1977 BC Lions season explained

Team:BC Lions
Year:1977
Record:10–6
Division Place:2nd, West
General Manager:Bob Ackles
Coach:Vic Rapp
Stadium:Empire Stadium
Playoffs:Lost Western Final
Uniform:Image:CFL BCL Jersey 1976.png

The 1977 BC Lions finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 10–6 record. They appeared in the Western 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 21. 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

Regular season

Season standings

Western Football Conference! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 10 6 0 412 320 20
BC Lions 16 10 6 0 369 326 20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 10 6 0 382 336 20
16 8 8 0 330 389 16
16 4 12 0 241 327 8

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Season schedule

WeekGameDateOpponentResults
ScoreRecord
11July 12vs. Calgary StampedersW 14–91–0
22July 20at Saskatchewan RoughridersW 34–142–0
33July 26vs. Saskatchewan RoughridersL 5–242–1
44Aug 3at Calgary StampedersW 30–263–1
55Aug 9vs. Edmonton EskimosL 18–243–2
66Aug 17at Winnipeg Blue BombersW 25–174–2
77Aug 23vs. Toronto ArgonautsW 30–05–2
88Aug 31at Ottawa Rough RidersW 27–246–2
99Sept 10vs. Calgary StampedersW 33–217–2
1010Sept 17at Edmonton EskimosW 20–188–2
1111Sept 24vs. Edmonton EskimosW 30–139–2
1212Oct 2at Winnipeg Blue BombersL 15–199–3
13Bye
1413Oct 15vs. Montreal AlouettesW 18–1710–3
1514Oct 23at Hamilton Tiger-CatsL 21–3110–4
1615Oct 30at Saskatchewan RoughridersL 28–3810–5
1716Nov 5vs. Winnipeg Blue BombersL 21–3110–6

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Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
10 7 15 0 32
10 10 6 7 33

West Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
0 1 0 0 1
17 3 10 8 38

Offensive leaders

Player Passing ydsRushing ydsReceiving ydsTD
2787 4801
7513826
438169
3452114
545583
05373
Al Charuk 03173

Awards and records

1977 CFL All-Stars

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CFL.ca . https://web.archive.org/web/20090923213720/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1977/reg . 2009-09-23 . dead . 2009-07-03 .
  2. Web site: British Columbia 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 .