1967 BC Lions season

1967 BC Lions season
Head coach Jim Champion
Home field Empire Stadium
Results
Record 3–12–1
Division place 5th, West
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1967 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 3–12–1 record after Joe Kapp, Willie Fleming, Tom Hinton, Pat Claridge, Jim Carphin and Dick Fouts left the team following the conclusion of the 1966 season.

During the off-season Herb Capozzi was replaced with new General Manager Denny Vietch.

Former Hamilton star pivot, Bernie Faloney, was brought in to replace Kapp. It was Faloney's final year of professional football and while he threw for a career best 3303 yards, he also threw 21 interceptions and was sacked 35 times. After losing their first five games, Grey Cup winning head coach Dave Skrien was replaced by interim coach Ron Morris and then by Jim Champion. The team was characterized by its lack of offense, only averaging 14.9 points and 1.5 touchdowns per game.

The terrible field goal kicking from the previous season resulted in the Lions being the first team to use a specialist kicker in the CFL. Although Ted Gerela did backup at running back, he did represent the transition in the CFL from the era when a regular positional player did the kicking and the era of kickers who do nothing but kick.

Veteran linebacker Norm Fieldgate (who played with the team since the 1954 expansion) retired at the end of the season after 223 games.

The Lions introduced a new helmet logo -- a roaring lions head with BC inscribed on the cheek. This would be the teams' primary mark for the 'lost decade' of Lions football from 1967-77 where the team won more than 6 games only twice.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Calgary Stampeders16124038221924
Saskatchewan Roughriders16124034628224
Edmonton Eskimos1696126624619
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1641202124148
BC Lions1631212393197

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Season schedule

Game Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 Aug 1 at Calgary Stampeders 20–7 Loss 0–1
2 Aug 7 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 24–16 Loss 0–2
3 Aug 11 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 36–13 Loss 0–3
4 Aug 16 vs. Toronto Argonauts 18–17 Loss 0–4
5 Aug 27 vs. Calgary Stampeders 16–7 Loss 0–5
6 Aug 31 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22–13 Win 1–5
7 Sept 9 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 14–14 Tie 1–5–1
8 Sept 17 at Edmonton Eskimos 19–8 Loss 1–6–1
9 Sept 27 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 17–1 Win 2–6–1
10 Oct 1 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19–8 Loss 2–7–1
11 Oct 8 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 19–3 Loss 2–8–1
12 Oct 15 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 22–17 Loss 2–9–1
13 Oct 18 at Ottawa Rough Riders 19–16 Loss 2–10–1
14 Oct 23 vs. Montreal Alouettes 30–20 Win 3–10–1
15 Oct 29 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 24–14 Loss 3–11–1
16 Nov 4 vs. Calgary Stampeders 35–30 Loss 3–12–1

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Offensive leaders

PlayerPassing ydsRushing ydsReceiving ydsTD
Bernie Faloney330323602
Leroy Sledge2889116
Bill Munsey6562280
Jim Young219768
Jimmy Sidle04321
Sonny Homer03971

Awards and records

1967 CFL All-Stars

None

References

  1. ↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  2. ↑ "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.


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