
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, November 28, 1994                   TAG: 9411290053
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA                                LENGTH: Short

B.C. LIONS WIN GREY CUP

Lui Passaglia kicked a 38-yard field goal on the last play of the Grey Cup on Sunday, giving the British Columbia Lions a 26-23 victory over Baltimore for the Canadian Football League championship.

Concluding a brilliant 19-year career in the CFL, Passaglia atoned for missing a 37-yard field-goal attempt a minute earlier, and the Lions had their first Grey Cup title in nine years.

Baltimore, an expansion team playing with all U.S. players, made a critical error in the fourth quarter when quarterback Tracy Ham fumbled at the B.C. 1-yard line and Tony Collier recovered for the Lions.

The victory means the Grey Cup stays in Canada. Baltimore was the first American team to reach the championship game. The Lions are the first team to win the championship at home since Montreal in 1977.

B.C. used the strong running of Cory Philpot and Sean Millington in a second-half comeback, erasing a seven-point halftime deficit before a raucous crowd of 55,097 at B.C. Place.

Passaglia, 40, the career leading scorer in the CFL, likely will retire after the Lions earned their second Grey Cup championship since he joined the team in 1976.

by CNB