards	Avg.	TD	Fumbles
Martell Mallett	214	1240	5.8	6	2
Buck Pierce	39	276	7.1	1	6
Jarious Jackson	32	143	4.5	2	5
A.J. Harris	33	141	4.3	1	0
Travis Lulay	17	133	7.8	0	0
Casey Printers	10	58	5.8	0	0
Ryan Grice-Mullen	8	42	5.3	2	3
Ian Smart	5	26	5.2	0	0

^[3]

Receiving

Player	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	TD
Geroy Simon	79	1239	15.7	62	6
Paris Jackson	76	1042	13.7	57	8
Emmanuel Arceneaux	63	858	13.6	60	7
O'Neil Wilson	35	405	11.6	33	1
Martell Mallett	43	342	8.0	26	2
Ryan Grice-Mullen	20	210	10.5	27	1
Rufus Skillern	15	182	12.1	46	0

^[4]

Awards and records

CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Ricky Foley, DE
CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Martell Mallett, RB
Commissioner's Award – Wally Buono

2009 CFL All-Stars

DB – Korey Banks, CFL All-Star
S – Barron Miles, CFL All-Star

Western Division All-Star selections

RB – Martell Mallett, CFL Western All-Star
SB – Geroy Simon, CFL Western All-Star
ST – Jason Arakgi, CFL Western All-Star
DT – Aaron Hunt, CFL Western All-Star
LB – Anton McKenzie, CFL Western All-Star
DB – Korey Banks, CFL Western All-Star
S – Barron Miles, CFL Western All-Star

Milestones

Barron Miles recorded his 13th career blocked kick, on a convert attempt by Saskatchewan, on Aug 7, 2009 to become the leader in that category.
On Sept 19, 2009, head coach Wally Buono became the all-time most winningest coach in CFL history after a victory over the Toronto Argonauts.
On Nov 6, 2009, Barron Miles recorded his 66th career interception, tying Larry Highbaugh for second all time, finishing the season 21 behind Less Browne.

Playoffs

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
20	East Semi-Final	Nov 15	10:00 AM PST	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34–27 (OT)	Win	27,430
21	East Final	Nov 22	10:00 AM PST	at Montreal Alouettes	56–18	Loss	53,792

# Games played with white uniforms.

Bracket

November 15: Division Semifinals

November 22: Division Finals

November 29: 97th Grey Cup
McMahon Stadium – Calgary

East

BC Lions

BC Lions

34*

Montreal Alouettes

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Montreal Alouettes

Saskatchewan Roughriders

West

Calgary Stampeders

Edmonton Eskimos

Saskatchewan Roughriders

Calgary Stampeders

*=Team won in Overtime.

East Semi-Final

Date and time: Sunday, November 15, 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time
Venue: Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Total
BC Lions	3	13	7	4	7	34
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	3	3	10	11	0	27

East Final

Date and time: Sunday, November 22, 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	3	8	7	0	18
Montreal Alouettes	17	14	14	11	56

References

↑ Beamish, Mike (2009-05-02). "B.C. Lions pick running back Jamall Lee in first round of CFL draft". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
↑ http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Passing/year/2009/
↑ http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2009/
↑ http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2009/

BC Lions

Founded in 1954 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

The 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: Wally Buono Head Coach: Jeff Tedford

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 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

2009 CFL season by team

Western	BC Lions Calgary Stampeders Edmonton Eskimos Saskatchewan Roughriders

Eastern	Hamilton Tiger-Cats Montreal Alouettes Toronto Argonauts Winnipeg Blue Bombers

See also	2009 CFL Draft 97th Grey Cup

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