1977 BC Lions season

The 1977 BC Lions finished in second place in the Western Conference with a 10–6 record. They appeared in the Western Final.

1977 BC Lions season
Head coachVic Rapp
Home fieldEmpire Stadium
Results
Record10–6
Division place2nd, West
Playoff finishLost Western Final
Uniform

General Manager Bob Ackles started a complete shakeup of the organization by bringing Edmonton assistant Vic Rapp in as the 10th head coach on January 21.

Ackles also recruited Jerry Tagge, who quarterbacked the two-time NCAA champion University of Nebraska and was a high first round draft choice of the Green Bay Packers. Tagge, who never found success with Green Bay, was enticed to come up to Canada to resurrect his football career. Tagge had a solid season throwing for 2787 yards but more importantly led the Lions to 10 victories and several last-minute heroics that earned the 1977 Lions the label the "Cardiac Kids". Tagge was the western nominee for Outstanding Player, but lost out to running back JImmy Edwards of Hamilton for the Outstanding Player Award in the CFL.

Al Wilson finally won the Schenley award for Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman and receiver/return Leon Bright captured the Schenley Rookie award.

Rapp was named the Canadian Football League's Coach of the Year.

Tagge, Wilson and Bright were the 3 Lions selected to the CFL All-star team.

Offseason

CFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School

Roster
1977 BC Lions roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Slotbacks

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Inactive List

(1 Game)

(9 Game)

Practice Roster


Italics indicate Import players

Preseason
Date Opponent Result Record

Regular season

Season standings
Western Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos16106041232020
BC Lions16106036932620
Winnipeg Blue Bombers16106038233620
Saskatchewan Roughriders1688033038916
Calgary Stampeders1641202413278

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Season schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record
1 July 12 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 14–9 1–0
2 July 20 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 34–14 2–0
3 July 26 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 5–24 2–1
4 Aug 3 at Calgary Stampeders W 30–26 3–1
5 Aug 9 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 18–24 3–2
6 Aug 17 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 25–17 4–2
7 Aug 23 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 30–0 5–2
8 Aug 31 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 27–24 6–2
9 Sept 10 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 33–21 7–2
10 Sept 17 at Edmonton Eskimos W 20–18 8–2
11 Sept 24 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 30–13 9–2
12 Oct 2 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 15–19 9–3
13 Bye
14 Oct 15 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 18–17 10–3
15 Oct 23 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 21–31 10–4
16 Oct 30 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 28–38 10–5
17 Nov 5 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 21–31 10–6

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Playoffs

West Semi-Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers10715032
BC Lions10106733

West Final
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
BC Lions01001
Edmonton Eskimos17310838

Offensive leaders
PlayerPassing ydsRushing ydsReceiving ydsTD
Jerry Tagge27874801
Mike Strickland7513826
Leon Bright438169
Jim Harrison3452114
Terry Bailey545583
Jim Young05373
Al Charuk03173

Awards and records

1977 CFL All-Stars

References
  1. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. 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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