The 2009 BC Lions season was the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) 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.
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 RecordA June 17 at Calgary Stampeders 37–30 Loss 25,463 0–1B June 23 Edmonton Eskimos 31–19 Loss 23,217 0–2
Games played with white uniforms.
Regular season
Season standings
Season schedule Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record1 July 3 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 28–24 Loss 30,062 0–12 July 10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 31–28 Loss 26,885 0–23 July 16 at Edmonton Eskimos 40–22 Win 33,661 1–24 July 24 Calgary Stampeders 48–10 Loss 27,191 1–35 July 31 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 30–18 Loss 20,103 1–46 August 7 Saskatchewan Roughriders 35–20 Win 30,117 2–47 August 14 at Toronto Argonauts 36–28 Win 24,754 3–48 August 21 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 37–10 Loss 27,983 3–5 9 Bye 3–510 Sept 4 Montreal Alouettes 19–12 Win 27,199 4–511 Sept 13 at Montreal Alouettes 28–24 Loss 20,202 4–612 Sept 19 Toronto Argonauts 23–17 Win 27,515 5–613 Sept 25 at Calgary Stampeders 27–18 Loss 36,702 5–714 Oct 2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 19–16 Win 31,958 6–715 Oct 9 at Edmonton Eskimos 34–31 Win 30,120 7–716 Oct 18 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24–21 Win 24,048 8–717 Oct 24 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 33–30 (OT) Loss 30,945 8–818 Oct 31 Calgary Stampeders 28–26 Loss 27,131 8–919 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 2009 BC Lions final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers
Offensive linemen G T T G G G/T G/C
Defensive linemen DE DT DE DE DT
Special teams K/P LS K/PLinebackers
Defensive backs DH S DH CB CB S DH CB
Inactive QB DT DE QBPractice roster WR T LS DT SB DE S WR
Injured list RB CB G/T C
Suspended list WR WR WR
Italics indicate American players
Coaching staff 2009 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
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
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
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
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 Attendance20 East Semi-Final Nov 15 10:00 AM PST at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 34–27 (OT) Win 27,43021 East Final Nov 22 10:00 AM PST at Montreal Alouettes 56–18 Loss 53,792
Games played with white uniforms.
Bracket
East Semi-Final Date and time: Sunday, November 15, 10:00 AM Pacific Standard TimeVenue: Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT TotalBC Lions 3 13 7 4 7 34Hamilton Tiger-Cats 3 3 10 11 0 27
East Final Date and time: Sunday, November 22, 10:00 AM Pacific Standard TimeVenue: Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalBC Lions 3 8 7 0 18Montreal Alouettes 17 14 14 11 56
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