1985 CFL season


The 1985 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 32nd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 28th Canadian Football League season.

CFL News in 1985

The CFL adopted a regular season overtime format that will consist of two-minute halves, which would be implemented for the 1986 season. In addition, the CFL changed the playoff overtime format from two ten-minute halves to two five-minute halves.

Regular season standings

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
BC Lions16133048129726
Winnipeg Blue Bombers16124050025924
Edmonton Eskimos16106043237320
Saskatchewan Roughriders16511032046210
Calgary Stampeders1631302564296

The BC Lions are the 1985 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37–24, at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. This was BC's first Grey Cup victory since 1964. The Lions' Roy Dewalt was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and James "Quick" Parker was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, while Lui Passaglia was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

CFL Leaders

Offence

Offence

Offence