2010 BC Lions season

The 2010 BC Lions season was the 53rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 57th overall. The Lions finished the season in third place in the West Division with a second consecutive 8–10 record and qualified for the playoffs by winning their last game of the season. If they had lost, the Edmonton Eskimos would have qualified instead. The team had a dismal start, posting a 1–7 record to start the season, but won seven of their last 10 games to qualify for the playoffs for the 14th consecutive season. The Lions played the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the West Semi-Final, but lost the game in double overtime 41–38.

2010 BC Lions season
Head coach	Wally Buono
General manager	Wally Buono
Home field	Empire Field
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Semi-Final
Team MOP	Paul McCallum
Team MOR	Solomon Elimimian
Uniform

Due to renovations to BC Place, the Lions played at a temporary stadium located on the site of their old home field, Empire Stadium. Additionally, Head Coach and General Manager Wally Buono announced that training camp would be held in Kamloops for the next three seasons, beginning with 2010.[1][2]

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	4	Danny Watkins	OT	Baylor
2	10	Shawn Gore	WR	Bishop's
3	16	Joash Gesse	LB	Montréal
3	20	Hamid Mahmoudi	DB	Montréal
4	24	Nate Binder	WR	Tusculum College
4	25	Akeem Foster	WR	St. Francis Xavier
5	34	Cauchy Muamba	DB	St. Francis Xavier
6	41	Adam Baboulas	OL	Saint Mary's
6	42	Matthew Chapdelaine	WR	Simon Fraser

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	Sun, June 13	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	19–17	Win	29,227	1–0
B	Sun, June 20	Edmonton Eskimos	36–32	Loss	24,763	1–1

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	18	13	5	0	626	459	26	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	10	8	0	497	488	20	Details
BC Lions	18	8	10	0	466	466	16	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	18	7	11	0	382	545	14	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Sun, July 4	at Edmonton Eskimos	25–10	Win	32,439	1–0
2	Sat, July 10	Saskatchewan Roughriders	37–18	Loss	27,528	1–1
3	Fri, July 16	Montreal Alouettes	16–12	Loss	25,162	1–2
4	Fri, July 23	at Toronto Argonauts	24–20	Loss	19,709	1–3
5	Fri, July 30	at Edmonton Eskimos	28–25	Loss	32,281	1–4
6	Sat, Aug 7	Calgary Stampeders	27–22	Loss	24,876	1–5
7	Thurs, Aug 12	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	37–13	Loss	30,048	1–6
8	Bye					1–6
9	Fri, Aug 27	Calgary Stampeders	48–35	Loss	25,127	1–7
10	Fri, Sept 3	at Montreal Alouettes	38–17	Win	25,012	2–7
11	Sat, Sept 11	Toronto Argonauts	37–16	Win	22,703	3–7
12	Sat, Sept 18	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35–31	Loss	21,481	3–8
13	Sat, Sept 25	at Calgary Stampeders	29–10	Win	29,637	4–8
14	Sat, Oct 2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16–14	Win	23,186	5–8
15	Mon, Oct 11	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	47–35 (2OT)	Loss	25,016	5–9
16	Sat, Oct 16	Edmonton Eskimos	31–28 (OT)	Loss	21,414	5–10
17	Fri, Oct 22	at Calgary Stampeders	36–31	Win	28,054	6–10
18	Sun, Oct 31	Saskatchewan Roughriders	23–17	Win	25,479	7–10
19	Sat, Nov 6	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	23–21	Win	23,913	8–10

 #  Games played with colour uniforms.

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.

 #  Games played with retro uniforms.

Roster

2010 BC Lions roster
Quarterbacks  7 Jarious Jackson 14 Travis Lulay 13 Mike Reilly Running Backs 32 Yonus Davis 33 Andrew Harris FB 46 Rolly Lumbala FB 20 Jerome Messam 25 Jamal Robertson Receivers 84 Emmanuel Arceneaux 82 Steven Black 85 Shawn Gore Slotbacks 19 Paris Jackson 81 Geroy Simon 88 O'Neil Wilson		Offensive Linemen 55 Sherko Haji-Rasouli T 67 Jon Hameister-Ries G 66 Joe McGrath T 53 Jesse Newman OL 63 Jovan Olafioye OL 59 Dane Randolph OL 64 Angus Reid C 68 Justin Sorensen T Defensive Linemen 98 Jonathan Brown DE 97 Brent Johnson DE 94 Richard Jones DT 96 Khalif Mitchell DT  9 Keron Williams DE		Linebackers 24 Korey Banks 56 Solomon Elimimian 51 Joash Gesse 48 Joe Henderson 44 Adam Leonard 42 Anton McKenzie 47 James Yurichuk Defensive Backs 45 Jason Arakgi S  3 Tad Crawford S  6 Stanley Franks CB  8 Trestin George DB 37 David Hyland DB 31 Dante Marsh CB 34 Cauchy Muamba S 21 Ryan Phillips DB 26 Anthony Reddick DB Special Teams 70 Dan McCullough LS  4 Paul McCallum K 10 Sean Whyte K		Inactive List 11 Jeremy Geathers DL (9 Game) 90 Aaron Hunt DT (1 Game) 57 Andrew Jones OL (9 Game) 27 J. R. LaRose S (9 Game) 23 Jamall Lee FB (9 Game) 92 Dominie Pittman DE (9 Game)  2 Davis Sanchez CB (9 Game) 54 Dean Valli C (9 Game) 98 Stephen Williams DT (9 Game) Practice Roster 86 Edward Britton WR 18 Matt Chapdelaine WR 95 Angelo Craig DE 87 Akeem Foster WR 62 Nick Hennessey OL 58 Anthony Hoke DE 41 Hamid Mahmoudi CB 83 Nick Moore WR 91 Sean Ortiz DL 80 Darius Passmore WR 35 Daylan Walker DB Italics indicate Import players Roster updated 2010-10-25 Depth Chart • Transactions 46 Active, 9 Inactive, 11 PR → More rosters

Coaching staff

2010 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 Player Personnel Assistant – Barron Miles Northwest Regional Scout – Jeff Smith Head coaches Head Coach – Wally Buono Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks – Jacques Chapdelaine Receivers – Travis Moore Offensive Line – Dan Dorazio Offensive Assistant – Chuck McMann			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers – Mike Benevides Defensive Line – Rich Stubler Defensive Backs – Mark Washington Defensive Assistant – Barron Miles Special Teams Coaches Special Teams Coordinator – Chuck McMann Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning Trainer – Chris Boyko → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs

Player stats

As of the end of Week 13 (Game 12):

Passing

Player	Att.	Comp	%	Yards	TD	INT	Rating
Casey Printers	237	129	54.4	1731	10	6	81.4
Travis Lulay	318	205	64.5	2602	9	11	84.9
Jarious Jackson	48	26	54.2	293	0	3	46.6
Geroy Simon	1	1	100.0	14	0	0	143.8

[3]

Rushing

Player	Att.	Yards	Avg.	TD	Fumbles
Jamal Robertson	154	953	6.2	8	3
Travis Lulay	62	396	6.4	3	8
Yonus Davis	34	213	6.3	3	4
Jerome Messam	23	92	4.0	2	2
Casey Printers	13	75	5.8	1	4
Emmanuel Arceneaux	8	29	3.6	0	0
Jarious Jackson	11	26	2.4	0	0
Robert Jordan	4	22	5.5	0	0
Paul McCallum	2	20	10.0	0	0

[4]

Receiving

Player	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	TD
Geroy Simon	78	1190	15.3	98	6
Emmanuel Arceneaux	67	1114	16.6	74	5
Paris Jackson	61	758	12.4	53	1
Jamal Robertson	54	387	7.2	26	1
Steven Black	22	370	16.8	65	5
Derick Armstrong	22	316	14.4	58	0
O'Neil Wilson	30	256	8.5	20	0

[5]

Awards and records

• Solomon Elimimian (LB) – CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award

2010 CFL All-Stars

• DB – Ryan Phillips, CFL All-Star
• K – Paul McCallum, CFL All-Star

CFL Western All-Stars

• OG – Jovan Olafioye, Western All-Star
• DE – Brent Johnson, Western All-Star
• LB – Korey Banks, Western All-Star
• DB – Ryan Phillips, Western All-Star
• K – Paul McCallum, Western All-Star
• ST – Yonus Davis, Western All-Star

Milestones

Playoffs

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
20	West Semi-Final	Nov 14	1:30 PM PST	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	41–38 (2OT)	Loss	29,215

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Bracket

November 14: Division Semi-Finals

November 21: Division Finals

November 28: 98th Grey Cup Commonwealth Stadium – Edmonton

East

E3

Toronto Argonauts

17

E3

Toronto Argonauts

16

E1

Montreal Alouettes

48

E2

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

13

E1

Montreal Alouettes

21

W2

Saskatchewan Roughriders

18

West

W2

Saskatchewan Roughriders

20

W3

BC Lions

38

W1

Calgary Stampeders

16

W2

Saskatchewan Roughriders

41*

*-Team won in Overtime.

West Semi-Final

BC at Saskatchewan

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Lions 3 13 3 8 8 3 38 • Roughriders 4 3 7 13 8 6 41 Date: November 14 Location: Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field Regina, SK Game start: 1:30 PM PST Game attendance: 29,215 TV announcers (TSN): Chris Cuthbert (Play by Play), Glen Suitor (Colour), Farhan Lalji (Sideline)

References

1. https://theprovince.com/sports/football/bc-lions/Buono+adds+coaches+seeks+clarity/2511787/story.html
2. "Training Camp". B.C. Lions. Archived from the original on 2013-03-24. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
3. "Passing 2010 | Statistics | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
4. "Rushing 2010 | Statistics | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
5. "Receiving 2010 | Statistics | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2013-04-22.