1972 British Columbia Lions (CFL) |
| 5th place • Western Conference • 5-11-0 .313 |
| Head Coach: Eagle Keys |
| Owen DeJanovich | Assistant Coach |
| Ken McCullough | Assistant Coach |
| Bud Tynes | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 7/5/1972 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 31-23 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12264 | |
| Thu | 7/13/1972 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 14-9 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23969 | |
| Mon | 7/17/1972 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22055 | |
| Tue | 7/25/1972 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 0-34 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23411 | |
| Tue | 8/1/1972 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 22-34 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19844 | |
| Tue | 8/8/1972 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 19-17 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 26488 | |
| Mon | 8/14/1972 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 14-19 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 22615 | |
| Thu | 8/17/1972 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7-39 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | ||
| Fri | 8/25/1972 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 7-29 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 22641 | |
| Thu | 9/7/1972 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7-42 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Tue | 9/12/1972 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-24 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21937 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 17-22 | L | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 11872 | |
| Wed | 9/20/1972 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 23-9 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Tue | 9/26/1972 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17-20 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 22108 | |
| Tue | 10/3/1972 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 26-24 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20579 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-24 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16500 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1972 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 22-16 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 22124 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1972 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 17-19 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21284 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1972 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 3-28 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 17190 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1972 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 26-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 22597 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| George Anderson | 77 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Hank Barton | 60 | DE | 6-7 | 230 | 24 | Boise JC; Portland State | 1 | |
| Ross Boice | 62 | DT | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Pacific Lutheran | 3 | |
| Don Bunce | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 23 | Stanford | 15 | |
| Bob Currie | 41 | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Hawaii | 3 | |
| Dave Denny | 72 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Missouri Southern State | 16 | |
| Brian Donnelly | 11 | DB | 5-11 | 179 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Dave Easley | 20 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| Trev Ekdahl | 66 | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 30 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Monroe Eley | 26 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Palo Verde JC; Arizona State | 16 | |
| Larry Ely | 36 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Iowa | 1 | |
| Ronnie Estay | 78 | DE | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | Louisiana State | 16 | |
| Jim Evenson | 28 | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Boise JC; Treasure Valley JC; Oregon | 16 | |
| Greg Findlay | 79 | DE | 6-3 | 240 | 30 | Wenatchee Valley JC | 16 | |
| Bob Friend | 25 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Ted Gerela | 35 | FB | 5-10 | 205 | 28 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Dave Golinsky | 54 | LOT | 6-4 | 249 | 24 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Eric Guthrie | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Boise State | 16 | |
| Larry Highbaugh | 36 | FL | 5-9 | 179 | 22 | Indiana | 10 | |
| Wayne Holm | 12 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Garrett Hunsperger | 64 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 26 | Central Missouri | 11 | |
| Lynn Larson | 61 | OG | 6-4 | 254 | 24 | Phoenix JC; Kansas State | 5 | |
| Ken Lehmann | 44 | LB | 5-11 | 222 | 30 | Marquette; Xavier (Ohio) | 2 | |
| Mike Leveille | 34 | FL | 5-10 | 170 | 24 | Ottawa | 11 | |
| Rocky Long | 17 | RB | 5-10 | 175 | 22 | New Mexico | 15 | |
| Wayne Matherne | 15 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Louisiana-Monroe | 16 | |
| Layne McDowell | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Iowa | 4 | |
| Don Moorhead | 27 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | Michigan | 16 | |
| Johnny Musso | 22 | RB | 5-11 | 201 | 22 | Alabama | 15 | |
| Ray Nettles | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Tennessee | 16 | |
| Pete Palmer | 70 | LB | 6-0 | 212 | 26 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 16 | |
| Paul Patterson | 65 | DT | 6-5 | 255 | 25 | Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | |
| Ken Phillips | 22 | P | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | none | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Postler | 45 | C | 6-5 | 255 | 23 | Montana | 16 | |
| Al Rankin | 76 | FL | 6-0 | 202 | 25 | none | 4 | |
| Gary Robinson | 67 | DE | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Ken Sugarman | 69 | ROT | 6-3 | 250 | 30 | Whitworth | 16 | |
| Mike Walker | 69 | DE | 6-4 | 235 | 23 | Tulane | 10 | |
| Carl Weathers | 55 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Long Beach CC; San Diego State | 7 | |
| Ted Wheeler | 58 | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 27 | West Texas A&M | 7 | |
| Al Wilson | 52 | C | 6-1 | 240 | 22 | Montana State | 16 | |
| Mike Wilson | 24 | DB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Western Illinois | 5 | |
| Jim Young | 30 | SE | 6-0 | 205 | 29 | Queen's | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Steve Szapka | G | Simon Fraser |
| 3 | 21 | Bob Friend | DB | Simon Fraser |
| 4 | 30 | Art Lestins | T | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 5 | 39 | Bill MacDonald | QB | Bishop's |
| 6 | 47 | Jean Gouin | T | Ottawa |
| 7 | 56 | Wayne Terry | DB | Ottawa |
| 8 | 64 | Ron Warner | G | British Columbia |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 81 | 48 | 84 | 254 |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 122 | 50 | 132 | 380 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 298 | 135 | 146 | 17 | 96 | 670 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 315 | 141 | 155 | 19 | 92 | 646 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Gerela | 0 | 25 | 27 | 92.6 | - | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 7 | 0 | 89 | ||
| Jim Young | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||
| Jim Evenson | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Johnny Musso | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Larry Highbaugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Monroe Eley | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Don Moorhead | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Eric Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 27 | 25 | 27 | 92.6 | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 8 | 1 | 254 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 40 | 19 | 37 | 51.4 | 5 | 1 | 380 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Evenson | 184 | 961 | 5.2 | 44 | 8 |
| Monroe Eley | 105 | 517 | 4.9 | 75 | 1 |
| Johnny Musso | 88 | 405 | 4.6 | 21 | 1 |
| Don Moorhead | 70 | 330 | 4.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Don Bunce | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Rocky Long | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Eric Guthrie | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 465 | 2301 | 4.9 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 464 | 2626 | 5.7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Moorhead | 326 | 159 | 159 | 150 | 2606 | 8.0 | 16.4 | 73 | 10 | 3.1 | 17 | 5.2 | 64.5 | |||
| Don Bunce | 92 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 740 | 8.0 | 18.5 | 54 | 6 | 6.5 | 11 | 12.0 | 54.0 | |||
| Eric Guthrie | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 100 | 7.7 | 16.7 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 33.0 | |||
| Rocky Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 432 | 205 | 47.5 | 197 | 3446 | 8.0 | 16.8 | 16 | 3.7 | 30 | 6.9 | 58.3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 405 | 230 | 56.8 | 149 | 3748 | 9.3 | 16.3 | 26 | 6.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Young | 63 | 1362 | 21.6 | 73 | 11 |
| Johnny Musso | 39 | 556 | 14.3 | 41 | 2 |
| Monroe Eley | 27 | 507 | 18.8 | 53 | 0 |
| Jim Evenson | 26 | 329 | 12.7 | 53 | 1 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 18 | 278 | 15.4 | 54 | 2 |
| Dave Denny | 15 | 202 | 13.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Leveille | 13 | 177 | 13.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Rocky Long | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Pete Palmer | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ted Gerela | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 205 | 3446 | 16.8 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 230 | 3748 | 16.3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Donnelly | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Dave Easley | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Rocky Long | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Ray Nettles | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Pete Palmer | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Wayne Matherne | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Wayne Holm | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 336 | 12.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 480 | 16.0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Guthrie | 119 | 5017 | 42.2 | 64 | - | |||||
| Ken Phillips | 6 | 215 | 35.8 | 43 | - | |||||
| Ronnie Estay | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 33 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 128 | 4906 | 38.3 | - | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 131 | 5414 | 41.3 | - |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Friend | 51 | 327 | 6.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike Leveille | 37 | 184 | 5.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Al Rankin | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Rocky Long | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Brian Donnelly | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Easley | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 121 | 697 | 5.8 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 129 | 757 | 5.9 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Gerela | 40 | 2291 | 57.3 | 80 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 2291 | 57.3 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Eley | 37 | 1033 | 27.9 | 56 | 0 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 14 | 445 | 31.8 | 0 | |
| Rocky Long | 5 | 146 | 29.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Ted Gerela | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Denny | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Musso | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Palmer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 66 | 1688 | 25.6 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 942 | 23.6 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Bunce | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Denny | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Donnelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Easley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Monroe Eley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Estay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Evenson | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Findlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Friend | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Gerela | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Holm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Lynn Larson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Leveille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocky Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Matherne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Moorhead | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Musso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Nettles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Pete Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Paul Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Sugarman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 33 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 20 | 20 |
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