The 2005 BC Lions finished in first place in the West Division with a 12–6 record. They appeared in the West Final.
Offseason CFL draft Rd Pick Player Position School 1 8 Alexis Bwenge RB Kentucky 2 17 Pierre Tremblay OL Laval 3 25 David Lowry LB Calgary 3 26 Patick Pierre-Louis LB UCLA 4 34 Sebastian Clovis DB St. Mary's 5 43 Nuvraj Bassi DT Oregon 6 52 Karl Ortmanns OL Acadia
Preseason Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record A June 12 @ Saskatchewan Roughriders 37–23 Win 25,771 1–0 B June 16 vs. Calgary Stampeders 31–16 Win 23,753 2–0
Regular season Season standings
Season schedule Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record 1 June 25 @ Toronto Argonauts 27–20 Win 30,712 1–0 2 Bye 1–0 3 July 8 vs. Ottawa Renegades 37–29 Win 27,506 2–0 4 July 15 vs. Toronto Argonauts 30–22 Win 29,217 3–0 5 July 23 @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28–22 Win 27,692 4–0 6 July 29 vs. Calgary Stampeders 40–27 Win 28,714 5–0 7 Aug 5 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 25–19 Win 35,568 6–0 8 Aug 12 @ Calgary Stampeders 39–31 Win 31,847 7–0 9 Aug 19 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 39–15 Win 33,119 8–0 10 Aug 27 @ Saskatchewan Roughriders 19–15 Win 24,899 9–0 11 Bye 9–0 12 Sept 8 @ Ottawa Renegades 61–27 Win 19,013 10–0 13 Sept 17 vs. Montreal Alouettes 27–26 Win 36,066 11–0 14 Sept 24 @ Edmonton Eskimos 37–20 Loss 48,048 11–1 15 Oct 1 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 28–19 Loss 34,711 11–2 16 Oct 10 @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers 44–23 Loss 22,630 11–3 17 Oct 16 @ Montreal Alouettes 46–44 Loss 20,202 11–4 18 Oct 22 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 41–1 Win 29,780 12–4 19 Oct 28 @ Edmonton Eskimos 22–19 Loss 37,544 12–5 20 Nov 5 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 13–12 Loss 38,847 12–6
Player stats Passing Player Att. Comp % Yards TD INT Rating Dave Dickenson 342 253 74.0 3338 21 5 118.8 Casey Printers 216 131 60.6 1671 9 6 87.2 Buck Pierce 71 43 60.6 679 3 1 100.6 Jarious Jackson 6 3 50.0 30 0 0 64.6 Jason Crumb 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 2.1
Rushing Player Att. Yards Avg. TD Fumbles Antonio Warren 205 983 4.8 13 7 Casey Printers 38 336 8.8 2 2 Dave Dickenson 49 299 6.1 3 1 Buck Pierce 15 104 6.9 2 0 Lyle Green 12 53 4.4 0 0
Receiving Player No. Yards Avg. Long TD Geroy Simon 89 1322 14.9 83 10 Jason Clermont 78 1042 13.4 69 4 Ryan Thelwell 74 1035 14.0 75 7 Antonio Warren 68 718 10.6 42 3 Paris Jackson 48 617 12.9 40 4
Awards and records Brent Johnson (DE), – CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award
2005 CFL All-Stars Brent Johnson, defensive end
Western Division All-Star Selections Ryan Thelwell, Wide Receiver Otis Floyd, Linebacker Brent Johnson, defensive end Barron Miles, Safety
Playoffs
Scotiabank West Championship Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalEdmonton Eskimos 14 7 0 7 28BC Lions 3 7 11 2 23 VANCOUVER – On the heels of his benching against Calgary, it seemed likely that Edmonton head coach Danny Maciocia would leave Ricky Ray as the backup for the West final against the BC Lions. However, Maciocia said mid-week that Ray would start, leaving Jason Maas remaining as the backup. In BC, Dave Dickenson unsurprisingly got the start over former Most Outstanding Player Casey Printers, leading some to joke that four of the CFL's best quarterbacks would be in this game. Roster 2005 BC Lions final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers K
Offensive linemen G G/T T T C G
Defensive linemen DT DE DE/DT DT DE
Special teams K K/PLinebackers
Defensive backs
Injured list LB G LB QB RB LB WR
Italics indicate International player References