2016 BC Lions season

2016 BC Lions season
Head coach	Wally Buono
General manager	Wally Buono
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	12–6
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Final
Team MOP	Jonathon Jennings
Team MOC	Shawn Gore
Team MOR	Antonio Johnson
Uniform

The 2016 BC Lions season was the 59th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 63rd overall. The Lions finished in 2nd place in the West Division and finished with a 12–6 record. It was only the third time in franchise history that the Lions have finished in second place, and the first time they have done so since 1986.

The Lions improved upon their 7–11 record from 2015 and qualified for the playoffs for the 20th straight year, which is the second-longest streak in CFL history.^[1] The team will attempt to win the franchise's 7th Grey Cup championship. This will be the team's second stint under now ninth-year head coach, Wally Buono, and his 14th season as the general manager. Buono took over the position following Jeff Tedford's resignation on December 2, 2015.

For the seventh consecutive season, the Lions held their training camp at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, British Columbia with rookie camp beginning Wednesday, May 25 and main camp beginning on Sunday, May 29.^[2]

Offseason

Free agents

Position	Player	2016 Team	Date Signed	Notes
WR	Emmanuel Arceneaux	BC Lions	December 17, 2015	Two-year contract
DB	Steven Clarke	BC Lions	May 24, 2016	Signed with Titans before being released.
LB	Rennie Curran
OL	Kirby Fabien	BC Lions	December 15, 2015	Two-year contract
DB	Eric Fraser	BC Lions	December 18, 2015	Two-year contract
RB	Andrew Harris	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	February 9, 2016
LB	Alex Hoffman-Ellis	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	February 9, 2016
DB	Josh Johnson	Jacksonville Jaguars	February 12, 2016
RB	Pascal Lochard	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	February 9, 2016
QB	Travis Lulay	BC Lions	February 8, 2016	Two-year contract
OL	Matt Norman
OL	Jovan Olafioye	BC Lions	January 14, 2016	Three-year contract
DB	Cord Parks	Edmonton Eskimos	May 26, 2016
RB	Chris Rainey	BC Lions	February 9, 2016
DT	Khreem Smith
WR	Courtney Taylor
OL	Dean Valli			Retired

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CFL Draft

The 2016 CFL Draft took place on May 10, 2016. The Lions had eight picks in the draft, including two fourth round selections from Hamilton and the loss of their fifth round pick in a trade for Tim O'Neill.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	5	Charles Vaillancourt	OL	Laval
2	12	Anthony Thompson	DB	Southern Illinois
3	23	Brett Blaszko	WR	Calgary Dinos
4	30	Dillon Guy	OL	Buffalo
4	32	Shaquille Johnson	WR	Western Ontario
6	48	Brennan Van Nistelrooy	DB	Alberta
7	57	Nathan O'Halloran	FB	Windsor
8	65	Boyd Richardson	DL	British Columbia

Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
A	Sat, June 11	6:00 p.m. PDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 28–16	1–0	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	16,141	Recap
B	Fri, June 17	7:00 p.m. PDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 21–31	1–1	None	BC Place	17,630	Recap

# Games played with colour uniforms.

Regular season

Standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Y−Calgary Stampeders	18	15	2	1	31	586	369	9–1	L1	Details
X−BC Lions	18	12	6	0	24	545	454	5–5	W3	Details
X−Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	11	7	0	22	497	454	5–5	W1	Details
X−Edmonton Eskimos	18	10	8	0	20	549	496	5–5	W2	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	13	0	10	350	530	1–9	L3	Details

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
1	Sat, June 25	7:00 p.m. PDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 20–18	1–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	BC Place	21,386	Recap
2	Fri, July 1	4:00 p.m. PDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 28–3	2–0	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field	24,123	Recap
3	Thurs, July 7	7:00 p.m. PDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 14–25	2–1	TSN/RDS2/ESPN2	BC Place	18,921	Recap
4	Sat, July 16	4:00 p.m. PDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 40–27	3–1	TSN/RDS	Mosaic Stadium	31,014	Recap
5	Bye
6	Fri, July 29	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Calgary Stampeders	L 41–44 (OT)	3–2	TSN/RDS2/ESPN2	McMahon Stadium	27,651	Recap
7	Thurs, Aug 4	4:00 p.m. PDT	at Montreal Alouettes	W 38–18	4–2	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Molson Stadium	19,125	Recap
8	Sat, Aug 13	7:00 p.m. PDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 45–38	5–2	TSN	BC Place	21,213	Recap
9	Fri, Aug 19	7:00 p.m. PDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 9–37	5–3	TSN	BC Place	21,341	Recap
10	Thurs, Aug 25	4:30 p.m. PDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	W 29–23	6–3	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	TD Place Stadium	24,677	Recap
11	Wed, Aug 31	4:30 p.m. PDT	at Toronto Argonauts	W 16–13	7–3	TSN	BMO Field	17,509	Recap
12	Fri, Sept 9	7:00 p.m. PDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 38–27	8–3	TSN/RDS	BC Place	18,107	Recap
13	Bye
14	Fri, Sept 23	7:00 p.m. PDT	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 23–27	8–4	TSN/RDS2	Commonwealth Stadium	26,934	Recap
15	Sat, Oct 1	7:00 p.m. PDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	W 40–33	9–4	TSN/RDS	BC Place	19,703	Recap
16	Sat, Oct 8	1:00 p.m. PDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 35–37	9–5	TSN	Investors Group Field	24,284	Recap
17	Fri, Oct 14	7:00 p.m. PDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 32–35	9–6	TSN	BC Place	19,520	Recap
18	Sat, Oct 22	4:00 p.m. PDT	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 32–25	10–6	TSN	BC Place	22,831	Recap
19	Sat, Oct 29	4:00 p.m. PDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 24–6	11–6	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	33,427	Recap
20	Sat, Nov 5	4:00 p.m. PDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 41–18	12–6	TSN	BC Place	26,481	Recap

^[4]

# Games played with colour uniforms.

# Games played with white uniforms.

Post-season

Schedule

Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
West Semi-Final	Sun, Nov 13	1:30 p.m. PST	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 32–31	1–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN3	BC Place	19,176	Recap
West Final	Sun, Nov 20	1:30 p.m. PST	at Calgary Stampeders	L 15–42	1–1	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	McMahon Stadium	32,115	Recap

# Games played with colour uniforms.

# Games played with white uniforms.

Team

Roster

BC Lions roster

Quarterbacks

10 Jonathon Jennings QB
14 Travis Lulay QB
12 Keith Price QB

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen

50 Kirby Fabien G
62 Cody Husband G
57 Antonio Johnson OL
63 Jovan Olafioye OT
66 Tim O'Neill C
67 Hunter Steward G
69 Charles Vaillancourt OL

Defensive linemen

53 Alex Bazzie DT
90 Michael Brooks DL
48 Maxx Forde DL
96 Andrew Hudson DE
78 David Ménard DL
93 Craig Roh DL
99 Jabar Westerman DE

Linebackers

45 Jason Arakgi LB
44 Adam Bighill LB
41 Adrian Clarke LB
56 Solomon Elimimian LB
49 Nehemie Kankolongo LB
8 Boseko Lokombo LB
91 Cameron Ontko LB

Defensive backs

11 Mike Edem DB
39 Chandler Fenner DB
7 Eric Fraser DB
23 Anthony Gaitor DB
20 Keynan Parker S
21 Ryan Phillips DB
0 Loucheiz Purifoy DB
9 Brandon Stewart DB
28 Anthony Thompson DB

Special teams

1-game injured list

55 Jaskaran Dhillon OL
92 Bryant Turner DT

6-game injured list

29 Steven Clarke DB
6 T. J. Lee DB
17 Nick Moore WR
25 Ronnie Yell DB

Practice roster

95 Darius Allen DE
80 Brett Blaszko WR
36 Dyshawn Davis LB
13 Damaris Johnson WR
88 Shaquille Johnson WR
32 Nathan O'Halloran FB
86 Courtney Taylor SB
72 George Uko DL

Suspended

Disabled

Territorial exemption

Italics indicate international players
Roster updated 2016-09-16
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active, 2 Injured, 4 six-game injured
10 Practice

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Coaching staff

BC Lions Staff

Front Office and Support Staff

Owner – David Braley
President and CEO – Dennis Skulsky
General Manager and Vice President of Football Operations – Wally Buono
Director of Football Operations & Player Personnel – Neil McEvoy
Director of US Scouting - Ryan Rigmaiden
Player-Business Developmental Advisor - Geroy Simon
Football Operations Consultant, Scout - Roy Shivers
Area Scout - Mike McCarthy
Video Assistant - Andrew Millin
Head Trainer - Bill Reichelt
Assistant Athletic Therapist - Tristan Sandhu
Strength and Conditioning Trainer - Chris Boyko
Equipment Manager - Ken "Kato" Kasuya
Equipment Assistant - Andrew Dubiellak
Equipment Assistant - Stu Mitchell
Director of Communications - Jamie Cartmell

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Wally Buono

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks – Khari Jones
Running Backs – Adam Blasetti
Receivers – Marcel Bellefeuille
Offensive Line – Dan Dorazio

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Backs – Mark Washington
Defensive Line – Robin Ross
Linebackers – Chris Tormey

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Marcello Simmons

Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning Trainer – Chris Boyko

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References

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 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

2016 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	2016 CFL Draft 104th Grey Cup

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