1954 British Columbia Lions (WIFU) |
| 5th place • 1-15-0 .063 |
| Head Coach: Annis Stukus |
| George Brown | Assistant Head Coach |
| Andy Hillhouse | Assistant Coach |
| Arnie Weinmeister | Line ? |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/11/1954 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 0-22 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 19371 | |
| Wed | 8/18/1954 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0-12 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1954 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6-8 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20606 | |
| Mon | 8/30/1954 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0-17 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 14878 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1954 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 0-34 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 15000 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1954 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 6-12 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1954 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7-17 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13000 | |
| Mon | 9/13/1954 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17-22 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16760 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1954 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 9-4 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 18786 | |
| Mon | 9/20/1954 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 13-23 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21186 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1954 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12-43 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12000 | |
| Mon | 10/4/1954 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6-24 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15273 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1954 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 6-13 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 18555 | |
| Mon | 10/11/1954 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 6-42 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12500 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1954 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 3-31 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15000 | |
| Mon | 10/18/1954 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 0-22 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 13136 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1954 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0-18 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 17061 | |
| Mon | 10/25/1954 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9-15 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 10775 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Sam Adams | 75 | OE | 6-3 | 198 | 26 | Whitworth | 13 | |
| By Bailey | 88 | FB | 5-10 | 192 | 24 | Washington State | 14 | |
| Ed Barry | 65 | T-G | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | none | 3 | |
| Keith Bennett | 89 | LB | 6-0 | 186 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| George Brown | 55 | G | 6-2 | 222 | 31 | Texas Christian | 2 | |
| John Brown | 43 | C | 6-4 | 230 | 32 | North Carolina Central | 13 | |
| Jimmy Chambers | 87 | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | 10 | ||
| Vic Chapman | 92 | DE-K | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | British Columbia | 12 | |
| Ernie Choukalis | 50 | G | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | none | 6 | |
| Dick Christiansen | 70 | E | 6-3 | 233 | 22 | Arizona | 14 | |
| Bill Currie | 74 | FW | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | McMaster | 1 | |
| John Cvitanovich | 50 | OG | 6-1 | 222 | 24 | none | 6 | |
| Walt Cyz | 52 | T | 6-0 | 232 | 23 | none | 13 | |
| Ray Enright | 84 | HB | 6-0 | 177 | 25 | 14 | ||
| Neil Ferris | 71 | DB | 5-11 | 181 | 27 | Loyola Marymount | 13 | |
| Norm Fieldgate | 76 | DE | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Bob Holburn | 82 | FW-HB | 6-2 | 188 | none | 9 | ||
| Don Hollingworth | 85 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 22 | none | 5 | |
| Bill Hortie | 90 | FW-HB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | British Columbia | 14 | |
| Jack Hutchinson | 81 | FB | 5-11 | 189 | 22 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| George Klein | 80 | HB | 5-8 | 177 | 22 | McGill | 16 | |
| Don Knowles | 71 | DB | 5-11 | 155 | 27 | none | 2 | |
| Bob Levenhagen | 54 | DG | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | Washington | 14 | |
| Don Lord | 72 | DE-T | 6-2 | 192 | 26 | British Columbia | 9 | |
| Johnny Mazur | 91 | QB | 6-2 | 216 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | |
| Len Meltzer | 74 | HB-E | 6-0 | 189 | 23 | none | 11 | |
| Brian Mulhern | 93 | HB | 5-10 | 182 | 24 | Portland | 8 | |
| Laurie Niemi | 62 | T | 6-1 | 251 | 29 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Gerry Palmer | 75 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Toledo | 15 | |
| Al Pollard | 92 | FB | 6-0 | 196 | 26 | Loyola Marymount; Army | 16 | |
| Chuck Quilter | 60 | T | 6-0 | 240 | 30 | Stephen F. Austin State; Tyler JC | 12 | |
| Doug Reid | 83 | HB | 5-10 | 182 | 30 | British Columbia | 11 | |
| Lorne Reid | 61 | T | 6-2 | 247 | 25 | none | 15 | |
| Gene Robillard | 83 | QB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | McGill | 9 | |
| Bob Sikorski | 51 | G | 6-1 | 209 | 27 | none | 9 | |
| Gil Steer | 40 | C | 6-2 | 206 | 26 | British Columbia | 12 | |
| Leo Sweeney | 58 | C-G | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | British Columbia | 14 | |
| Pete Thodos | 87 | HB | 5-8 | 182 | 27 | none | 2 | |
| Gerry Tuttle | 86 | QB | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | Kent State | 11 | |
| John Wagoner | 57 | G | 6-1 | 230 | 31 | North Carolina State | 14 | |
| Arnie Weinmeister | 63 | T | 6-4 | 235 | 31 | Washington | 5 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 13 | 12 | 29 | 46 | 100 |
| Opponents Totals | 95 | 75 | 65 | 110 | 345 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 151 | 66 | 79 | 6 | 64 | 596 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 250 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Bailey | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Keith Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jack Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Johnny Mazur | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Gerry Tuttle | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Vic Chapman | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Al Pollard | 2 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | - | - | - | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Len Meltzer | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Ray Enright | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Wagoner | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Team Totals | 14 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 100 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 47 | 49 | 95.9 | 12 | 31 | 38.7 | 15 | 1 | 345 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pollard | 122 | 431 | 3.5 | 41 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 102 | 376 | 3.7 | 25 | 3 |
| Jack Hutchinson | 40 | 159 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Enright | 18 | 63 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Reid | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Gene Robillard | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Jimmy Chambers | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Brian Mulhern | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Wagoner | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Lord | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
| Len Meltzer | 9 | -46 | -5.1 | 3 | 0 |
| Gerry Tuttle | 20 | -48 | -2.4 | 7 | 1 |
| Johnny Mazur | 34 | -53 | -1.6 | 13 | 1 |
| Pete Thodos | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 391 | 1002 | 2.6 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 519 | 2742 | 5.3 | 23 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Tuttle | 148 | 70 | 47.3 | 63 | 991 | 6.7 | 14.2 | 4 | 2.7 | 15 | 10.1 | 38.8 | ||||
| Johnny Mazur | 128 | 54 | 42.2 | 64 | 645 | 5.0 | 11.9 | 2 | 1.6 | 10 | 7.8 | 30.9 | ||||
| Gene Robillard | 42 | 16 | 38.1 | 20 | 161 | 3.8 | 10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 14.3 | 10.2 | ||||
| Al Pollard | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 5 | 95 | 8.6 | 23.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 18.2 | 28.8 | ||||
| Bob Holburn | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 26 | 13.0 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Vic Chapman | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Len Meltzer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 333 | 146 | 43.8 | 154 | 1933 | 5.8 | 13.2 | 6 | 1.8 | 33 | 9.9 | 29.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 305 | 164 | 53.8 | 129 | 2612 | 8.6 | 15.9 | 22 | 7.2 | 12 | 3.9 | 90.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christiansen | 41 | 545 | 13.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Sam Adams | 23 | 259 | 11.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Norm Fieldgate | 16 | 201 | 12.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Brian Mulhern | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Hutchinson | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 23 | 1 |
| Vic Chapman | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 65 | 0 |
| Don Lord | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 44 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Reid | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 29 | 323 | 11.1 | 67 | 2 |
| Jimmy Chambers | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Ray Enright | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Len Meltzer | 2 | ||||
| Pete Thodos | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 146 | 1933 | 13.2 | 6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 164 | 2612 | 15.9 | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Ferris | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 20 | 0 |
| John Brown | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Keith Bennett | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Levenhagen | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| George Klein | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Brian Mulhern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 139 | 11.6 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 474 | 14.4 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Chapman | 100 | 3804 | 38.0 | 77 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Lord | 35 | 1265 | 36.1 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Tuttle | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 9 | 389 | 43.2 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Holburn | 12 | 438 | 36.5 | 64 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Robillard | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Palmer | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 160 | 6038 | 37.7 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Ferris | 39 | 241 | 6.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Gerry Palmer | 27 | 180 | 6.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Len Meltzer | 7 | 157 | 22.4 | 115 | 0 |
| Pete Thodos | 27 | 147 | 5.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Doug Reid | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Enright | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 |
| John Brown | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Levenhagen | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Keith Bennett | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jimmy Chambers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Holburn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hortie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Klein | 41 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 138 | 908 | 6.6 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 150 | 855 | 5.7 | 1 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pollard | 31 | 1681 | 54.2 | 69 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 1681 | 54.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pollard | 19 | 550 | 28.9 | 62 | 0 |
| Len Meltzer | 14 | 328 | 23.4 | 37 | 0 |
| Gerry Palmer | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 43 | 0 |
| Jimmy Chambers | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jack Hutchinson | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Neil Ferris | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 21 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Holburn | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Christiansen | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Lorne Reid | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| George Klein | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 1256 | 19.6 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 667 | 21.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Adams | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Keith Bennett | 3 | 3 | 29 | 1 | |||
| John Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Christiansen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Walt Cyz | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Ray Enright | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Neil Ferris | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Norm Fieldgate | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bob Holburn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Hollingworth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | |||||
| George Klein | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Bob Levenhagen | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Lord | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Mazur | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Gerry Palmer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Al Pollard | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Chuck Quilter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doug Reid | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Robillard | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Sikorski | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leo Sweeney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Thodos | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Gerry Tuttle | 5 | 0 | |||||
| John Wagoner | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Team Totals | 26 | 18 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 88 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 18 | 18 | 2 |
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