1975 BC Lions season

The 1975 BC Lions finished in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 6–10 record and failed to make the playoffs.

1975 BC Lions season
General managerJackie Parker - 1-5-0 Bob Ackles - 5-5-0
Head coachEagle Keys - 1-5-0 Cal Murphy - 5-5-0
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record6–10
Division place5th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform

With Don Moorhead injured, Peter Liske took most of the snaps during the season for the Lions. The club had a terrible start to the season going 1–5 in their first six games and on August 29 the Board of Directors finally fired both General Manager Jackie Parker and Head Coach Eagle Keys.

Bob Ackles was promoted to General Manager and Ackles elevated Cal Murphy to Head Coach. The club went 5-5 in the remaining part of the season, however, they did not get out of last place in the Western Conference.

Despite the poor season by the club, three Lions made the CFL all-star team: Centre Al Wilson, Defensive End Bill Baker and linebacker Larry Cameron.

Byron Bailey was elected to the Football Hall of Fame.

Regular season

Season standings
Western Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos16124043237024
Saskatchewan Roughriders16105137330921
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1668234038314
Calgary Stampeders16610038736312
BC Lions16610027633112

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Season schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record
1 July 24 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 9–17 0–1
2 July 30 at Calgary Stampeders L 28–30 0–2
3 Aug 5 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 13–28 0–3
4 Aug 10 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 28–27 1–3
5 Aug 14 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 24–27 1–4
6 Bye
7 Aug 27 at Edmonton Eskimos L 10–34 1–5
8 Sept 4 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 29–17 2–5
9 Sept 9 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 15–1 3–5
10 Sept 13 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 32–10 4–5
11 Sept 20 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 17–20 4–6
12 Sept 28 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 6–33 4–7
13 Oct 4 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 12–38 4–8
14 Oct 12 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 8–14 4–9
15 Oct 15 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 25–15 5–9
16 Oct 25 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 12–8 6–9
17 Nov 1 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 8–12 6–10

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Offensive leaders
PlayerPassing ydsRushing ydsReceiving ydsTD
Peter Liske23103100
Lou Harris9582204
Jim Young279359
Wayne Moseley4592573
Terry Bailey2523085
Ross Clarkson04975

Awards and records

1975 CFL All-Stars

References
  1. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  2. "British Columbia Lions All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-08.


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