1967 BC Lions season explained

Team:BC Lions
Year:1967
Record:3–12–1
Division Place:5th, West
Coach:Jim Champion
Stadium:Empire Stadium
Playoffs: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 Veitch.

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 poor 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 had 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 lion's head with BC inscribed on the cheek. This would be the team's primary mark for the 'lost decade' of Lions football from 1967 to 1977 where the team won more than six games only twice.

Offseason

CFL Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool
12
211
320
428

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts
Calgary Stampeders 16 12 4 0 382 219 24
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 12 4 0 346 282 24
Edmonton Eskimos 16 9 6 1 266 246 19
16 4 12 0 212 414 8
16 3 12 1 239 319 7

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Season schedule

GameDateOpponentResults
ScoreRecord
1Aug 1at Calgary StampedersL 7–200–1
2Aug 7vs. Saskatchewan RoughridersL 16–240–2
3Aug 11at Saskatchewan RoughridersL 13–360–3
4Aug 16vs. Toronto ArgonautsL 17–180–4
5Aug 27vs. Calgary StampedersL 7–160–5
6Aug 31at Winnipeg Blue BombersW 22–131–5
7Sept 9vs. Edmonton EskimosT 14–141–5–1
8Sept 17at Edmonton EskimosL 8–191–6–1
9Sept 27vs. Winnipeg Blue BombersW 17–12–6–1
10Oct 1at Winnipeg Blue BombersL 8–192–7–1
11Oct 8vs. Edmonton EskimosL 3–192–8–1
12Oct 15at Hamilton Tiger-CatsL 17–222–9–1
13Oct 18at Ottawa Rough RidersL 16–192–10–1
14Oct 23vs. Montreal AlouettesW 30–203–10–1
15Oct 29at Saskatchewan RoughridersL 14–243–11–1
16Nov 4vs. Calgary StampedersL 30–353–12–1

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Offensive leaders

Player Passing ydsRushing ydsReceiving ydsTD
3303 23602
Leroy Sledge 2889116
6562280
219768
04321
03971

Awards and records

1967 CFL All-Stars

None

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CFL.ca . https://web.archive.org/web/20090721010705/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1967/reg . 2009-07-21 . dead . 2009-07-01 .
  2. Web site: BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records . https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040646/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/brcolumb.htm . 2009-03-11 . live . 2009-03-08 .