1979 British Columbia Lions (CFL)

3rd place Western Conference 9-6-1 .594

Head Coach: Vic Rapp

Don Lawrence	Assistant Coach
Bill Quinter	Assistant Coach
Vince Tobin	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Tue	6/12/1979	A	Edmonton Eskimos	32-27	W	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	41326
Tue	6/19/1979	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16-11	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	17839
Tue	6/26/1979	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	12-6	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	17155
Tue	7/3/1979	A	Calgary Stampeders	1-32	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26554
Wed	7/11/1979	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	28-4	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19030
Tue	7/17/1979	H	Montreal Alouettes	25-10	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	51237
Tue	7/24/1979	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	19-18	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24727
Tue	7/31/1979	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	24-15	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	23308
Tue	8/7/1979	H	Edmonton Eskimos	14-14	T	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	30137
Wed	8/15/1979	A	Calgary Stampeders	10-22	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	34825
Tue	8/21/1979	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	22-16	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	18420
Tue	8/28/1979	H	Calgary Stampeders	18-17	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	30018
Sun	9/9/1979	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	17-15	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	27203
Sun	9/16/1979	A	Edmonton Eskimos	8-40	L	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	42776
Sat	9/22/1979	H	Toronto Argonauts	34-25	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	25819
Sat	9/29/1979	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22-21	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	23964
Sun	10/14/1979	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	26-28	L	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne Park	25708
Sat	10/20/1979	H	Calgary Stampeders	32-37	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	25301
Sun	10/28/1979	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	12-26	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	28012
Sat	11/3/1979	H	Edmonton Eskimos	17-25	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	26575
Sat	11/10/1979	A	Calgary Stampeders	2-37	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	31424	Western Semi-Final

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
36	Terry Bailey	WB	6-0	205	28	Simon Fraser	16
10	John Beaton	LB	6-2	190	29	Tulsa; Simon Fraser	16
68	John Blain	OG	6-6	265	24	San Jose State	16
69	John Blake	OG	6-6	260	27	San Jose State	16
	Mike Blanton	DT	6-5	245	22	Georgia Tech	1
26	Leon Bright	WR	5-9	192	24	Florida State	11
45	Sam Britts	LB	6-0	215	29	Missouri	11
6	Carlos Brown	QB	6-3	210	27	Pacific	6
28	Doug Carlson	DB	6-1	195	27	Colorado	16
25	Al Charuk	WR	5-11	185	25	Acadia	16
16	Devon Ford	DB	5-8	172	24	Appalachian State	14
14	Joe Fourqurean	DB	6-0	190	29	Bluefield State	16
40	Paul Giroday	LB	6-2	225	28	California	9
63	Rick Goltz	DT	6-4	255	24	Simon Fraser	8
32	Ty Gray	DB	6-2	203	24	Washington State	8
56	Nick Hebeler	DT	6-4	245	22	Simon Fraser	1
18	Ken Hinton	DB	5-9	169	24	San Diego State	16
72	Harry Holt	TE	6-4	240	22	Arizona	15
70	Mark Houghton	WR	6-1	218	22	California	16
37	Glen Jackson	LB	6-3	206	25	Simon Fraser	16
11	Larry Key	RB	5-9	185	23	Florida State	16
	Tom Kudaba	OG	6-0	252	26	Simon Fraser	4
78	Frank Landy	DT	6-3	235	29	North Dakota	13
54	Glenn Leonhard	OG	6-4	255	25	Manitoba	12
55	Jim Lohmann	OT	6-5	265	24	Texas-El Paso	16
	Hal Lund	DB	5-10	175	22	none	8
31	Mel McGowen	LB	6-1	210	25	Tulsa	3
44	Ron Morehouse	LB	5-11	215	26	San Diego State	16
	Richard Murray	DE	6-2	260	25	Oklahoma	5
12	Mike Nott	QB	6-3	203	27	Santa Clara	8
17	Frank Oliver	DB	6-0	194	27	Kentucky State	16
6	Joe Paopao	QB	6-1	202	24	MiraCosta JC; Long Beach State	10
5	Lui Passaglia	K-P	5-11	180	25	Simon Fraser	16	0
	Tennie Pierce	TE	6-5	220	24	Northridge State	1
77	Louie Richardson	DE	6-5	245	25	Western New Mexico; Florida State	12
	Frank Sacilotto	WR	5-9	175	25	Simon Fraser	1
61	Doug Seymour	DT	6-3	235	27	Missouri	13
8	Jerry Tagge	QB	6-2	215	29	Nebraska	8
19	Don Taylor	RB	5-9	185	24	Central (Iowa)	16
60	Drew Taylor	DE	6-5	250	29	Long Beach CC; Golden West JC; San Jose State	15
64	Larry Watkins	OT	6-4	265	31	Western Kentucky	16
20	John Henry White	RB	5-9	190	24	Louisiana Tech	16
52	Al Wilson	C	6-1	240	29	Montana State	16
30	Jim Young	WR	6-0	205	36	Queen's	16

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College	Notes
Nick Hebeler	DT	Simon Fraser
Ron Morehouse	LB	San Diego State

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	3	Mark Houghton	RB	California
2	12	Chris Curran	DB	Western Ontario
3	20	Ken Aver	DB	St. Francis Xavier	from SAS
3	21	Murray Watson	DE	Western Ontario
4	30	Torindo Panetta	LB	Carleton
5	39	John MacKay	RB	British Columbia
6	48	Berry Muis	WR	British Columbia
7	57	Paul Jaffe	OG	Carleton

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	71	100	77	80
Opponents Totals	64	82	73	114

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		268	106	139	23	165	1313
Opponents Totals		270	92	150	28	129	1096

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Lui Passaglia	0	27	27	100.0	0		32	45	71.1	21	0	144
Larry Key	9	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	54
Leon Bright	5	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	30
John Henry White	5	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	30
Al Charuk	3	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	18
Harry Holt	3	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	18
Jim Young	2	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	12
Terry Bailey	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Ty Gray	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
Mark Houghton	1	0	0		0		0	0		0	0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0		0	0		0	2	4
Team Totals	30	27	27	100.0	0	3	32	45	71.1	21	2	328
Opponents Totals	35	30			2		25	37	67.6	14	0	333

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Key	204	1060	5.2	71	9
John Henry White	149	776	5.2	52	3
Don Taylor	14	69	4.9	13	0
Harry Holt	7	51	7.3	13	1
Jerry Tagge	11	38	3.5	10	0
Joe Paopao	27	16	0.6	9	0
Terry Bailey	1	8	8.0	8	0
Leon Bright	2	7	3.5	13	0
Mike Nott	1	6	6.0	6	0
Carlos Brown	4	-10	-2.5	1	0
Team Totals	420	2021	4.8	71	13
Opponents Totals	373	1496	4.0

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Joe Paopao	223	126	56.5	84	1508	6.8	12.0	84	7	3.1	13	5.8	63.5
Jerry Tagge	154	89	57.8	60	1131	7.3	12.7	44	5	3.2	5	3.2	78.1
Mike Nott	27	16	59.3	10	376	13.9	23.5	106	2	7.4	1	3.7	112.8
Carlos Brown	20	6	30.0	13	75	3.8	12.5	21	0	0.0	1	5.0	21.9
Larry Key	3	1	33.3	2	25	8.3	25.0	33	0	0.0	0	0.0	64.6
Team Totals	427	238	55.7	169	3115	7.3	13.1	106	14	3.3	20	4.7	70.3
Opponents Totals	464	245	52.8	202	3534	7.6	14.4				17	3.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Henry White	42	422	10.0	84	2
Larry Key	42	289	6.9	32	0
Leon Bright	36	569	15.8	106	3
Al Charuk	33	515	15.6	43	3
Harry Holt	32	560	17.5	63	2
Terry Bailey	23	232	10.1	25	1
Ty Gray	22	356	16.2	38	1
Jim Young	5	134	26.8	87	2
Don Taylor	2	24	12.0	21	0
Tennie Pierce	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	238	3115	13.1	106	14
Opponents Totals	245	3534	14.4

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken Hinton	7	161	23.0	57	0
John Beaton	4	20	5.0	16	0
Ty Gray	2	13	6.5	13	0
Frank Oliver	1	45	45.0	45	0
Doug Carlson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Devon Ford	1	0	0.0	0	0
Glen Jackson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	17	239	14.1	57	0
Opponents Totals	20	430	21.5

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Lui Passaglia	133	6287	47.3	73	-
Team Totals	133	6287	47.3	73	-
Opponents Totals	157	6656	42.4		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken Hinton	62	519	8.4	48	0
Devon Ford	41	418	10.2	70	0
Leon Bright	21	319	15.2	101	2
Ty Gray	1	11	11.0	11	0
Mark Houghton	1	3	3.0	3	0
Lui Passaglia	1	2	2.0	2	0
Frank Oliver	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	128	1272	9.9	101	2
Opponents Totals	114	989	8.7

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Lui Passaglia	52	3066	59.0	70	1
Team Totals	52	3066	59.0	70	1
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Leon Bright	27	820	30.4	79	0
Larry Key	16	365	22.8	60	0
Devon Ford	12	298	24.8	55	0
Don Taylor	1	25	25.0	25	0
Ken Hinton	1	21	21.0	21	0
Drew Taylor	1	20	20.0	20	0
Ron Morehouse	1	18	18.0	18	0
Doug Seymour	2	14	7.0	9	0
Mark Houghton	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	62	1591	25.7	79	0
Opponents Totals	51	1368	26.8

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Terry Bailey	1	0	2	0	2	0	0
John Beaton	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
John Blake	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Leon Bright	5	3	2	0	2	0	0
Sam Britts	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Carlos Brown	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Al Charuk	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Devon Ford	3	1	2	1	3	0	0
Joe Fourqurean	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Giroday	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Nick Hebeler	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ken Hinton	5	3	1	0	1	0	0
Harry Holt	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Mark Houghton	1	0	1	2	3	0	1
Glen Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Key	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Leonhard	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Lohmann	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Richard Murray	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Nott	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Paopao	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lui Passaglia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Seymour	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Tagge	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Taylor	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Taylor	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Henry White	6	6	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	36	22	14	16	30	0	1
Opponents Totals		16		22	22