The

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division (CFL), West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions playe ...

finished in first place in the West Division with a 12–6 record. They appeared in the West Final.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Preseason

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule

Player stats

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Awards and records

Brent Johnson Brent Spencer Johnson (born March 12, 1977) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Blues, Phoenix Coyotes, Washington Capitals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He is curre ...

(DE), –

CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award The Most Outstanding Canadian Award is annually awarded to the best Canadian player in the Canadian Football League. The two nominees for the award are the Lew Hayman Trophy winner from the East Division, and the Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy winne ...

2005 CFL All-Stars

, defensive end

Western Division All-Star Selections

* Ryan Thelwell, Wide Receiver * Otis Floyd, Linebacker *

, defensive end *

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, Safety

Playoffs

Scotiabank West Championship

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– On the heels of his benching against Calgary, it seemed likely that Edmonton head coach

Danny Maciocia Danny Maciocia (born May 26, 1967) is a Canadian football coach who is the current general manager of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was previously head coach of the Université de Montréal Carabins football te ...

would leave

Ricky Ray Ricky Ray (born October 22, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback. Ray spent the majority of his professional career with the Edmonton Eskimos and Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) ...

as the backup for the West final against the BC Lions. However, Maciocia said mid-week that Ray would start, leaving

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remaining as the backup. In BC,

Dave Dickenson David Dickenson (born January 11, 1973) is a Canadian-American professional football head coach and general manager for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played as a quarterback with the Stampeders and the BC Lio ...

unsurprisingly got the start over former Most Outstanding Player

Casey Printers Casey J. Printers (born May 16, 1981) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the BC Lions and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He played college football at TCU and Florida A&M. Early ...

, leading some to joke that four of the CFL's best quarterbacks would be in this game.

References

BC Lions seasons Bc Lions Season, 2005

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