2012 BC Lions season

2012 BC Lions season
Head coach	Mike Benevides
General manager	Wally Buono
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	13–5
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Final
Team MOP	Travis Lulay
Team MOC	Andrew Harris
Team MOR	Jabar Westerman
Uniform

The 2012 BC Lions season was the 55th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 59th overall. The Lions finished the season in 1st place in the West Division for the second consecutive year with a 13–5 record. The Lions attempted to repeat as Grey Cup champions for the first time in franchise history, but lost the West Final to the Calgary Stampeders. The Lions also began the season with a new head coach for the first time since 2003, after long-time head coach Wally Buono resigned to focus on his duties as general manager.^[1]

Offseason

Free agents

Position	Player	2012 Team	Date Signed	Notes
DT	Aaron Hunt	Montreal Alouettes	Feb. 21, 2012
OL	Andrew Jones	Toronto Argonauts	Mar. 2, 2012
RB	Jamall Lee	None		Retired
CB	Dante Marsh	BC Lions	Feb. 15, 2012
P/K	Paul McCallum	BC Lions	Feb. 2, 2012
LB	Anton McKenzie	BC Lions	Jan. 30, 2012
DT	Khalif Mitchell	BC Lions	Jan. 16, 2012
DB	Ryan Phillips	BC Lions	Feb. 15, 2012

CFL Draft

The 2012 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2012 live at 12:00 PM PDT.The Lions had four selections in the draft, after trading for another first round pick, trading away their second and fourth round picks, and forfeiting their sixth round pick.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The Lions further traded up in the draft to select Jabar Westerman with the second overall pick.^[6] BC followed that with two offensive linemen (Kirby Fabien and Matt Norman) with their first and third round picks, before selecting linebacker Jordan Verdone in the fifth round.^[7]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	2	Jabar Westerman	DL	Eastern Michigan
1	7	Kirby Fabien	OL	Calgary
3	22	Matt Norman	OL	Western Ontario
5	37	Jordan Verdone	LB	Calgary

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	Wed, June 13	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	44–10	Win	24,871	1–0
B	Thurs, June 21	at Edmonton Eskimos	24–16	Win	30,891	2–0

# Games played with colour uniforms.

Regular season

Standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Y-BC Lions	18	13	5	0	481	354	26	Details
X-Calgary Stampeders	18	12	6	0	534	431	24	Details
X-Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	8	10	0	457	409	16	Details
X-Edmonton Eskimos	18	7	11	0	422	450	14	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Fri, June 29	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	33–16	Win	29,351	1–0
2	Fri, July 6	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	39–36	Win	25,109	2–0
3	Sat, July 14	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	23–20	Loss	32,080	2–1
4	Fri, July 20	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	27–14	Loss	28,335	2–2
5	Sat, July 28	at Calgary Stampeders	34–8	Win	27,968	3–2
6	Mon, Aug 6	at Toronto Argonauts	18–9	Win	22,841	4–2
7	Bye					4–2
8	Sun, Aug 19	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	24–5	Win	34,343	5–2
9	Fri, Aug 24	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	20–17	Win	29,533	6–2
10	Fri, Aug 31	at Montreal Alouettes	30–25	Loss	22,239	6–3
11	Sat, Sept 8	vs. Montreal Alouettes	43–10	Win	29,734	7–3
12	Sat, Sept 15	vs. Toronto Argonauts	28–23	Win	28,526	8–3
13	Sat, Sept 22	at Edmonton Eskimos	19–18	Win	35,578	9–3
14	Sat, Sept 29	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	27–21	Loss	32,360	9–4
15	Sat, Oct 6	vs. Calgary Stampeders	27–22	Win	31,347	10–4
16	Fri, Oct 12	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	37–17	Win	26,842	11–4
17	Fri, Oct 19	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	39–19	Win	30,102	12–4
18	Fri, Oct 26	at Calgary Stampeders	41–21	Loss	27,014	12–5
19	Sat, Nov 3	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	17–6	Win	36,357	13–5

# Games played with colour uniforms.

# Games played with white uniforms.

Team

Roster

BC Lions Roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

91 Brandon Jordan DE
96 Khalif Mitchell DT
94 Khreem Smith DE
79 Eric Taylor DT
9 Keron Williams DE
99 Jabar Westerman DE

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

24 Korey Banks DB
37 Josh Bell DB
27 J.R. LaRose S
31 Dante Marsh CB
3 Cauchy Muamba S
28 Byron Parker CB
21 Ryan Phillips CB
2 Lin-J Shell DB

Special Teams

40 Tim Cronk LS
4 Paul McCallum P/K

Inactive List

45 Jason Arakgi S (1 Game)
92 Maurice Evans DT (1 Game)
82 Ernest Jackson WR (1 Game)
67 Jon Hameister-Ries G (1 Game)
18 Hugh O'Neill K (9 Game)

Practice Roster

6 Jarrett Brown QB
83 Keith Godding WR
8 Gerard Lawson DB
58 Glenn Love LB
61 Benjamin Ossai T
95 Ekom Udofia DT

Italics indicate Import players
Roster updated 2012-11-18
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active

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Coaching staff

BC Lions Staff

Front Office

Owner – David Braley
President & CEO – Dennis Skulsky
General Manager – Wally Buono
Director of Player Personnel – Roy Shivers
Player Personnel Coordinator and Assistant to GM – Neil McEvoy
Northwest Regional Scout – Jeff Smith
Canadian College Draft Coordinator – Kelly Bates

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Mike Benevides

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks – Jacques Chapdelaine
Receivers – Travis Moore
Running Backs – Kelly Bates
Offensive Line – Dan Dorazio

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Rich Stubler
Defensive Line – Carl Hairston
Defensive Backs – Mark Washington

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Chuck McMann

Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning Trainer – Chris Boyko

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Playoffs

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
20	Bye
21	West Final	Nov 18	1:30 PM PST	Calgary Stampeders	34–29	Loss	43,216

# Games played with colour uniforms.

West Final

Calgary at BC

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Stampeders	14	3	14	3	34
Lions	7	9	0	13	29

Date: November 18
Location: BC Place Stadium
Vancouver, BC
Game start: 1:30 PM PST
Game attendance: 43,216
Game weather: None (Retractable roof closed)
TV announcers (TSN): Chris Cuthbert (Play by Play), Glen Suitor (Colour), Farhan Lalji (Sideline), Ryan Rishaug (Sideline)

References

2012 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Toronto Winnipeg

See also	2012 CFL Draft 100th Grey Cup

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

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