1971 British Columbia Lions (CFL) |
| 4th place Western Conference 6-9-1 .406 |
| Head Coach: Eagle Keys |
| Owen DeJanovich | Assistant Coach |
| Ken McCullough | Assistant Coach |
| Bud Tynes | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 7/5/1971 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 15-17 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 22816 | |
| Mon | 7/12/1971 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14-41 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23088 | |
| Fri | 7/16/1971 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 17-18 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 31236 | |
| Mon | 7/19/1971 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 22-20 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15554 | |
| Tue | 7/27/1971 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10-14 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30492 | |
| Wed | 8/4/1971 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 19-20 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19816 | |
| Mon | 8/9/1971 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 29-16 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19981 | |
| Wed | 8/18/1971 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 11-1 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 32454 | |
| Tue | 8/24/1971 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 1-32 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 23616 | |
| Sun | 8/29/1971 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 27-24 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30242 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1971 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-35 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21485 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1971 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 10-25 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30660 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 31-31 | T | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22083 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1971 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 25-18 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 28063 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1971 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 28-0 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25138 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1971 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 21-45 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14788 | |
| Mon | 10/11/1971 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3-36 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 25997 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1971 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 4-9 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 27207 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1971 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18-50 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13801 | |
| Sat | 10/30/1971 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 31-7 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21489 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 61 | George Anderson | LDE-LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| 25 | Josh Ashton | LOH | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Blinn JC; Tulsa | 6 | |
| 62 | Ross Boice | DT | 6-2 | 245 | 22 | Pacific Lutheran | 3 | |
| 10 | Paul Brothers | QB | 6-1 | 191 | 26 | Oregon State | 7 | |
| 16 | Howard Clark | QB | 6-0 | 215 | Houston | 7 | ||
| 72 | Dave Denny | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Missouri Southern State | 12 | |
| 11 | Brian Donnelly | LDH | 5-11 | 179 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| 60 | Steve Duich | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 25 | San Diego Mesa JC; San Diego State | 4 | |
| 60 | Jim Duke | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Alabama | 11 | |
| 20 | Dave Easley | S | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| 66 | Trev Ekdahl | LOG | 6-2 | 240 | 29 | Utah State | 10 | |
| 28 | Jim Evenson | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Boise JC; Treasure Valley JC; Oregon | 15 | |
| 79 | Greg Findlay | RLB | 6-3 | 240 | 29 | Wenatchee Valley JC | 16 | |
| 35 | Ted Gerela | K-DB | 5-10 | 205 | 27 | Washington State | 16 | |
| 54 | Dave Golinsky | LOT | 6-4 | 249 | 23 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Paul Hendershot | DB | 6-0 | 175 | 23 | Wilfrid Laurier | 1 | ||
| 71 | Lefty Hendrickson | SE-TE | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Oregon | 16 | |
| 74 | Lach Heron | SE | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Oregon | 16 | |
| 36 | Larry Highbaugh | FL-HB | 5-9 | 179 | 21 | Indiana | 12 | |
| 12 | Wayne Holm | RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| 44 | Bob Howes | C | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Queen's | 16 | |
| 55 | Max Huber | ROT | 6-3 | 252 | 26 | Brigham Young | 10 | |
| 64 | Garrett Hunsperger | LDT | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Central Missouri | 14 | |
| 70 | Larry James | HB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Norfolk State | 1 | |
| 65 | Russ Jenkins | C-DT | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 12 | |
| 25 | Brian Kelsey | WR | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Colorado | 9 | |
| 62 | Doug Kriewald | C | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | West Texas A&M | 2 | |
| 34 | Mike Leveille | FL | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| 62 | Bob Liggett | DT | 6-2 | 255 | 25 | Nebraska | 2 | |
| 36 | John Love | FL | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Cisco JC; North Texas | 4 | |
| 50 | Ray Lychak | LOG | 6-1 | 240 | 28 | Foothill JC; San Jose State | 12 | |
| 10 | Dicky Lyons | FB-LOH | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Kentucky | 3 | |
| 15 | Wayne Matherne | LCB-RDH-HB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Louisiana-Monroe | 16 | |
| 27 | Don Moorhead | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | Michigan | 16 | |
| 60 | Larry Nels | RDT | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Wyoming | 1 | 1 |
| Pete Newell | RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Michigan | 1 | 1 | |
| 45 | Pete Palmer | LB | 6-0 | 212 | 25 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 16 | |
| 16 | Hal Phillips | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 21 | Michigan State | 2 | |
| 22 | Ken Phillips | K-FB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | none | 16 | 0 |
| 41 | Cliff Powell | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Arkansas | 9 | |
| 67 | Gary Robinson | RDE-RDT | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| 58 | Henry Sorrell | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 1 | 1 |
| 51 | Rick Stepanek | DT | 6-6 | 244 | 23 | Iowa | 2 | |
| 68 | Ken Sugarman | ROG-ROT-LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 29 | Whitworth | 16 | |
| 62 | Bruce Taupier | DT | 6-4 | 265 | 22 | Youngstown State | 6 | |
| 10 | Jim Tomlin | DB | 5-11 | 186 | 25 | Stephen F. Austin State | 5 | |
| 55 | Carl Weathers | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Long Beach CC; San Diego State | 5 | |
| 58 | Ted Wheeler | ROG-TE | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | West Texas A&M | 7 | |
| 76 | Jim White | TE-LDE | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | Northeastern JC; Colorado State | 12 | |
| 16 | Tom Wilkinson | QB | 5-10 | 187 | 28 | Wyoming | 1 | |
| 24 | Mike Wilson | RDH | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Western Illinois | 15 | |
| 30 | Jim Young | ROH-FL | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | Queen's | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Archie McCord | T | Simon Fraser |
| 2 | 12 | Mike Leveille | FL | Ottawa |
| 3 | 21 | Henry Lodewyks | FL | Manitoba |
| 4 | 30 | John Chapman | E | Toronto |
| 5 | 39 | Mike Begg | WR | Simon Fraser |
| 6 | 48 | Ron Fowler | RB | British Columbia |
| 7 | 57 | John Farlinger | DB | Calgary |
| 8 | 65 | Bryan Ansley | DT | Simon Fraser |
| 8 | 69 | Gerald Fraser | G | Manitoba |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 78 | 84 | 45 | 75 | |
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 118 | 65 | 99 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 260 | 135 | 109 | 16 | 87 | 582 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 313 | 148 | 154 | 11 | 94 | 655 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Phillips | 0 | 18 | 22 | 81.8 | - | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 8 | 0 | 59 | ||
| Jim Evenson | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Ted Gerela | 0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | - | 8 | 26 | 30.8 | 12 | 0 | 43 | ||
| Jim Young | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Larry Highbaugh | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Josh Ashton | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| George Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Paul Brothers | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dave Easley | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Lefty Hendrickson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Lach Heron | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bob Howes | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Don Moorhead | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ken Sugarman | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 30 | 25 | 30 | 83.3 | 19 | 46 | 41.3 | 20 | 0 | 282 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 44 | 9 | 25 | 36.0 | 12 | 2 | 363 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Evenson | 260 | 1237 | 4.8 | 22 | 8 |
| Don Moorhead | 54 | 349 | 6.5 | 42 | 1 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 48 | 327 | 6.8 | 45 | 2 |
| Jim Young | 36 | 220 | 6.1 | 39 | 0 |
| Josh Ashton | 25 | 162 | 6.5 | 54 | 2 |
| Dicky Lyons | 27 | 122 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Paul Brothers | 27 | 119 | 4.4 | 25 | 1 |
| Larry James | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ted Gerela | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Wilkinson | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Howard Clark | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Wayne Matherne | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 490 | 2588 | 5.3 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 480 | 2757 | 5.7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Moorhead | 182 | 98 | 98 | 71 | 1302 | 7.2 | 13.3 | 59 | 9 | 4.9 | 13 | 7.1 | 63.5 | |||
| Paul Brothers | 119 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 885 | 7.4 | 14.8 | 47 | 2 | 1.7 | 9 | 7.6 | 49.2 | |||
| Tom Wilkinson | 19 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 236 | 12.4 | 21.5 | 60 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 119.6 | |||
| Howard Clark | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 90 | 6.9 | 12.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 36.2 | ||||
| Dicky Lyons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 334 | 176 | 52.7 | 132 | 2513 | 7.5 | 14.3 | 12 | 3.6 | 26 | 7.8 | 56.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 429 | 232 | 54.1 | 168 | 3279 | 7.6 | 14.1 | 29 | 6.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Young | 55 | 793 | 14.4 | 60 | 7 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 27 | 488 | 18.1 | 51 | 3 |
| Dave Denny | 18 | 352 | 19.6 | 44 | 0 |
| Lefty Hendrickson | 14 | 154 | 11.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Lach Heron | 13 | 155 | 11.9 | 18 | 1 |
| John Love | 12 | 193 | 16.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Jim Evenson | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Josh Ashton | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Leveille | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Dicky Lyons | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim White | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Moorhead | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Brian Kelsey | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Matherne | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry James | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 176 | 2513 | 14.3 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 232 | 3279 | 14.1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Matherne | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Dave Easley | 5 | 163 | 32.6 | 46 | 1 |
| Brian Donnelly | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Tomlin | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Greg Findlay | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 39 | 0 |
| George Anderson | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 84 | 0 |
| Wayne Holm | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 545 | 18.8 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 255 | 9.8 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Phillips | 117 | 4988 | 42.6 | 68 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 117 | 4988 | 42.6 | - | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 137 | 5548 | 40.5 | - |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Leveille | 78 | 442 | 5.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 39 | 302 | 7.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Dave Easley | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Brian Donnelly | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Wayne Matherne | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 122 | 757 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 119 | 795 | 6.7 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Gerela | 46 | 2758 | 60.0 | 75 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 46 | 2758 | 60.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Highbaugh | 9 | 332 | 36.9 | 67 | 0 |
| Wayne Matherne | 13 | 316 | 24.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Josh Ashton | 10 | 291 | 29.1 | 47 | 0 |
| John Love | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Jim Evenson | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Tomlin | 82 | 0 | |||
| Mike Leveille | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Cliff Powell | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Pete Palmer | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Dicky Lyons | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ted Gerela | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Lefty Hendrickson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| George Anderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Denny | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1556 | 25.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 1316 | 29.2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Anderson | 1 | 1 | 42 | 1 | |||
| Josh Ashton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Brothers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Howard Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Donnelly | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Steve Duich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Easley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trevor Ekdahl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Evenson | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Findlay | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Lefty Hendrickson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Highbaugh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Holm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Howes | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Garrett Hunsperger | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Mike Leveille | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Love | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dicky Lyons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Matherne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Moorhead | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Palmer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Phillips | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Powell | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Gary Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Sugarman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ted Wheeler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Wilkinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Young | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 78 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 20 | 20 |
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