1977 BC Lions season

1977 BC Lions season
Head coach Vic Rapp
Home field Empire Stadium
Results
Record 10–6
Division place 2nd, West
Playoff finish Lost West Final
Uniform

The 1977 BC Lions finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 10–6 record. They appeared in the West Final.

General Manager Bob Ackles started a complete shakeup of the organization by bringing Edmonton assistant Vic Rapp in as the 10th Head Coach on January 21st.

Ackles also recruited Jerry Tagge, who quarterbacked the two-time NCAA champion University of Nebraska and was a high first round draft choice of the Green Bay Packers. Tagge, who never found success with Green Bay, was enticed to come up to Canada to resurrect his football career. Tagge had a solid season throwing for 2787 yards but more importantly led the Lions to 10 victories and several last-minute heroics that earned the 1977 Lions the label the "Cardiac Kids". Tagge was the western nominee for Outstanding Player, but lost out to running back JImmy Edwards of Hamilton for the Outstanding Player Award in the CFL.

Al Wilson finally won the Schenley award for Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman and receiver/return Leon Bright captured the Schenley Rookie award.

Rapp was named the Canadian Football League's Coach of the Year.

Tagge, Wilson and Bright were the 3 Lions selected to the CFL All-star team.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd Pick Player Position School

Preseason

Date Opponent Score Result

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos16106041232020
BC Lions16106036932620
Winnipeg Blue Bombers16106038233620
Saskatchewan Roughriders1688033038916
Calgary Stampeders1641202413278

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Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 July 12 vs. Calgary Stampeders 14–9 Win 1–0
2 July 20 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 34–14 Win 2–0
3 July 26 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 24–5 Loss 2–1
4 Aug 3 at Calgary Stampeders 30–26 Win 3–1
5 Aug 9 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 24–18 Loss 3–2
6 Aug 17 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 25–17 Win 4–2
7 Aug 23 vs. Toronto Argonauts 30–0 Win 5–2
8 Aug 31 at Ottawa Rough Riders 27–24 Win 6–2
9 Sept 10 vs. Calgary Stampeders 33–21 Win 7–2
10 Sept 17 at Edmonton Eskimos 20–18 Win 8–2
11 Sept 24 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 30–13 Win 9–2
12 Oct 2 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19–15 Loss 9–3
13 Bye 9–3
14 Oct 15 vs. Montreal Alouettes 18–17 Win 10–3
15 Oct 23 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 31–21 Loss 10–4
16 Oct 30 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 38–28 Loss 10–5
17 Nov 5 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 31–21 Loss 10–6

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Playoffs

West Semi-Final

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers????32
BC Lions????33

West Final

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
BC Lions????1
Edmonton Eskimos????38

Offensive leaders

PlayerPassing ydsRushing ydsReceiving ydsTD
Jerry Tagge27874801
Mike Strickland7513826
Leon Bright438169
Jim Harrison3452114
Terry Bailey545583
Jim Young05373
Al Charuk03173

Awards and records

1977 CFL All-Stars

References

  1. ↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  2. ↑ "British Columbia Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.


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