1972 BC Lions season

The 1972 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 5–11 record and failed to make the playoffs.

1972 BC Lions season
Head coachEagle Keys
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record5–11
Division place5th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

After Paul Brothers was traded to Ottawa late in the 1971 season and Tom Wilkinson was released, sophomore pivot Don Moorhead became the Lions' starting quarterback. While Moorhead threw for 2606 yards, he also threw 17 interceptions and the offence continued to struggle at only 15.9 points per game.

The lone bright spot on offence was receiver Jim Young. He led the league with 1362 yards receiving and won his second Schenley as Outstanding Canadian. Young was a CFL all-star along with rookie linebacker Ray Nettles, for whom the Lions outbid the Miami Dolphins of the NFL in the off-season.

For the first season since the 1950s, the team wore orange jerseys at home. The new jerseys had northwestern stripes on each arm.

Offseason

CFL Draft
Rd Pick Player Position School

Preseason
Date Opponent Score Result

Regular season

Season standings
Western Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers16106040130020
Edmonton Eskimos16106038036820
Saskatchewan Roughriders1688033028316
Calgary Stampeders16610033139412
BC Lions16511025438010

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Season schedule
Week Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 Aug 1 at Edmonton Eskimos 34–22 Loss 0–1
2 Aug 8 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 19–17 Win 1–1
3 Aug 14 at Calgary Stampeders 19–14 Loss 1–2
4 Aug 17 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 39–7 Loss 1–3
5 Aug 25 at Edmonton Eskimos 29–7 Loss 1–4
6 Sept 7 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 42–7 Loss 1–5
7 Sept 12 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 24–13 Loss 1–6
8 Sept 17 at Montreal Alouettes 22–17 Loss 1–7
9 Sept 20 at Toronto Argonauts 23–9 Win 2–7
10 Sept 26 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders 20–17 Loss 2–8
11 Oct 3 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 26–24 Win 3–8
12 Oct 8 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 24–14 Loss 3–9
13 Oct 14 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 22–16 Win 4–9
14 Oct 21 vs. Calgary Stampeders 19–17 Loss 4–10
15 Oct 28 at Calgary Stampeders 28–3 Loss 4–11
16 Nov 4 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 26–14 Win 5–11

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Offensive leaders
PlayerPassing ydsRush ydsReceiving ydsTD
Don Moorhead260633001
Jim Young0136211
Jim Evensen9613299
Monroe Eley5175071
Johnny Musso4055563

Awards and records

1972 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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