1959 British Columbia Lions (WIFU) |
| 3rd place • 9-7-0 .563 |
| Head Coach: Wayne Robinson |
| Dave Skrien | Backfield |
| Lum Snyder | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 7/23/1959 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 30-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 18915 | |
| Tue | 7/28/1959 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15-6 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 10000 | |
| Thu | 7/30/1959 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 22-24 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 10000 | |
| Thu | 8/6/1959 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14-35 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 18147 | |
| Thu | 8/13/1959 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20-42 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 29425 | |
| Mon | 8/17/1959 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 12-0 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| Thu | 8/20/1959 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 36-21 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 29131 | |
| Mon | 8/24/1959 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 17-29 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | ||
| Mon | 8/31/1959 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 8-7 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 34273 | |
| Thu | 9/3/1959 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 23-34 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18003 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1959 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 35-17 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12566 | |
| Mon | 9/14/1959 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 14-8 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 32176 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1959 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17-6 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 32061 | |
| Mon | 9/21/1959 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 7-29 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1959 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 28-10 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 14800 | |
| Mon | 10/5/1959 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-15 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25778 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1959 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 14-38 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 28679 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1959 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6-31 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18184 | |
| Mon | 10/19/1959 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 45-6 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 7500 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1959 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 10-8 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 31594 | |
| WIFU Semi-Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 10/31/1959 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 8-20 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 33993 | |
| WIFU Semi-Final #2 | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/4/1959 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 7-41 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| By Bailey | 88 | FB | 5-10 | 192 | 29 | Washington State | 7 | |
| Bob Brady | 55 | G | 6-0 | 220 | 27 | British Columbia | 13 | |
| Bill Britton | 85 | LB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Paul Cameron | 71 | HB-E | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | UCLA | 1 | |
| Dick Chrobak | 57 | G | 5-11 | 215 | 21 | none | 1 | |
| Bruce Claridge | 76 | OE | 6-4 | 215 | 25 | Washington | 14 | |
| Charlie Diamond | 67 | T | 6-2 | 249 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 2 | |
| Chuck Dubuque | 86 | HB | 5-11 | 178 | 27 | none | 3 | |
| Randy Duncan | 98 | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Iowa | 3 | |
| Norm Fieldgate | 75 | LB-DE | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Willie Fleming | 91 | OHB | 5-10 | 182 | 20 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Jim Furey | 41 | LB | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | Kansas State | 3 | |
| Chuck Gavin | 51 | DE-OG | 6-0 | 243 | 26 | Tennessee State | 11 | |
| Mel Gillett | 84 | FB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Lewis & Clark | 2 | |
| Urban Henry | 65 | DT | 6-4 | 265 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 16 | |
| Tom Hinton | 54 | OG | 6-0 | 225 | 23 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | |
| Sonny Homer | 80 | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Grays Harbor JC | 12 | |
| Charley Horton | 67 | T | 6-2 | 232 | 23 | Baylor | 1 | |
| Ted Hunt | 94 | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 26 | British Columbia | 1 | |
| Curt Iaukea | 63 | T | 6-3 | 265 | 22 | Santa Rosa JC; California | 10 | |
| Jerry Janes | 77 | E | 6-5 | 245 | 24 | Louisiana State | 14 | |
| Billy Jessup | 74 | CB | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | Long Beach CC; Southern California | 15 | |
| Earl Keeley | 97 | QB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Montana | 16 | |
| Vic Kristopaitis | 52 | K-LB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Dayton | 13 | |
| Vern Lofstrom | 81 | FB | 5-8 | 185 | 22 | none | 2 | |
| Don Lord | 72 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 192 | 31 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Marty Martinello | 52 | G | 5-10 | 225 | 28 | none | 11 | 0 |
| Gordie Mitchell | 62 | OT | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Baz Nagle | 82 | DB-OHB | 5-11 | 188 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Chuck Quilter | 64 | T | 6-0 | 240 | 35 | Stephen F. Austin State; Tyler JC | 11 | |
| Ted Roman | 61 | OT | 6-1 | 232 | 27 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Vince Scorsone | 58 | OG-LB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 5 | |
| Hal Sparrow | 83 | FB | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Wenatchee Valley JC | 11 | |
| Ed Sullivan | 47 | C | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Notre Dame | 15 | |
| Ted Tully | 56 | G-LB | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | none | 16 | |
| Don Vassos | 95 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 21 | British Columbia | 13 | |
| Ed Vereb | 89 | HB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Maryland | 16 | |
| Don Vicic | 92 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Ohio State | 16 | |
| Ron Watton | 45 | C | 6-1 | 219 | 27 | none | 15 | |
| Hall Whitley | 41 | C | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 1 | |
| Jim Wood | 71 | E-P | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 5 | |
| Joe Yamauchi | 90 | FB | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Eastern Washington | 11 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 11 | Wayne Aiken | HB | British Columbia |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 38 | 88 | 75 | 105 | 306 |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 128 | 56 | 62 | 301 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 286 | 139 | 130 | 17 | 101 | 848 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 287 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Fleming | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Jerry Janes | 6 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Don Vicic | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bruce Claridge | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ed Vereb | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bill Britton | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Jessup | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| By Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Norm Fieldgate | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Urban Henry | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sonny Homer | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Vern Lofstrom | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Baz Nagle | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Vassos | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hal Sparrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Vic Kristopaitis | 0 | 27 | 32 | 84.4 | - | - | - | 12 | 25 | 48.0 | 2 | 0 | 65 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 31 | 39 | 79.5 | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 5 | 0 | 306 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 9 | 0 | 301 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Vicic | 165 | 802 | 4.9 | 23 | 6 |
| Willie Fleming | 110 | 774 | 7.0 | 52 | 3 |
| Ed Vereb | 129 | 648 | 5.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Bill Britton | 51 | 242 | 4.7 | 19 | 2 |
| By Bailey | 33 | 142 | 4.3 | 16 | 1 |
| Randy Duncan | 29 | 123 | 4.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Vern Lofstrom | 19 | 92 | 4.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Joe Yamauchi | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Baz Nagle | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Sonny Homer | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Earl Keeley | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Chuck Dubuque | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jim Wood | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Hal Sparrow | 4 | -14 | -3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 573 | 2908 | 5.1 | 15 | |
| Opponents Totals | 565 | 2723 | 4.8 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Duncan | 318 | 154 | 48.4 | 134 | 2746 | 8.6 | 17.8 | 91 | 18 | 5.7 | 30 | 9.4 | 63 | 2683 | 58.0 | |
| Earl Keeley | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 6 | 232 | 8.9 | 14.5 | 53 | 2 | 7.7 | 4 | 15.4 | 0 | 232 | 76.6 | |
| Ed Vereb | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 11 | 94 | 6.3 | 23.5 | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 53.2 |
| Willie Fleming | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 360 | 174 | 48.3 | 151 | 3072 | 8.5 | 17.7 | 20 | 5.6 | 35 | 9.7 | 56.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 337 | 172 | 51.0 | 143 | 2748 | 8.2 | 16.0 | 20 | 5.9 | 22 | 6.5 | 71.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Janes | 41 | 936 | 22.8 | 75 | 6 |
| Bruce Claridge | 32 | 519 | 16.2 | 53 | 4 |
| Ed Vereb | 31 | 544 | 17.5 | 91 | 3 |
| Willie Fleming | 26 | 517 | 19.9 | 53 | 5 |
| Bill Britton | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Don Vicic | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 20 | 2 |
| Paul Cameron | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Baz Nagle | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Chuck Dubuque | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Urban Henry | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Yamauchi | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Vern Lofstrom | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Wood | 5 | 124 | 24.8 | 60 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 174 | 3072 | 17.7 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 172 | 2748 | 16.0 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Jessup | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Norm Fieldgate | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Vic Kristopaitis | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Vassos | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 20 | 1 |
| Ted Tully | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Britton | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Furey | 1 | 0 | |||
| Sonny Homer | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ed Sullivan | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 22 | 210 | 9.5 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 218 | 6.2 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Sparrow | 77 | 2940 | 38.2 | 53 | - | |||||
| Jim Wood | 26 | 1076 | 41.4 | 57 | - | |||||
| Vic Kristopaitis | 9 | 365 | 40.6 | 51 | - | |||||
| Billy Jessup | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | - | ||||
| Team Totals | 113 | 4402 | 39.0 | - | 632 | 3770 | 33.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | - | 854 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Yamauchi | 48 | 298 | 6.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Sonny Homer | 40 | 278 | 7.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Baz Nagle | 36 | 187 | 5.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Britton | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Vassos | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Norm Fieldgate | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 143 | 854 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 116 | 632 | 5.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Kristopaitis | 45 | 2415 | 53.7 | 66 | 0 |
| Jerry Janes | 9 | 431 | 47.9 | 60 | 0 |
| Urban Henry | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 55 | 2891 | 52.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Fleming | 21 | 545 | 26.0 | 52 | 0 |
| By Bailey | 13 | 336 | 25.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Sonny Homer | 5 | 115 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Don Vassos | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Don Vicic | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Britton | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Baz Nagle | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bruce Claridge | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Brady | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 52 | 1156 | 22.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 1049 | 30.0 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Britton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Norm Fieldgate | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Jim Furey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Gavin | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Urban Henry | 2 | 2 | 32 | 1 | |||
| Tom Hinton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Jessup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vic Kristopaitis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Lord | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Baz Nagle | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1 | |||
| Chuck Quilter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ted Roman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ted Tully | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Hall Whitley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Yamauchi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 31 | 25 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 124 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
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