1970 British Columbia Lions (CFL) |
| 4th place • Western Conference • 6-10-0 .375 |
| Head Coach: Jackie Parker |
| Kay Dalton | Assistant Coach |
| Marv Matuszak | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 7/6/1970 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 19-37 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 24702 | |
| Fri | 7/10/1970 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 21-27 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | ||
| Thu | 7/16/1970 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 25-42 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | ||
| Tue | 7/21/1970 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-25 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13100 | |
| Tue | 7/28/1970 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9-42 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 29152 | |
| Tue | 8/4/1970 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 48-21 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17340 | |
| Mon | 8/10/1970 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 9-16 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 20402 | |
| Thu | 8/13/1970 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 35-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18992 | |
| Thu | 8/20/1970 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 27-13 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 35627 | |
| Thu | 8/27/1970 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 32-30 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 35563 | |
| Tue | 9/1/1970 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 9-20 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18140 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1970 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16-13 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 36250 | |
| Fri | 9/18/1970 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 22-23 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 17535 | |
| Wed | 9/23/1970 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14-26 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 29787 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1970 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 20-32 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 35107 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1970 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 7-50 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Wed | 10/14/1970 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 27-28 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 18077 | |
| Wed | 10/21/1970 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7-1 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 22510 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1970 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 0-29 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 20916 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1970 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-33 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23739 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jerry Bradley | 12 | CB | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | California | 16 | |
| Paul Brothers | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 191 | 25 | Oregon State | 16 | |
| Bob Brown | 60 | DE | 6-2 | 239 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | |
| Charlie Brown | 25 | ROH | 5-10 | 187 | 25 | Missouri | 1 | 1 |
| Robbie Campbell | 24 | DB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Western Ontario | 1 | |
| Vidal Carlin | 15 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Tyler JC; North Texas | 9 | |
| Lovell Coleman | 27 | FB | 5-10 | 195 | 32 | Western Michigan | 16 | |
| Wally Dempsey | 77 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State | 5 | |
| Wayne Dennis | 52 | DT | 6-1 | 240 | 30 | Montana | 8 | |
| Dave Easley | 20 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | none | 15 | |
| Trev Ekdahl | 66 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 28 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Jim Evenson | 28 | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Boise JC; Treasure Valley JC; Oregon | 14 | |
| Greg Findlay | 79 | LB | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | Wenatchee Valley JC | 16 | |
| Peter Francis | 21 | DB | 6-0 | 178 | 24 | Saskatchewan | 4 | |
| Ted Gerela | 35 | K | 5-10 | 205 | 26 | Washington State | 16 | 0 |
| Wayne Giesbrecht | 60 | DT | 6-3 | 247 | 25 | North Dakota | 5 | |
| Dave Golinsky | 54 | LOT | 6-4 | 249 | 22 | Washington State | 16 | |
| Barrie Hansen | 34 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | Los Angeles Pierce JC | 15 | |
| Lefty Hendrickson | 71 | TE-FL | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | Oregon | 16 | |
| Lach Heron | 74 | SE | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Oregon | 16 | |
| Gerry Herron | 17 | CB-WR | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Washington State | 10 | |
| Bob Howes | 44 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Queen's | 16 | |
| Max Huber | 55 | ROT | 6-3 | 252 | 25 | Brigham Young | 16 | |
| Garrett Hunsperger | 64 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Central Missouri | 9 | |
| George Jugum | 40 | LB | 6-0 | 232 | 24 | Washington | 7 | |
| Mack Lamb | 32 | DB | 6-1 | 186 | 27 | Tennessee State | 4 | |
| Ray Lychak | 50 | LOG | 6-1 | 240 | 27 | Foothill JC; San Jose State | 16 | |
| Rhome Nixon | 78 | FL-TE | 6-3 | 209 | 26 | New Mexico State; Southern University | 6 | |
| Ken Phillips | 22 | K-FB | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| Ernie Pitts | 36 | DB | 6-1 | 192 | 35 | Denver | 10 | |
| Greenard Poles | 59 | LB | 5-11 | 225 | 27 | Buffalo | 10 | |
| Roy Reeves | 32 | WR | 5-11 | 182 | 24 | South Carolina | 2 | |
| Gary Robinson | 67 | DE | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 14 | |
| Rich Robinson | 18 | CB | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | |
| E.A. Sims | 70 | TE | 6-2 | 215 | 33 | New Mexico State | 1 | |
| Ward Smith | 21 | RB | 5-10 | 186 | 23 | Colorado State; Walla Walla CC | 1 | |
| John Stucky | 62 | DT | 6-0 | 230 | 21 | Hutchinson CC; Kansas State | 16 | |
| Ken Sugarman | 68 | ROG | 6-3 | 250 | 28 | Whitworth | 16 | |
| Dave Tobey | 51 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 27 | Oregon | 12 | |
| Ted Warkentin | 72 | WR | 6-4 | 203 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Vic Washington | 24 | FL | 5-10 | 194 | 24 | Wyoming | 9 | |
| Ray Watrin | 61 | DT | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Utah State | 6 | |
| Bill Whisler | 69 | DE | 6-3 | 221 | 30 | Iowa | 15 | |
| A.D. Whitfield | 26 | ROH-FB | 5-10 | 200 | 27 | North Texas | 16 | |
| Carroll Williams | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | St. Francis Xavier | 7 | |
| Jim Young | 30 | LOH | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Queen's | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | John McManus | E | Alberta |
| 2 | 13 | Tony D'Aloisio | DB | Windsor |
| 3 | 22 | Peter Raham | DB | Toronto |
| 4 | 31 | Don Warrington | DB | Simon Fraser |
| 5 | 40 | Paul Gray | QB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 7 | 48 | Bob Moffat | C | Simon Fraser |
| 7 | 56 | Brian Currie | T | Royal Military College |
| 8 | 65 | Robert Taylor | T | McGill |
| 9 | 71 | Gary Conley | DB | Simon Fraser |
| 10 | 75 | Barry Reid | DB | Saskatchewan |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 49 | 95 | 66 | 85 | 295 |
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 108 | 53 | 140 | 384 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 257 | 119 | 133 | 5 | 64 | 570 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 313 | 166 | 136 | 11 | 69 | 430 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Gerela | 0 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 22 | 43 | 51.2 | 11 | 0 | 107 |
| Jim Young | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Paul Brothers | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| A.D. Whitfield | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jerry Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lovell Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lefty Hendrickson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rhome Nixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jim Evenson | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Vic Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 30 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 22 | 43 | 51.2 | 15 | 2 | 295 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 44 | 11 | 30 | 36.7 | 11 | 1 | 384 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Evenson | 204 | 1003 | 4.9 | 42 | 8 |
| A.D. Whitfield | 155 | 754 | 4.9 | 28 | 1 |
| Paul Brothers | 38 | 227 | 6.0 | 22 | 3 |
| Jim Young | 30 | 171 | 5.7 | 24 | 1 |
| Lovell Coleman | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Carroll Williams | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Vic Washington | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Vidal Carlin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 456 | 2263 | 5.0 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 539 | 2967 | 5.5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Brothers | 322 | 169 | 52.5 | 134 | 2604 | 8.1 | 15.4 | 80 | 14 | 4.3 | 19 | 5.9 | 69.4 | |||
| Vidal Carlin | 45 | 22 | 48.9 | 19 | 306 | 6.8 | 13.9 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8.9 | 34.1 | |||
| Carroll Williams | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 8 | 210 | 9.5 | 23.3 | 52 | 1 | 4.5 | 5 | 22.7 | 51.5 | |||
| Team Totals | 389 | 200 | 51.4 | 161 | 3120 | 8.0 | 15.6 | 15 | 3.9 | 28 | 7.2 | 61.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 380 | 186 | 48.9 | 158 | 3071 | 8.1 | 16.5 | 36 | 9.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Young | 54 | 1041 | 19.3 | 80 | 6 |
| Lefty Hendrickson | 31 | 431 | 13.9 | 26 | 1 |
| A.D. Whitfield | 27 | 295 | 10.9 | 71 | 2 |
| Lach Heron | 22 | 329 | 15.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Rhome Nixon | 11 | 271 | 24.6 | 52 | 1 |
| Ted Warkentin | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Lovell Coleman | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Jerry Bradley | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Evenson | 17 | 125 | 7.4 | 15 | 3 |
| Roy Reeves | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Vic Washington | 28 | 475 | 17.0 | 51 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 200 | 3120 | 15.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 3071 | 16.5 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Robinson | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 38 | 0 |
| Jerry Bradley | 9 | 188 | 20.9 | 53 | 1 |
| Greenard Poles | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Greg Findlay | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Barrie Hansen | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 21 | 0 |
| George Jugum | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Dave Tobey | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Roy Reeves | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Easley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Wally Dempsey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 490 | 13.6 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 271 | 9.7 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Phillips | 128 | 5704 | 44.6 | 72 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 128 | 5704 | 44.6 | - | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 134 | 5607 | 41.8 | - |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Bradley | 102 | 566 | 5.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Barrie Hansen | 1 | 85 | 85.0 | 85 | 0 |
| Dave Easley | 12 | 82 | 6.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Rich Robinson | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Mack Lamb | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lach Heron | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| Ernie Pitts | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| Roy Reeves | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 121 | 765 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 133 | 1085 | 8.2 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Gerela | 46 | 2767 | 60.2 | 90 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 46 | 2767 | 60.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Washington | 20 | 512 | 25.6 | 59 | 0 |
| Jim Evenson | 19 | 464 | 24.4 | 97 | 0 |
| Mack Lamb | 8 | 202 | 25.3 | 0 | |
| Lovell Coleman | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Dave Tobey | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Ward Smith | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Wally Dempsey | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Greg Findlay | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| E.A. Sims | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 1486 | 23.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 1159 | 26.3 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Wayne Dennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Ekdahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Evenson | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Findlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Gerela | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Golinsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Hendrickson | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lach Heron | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Howes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Hunsperger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Lamb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Phillips | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenard Poles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Stucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Sugarman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Warkentin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Vic Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Whisler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A.D. Whitfield | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Young | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 21 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 15 | 15 |
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