1965 BC Lions season

The 1965 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 6–9–1 record and failed to defend their Grey Cup title as the team ended the season on a five-game losing streak and missed the playoffs.

1965 BC Lions season
Head coachDave Skrien
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record6–9–1
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

On October 24, the Lions set the record for the highest single game regular season attendance at Empire Stadium of 37,788 (this was the CFL record that stood for over a decade until 1976).

While Joe Kapp led the league in passing for the second consecutive season with 2961 yards passing and 219 completions, the other stars on the team were getting older, including star tailback Willie Fleming who had only had 595 yards rushing. Defensive end Dick Fouts was the lone Lion to make the CFL All-star team.

Regular season

Season standings

The team finished 4th in the Western Conference:[1]

Western Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Calgary Stampeders16124034024324
Winnipeg Blue Bombers16115030126222
Saskatchewan Roughriders1687127627717
BC Lions1669128627313
Edmonton Eskimos16511025740010

Season schedule

The team had 6 wins and 1 tie in 16 games played:[2]

Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 Aug 4 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 21–23 0–1
2 Aug 7 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 38–13 1–1
3 Aug 16 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 6–12 1–2
4 Aug 20 at Saskatchewan Roughriders T 10–10 1–2–1
5 Aug 29 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 36–1 2–2–1
6 Sept 2 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 14–7 3–2–1
7 Sept 11 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 24–10 4–2–1
8 Sept 18 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 6–11 4–3–1
9 Sept 25 at Calgary Stampeders L 7–21 4–4–1
10 Sept 27 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 26–14 5–4–1
11 Oct 2 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 41–27 6–4–1
12 Oct 9 at Edmonton Eskimos L 12–14 6–5–1
13 Oct 17 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 7–25 6–6–1
14 Oct 19 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 14–35 6–7–1
15 Oct 24 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 14–30 6–8–1
16 Oct 31 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 10–20 6–9–1

Offensive leaders
PlayerPassing ydsRushing ydsReceiving ydsTD
Joe Kapp296134504
Willie Fleming5955948
Bill Munsey475845
Bob Swift501378
Pat Claridge45540
Mack Burton05013
Peter Kempf04973

Awards and records

1965 CFL All-Stars

References
  1. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  2. "BC Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.


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