1955 British Columbia Lions (WIFU) |
| 4th place • 5-11-0 .313 |
| Head Coach: Annis Stukus |
| Clem Crowe | Line |
| Vic Lindskog | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/10/1955 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 30-24 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 22448 | |
| Mon | 8/22/1955 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 14-8 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 28103 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1955 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 12-29 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17500 | |
| Mon | 8/29/1955 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-19 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 27008 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1955 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16458 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1955 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-23 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16052 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1955 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 13-18 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 29503 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1955 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 19-20 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 27132 | |
| Mon | 9/19/1955 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 24-18 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 11000 | |
| Mon | 9/26/1955 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 0-15 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 24241 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1955 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9-24 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23321 | |
| Mon | 10/3/1955 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 6-18 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1955 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 2-38 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16500 | |
| Mon | 10/10/1955 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4-18 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21429 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1955 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 36-18 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 16951 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1955 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7-33 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10000 | |
| Mon | 10/24/1955 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13-24 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14730 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Sam Adams | 75 | OE | 6-3 | 198 | 27 | Whitworth | 15 | |
| By Bailey | 88 | HB | 5-10 | 192 | 25 | Washington State | 14 | |
| Ron Baker | 43 | C | 6-2 | 238 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Gil Bartosh | 91 | HB | 5-9 | 175 | 25 | Texas Christian | 15 | |
| Keith Bennett | 89 | LB | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | none | 10 | |
| Vic Chapman | 85 | FW-K | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | British Columbia | 14 | |
| Ernie Choukalis | 58 | G | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | none | 5 | |
| Glen Christian | 84 | HB | 5-9 | 185 | 26 | Idaho | 5 | |
| Ron Clinkscale | 93 | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Texas Christian | 16 | |
| Jack Cook | 74 | E-HB-FW | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Queen's | 10 | |
| John Cvitanovich | 50 | OG | 6-1 | 222 | 25 | none | 8 | |
| Walt Cyz | 52 | G | 6-0 | 232 | 24 | none | 2 | |
| Joe DeLuca | 54 | G | 5-10 | 215 | 23 | Olympia JC; Montana | 2 | |
| Ted Duncan | 86 | QB | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | British Columbia | 9 | |
| Danny Edwards | 71 | E | 6-1 | 197 | 29 | Georgia | 16 | |
| Norm Fieldgate | 76 | E | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Arnie Galiffa | 95 | QB | 6-2 | 193 | 28 | Army | 14 | |
| Jim Garrett | 84 | HB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | St. Mary's (California); Utah State | 1 | |
| Don George | 65 | T | 6-3 | 220 | 21 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
| Ken Higgs | 82 | HB | 5-11 | 192 | 24 | 7 | ||
| Bob Holburn | 84 | HB | 6-2 | 188 | none | 10 | ||
| Bill Hortie | 90 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | British Columbia | 13 | |
| Jack Hutchinson | 81 | E | 5-11 | 189 | 23 | British Columbia | 1 | |
| Bob Levenhagen | 54 | DG | 6-0 | 215 | 30 | Washington | 12 | |
| Ivan Livingstone | 88 | OHB | 5-11 | 182 | 25 | McGill; Dubuque | 4 | |
| Kirby Miller | E | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | Texas | 1 | ||
| Gordie Mitchell | 60 | T | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | none | 15 | |
| Laurie Niemi | 62 | T | 6-1 | 251 | 30 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Al Pollard | 92 | FB | 6-0 | 196 | 27 | Loyola Marymount; Army | 9 | |
| Chuck Quilter | 55 | G-T | 6-0 | 240 | 31 | Stephen F. Austin State; Tyler JC | 16 | |
| Doug Reid | 87 | HB | 5-10 | 182 | 31 | British Columbia | 13 | |
| Lorne Reid | 61 | T | 6-2 | 247 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Don Ross | 78 | E | 6-3 | 190 | 22 | British Columbia | 8 | |
| Rae Ross | 81 | HB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | British Columbia | 15 | |
| Bob Sikorski | 51 | G | 6-1 | 209 | 28 | none | 9 | |
| Mac Speedie | 70 | OE | 6-3 | 203 | 35 | Utah | 1 | |
| Ken Swalwell | 72 | DE | 6-3 | 195 | 25 | Western Washington | 13 | |
| Leo Sweeney | 45 | C | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Primo Villanueva | 80 | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | UCLA | 14 | |
| Pete Von Harten | 83 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | British Columbia | 12 | |
| Arnie Weinmeister | 63 | T | 6-4 | 235 | 32 | Washington | 10 | |
| Frank Williams | 87 | HB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Pepperdine | 2 | |
| Wenty Young | 56 | G | 5-11 | 226 | 26 | none | 7 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 52 | 43 | 24 | 92 | 211 |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 104 | 86 | 74 | 330 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 275 | 133 | 132 | 10 | 61 | 477 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 316 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pollard | 4 | 17 | 18 | 94.4 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 44 |
| Gil Bartosh | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Ron Clinkscale | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Primo Villanueva | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Ron Baker | 0 | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Sam Adams | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Danny Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| By Bailey | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Frank Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Vic Chapman | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Joe DeLuca | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Norm Fieldgate | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Levenhagen | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rae Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ken Swalwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ted Duncan | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 11 | 0 | 211 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 47 | 50 | 94.0 | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 6 | 0 | 330 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pollard | 90 | 557 | 6.2 | 56 | 4 |
| By Bailey | 79 | 384 | 4.9 | 18 | 2 |
| Ron Clinkscale | 92 | 376 | 4.1 | 52 | 4 |
| Gil Bartosh | 66 | 350 | 5.3 | 52 | 1 |
| Primo Villanueva | 63 | 317 | 5.0 | 26 | 2 |
| Jim Garrett | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Ken Higgs | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Williams | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Glen Christian | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe DeLuca | 0 | 18 | 18L | 1 | |
| Doug Reid | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ted Duncan | 0 | 4 | 4L | 0 | |
| Arnie Galiffa | 41 | -52 | -1.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 459 | 2063 | 4.5 | 15 | |
| Opponents Totals | 591 | 3235 | 5.5 | 29 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Galiffa | 271 | 155 | 57.2 | 102 | 2273 | 8.4 | 14.7 | 63 | 10 | 3.7 | 14 | 5.2 | 75.5 | |||
| Ron Clinkscale | 66 | 30 | 45.5 | 27 | 462 | 7.0 | 15.4 | 36 | 2 | 3.0 | 9 | 13.6 | 39.6 | |||
| Primo Villanueva | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 3 | 62 | 7.8 | 15.5 | 23 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 76.0 | |||
| Gil Bartosh | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 6 | 53 | 5.9 | 17.7 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 54.4 | |||
| Ted Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Al Pollard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Frank Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 357 | 192 | 53.8 | 141 | 2850 | 8.0 | 14.8 | 13 | 3.6 | 24 | 6.7 | 64.3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 264 | 145 | 54.9 | 106 | 2454 | 9.3 | 16.9 | 19 | 7.2 | 13 | 4.9 | 90.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Edwards | 41 | 681 | 16.6 | 50 | 3 |
| Gil Bartosh | 33 | 428 | 13.0 | 52 | 4 |
| Sam Adams | 30 | 575 | 19.2 | 52 | 3 |
| Primo Villanueva | 16 | 234 | 14.6 | 37 | 2 |
| Ron Clinkscale | 15 | 188 | 12.5 | 30 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 12 | 158 | 13.2 | 63 | 0 |
| Bob Holburn | 10 | 120 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 10 | 99 | 9.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Vic Chapman | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Don Ross | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Frank Williams | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 51 | 1 |
| Ken Higgs | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Garrett | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Don George | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Mac Speedie | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Norm Fieldgate | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Baker | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jack Cook | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ivan Livingstone | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 192 | 2850 | 14.8 | 13 | |
| Opponents Totals | 145 | 2454 | 16.9 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primo Villanueva | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Ted Duncan | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Rae Ross | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Glen Christian | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Gil Bartosh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Clinkscale | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hortie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Von Harten | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 152 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 225 | 9.4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Chapman | 95 | 4022 | 42.3 | 91 | 1 | - | ||||
| Ted Duncan | 23 | 937 | 40.7 | 57 | 1 | - | ||||
| Primo Villanueva | 4 | 124 | 31.0 | 40 | 0 | - | ||||
| Team Totals | 122 | 5083 | 41.7 | 2 | - | 754 | 4329 | 34.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals | - | 759 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Von Harten | 25 | 210 | 8.4 | 32 | 0 |
| Ron Clinkscale | 18 | 114 | 6.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Rae Ross | 17 | 111 | 6.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Primo Villanueva | 14 | 103 | 7.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Ted Duncan | 10 | 72 | 7.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Gil Bartosh | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Glen Christian | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Ivan Livingstone | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Williams | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Norm Fieldgate | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lorne Reid | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Levenhagen | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Keith Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don George | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 114 | 759 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 116 | 754 | 6.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pollard | 22 | 1254 | 57.0 | 77 | 0 |
| Ron Baker | 28 | 1446 | 51.6 | 75 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 50 | 2700 | 54.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pollard | 8 | 248 | 31.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Pete Von Harten | 10 | 190 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Gil Bartosh | 8 | 146 | 18.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Ron Clinkscale | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Ken Higgs | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Ken Swalwell | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Ivan Livingstone | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Primo Villanueva | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Don George | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Glen Christian | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Jack Cook | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Doug Reid | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Rae Ross | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 57 | 1085 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1165 | 23.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Bailey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Bartosh | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Glen Christian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Cook | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cvitanovich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Norm Fieldgate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| Arnie Galiffa | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don George | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Hortie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Levenhagen | 2 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Gordie Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Laurie Niemi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Pollard | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lorne Reid | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Rae Ross | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | |
| Ken Swalwell | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Primo Villanueva | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Von Harten | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Arnie Weinmeister | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 20 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 61 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 20 | 20 | 2 |
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