2009 BC Lions season

{{Infobox NFL season

| logo =

| team = BC Lions

| year = 2009

| record = 8–10

| division_place = 4th, West

| general manager = Wally Buono

| coach = Wally Buono

| stadium = BC Place Stadium

| playoffs = Lost East Final

| MOP = Geroy Simon

| MOR = Martell Mallett

| uniform = Image:CFL BCL Jersey 2009.png

}}

The 2009 BC Lions season was the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League 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.{{cite news|url=http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2009/05/02/great-pick-if-lee-doesnt-stick-with-panthers/|title=B.C. Lions pick running back Jamall Lee in first round of CFL draft|last=Beamish|first=Mike|date=2009-05-02|publisher=Vancouver Sun|accessdate=2009-05-03}}

class="wikitable sortable" ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="8%"\| Round ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="8%"\| Pick ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="20%"\| Player ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="15%"\| Position ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="20%"\| School/Club Team
align="center" \|align=center\| 1	3	Jamall Lee	RB	Bishop's
align="center" \|align=center\| 1	4	James Yurichuk	LB	Bishop's
align="center" \|align=center\| 1	5	Matt Carter	WR	Acadia
align="center" \|align=center\| 3	21	Matt Morencie	OL	Windsor
align="center" \|align=center\| 4	29	Tang Bacheyie	DB	Kansas
align="center" \|align=center\| 5	37	Jonathan Pierre-Etienne	DE	Montreal

Preseason

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! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="5%"| Week

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="10%"| Date

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="20%"| Opponent

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="10%"| Score

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="10%"| Result

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="10%"| Attendance

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="8%"| Record

align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"

| style="text-align:center; background:white;"|A

| June 17

| at Calgary Stampeders

| 37–30

| Loss

| 25,463

| 0–1

align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"

| style="text-align:center; background:white;"|B

| June 23

| Edmonton Eskimos

| 31–19

| Loss

| 23,217

| 0–2

:{{color box|white|#|#FF8800}} Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

= Season standings=

= Season schedule =

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! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="5%"| Week

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="10%"| Date

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="20%"| Opponent

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="10%"| Score

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="10%"| Result

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="10%"| Attendance

! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="8%"| Record

align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"

| style="text-align:center; background:white;"|1

| July 3

| at Saskatchewan Roughriders

| 28–24

| Loss

| 30,062

| 0–1

align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"

| style="text-align:center; background:#FF8800;"|2

| July 10

| Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| 31–28

| Loss

| 26,885

| 0–2

align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| style="text-align:center; background:white;"|3

| July 16

| at Edmonton Eskimos

| 40–22

| Win

| 33,661

| 1–2

align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"

| style="text-align:center; background:black;"|4

| July 24

| Calgary Stampeders

| 48–10

| Loss

| 27,191

| 1–3

align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"

| style="text-align:center; background:white;"|5

| July 31

| at Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| 30–18

| Loss

| 20,103

| 1–4

align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| style="text-align:center; background:black;"|6

| August 7

| Saskatchewan Roughriders

| 35–20

| Win

| 30,117

| 2–4

align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| style="text-align:center; background:white;"|7

| August 14

| at Toronto Argonauts

| 36–28

| Win

| 24,754

| 3–4

align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"

| style="text-align:center; background:#FF8800;"|8

| August 21

| Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| 37–10

| Loss

| 27,983

| 3–5

align="center"

| 9

| colSpan=5 align="center" | Bye

| 3–5

align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| style="text-align:center; background:#FF8800;"|10

| Sept 4

| Montreal Alouettes

| 19–12

| Win

| 27,199

| 4–5

align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"

| style="text-align:center; background:white;"|11

| Sept 13

| at Montreal Alouettes

| 28–24

| Loss

| 20,202

| 4–6

align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| style="text-align:center; background:#FF8800;"|12

| Sept 19

| Toronto Argonauts

| 23–17

| Win

| 27,515

| 5–6

align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"

| style="text-align:center; background:white;"|13

| Sept 25

| at Calgary Stampeders

| 27–18

| Loss

| 36,702

| 5–7

align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| style="text-align:center; background:#FF8800;"|14

| Oct 2

| Saskatchewan Roughriders

| 19–16

| Win

| 31,958

| 6–7

align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| style="text-align:center; background:white;"|15

| Oct 9

| at Edmonton Eskimos

| 34–31

| Win

| 30,120

| 7–7

align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| style="text-align:center; background:white;"|16

| Oct 18

| at Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| 24–21

| Win

| 24,048

| 8–7

align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"

| style="text-align:center; background:white;"|17

| Oct 24

| at Saskatchewan Roughriders

| 33–30 (OT)

| Loss

| 30,945

| 8–8

align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"

| style="text-align:center; background:#FF8800;"|18

| Oct 31

| Calgary Stampeders

| 28–26

| Loss

| 27,131

| 8–9

align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"

| style="text-align:center; background:white;"|19

| Nov 6

| Edmonton Eskimos

| 45–13

| Loss

| 31,515

| 8–10

:{{color box|#FF8800|#|white}} Games played with colour uniforms.

:{{color box|white|#|#FF8800}} Games played with white uniforms.

:{{color box|black|#|white}} Games played with alternate uniforms.

:{{color box|white|#|black}} Games played with retro uniforms.

= Roster =

class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"
colspan="7" style="background-color: #F6791F; color:black; text-align:center;" \| 2009 BC Lions roster
style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" \| Quarterbacks {{CFL player\|14\|I\|Travis Lulay}} {{CFL player\|16\|I\|Buck Pierce}} {{CFL player\| 1\|I\|Casey Printers}} Running backs {{CFL player\|23\|N\|Jamall Lee}} {{CFL player\|46\|N\|Rolly Lumbala}} FB {{CFL player\|35\|I\|Martell Mallett}} {{CFL player\| 2\|I\|Ian Smart}} Receivers {{CFL player\|84\|I\|Emmanuel Arceneaux}} {{CFL player\|13\|I\|Ryan Grice-Mullen}} {{CFL player\|89\|I\|Terrence Scott}} Slotbacks {{CFL player\| 8\|N\|Bret Anderson}} {{CFL player\|28\|N\|Lyle Green}} {{CFL player\|83\|N\|Greg Hetherington}} {{CFL player\|81\|I\|Geroy Simon}} {{CFL player\|88\|N\|O'Neil Wilson}} \| style="width: 25px;" \| \| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" \| Offensive linemen {{CFL player\|55\|N\|Sherko Haji-Rasouli}} G {{CFL player\|61\|I\|Daren Heerspink}} T {{CFL player\|60\|I\|Jason Jimenez}} T {{CFL player\|57\|N\|Andrew Jones}} OL {{CFL player\|64\|N\|Angus Reid}} C {{CFL player\|68\|N\|Justin Sorensen}} OL {{CFL player\|54\|N\|Dean Valli}} G Defensive linemen {{CFL player\|95\|N\|Ricky Foley}} DE {{CFL player\|72\|I\|Jeremy Gibbs}} DT {{CFL player\|90\|I\|Aaron Hunt}} DT {{CFL player\|97\|N\|Brent Johnson}} DE {{CFL player\|96\|N\|Scott McCuaig}} DE {{CFL player\|91\|N\|Nautyn McKay-Loescher}} DE {{CFL player\|98\|I\|Stephen Williams}} DT \| style="width: 25px;" \| \| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" \| Linebackers {{CFL player\| 6\|N\|Javier Glatt}} ILB {{CFL player\|11\|I\|JoJuan Armour}} LB {{CFL player\|42\|I\|Anton McKenzie}} OLB {{CFL player\|49\|I\|Courtney Smith}} LB {{CFL player\|47\|N\|James Yurichuk}} LB Defensive backs {{CFL player\|45\|N\|Jason Arakgi}} S {{CFL player\|24\|I\|Korey Banks}} DB {{CFL player\| 3\|N\|Tad Crawford}} S {{CFL player\|25\|I\|Jerome Dennis}} DB {{CFL player\|43\|I\|Trestin George}} DB {{CFL player\|27\|I\|Lavar Glover}} CB {{CFL player\|31\|I\|Dante Marsh}} CB {{CFL player\|16\|I\|Barron Miles}} S {{CFL player\|21\|I\|Ryan Phillips}} DB {{CFL player\|17\|I\|Darren Toney}} DB Special teams {{CFL player\|70\|N\|Dan McCullough}} LS {{CFL player\| 4\|N\|Paul McCallum}} K/P {{CFL player\|10\|N\|Sean Whyte}} K/P \| style="width: 25px;" \| \| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" \| Inactive List {{CFL player\|37\|N\|Alexis Bwenge}} FB 10px {{CFL player\|12\|I\|Zac Champion}} QB 10px {{CFL player\|67\|N\|Jon Hameister-Ries}} G 10px {{CFL player\| 7\|I\|Jarious Jackson}} QB 10px {{CFL player\|19\|N\|Paris Jackson}} WR 10px {{CFL player\|62\|N\|Bobby Singh}} G 10px Practice Roster {{CFL player\|69\|I\|Damane Duckett}} OT {{CFL player\|34\|I\|A. J. Harris}} RB {{CFL player\|33\|N\|Andrew Harris}} RB {{CFL player\|20\|N\|Mike McEachern}} S {{CFL player\|39\|I\|Shane Simmons}} LB Italics indicate Import players [https://web.archive.org/web/20081212184238/http://www.bclions.com/roster/index/team/1 Roster] updated 2009-10-08 [https://web.archive.org/web/20081222115113/http://www.bclions.com/depthchart/list/team/1/year/2008 Depth Chart] • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150823000357/http://www.bclions.com/page/transactions_bc Transactions] 47 Active, 6 Inactive, 5 PR → More rosters

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colspan="7" style="background-color: #F6791F; color:black; text-align:center;" | 2009 BC Lions roster

style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Quarterbacks

{{CFL player|14|I|Travis Lulay}}
{{CFL player|16|I|Buck Pierce}}
{{CFL player| 1|I|Casey Printers}}

Running backs

{{CFL player|23|N|Jamall Lee}}
{{CFL player|46|N|Rolly Lumbala}} FB
{{CFL player|35|I|Martell Mallett}}
{{CFL player| 2|I|Ian Smart}}

Receivers

{{CFL player|84|I|Emmanuel Arceneaux}}
{{CFL player|13|I|Ryan Grice-Mullen}}
{{CFL player|89|I|Terrence Scott}}

Slotbacks

{{CFL player| 8|N|Bret Anderson}}
{{CFL player|28|N|Lyle Green}}
{{CFL player|83|N|Greg Hetherington}}
{{CFL player|81|I|Geroy Simon}}
{{CFL player|88|N|O'Neil Wilson}}

| style="width: 25px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Offensive linemen

{{CFL player|55|N|Sherko Haji-Rasouli}} G
{{CFL player|61|I|Daren Heerspink}} T
{{CFL player|60|I|Jason Jimenez}} T
{{CFL player|57|N|Andrew Jones}} OL
{{CFL player|64|N|Angus Reid}} C
{{CFL player|68|N|Justin Sorensen}} OL
{{CFL player|54|N|Dean Valli}} G

Defensive linemen

{{CFL player|95|N|Ricky Foley}} DE
{{CFL player|72|I|Jeremy Gibbs}} DT
{{CFL player|90|I|Aaron Hunt}} DT
{{CFL player|97|N|Brent Johnson}} DE
{{CFL player|96|N|Scott McCuaig}} DE
{{CFL player|91|N|Nautyn McKay-Loescher}} DE
{{CFL player|98|I|Stephen Williams}} DT

| style="width: 25px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Linebackers

{{CFL player| 6|N|Javier Glatt}} ILB
{{CFL player|11|I|JoJuan Armour}} LB
{{CFL player|42|I|Anton McKenzie}} OLB
{{CFL player|49|I|Courtney Smith}} LB
{{CFL player|47|N|James Yurichuk}} LB

Defensive backs

{{CFL player|45|N|Jason Arakgi}} S
{{CFL player|24|I|Korey Banks}} DB
{{CFL player| 3|N|Tad Crawford}} S
{{CFL player|25|I|Jerome Dennis}} DB
{{CFL player|43|I|Trestin George}} DB
{{CFL player|27|I|Lavar Glover}} CB
{{CFL player|31|I|Dante Marsh}} CB
{{CFL player|16|I|Barron Miles}} S
{{CFL player|21|I|Ryan Phillips}} DB
{{CFL player|17|I|Darren Toney}} DB

Special teams

{{CFL player|70|N|Dan McCullough}} LS
{{CFL player| 4|N|Paul McCallum}} K/P
{{CFL player|10|N|Sean Whyte}} K/P

| style="width: 25px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Inactive List

{{CFL player|37|N|Alexis Bwenge}} FB 10px
{{CFL player|12|I|Zac Champion}} QB 10px
{{CFL player|67|N|Jon Hameister-Ries}} G 10px
{{CFL player| 7|I|Jarious Jackson}} QB 10px
{{CFL player|19|N|Paris Jackson}} WR 10px
{{CFL player|62|N|Bobby Singh}} G 10px

Practice Roster

{{CFL player|69|I|Damane Duckett}} OT
{{CFL player|34|I|A. J. Harris}} RB
{{CFL player|33|N|Andrew Harris}} RB
{{CFL player|20|N|Mike McEachern}} S
{{CFL player|39|I|Shane Simmons}} LB

Italics indicate Import players

[https://web.archive.org/web/20081212184238/http://www.bclions.com/roster/index/team/1 Roster] updated 2009-10-08

[https://web.archive.org/web/20081222115113/http://www.bclions.com/depthchart/list/team/1/year/2008 Depth Chart] • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150823000357/http://www.bclions.com/page/transactions_bc Transactions]

47 Active, 6 Inactive, 5 PR

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= Coaching staff =

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valign="top"\| \| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" \| 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 \|width="35"\| \|valign="top"\| \| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" \| Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator and linebackers – Mike Benevides Defensive line – Mike Roach Defensive backs – Mark Washington Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Chuck McMann → [https://web.archive.org/web/20090211094121/http://bclions.com/article/lions-officially-announce-coaching-staff-for-2009 2009 Coaching Staff] → More CFL staffs

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| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | 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

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|valign="top"|

| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" |

Defensive coaches

Defensive coordinator and linebackers – Mike Benevides
Defensive line – Mike Roach
Defensive backs – Mark Washington

Special teams coaches

Special teams coordinator – Chuck McMann

→ [https://web.archive.org/web/20090211094121/http://bclions.com/article/lions-officially-announce-coaching-staff-for-2009 2009 Coaching Staff]

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Player stats

= Passing =

style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| Att. ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| Comp ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| % ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| Yards ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| TD ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| INT ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| Rating
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Buck Pierce	315	199	63.2%	2272	10	12	79.5
align="center" \| Jarious Jackson	155	90	58.1%	1252	12	8	88.4
align="center" \| Casey Printers	68	43	63.2%	686	3	2	99.3
align="center" \| Travis Lulay	36	22	61.1%	324	2	2	85.9
align="center" \| Zac Champion	28	8	28.6%	70	0	4	−23.2
align="center" \| Paul McCallum	1	0	0.0%	0	0	0	2.1

{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Passing/year/2009/ |title=CFL.ca |access-date=2017-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627194538/http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Passing/year/2009/ |archive-date=2009-06-27 |url-status=dead }}

= Rushing =

style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| Att. ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| Yards ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| TD ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| Fumbles
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Martell Mallett	214	1240	5.8	6	2
align="center" \| Buck Pierce	39	276	7.1	1	6
align="center" \| Jarious Jackson	32	143	4.5	2	5
align="center" \| A.J. Harris	33	141	4.3	1	0
align="center" \| Travis Lulay	17	133	7.8	0	0
align="center" \| Casey Printers	10	58	5.8	0	0
align="center" \| Ryan Grice-Mullen	8	42	5.3	2	3
align="center" \| Ian Smart	5	26	5.2	0	0
align="center"

{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2009/ |title = Rushing 2009 {{!}} Statistics {{!}} CFL.ca {{!}} Official Site of the Canadian Football League |access-date=2017-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323133200/http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2009 |archive-date=2015-03-23 |url-status=dead }}

= Receiving =

style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| No. ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| Yards ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| Long ! style="background:black;color:#FF8800;" width="9%" \| TD
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Geroy Simon	79	1239	15.7	62	6
align="center" \| Paris Jackson	76	1042	13.7	57	8
align="center" \| Emmanuel Arceneaux	63	858	13.6	60	7
align="center" \| O'Neil Wilson	35	405	11.6	33	1
align="center" \| Martell Mallett	43	342	8.0	26	2
align="center" \| Ryan Grice-Mullen	20	210	10.5	27	1
align="center" \| Rufus Skillern	15	182	12.1	46	0

{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2009/ |title = Receiving 2009 {{!}} Statistics {{!}} CFL.ca {{!}} Official Site of the Canadian Football League |access-date=2017-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002045457/http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2009 |archive-date=2015-10-02 |url-status=dead }}

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.